Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-03
YANKEES TO
Re BACK IN j. S.
At END OF WEEK
Three Shiploads to Be Followed
With All Speed.
FIRST TROOPS NEARING HOME
Movement of 10000 Americans in
England to Continue Till All Are
Hone-Gen. March Tells of
Units Soon to Arrive.


Washington, Nov. 26.-First units
If the American expeditionary forces
o return from overseas are expected
% arrive in New York about the end
If the present week.
General March, chief of staff, an
bounced that 3S2 officers and 6,614 men
Of the air service and other detach-
ments training in England now are
homeward bound on the Minnehaha,
Lapland and Orca, British liners.
The first two ships left Liverpool
last Friday and the ,Orca sailed on Sat
The first movement of the larger
urday. The movement will continue
until the 10000 men training in Eng
land have returned.
units, such as brigades and divisions,
will come from French ports, it is as
sumed, as the British cross-Iha,lneI
service undoubtedly is completely oc-
cupied with the transportation of re-
turning British forces.
Units Now Returning.
The units now en- route to New
York and the ships on which they
sailed We're announced by General
March as follows:
Minnekahda-Se aircraft ac-
ceptance part, 20 officers and 557 men;
Two Hundred and Twentieth aero
squadron, officers and 249 men; Two
Hundred and Nineteenth aero squad
son, 3 officers and 100 men; Two Hun
dred and Fifty-fourth squadron, Off
GERS and 25S men; Eighteenth con-
Struction company, air service, 6 Off
GERS and PAP men; Nineteenth con-
StructiOn company, Z officers and 23S
men; Fifteenth construction company,
5 officers and 22S men; Ninety-secOnd
aero squadron, "a officers and POI
men; One Hundred and Seventy-sev-
enth squadron, 2 officers AID $50 men
Two Hundred and Tenth squadron, 2
officers and 251 men; Eight Hundred
and Eighty-third squadron, officers
and 123 men Eight Hundred and Thir-
tS-ninth squadron, officers and 90
men; Two Hundred and Fifty-ninth
squadron, 3 officers and 127 men; Cas-
ual medical detachment, officers and
Is enlisted men, Total aboard, 80 Of
ficers and 2,943 men.
On the LapIand.
Lapland-First Handley-Paige train
ing section, 126 officers, 449 men; Six
ty-ninth photo seceion, i officer, 30
men; Seventeen photo section, l Off
Ger, 30 men; Seventy-frst photo sec
ton, officer, 80 men; Seventy-second
section, 1 officer, % men; Sailmakers'
detachment, ] officer, 100 men; Two
Hundred and Sixty-ffth aero squad
dred and Sixty-third squadron, 2 Off
GERS, 125 men; Two Hundred and Fiji
ty-siXth squadron, 2 officers, 126 men :.
Three Hundred and Twentieth squad
ron, 3 officers, 123 men; Three Hun
dred and Fourteenth air squadron. 2
officers, 134 men; Three Hundred and
Eighteenth squadron, 2 officers, 100
men; Three Hundred and Fiftieth
squadron, 3 officers, 121 men; Eight
Hundred and Twelfth squadron, 3 Off
"A officers; mixed casuals, II officers,
j enlisted man, 1 former nurse; cas-
uals, sick and wounded, Z officers, Il
men not requiring special attention;
enlisted men attached to wounded of
ficers, 6; nurses, 3; casual medical de-
tachment, officers, II men; total. 233
officers. 4 nurses, 1,797<othe ranks.
On the Orca.
Four Hundred and Seventeen Aero
squadron, 2 officers, 127 men; Four
Hundred and Seventy-frst squadron, 8
officers, al men; Four Hundred and
Seventy-eighth squadron, 6 officers, 125
men; -Four Hundred and Seventy-ninth
squadron, A officers, 149 men: Two
Hundred and Twenty-fourth squadron,
officers, 225 men; Two Hundred and
Sixtieth squadron, 2 officers, 126 men;
Two Hundred and Sixty-first squad
ron, 3 officers, IA men; Eight Hun
ilred and Sixth squadron, officers, Al
men; Eight Hundred and Twenty
third squadron, officers, 119 men;
Eight Tfunlred and Twenty-fourth
squadron, A officers, 90 men; Eight
Hundred ana Thirty-frst squadron. 8
officers, 106 men, Eight Hundred and
Thirty-sixth squadron, 4 officers, 100
men; Eight Hundred and Fifty-second
squadron, officers, 125 men; Third
construction company, air service, 4 of
ficers, go men; casuals, medical de-
partment, officers, II men. Total, 90
officers, 1874 men.