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Show LONDON IS MADE HEADQUARTERS Cruisers Tennessee and Nortn Carolina to Make Trips From England to Continental Conti-nental Points. RELIEFWORK DIRECTORS Original Estimate of Number of American Refugees Entirely En-tirely Too Small. Loudon, Aug. IS. 1 : JO p m. Henry S. Breckinridge, assistajit secretary of war of the United States, announced announc-ed today his plana for the relief of stranded Americans in Europe. London Is to be the headquarters for the relief ol Americans now on the continent. The cruisers Tennessee Ten-nessee and North Carolina will conl and make their headquarters at Falmouth, Fal-mouth, moving from there to conti ! I nental points whenever it Is found net sesary, Directors of Relief Work. Major Daniel V Ketoham will di-" di-" 1 the rej,.f Uorl ,rom London, with Captain Harrv F Dalton assisting assist-ing him, They will open offices in Loudon and will devote iheir atten tlon ehlefly to obtaining resenations tor Americans now in England and -'ii the continent. Major Charles A Hedekln is 10 direct the relief in Frnnce. assisted by Captains Coleman. Louis Brlnton. Granville Sevier, Edward D, Ardery and Miller All will go to Cherbourg on board the North Carolina and scat tor through France under Major He-dekin's He-dekin's orders lr it be found necessary, neces-sary, they will be authorized to send Americans southward to Mediterranean Mediterra-nean ports, but preferably they will be sent to England The North Caro Una will return to Falmouth in about five days. Trip to Rotterdam. Mir. Breckinridge will accompany the Tennessee to Rotterdam, sailing from Falmouth tomorrow The Tennessee Ten-nessee with Mr. BrecklnridKe will re turn to Paiinonth 8unday Major James A. Ryan Is to direct the German relief assisted by Captains Cap-tains Schlndel. Colvin, Fenton and Cross, who will Bcatter through Germany Ger-many it permitted and second Americana Ameri-cana to Rotterdam or to British ports, whence sailings are scheduled for America If the Amerlean officers are denied admission 10 Germany the party will return to London. Eighteen Sailings Announced ECIghteen British snilingH for Amerl-ca Amerl-ca are announced between now and August L'L'. and Mr Brec kinridge feels that Americans Will bo able to leve England uphout the assistance of American government transports However, he thinks it likely the situation in Switzerland. Austria and Italy will make it necessary to send trahsponts to the Mediterranean. The relief cOUhlitteea and the American embassy here are now persuaded per-suaded thai the original estimate of 30,000 Americans on the continent was only half the real number. About ll.nOft Americans are said to be in Swltzerhiiid alom while reports from Austria and ItaJj now shov in r numbers in tho.- countries, with lit-tl lit-tl 'banco of outlet by rail and few Mediterranean sailings Mr Frockinrldgc left London at half past one this afternoon to join the cruiser Tennt ssoe al Ralmouth. Much Eacjgsge Arrives One t housatul picnx o I ch i'k-d baggage belonging to Americans arrived ar-rived in London today from France, Belgium and Holland The baggage has been stacked at the depot to awn it claimants. I use ii(sins the American relief work in London, the Times today says "In spite of the efforts made by the American embassy in London to spur the authorities at home to action, it is not the general opinion that the government has so far covered iisdf with glory, either in the matter of transports or in its munificence In Pe-gard Pe-gard to funds " The Free Masons today chartered ihe yacht Viking for Amerlean Masons Ma-sons and their families returning to America from Liverpool. nn |