New Britain herald., 1914-08-26
ALL AMERICANS TO
 BE HOME BY OCT. 7
Sec Garrison Says IuI RtpaIT1s- Lon Viii Le Accompanied In.n.

| Washington, Aug. 26.-Secretary of , War uarrISon Is ConvInceu lnat the / problem oI repatriation oI American
 cltlZens slranueu Tn tne war zone mas 1 been practicaIy solved. MI. Garrison
 maue pubic yesterday d lesume ol the efforts of the conplned depart 1nentS in cooperation with the AmerI- can diplomauc and consular oncers abroad and the officials of the trans continental steamship companies, which indicates that within six weeks every American in Europe who so wishes may return to the United States. The compilation fixes October 1 as the ultimate date at which full repatriation can be accomplished Secretary Garrison said:
 "Amba ssador HerricK has arranged to transport the Americans in Swift Zerland by special trains from Geneva, as follows: One thousand on We'd nesday, the 26th; 1000 on Thursday, the 27th; 5U0 on Friday, the 2Sth and 500 on Saturday, the 29th. The fol- lowing ships will sail from Havre for the United States upon dates not now obstainable-the Rochambeau, the Flanders, the France, the Lorraine and one additional ship, the name of which was not sent.
 "The ambassador has also arranged to transport 140 Americans on the Champlain, sailing from Havre on August 31. The Espagne sailed from Havre on August 22 with 800 Ameri- cans on board.
 5000 Still in Berlin.
 The assistant secretary of war -rI; tLa,,f ,xtxt can be now ascertained the Americans in Germany are located at the follow ing places, to the number named with respect to each place: Berlin, 5000; Bremen, 300; Emden, 25; Breslau. 500; Chemnitz, 50; Dres- den, 500; Erfurth, 60; Casel, 80; Ham, burg, 750; Kiel, 50; Leubeck, 50; Hanover, 225; Leipzig, 12O; Magde- burg, 50; Mannheim, 300; Neustadt, B. Munich, 2.50O: Nuremberg. 200; Stet- and Stuttgart, 2.
 He states that they are trying to arrange daily special trains carrying 400 passengers, each to be sent from Berlin to cities in Holland and Italy Trains have already been arranged Tor today and tomorrow.
 Special Trains EmpIOyeu.
 Trains have been also sent in spe- cial instances from Munich with pas sengers from Carlsbad and hndau, Austria and from Lindau with passen- gers from Switzerland, and such others will continue to run from time to time whenever there are sufficient Americans to fill them
 We are still awaiting more de- tailed information from Austria and Switzerland, although the Swiss situa- tion appears to be very much relieved by the arrangements made by Ambas- sador Herrick and above referred to.
 Franconia Bringing 1,733. "A wire has been received from the Cunard line stating that the Fran conia. from Liverpool, left Queens town Sunday afternoon with 553 sa- loon. 715 second cabin and 465 third class passengers, making 1.733 in all, for Boston.
 Forty sailings from English ports to this country and Canada have been a arranged by the International Mer- cantile Marine lines between now and October ', there being eight such sail ings from Liverpool to New York by the American line, four from Liver pool to Philadelphia by the same line. seven from Liverpool to New York by the White Star line, five from London to New York by the Atlantic Trans port line. two from Liverpool to Bos- ton by the White Star line, and six from Liverpool to Montreal by the White Star Dominion line. in addition to which there will be one from Naples about September 10 by the White Star line"