The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06
GREECE CALLSAER
LOYAL SONS HOME
Threescore Leave Richmond
This Week to Fight for
Their Flag.
HOLD BIG MEETING TO-DAY
Royal Command Orders Greeks
to Athens-l'orever Exiled
if They Refuse.

Between hfty and sixty loyal son.
OF Greece who call Richmond theiI
home will sail from New York carly
this week to rally around the stand
ard Of the fatherland In the impend.
ing clash with Turkey. The men are
returning to Athens in response to
a royal decree which calls upon all
native born Greeks to come to the
aid OF their King and in the defense VI
their country's honor. Every Greek
in Richmond will gather this afternoon
in the hall over 7l2 East Broad Street
to learn the details of the journey
the returning warriors are to under
take.
These sixty zen represent that por-
ton Of the Grecian population OF Rich
mond which is eligible for service In
the army. stAlwart men. between the
ages OF twenty-one and nifty. Many
Of them have already seen service in
the army Of Greece and they are par
ticularly wanted by the royal master
whose hattalions will form the main
body Of the Balkan allies army. Some
even have enjoyed officers rank, and
these will Immediately receive COM
missions on landing at Athens.
May Stay Here ~ Exuee.
While excitement and patriotic zeal
Is running high among the Greeks oi
this city at the prospect OF a strus-
gle with the hated Turk. the return to
join the army Is not optional with tho
native born Greeks in America. Ac-
cording to the Grecian law. all native
borns sons between the ages of TWEEN
ty-one and fifty are on the army re-
thcS
may be living, and are subject to in
Simultaneous call to arms in case OF
need, Failing to answer the call means
voluntary exile. for the Greek who re-
fuses to obey the royal mandate Is
sure Of imprisonment should he ever
set foot on his native land again once
a Greek, always Q Greek.
Some few here are willing to su1er
exile rather than go back to join the
ranks against the Turk. but the vast
majority who are eligible for the army
have seized the opportunity eagerly
TRANSFORMATION to the homecoming
patriots il furnished by their govern
ment. The call which set the Grecian
population of Richmond by the ears
was issued last week by Consul-Gen-
eral D. N. Botsssi. from New York.
who has q list Of every Greek living
in this country.
Get Regal sunanoss.
There Is no Greek consul In Ricn-
mond, but the Richsoonders eligible for
service received the royal summons by
mail. 1t is expected that the sixty
men destined for the Grecian army
will leave Richmond on Tuesday. sail
ing Immediately from New York TO
Piraeus. the port Of Athens.
More than 1000 men. representins
the advance guard Of the home-goine
Greeks. took ship Thursday In New
York for Athens. While many Will re-
fuse to obey the call, it Is estimated
that New York City alone VIII lose
5000 citizens by the return to Greece.
Greeks from every quarter Of the coun-
try are hurrying to New York now
while the consul-general 10 busy Ar
ranging for rush transportations- 1t Is
not possible to get even an approximate
idea Of the number Of Greeks In Ricn-
mond, but there are believed TO be sew
eral hundred here Although the
nopulation Of Greece itself Is only =
0oo. 600, It IL figured that there are ..
600. 900 native-born Greeks living IN
other parts Of the world