Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-01
FRENCH RESERVES
ARE HERE ON WAY
TO SCENE OF WAR
Among 1877 Are a Professor of
Berkeley University and Dr.
rector Of a French Theater
in San Francisco,

Exactly 1861 soldiers of France. de.
sorting occupations ranging from chef
TO college professor and director of
the Theatre Francois. stopped here
for an hour and thirty minutes last
night. en- route from San Francisco
TO France. They occupied five chair
cars and sleeper on Santa Fe train
No. s.
With five exceptions, all are reser-
visits and have had military training.
They are going back at the expense
of the French government except the
five whose patriotism led them to pay
their own fare to fight for the Tr-
Color. Among these five patriots are
Andre Fcrrier, director and founder
Of the Theatre Francois dc San Fran
cisco. and Charles Gassion. a French
actor. Mr.. Ferrier and his wife. Nine.
Gustin Ferrier. soprano. once were
of "L'Opera- Comique de Paris"
AIgcrians Object of Curiosity.
one Of the most prominent in Cal
fornia Of the rcservists is Prof
Adolphc 7. de villers. teacher of
French and German of Berkeley uni
versity. He will shoulder rifle as a
private. NJ. Terrier belongs to the
sanitary corps
When the news that the reservlsts
were here circulated nearly 200 peo-
pie went to the Santa Fe station to
see them. Two negroes. who seeming
~ spoke French fluently, caused
some wondcrment They are Algcr-
ians. who go to join the zouaves,
troops famous In the Napoleonic
wars and among the last to surrender
at Sedan In the Franco Prussian war
OF 1870. The two sang the Marseillaise
as loudly as the others.
There were just 1877 In our num-
Der when we started" said Professor
villers to reporter. They are all
here now. They will all be here when
we reach IIavre.'
Women Sent by Society.
Professor. villers and several others
were in the sleeper Two of them
had their wives. and five dark-eyed
children, one OF whom was repeating
over and over the first few notes of
the Marseillaise on a mouth organ.
The women and children are going
to Paris at the expense Of French
society.
They were not the first to leave
California In answer to the call for
soldiers. Sixty-five reservists left San
Francisco several days before them
going to New York by another route
The -sixty-five were the first to leave
in d group and at the expense OF the
French government, although indi-
eiduals had gone before. Those who
we're here last night told of a French
priest Pere Lebihan. who went with
the sixty-fve.
In the sleeper when d visitor en-
tered a bottle of Cognac was pro-
duced and the health of La Belle
France" was drunk Next La Re-
pubIique."
Knew General Pau.
I'VE are not discouraged by the in
vasion of the German army within
our borders said NJ. Gassion. The
occupation is only temporary Ger
many is exerting all her force now.
When France and England throw all
their forces into action then VIII
come the what do you call 1t -
turning point-ne c'est pas?''
General Pau. the hero oil tne
war" Professor Villers remarked al
ter hearing the latest press bulletins
from Paris. Il am not surprised. ne
is an old man, veteran of the fran
CO. Prussian war. | have seen MN
often in Paris. He had only one hand.
The left he lost in 1870. a German
saber left him thus.
The reservists expect to have no
difficulty in leaving the United states
They will embark as individuals
without arms and without uniforms.
AS for the passage over the Atian'ic
the English cruisers nave made
that easy.
Crowd Cheers.
when the train started eastward
the Frenchmen poked their neaos
out the windows and cried "Vive ia
France" Then they sang La Mar
seillaise." The crowd gathered at the
station anqwernd with cheers.