File No. 811.142/1157
The Consul at Saloniki (Kehl) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12 p. m.]
Advise Red Cross:
Have investigated reported typhus and conditions southern Serbia. Relief not required. Twenty-five thousand refugees Greece relieved by Serbian Relief Committee. Sufficient funds. Reported serious condition Albanian border uncertain. Telegram from Serbian War Minister requesting in name Government Red Cross aid Serbians in territory occupied Germans, Bulgarians, flour, food. If you secure necessary permits, recommend party proceed direct Sofia. Retaining four men, proceeding towards Albania investigate conditions, returning shortly. Now sending five men Naples charge Bakeman. No word Bulgaria regarding men, supplies Skoplije.
Stuart 3
- Had recently arrived to head the Sanitary Commission at work in Serbia when the invasion took place. See Foreign Relations, 1915, Supplement, pp. 1041–42.↩