The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-25
GARRISON SAYS RELIEF MEASURES
 ALMOST COMPLETE
Americans in Europe Prac- tically Cared For-Finan- cial Condition of Tour
 ists Improved

Washington, August 24-Secretar ry 9arrlson' chairman of the government, relief board, tonight reiterated tha steamship accommodations for Amer jeans from all parts Of Europe wer, adequate for the present. He also de eiared his report showed improvement ln the financial condition .of Ameri cans in the war zone.
 Assistant Secretary Breckenridge O the war department cabled the follow ing report today from Berlin:
 T left The Hague with party las Saturday, August 22, the Dutch gov. ernment furnishing special train tC the frontier. There the German govern. ment gave us special to Berlin wher. we arrived a. m. Sunday. I will get in touch with the situation in Austria and Italy from here.'
 MT. Garrison said he had been ad- vised of the departure yesterday iron Liverpool for New York of the St. Pau and the Olympic, the former carrying 620 first class and $50 second class passengers, and the latter 796 first, SOC second and Si6 third cabin passengers
 No Finances Needed
 The American minister to Portugal Thomas Birch, cab1ed from Lisbon that no financial aid was needed.
 Consul Robert J. Thompson. at Ak la -Chapelle. Germany, telegraphed that Americans and British in East Belgium Liege, Verviers and Spa are safe.
 Autographed that he could say positive Photographed that he coul say positive ly Americans and their property are safe in Dresden. Secretary Garrison gave out the following summary of reports received to date concerning.the movements and disposition of the of- ficers and relief funds sent to Flu rope:
 "The Tennessee arrived at Falmouth at 7:20 D. m., August IS. Assistant Sec retary Breckenridge. with Major Ketch um and Captain Dalton went on to Lon- don, taking S300,000 for use there. The officers remained to aid in relief work
 "On the 18th the North Carolina left for Cherbourg with relief funds, and With party of officers. This party took with them some of the officers who were previously stationed at the various service schools, etc, in France frcm France they were to endeavor to reach Swiss and Italian points where they could aid in the work. Two off cers were sent to Rome with $50,000 and to Vienna with $25.000. Captains Schindels and Colvin and Lieutenant Thipps, Jr., with $35.000 were sent to Christiania for relief work in Norway. sweden and Denmark, and two officers with $50,000. were sent to The Hague and Rotterdam. Assistant Secretary Breckenridge, with five officers and s15o, ,000 are in Berlin. Captains Will Hams was sent with 5000 to Antwerp
 Detailed to Relief Work
 "The military attaches already in Flu rope and the officers at various for eisn service schools have been detailed to relief work.
 Tn addition to the dispositions re- forred to, s10,000 has been sent tc Major Langhorne. the military attacht in Berlin. and Ambassador Willard was given S25,000 for work in Spain. The maycrs of many of the lar9el cities of the United States are beins reque sted by the American Red Cross tonight to bring about a co-opera tive arrangement with the Chambers oi Commerce, Boards of Trade and loca Red Cross organizations, whereby tho soliciting of contributions for tho American Red Cross European expe. oitions may be systematzed.'