... went to the aviation field at Svedi Kos, south of Smyrna. The aviators live in a school. Close to the field there are the tents of a division. The Turkish soldiers made a good impression.JULY ... 30,000,000marks for war loans; he was very pleasant. Except for a few attacks by autograph collectors, the trip waseventless. In Tetschen, at the border, I was relieved of the bother of customs officials ... (many small sail-boats), situated at the foot of a mountain, and made up, mostly, of small framehouses. We were met by small government vessels, while the others were taken off by native boats....