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CHAPTER IV

VRANJA

WE have seen how the round of work the Scottish

Women were proud to do for Serbia was com-
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pleted by their entry into Belgrade with the triumphant

army. But though the circle was completed, the work
by no means came to an end when the Transport
Column was demobilised. If we are still to follow the
Scottish Women in must retrace
their last venture, vve
our steps from Belgrade back past the familiar-sounding
names in the north till we reach the town of Vranja in
the centre of Serbia. Here we shall find in November
191 8 theUnit from Ostrovo, now under Dr. Emslie, who
had moved from their beautiful camp by the lake there,
to take over from the Serbs the hospital at Wanja.
This was a huge building with a long frontage and
wings jutting out to the back at each end. It was
formerly a barracks, and required much attention before
it could properly fulfil the new requirements. As the
hospital was the only one within a radius of fifty miles,
it was full to overflowing with patients ; much
but
had to be done in the way of cleaning and making
provision for lighting and for hot water — no easy task
in the case of such a large building.
In the delightful letter which follows, written by Mrs.
Green, Administrator to the Unit, we get a detailed
account of the move from Ostrovo to Vranja, and of the
work the Unit had to do on their immediate arrival.