The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-29
100000 AUSTRIAN
RESERVISTS HERE
Many Of 100000 Serbs in
America Also Are Ready
TO Fight,

The announcement that Austria mad de-
terday to the activities that for the last
three days had kept tho menbcrs Of tho
Austrian and Servian consuates in this
city working early and late. transactinc
official business and keeping their coun.
trymen Informed az 10 the situation and rs
TO what II expected of them in the event
OF a call 70 arms.
Acting under instructions from the war
Office In Vienna. the Austrian CONSUL
General made preparations 10 transport
the several thousand reservists In this
country who are expected to answer the
call 90 the colors within the next two
weeks. More than n score of officers who
have been summoned by cable are cx-
pected to sail before the end of the pres
ent week.
No Instructions came 70 the Ser, ian
Consul and he was kept busy Informing
inquirers not 10 be excited until events
have worked themselves out to some eN-
tent. Prof. Michael l. Pupin Of Columbia
University. the acknowledged leader Of
the 100000 Serbs In this country, rnotored
20 town from his summer home IN Com
ference with Paul " Pavlovitch. who IL
IN charge Of the Servian Consulate Il
IS understood that Prof. Pupiu has al
ready sent hundreds Of kilograms to his
countrymen here asking them for funds
with which to equip and maintain addi-
tional troops.
Cabled dispatches informed acting Con-
sul-Genersl Charles Winter that no gem
eral mobilization Of Austrian troops 10
contemplated AZ this time His inforna-
ton Is that not more than eight corps
have been ordered into service and he .be-
licves that 1t Is not the intention 20 re-
quire all the regiments OF these eight to
respond with n full complement lie has
no way of knowing just how many OF the
reservstS In this country will be directed
TO join their regiments.
DR.. Fritz Fischerauer Austrian First
Nice-C Consul. said that In the event a a
general mobilization the Austrian Gov
eminent will publish the fact in news
papers throughout Europe and the United
States.
I'm that case" he said every reservist
will be expected 10 join his corps withou-
further notice. In the present instance
only the men summoned by card need re
spond. They will report AZ the nearest
Consulate and their expenses from their
places of residence to Austria will he pa
I'VE have Consolidated General in New
York and another I'm Chicago. The Con
suates are at Plttshurg. Cleveland. san
Francisco, Charleston. W. Va: Denver
st. Louis. St Paul and Philadelphia
There are some fifteen honorary Consuls
A reservist called to the colors may re-
port to any one OF these. There are from
200 900 10 25o. 600 reservists I'm the United
States
I'VE are instructed that the Emperor
has issued n general amnesty In favor
OF all Who have deserted from the army
or who never presented themselves at
the proper time for military service I'm
der the terms of the amnesty ~ these
men present themselves. whether or not
they have been called. their expenses will
he paid back to Austria and they VIII bs
immune from all punishment"
DIR. Fischerauer said that among the
heaps OF inquiries received from Austrian
subjects who want to know whether or
not they should return are a great num-
her from Serbs born In Austria He as
serted that they apparently are eager
20 return and TO take up arms against
Servia.