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Show American Relief Work to End Soon London, Sept. 19. Tho American crulBor Tennessee will start for America Am-erica about October 1, earning home virtually all tho army officers who camo over to Europo on eovornment rollof work. Tho Tennessee left Now York August C with moro tuau $5,000,000 on hoard to alii strain1"! I Americans in Europe B Under orders from Ilonry S Ureckinrldgo tho American assistant I secretary of war, affairs Uo'o arc be I ing closed up as rapidly as possible, A preparatory to ending the relief lab-I lab-I ors ot tho Washington sorurnmom. A resident American relief coriraiUeo under n permanent form of orfcunlia-tlon orfcunlia-tlon will continue after tho withdrawal with-drawal ot government assistance to assist Indigent Americans, with committee com-mittee funds. Tho local committee has been using Us own fundi since, tho opening ot the war for the temporary tem-porary nsslstanco ot penniless Americans, Am-ericans, whllo tho government money mon-ey has been used for tho payment of stcnniBhlp and railroad fares nnd other larger amounts, which could bo accounted for-In largo vouchers-Th6 vouchers-Th6 government relief -vork under tho direction of army officers especially espec-ially detnlled, will nd uIbo In all tho continental capitals. Diplomatic officers of-ficers will direct tho work nfter October Oc-tober 1. Six steamers carrvlnc C000 Amnrl cans loft tho Tirltlsh Isles todafor tho United States. This makes tho total ot American departures during the week 15,000. Among tho passengers Balling today to-day are Andrew Cnrneglo and Sir Johnston Forbes-Tlobertson. Tho weekly report Issued by Herbert Her-bert Q. Hoover, chairman of tho American relief commltteo In London shows that 057 Americans havo been nsststed during tho past seven days and that tho total of Americans departing de-parting since August C, Is 87,000 of whom 8G37 havo been assisted. |