Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-24
CEDRIC AND GEORGE,
WASHINGTON ARRIVE;
Two Steamers Bring Home Several Thousand American
Troops, Many Of Them Wounded-Lyneh-
burg Man Among Them

| NEW YORK, December 23-Thc
! United states transport Cedric arrived
| in port to-day from Liverpool carry.
ing American troops.
The Cedric was followed into por,
by the transport George Washington
tho ship that conveyed President Will
son 10 France. also bringing home
American troops.
Aboard the Cedric were 90 officers
2.16S enlisted men, nurses and
civilians. The troops comprise Win
chester Casual Companies Numbers
onc Thousand and Second ncgro>. Ont
| Thousand and SiXty-ffth, one Thou
sand and SiNtN-siNth and one Thousand
and Nty-$ercnth; Liverpool Casual
Companies Numbers one Thousand and
Second negro. one Thousand and
Third. one Thousand and Fourth one
! Thousand and Fifth. One Thousand and
Sixth, one Thousand and Seventh: On,
Three Hundred and Thirty second Nero
Squadron. and j officers and 42i men
sick and wounded. OF tho latter "A are
hcdriddcn cases, two mental and two
tubc"cular
The George Washington, which l.r,
Rrcst December Is had 33l officers
and LAST men; Batteries 4, T., II. +,
and Headquarters Company. One Hun
drcd and Thirty-scvcnth Field Artil-
lcry, ." officers and 32a men; One Hun
drcd and Thirty-cighth Field Artillery.
50 officers; advance school detachment
Eleventh Division. 40 officers and s.
men; sick and wounded. 96S, OF whom
I5 are bedriddcn.
The sick included 80 mon suffering
from humps. There were no d,aths on
the voyage across.
Edward II. Stcttinius. Second As
SiStart Secretary OF War. and Amcri-
can member Of the intcrallicd mum
tons council. formed for tho burmese
OF unitying allied shipments OF war
supplies ana artillery to save shin
hn
More tales OF hcroisn. sacrifice and
German trcachcry were told by wound l..
Gu SoiuierS VINO returned-on tho Cedric.
american cNpeditionary force manor.
displayed by one trooper. coniuinci
the Information that the Scventy-stxIh
return as unit to America This or
eantzation is composed of New En-
land and New York troops
NIGHT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED
SO he COULDN'T EAT
Two "hunkics" wounded in action to-
Eethcr,-Frivate Taylor Williams, of
CON I;nn.'n OF s., va; and Private Major
ltuhdrsd and Nineteonth Infantry, were
on the Cedric. I'm lucky-Tvc los;
only leg. said Con-. Il might havc
been wounded so l couldn't cat"
wii HIo; SO lucky as am" declared
NiI!iainS. who, shot in the chin sboul
Hcr ana neck must partallc OF lau!l
I"oa untI he has undergone another
Operation. Il might have been w,n,,m,,
cd so | couldn't walk"
These doughboys were strucl, Ia, ,,o
same shrapncl she'll vac
one THOUSAND AMERICAN
Wol NDED STILL At LIVERpoo,
Major f. + sullivan. of Chicago. who
mas; eeen attached 10 the quartermas.
corps IN Liverpool. said 12.00D
SnSpptd from that port and that ,hsrn
are are about zoo wounded Americans IN
tnr nospi,ais there who will be sent
irirate Harold Coync. of Bun,lo
W nc one Hundred and Eighth Infan'
w SAID lie personally saw the bod;ns
u'ocb r;,t.'an women who had manned
i,,oiaainS helmets with explosives and
ieaNihs them on the battle folIr ". ~
mines was favoritc German spor.