Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
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REFUGEES To QUIT
LONDON IN WEEK
american Relief Committee As
serts Eighteen Ships Are
Scheduled to Sail.

BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
LONDON, Aug. 1s.-The American
transportation committee today esti-
+ mated that more than 20,e20 stranded
B americans will be able to leave Eng
& land within the next week Eightesn
& steamships capable of carrying this
8 number of passengers are scheduled
TO sail from English ports fer the
United States and Canada within that
time.
t LONDON, Aug. 49, = Henry s.
Breckenridge. assistant secretary of
war of the United States, announced
today his plans for the relief of
stranded Americans in Europe.
London is to be the headquarters
for the relief of Americans now on
the continent. The cruisers Ten
nessee and North Carolina will coal
and make their headquarters at Fall
mouth, moving from there to CONT
mental points whenever it Is found
necessary.
& Major Ketcham to Direct Work.
I'd Major Daniel w. Ketcham will
Z direct the relief in France, assisted
f ing him. They will open offices in
s. London and will devote their atten.
ton chiefly to obtaining reservations
& for Americans now in England and on
a the continent.
& Major Charles A. Hedekin is to
s. direct the relief in France, assistede
q by Captains Coleman. Louis Brlnton,
"A Granville Sewer, Edward d. Ardery
"A and Miller All will go to Cherbourg
on board the North Carolina and
Scatter through France under Major
"A Hedekin's orders. If it be found
necessary, they will be authorized to
N send Americans southwark to Medi-
Il terranean ports, but preferably they
"a viii be sent to England. The North
Carolina will return to Falmouth in
about five days.
Mr. Breckenridge will accompany
the Tennessee to Rotterdam. sailing
from Falmouth tomorrow. The Ten
nessee, with Mr.. Breckenridge, will
return to Falmouth Sunday.
to Go to Germany.
Major James A. Ryan is to direct
the German relief. assisted by Cap
tains Schindel. Colvin, Fenton and
Cross. who will scatter through Ger
many. If permitted, and send Amer
leans to Rotterdam or to British
ports. whence sailings are scheduled
for America.
If the American officers are denied
admission to Germany the party will
return to London.
The relief committees and the
American embassy here are now per-
suaded that the original estimate of
SO,OO0 Americans on the continent
was only half the real number About
1000 Americans are said to be in
Switzerland alone. while reports from
Austria and Italy now show in
creased numbers in those countries
with little chance of outlet by rail
and Mediterranean sailngs.
Mr. Breckenridge left London at
half-past rone this afternoon to join
the cruiser Tennessee at Falmouth.
One thousand pieces of checked
baggage belonging to Americans ar
= rived in London today from France,
elgium and Holland. The baggage
as been stacked at the depot to
wait claimants.
Discussing the American relief work
in London, the Times TODAY says:
I'm spite of the efforts made by the
American emba ysy in London to spur
the authoritif at home to action, It
is not the general opinion that the
government has so far covered itself
with glory, either in the matter Of
transports or in its munificence in re-
gard to funds"
The Free Masons today chartered
< the yacht Viking for American ma
sons and their families returning 10
America from Liverpool
BY the United Press.
PARIS, Aug. 1S.-But 1900 Ameri-
& cans are now in Paris. according to
q Estimates made today by members of
s the embassy, relief committee. 1t is
believed that those remaining may be
a coon able to leave for London. Two
weeks ago there were at least $500
4 mericans in the French capital, but
they have been pouring from the coun-
3 try daily and most of them reached
&London and have taken passage Or
4 will sail within the next two weeks
ffor America.
ST. The number of American volunteers
Ito fight with the French army is
erowing daily. Andre Lesourd, an Of
Nicer in the reserves, who is drilling
1.-THE Americans, said there had been
200 enlistments today and more a e
Expected. William Benjamin Thaw
e bias volunteered for service in the
Wrench army and turned over his
&|high- powered aeroplane to the gov
& ernment. Stephenson McGregor. he
american aviator, has also enlisted
and, with Thaw, will probably be as
Signed to the aviation corps
"a BY the Associated Press.