The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-05
RETURNING YANKs
ARE A JOLLY Lot
AWHEN DO WE EAT?' WAS THE
FIRST QUESTION ASKED.
MAURITANIA DOCKED TODAY
Many Messages Are Delivered To the
sss Men and Officers and the 116
Sick and Wounded Aboard
the Big Ship.


Sick and Wounded Aboard
the Big Ship.
New York, Dec. carrying the
first large contingent of American
troops from France, the Mauritania
sister ship of the Lusitania, docked
this morning There were on board
3s9 fighting men and officers, and lie
sick and wounded.
The troops will be carried to Long
Island City, thence to Camp Mills by
train. They left Liverpool last Mon
da.,
Three other large vessels with
American troops will probably arrive
today or tomorrow. They are the
Lapland. Certic, and the Minnekahde.
Most of the men on the Mauretania
are from the air service and from
construction and radio branches of
the army.
Boys Are jolly Lot.
AS the ship locked, she was del
uged with wireless messages of greet
ings. The doughboys were in no
mood for serious messages. They
were thoroughly frivolous. They
were most interested in the arrange
merits for satisfying their appetite
and thirst. .-.. ii
One of the first queries sent out
was Has New York gone dry?"
New York, is proud of every one
of you.''. was Mayor Hyland's first
message TO the soldiers. And almost
at the same instant came the reply:
when do We eat?"
Almost coincident with the above
message came this one:
"Oh, how dry we are!"
A Rousin9 Reception.
New York greeted the first soldiers
returning from France by screeching
of sirens, paper torn up and thrown
from the roofs of sky-scrapers, cheer
ing, waving Of handkerchiefs from
windows and ferry boats.
eriton in Command. 81
According to those on the Maure-
tania, the ship had rough crossing. |
-Four storms were encountered and
at one time the sea ran so high that
the clerical force at work in the cab |
in had TO quit when their typewriters
We're hurled TO the floor. The ship
was commanded by Capt. H. A. Ros-
tron of the British navy, who was in !
command of the Carpathia when that
vessel picked up victims of the I'll
tanic disaster in 1912.
There were rousing cheers when !
admiral Mayo left the MauretaITa |
and boarded the naval tug awaiting !
him. Among his fellow passengers |
on the trip from England were Harry |
Lauder, the comedian, who sang for |
the soldiers during the voyage home, |
and Maj. Ian Hay of the British army. |
Lay At Anchor over Night.
New York, Dec. 2-The British !
steamer Mauritania, returning to the !
United States with the first large |
body of American overseas troops, an
chored in Gravesend bay at 7:40 |
o'clock last night. She was met by |
navy and army tugs.
She remained at her anchorage I'M |
til early this morning. when she pro- !
ceeded to dock at Hoboken.
More Transports Enroute.
Washington. ID. c., Dec. 2.-Notice I
has been received by the war depart !
ment of the sailing from Liverpool |
on NOV. 29 Of the steamer Ascanius, !
with AZ officers and 1,427 men and the |
steamer Canopic, for Boston, with 81 |
officers and 1867 men. All on board |
both steamers are aero units except |
a few easuals and unattached officers. |
This makes a total of 1880 officers
and men now enroute home from Eng |
land, representing nearly two-thirds Of |
the total number of American troops
in that country when the armistice
was signed. The remainder are to |
return home on several steamers
leaving Liverpool this week apd next |
week.
Huns Sunk Hospital Ships.
London, Dec 1.-The British foreign
office has published a paper giving !
the details of the sinking of the Brit |
Ish hospital ships, Rewa, Glenart Cas-
tie, Guilford Castle and Llandoyery |
Castle, by German submarines in |
January, February. March and June
of this year. A copy of this state |
ment has been sent to British diplo- |
matte representatives in allied and
neutral countries.
Mr.. Balfour. the foreign secretary,
who drafted the statement, says:
There can be but little doubt that |
he German commander attempted to
slaughter all the witnesses OF his |
crime and to sink the ships without
eaving any trace. according to Count |
Luxburg's notorious phrase"
Rabbit Hunting.
Rabbit hunting was revived with the