The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-26

En
 nekahda, Lapland and Orca, B
 left Liverpool last Friday and This announcement means that the movement of the American troops now in England, the ma- jority of whom are in air serv- ice detachments, will continue steadily until all of them, some 20.- 900, have returned.
 There are no regiments or other units of line troops in Great Britain. The first movement of the larger units, such as briGades and divi-
 sions, will come from French ports,
 it Is assumed. as the British cross
 channel service undoubtedly is 7. completely occupied with the
 transportation of returning British
 forces.
 The units now en route to New York and the ships on which they sailed, were announced by General March as fol- lows:
 LIST OF UNITS
 The units on the Minnekahda:
 Second Air Craft Acceptance parks, twenty mine officers and 557 men; 230th aero squadron, three officers and 249 enlisted men, 21sth aero squadron, three officers. l2s mem 254th squad ron, two officers, 253 men; Eighteenth lConstruction company, air service, six ofricers, PAP men; ksnstecnths Conatruc- tion company, seven officers. 2Ss men; Fifteenth Construction company. five officers, PTS men, Ninety second aero squadron, twenty-four officers. POI men; 177th squadron, two officers, 2S0 D J,,r,, aff Imen; sad squadron, four officers, 1eS men; S39th squadron, three officers. ninety men; 259th squadron, three or Ificers, 127 men; casual medical detach- lment six officers, eighteen enlisted lmen. Total aboard ninety-nine of Ificers, 2.943 men.
 SAILING ON LAPLAND On the Lapland are these units and lcasuals:
 1 First Handley-Page training section, l126 officers, 44s men: Sixty-ninth photo lsection. one officer, thirty men; Seven ltieth photo section, one officer, thirty Imen; Seventy-first photo section, one officer, thirty men; Seventy second section, one officer, twenty-nine men. Isailmakers tachment one officer, 100 men; 365th aero squadron, two officers, I119 men; 263rd squadron, two officers. I125 men; 256th squadron, two officers, l1o6 men; 32oth squadron. two officers, l123 men, 314th air squadron, two of Ificers, 134 men: 31Sth squadron, two officers, 120 men; 350th squadron. three officers, 121 men; S12th squadron. three officers, 123 men; air service casuals, forty-four officers; mixed casuals, eleven officers, one enlisteds man, one cx-nurse; casualS, sick and wounded, seven officers, fourteen men hot requiring special attenticn; en- 1s4te n4% Co 4L 1<l .r ficers, six; nurses, three; casual medi- cal detachment, five officers. twelve men Total aboard Lapland 233 of- Ificers. four nurses. 1797 other ranks.
 UNITS ON THE ORCA
 On the steamer Orca, which sailed from Liverpool for New York Novem- Der 23 are: 470th aero squadron, two officers, 127 men; 471st squadron, three officers, 141 men; 478th squadron, three officers Al men: 47Sth squadron, six officers. 125 men; 47sth squadron, four officers. 140 men; 224th squadron, two officers, 225 men; 260th squadron, two officers, 126 men; 261st squadron, three officers, IA men; s06th squadron, two officers forty-one men; S23rd squad ron, three officers, 119 men, saith squadron, four officers. ninety nine linen; S31st squadron, three officers, 106 linen; S36th squadron, four officers, 1o3 |men; S52nd squadron. four officers, 125 .men; third construction company, air Iservice, four officers. 2s5 men; casuals, medical department, four officers twelve men. Total fifty officers 1874 |men.
 EXPECTED END OF MONTH General March announced that the three vessels were expected to arrive in New York about the end of the month Before General March's announcement Secretary Baker had discussed with correspondents the return of American troops from France Their lhomeward movement, he said, is depend- Ient almost entirely upon the limitation lof transportation facilities.
 Besides employing in this work the German liners seized in this country Dutch vessels taken over and all other available transports, Mr. Baker said. some parts of the British transport ton mage employed in carrying troops to France, will continue to be used in get ting the men home He pointed out. however, that Great Britain will need many of her ships to carry home colon |ial forces which have been in France longer than the American armies.
 The Secretary said the great British liners Mauretania, Olympic and Aquf- tania have been in the American tfs ls- port service for a year and faat the Mauretania still is so engaged
 TO USE GERMAN LJNEitSt
 German liners now in Getlgan per s, MT Baker said, may offer eans !. expediting the return of tIe Az@riea7 forces. Present plans are sse eSn vessels to carry food to G tsafSv AAE the Secretary said 1t nigh he f4ra poss ike some a 4Hg*assl sss unde Mhiah ne of General sArsss men 2eNs6 ne mt home on tas
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