New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-03
BRITAIN CALLS
NAVAL RESERVES
Order, Usually Last Pre-
liminary TO Hostilities,
Is Issued Here.
CONSULATES DO
RUSHING BUSINESS
French, Hungarians and Servi'
ans Continue Flocking Into
City en- Route Home.


\ serve a step which heretofore has been
the final preliminary TO actual hostlh-
ties. is called for by proclamation
posted Yesterday in the once oil the
british Consul, az Il state ST.
The proclamation. calling upon every
member Of the reserve in this country
70 report Immediately or be dealt with
as deserter was authorized by tel
+ ccram received from the British en-
hassv Yesterday by Richard l.. NOS
/ worthy. acting consul general. Forms
nrinted i'm scarlet, which had been IN
storage for years, were dug. up, ana
Mr.. Nosworthy fastened to ms once
70 afix his signature.
To-day copies Of the proclamation
will be posted at the Offices and piers
of the various British steamship com
NAMES and in other places where they
arc apt 70 catch the eyes OF the men
summoned for the service.
Not since the Boer war has there
been occasion for the proclamation. Az
that time hostilities commenced lmrne-
diatelv. The call for the naval re-
serves is generally regarded as the
final step in preparation for war
Proclamation Gives Directions.
Reservists on merchant ships arc d.
Il. Il
rected to report 10 the senior brush
naval officer at the port where they
frst hear of the proclamation, 20 the
frst british naval officer they may
moot or to the nearest registrar OF
va,al reserves upon their arrival IN
,bo british islands. Those in foreign
countries hut not on merchant VesSels'
sre 20 report TO the nearest Brush
naval consular or colonial oncer
"forthwith." The final paragraph Is
ANY man failing to report himself
without delay, in compliance with TINS
order. will be liable to arrest as
deserter." III. ,,ro,,
while no proclamation calling upon
the reserves has been ISSUED from VIZ
Scrvian consulate, the scene lheIe
terdav wac more warllke lhan "' V,0
almost deserted British consulat.'
where all that was necessary WS9 W
hunt up and sign prearrangeu w ~
t,,-or without the proclamation rcserN
- ard volunteers of the Servian and
! sII;ed races are flocking TO New norh;
They seek the consulate at once ana
,.oetordav the Young Mems Cup pc
! 10Th The consulate was thronged WIN
,,o,,tbs oanv of whom wore medals
cce;ned in the Balkan war and uniforms
( Sn,cnc the latter was young man
/ fron, Ohio His uniform was that OF
. The local volunteer corps 10 Whlch nc
kaIongod in Ohio. Others have come
frov, Chicago. Pittsburgh, st. Louis ana
other cities.
Balkan Veterans" Here
Tbov are mostly young men, even the
| ,.otorans of the Balkan war. they are
unmorried. and felt no hesitation IN
Sivinc M their Jobs TO hasten toward
tbo front. All of them have brought
their savings with them and some also
I have funds subscribed by their lrlehos
before they left home. e o
/ There is no immediate prospect OF d
call for the Servian reservlsts. Inc
Servian Consul is racklng ms brains
for some method Of getting the rreserv-
cts and volunteers TO Servia before
iSsninc such a call. Until such means
are provided it would be folly to gather
s force of men here, as when thelf
funds ran low they would appeal 10
their consul for relief. Some OF those
at the consulate yesterday mad peen
passengers on two German oostS "R f.or
had been ordered TO turn back a1teI
two days at sea.
meeting of Scrvian and Greek WON
on and those Of other nationalltes was
held in the rooms below the consulate
last evening TO organize a nursing
corps for the war.
French Consulate Busy.
At the French Consulate. at Bridge
St, the clerical force was busy all day
sending out notices to French citizens
in this city liable for military. serVlGe
The notices stated that general moblll-
zation of the army and navy had been
ordered and instructed the reservists
to- report at once at the French Line
10 State st., to make arrangements 70
return home.
II was said at the consulate that
there we're about 5000 Frenchmen IN
this city liable for military service
Although the order was for them 70
make their way home at once, 1t was
admitted that no way was known yet N
which this could be done. II was SAID
however. that French and English war
ships would be able TO protect French
boats. so that when the time came fol
taking the reservists home there woulo
be no hesitation.
DR.. p. II. Falcke, German Consul
General. said at the consulate, whier
was also kept open all day on aceouh,
of the war, that official notification nae
reached him Of general mobilization
with Instructions TO him to issue
public warming to all German ships re-
mindino- them of the dangers on the
bigb seas and advising them TO remain
in neutral ports. He said that more
than five hundred German reservist'
had registered. but that the problem oil
getting TO the war was up TO them IN
dividuallv. He said that under the
military law they were expected to gel
hack as best they could or show a rea
sonable excuse for not doing so.
Another consulate that was open ant
hard al work was the Austro- Hunga
Ran 81 "a State st. Word was re-
ceiyed there that the consul general
Alexander Won Nuber-Pereked, who Is
in Austria. would not return. Or
Charles Winter, the acting consu
general. receiving instructions lC
continue in Office. The office opened
at s o'clock in the morning, and before
night more than l,50O reservists nae
registered, bringing the number at th'
New York Office up to nearly lO,OOV.
All notion. il was said. Of concen'
.ration camp in Long Island for receiv'
ING reservists had been given up, as
IL was deemed that to establish sucf
camp would be in violation OF the
neutrality laws. Long Islanders. there
fore, who have been apprehensiye that
such a camp would be set down neaI
them. need not worry further. for II
was seid arrangements for housing the
hosts of reservists expected from other
cities would be made with cheap hotels
and various Austrian and Hungarian
homes. 49,.
Marcus Braun. press committee OF
the Hungarian Relief Committee, which
ic collecting a fund for the relief OF
families of reseryists from this coun-
try who fall in battle, announced that