The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-23
MEN FLEE BRITAIN TO
ESCAPE CONSUMPTION
One Hundred and Twenty IN stce<age
Reach New York ON Amerf-
can Liner.
roRUBIlE ENLISTMENT rs
BUT QUESTION OF DAYS
Pitfsburg Boy Who Enlisted With
Canadian, Rifles Declares British
c--Dtssatisfaction In the
Trenches.

New York. Aug. 22.--Sunday. Au-
gust Is. was the date set by the Brit
ish government for the registration OF
all males OF military age in the king
dom. A. q result the American liner
pniladeiphia reached New York this
afternoon with . steerage HIST Of lS6
passengers, Of whom 12o were men
who had left the country tbs day be-
fore the time expired In order to CO.
cape what they believed TO be the
first step toward conscription.
According to several OF the pas
sengers. CONSUMPTION 10 imminent In
England. Louis r. Gutierrez, who
was secretary TO Huerta when the lat
ter was in control In Mexico. declared
that the forcible enlistment OF soldiers
Is a question. not Of months or
weeks, but Of days"
Among the passengers In the sec
ond cabin was William III. McComb.
an eighteen-year-oid Pittsburg Coli
lege student. who ran away from
home last June and enlisted in the
First Canadian Mounted Rifles. He
was discharged from the regiment
after two months. in training camp
at Shorncliff. England. at the request
States government. after the colonel
OF the regiment had refused to ac-
cede to the request In Canada through
this boys pleading.
British Are Pessimistic.
McComb declared that the British
are pessimistic. They expect ulti-
mate victory. but have abandoned any
hope OF ever invading Germany. The
best plan. they have decided. 10 to
ing men In q drive. To this end Eng
land has gathered a vast reserve Of
fresh troops In her borders. feeding
them TO the front only to all vacan-
ctes and keep the balance. Fresh
soldiers are constantly entering the
field to oppose the wearying Germans.
One-tenth of his own regiment. he
declared. was composed Of Ameri-
cans. and almost an equal percentage
of his countrymen are in the rest OF
the troops Mt the front.
He added that dissatisfaction Il
breaking out in the trenches. An
average OF six or sAven men are shot
every day for refusing to 60 to the
trenches to night. These figures. he
declared. were given to him by one
Of the staff officers. In England the
people. dreading CONSUMPTION IN u dis
grace. are making every effort to keep
the enlfstments up. Veterans with
the Victoria Cross and women solicit
recruits In the public places OF Lon
don.
Promised to Marry -Four.
Captain Charles Bertun, comman-
der Of Mortimer n. Plants yacht. the
, Iolanda, which was chartered to q
Russian family three years ago. re-
turned to this country. He said the
yacht has been chartered by the Brit
ish government to serve a. the nag
ship Of the fleet OF patrol boats which
scout for German submarines along
the coast
Marshall Field and his wife, who
went to England on their honeymoon
trim recently, returned with Mrs C.
w Marshall, who IL Mrs. Fields
mother. They had been at Cadiand,
| the estate OF Mrs. Baldwin Drum
mong, Mrs. Fields mother, near
Southampton. The mansion has been
turned into a convalescent hospital
| for the ssTommies." accomplishing
nifty Of them ut time.
Among the other passengers on the
liner were Colonel A. HI. House; DR.
Edward III. Nichols. OF the Harvard
Red Cross unit, who has been relieved
After serving his Six month"; time:
CHARLES w Short, formerly assistant
secretary to the American ambassa-
dor 81 London. with his family: n. C.
Rosenbaum. Of tho Strand Theater
and Mis- Anna Wheaton. I young
American variety actress, who hal
been Appearing II the Hippodrome In
London. She has I contract with 3
New York theater. but iaughingly de.
clared that her real reason fOr leav.
ins England vas that nhe had prom,
! In the trenches. ana she was afr~ss
one or them would come hnck q