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with the fighting men than have the
Salvation Army workers.
Served DOuHhnu,s Under Fire.
MY Gawd." said a big buck private
named Tom James from out in Mon
.ana, you ought to have seen those
from the sizzling fat within gunshot
Of the German lines-and sometimes,
old kid. when the Germans were on
the move toward us. My cap is off 10
them. II anybody ever takes a crack
at the Salvation Army in my hearing
sure will muss him up"
1t wasn't hard TO arouse their cuss-
ing talents when it came to particular
references TO the Germans. Not much
was expected of them in the way of
decency. but the mems ire was aroused
at special deviltries.
Personally" said Sergeant John
Burke Of the Fighting Sixty-ninth, Il
hope a few of 'em burn in hades for
what they did to me-fired an ex-
plosive bullet into my hip at Chateau
Thierry. That was the time we put
over the million dollar barrage. which
busted the German resolution and
made few widows back OF the
Rhine"
A curious comment concerned the
craftsmanship OF the Prussan Guards,
which, according to Corporal Bernard
Walsh OF the l65th, was good.
They were the only clean fighters
in the German army" said Walsh.
land as fighters you've got to take off
your hat to them. Every time we ran
up against a Prussian Guard regiment
we knew We were in for a fight to the
fin!sh.'
Walsh revealed accurately or 9TH
erwise) that the 165th suffered about
$500 casualties out of an original
strength OF $500. OF these, he said,
700 were killed.
The French liner Chicago, with 2I7
first class passengers. among whom
were $50 Red Cross workers, 20 Y. NJ
C. A. workers and IL nurses, arrived
early yesterday afternoon, also saluted
magnificently (the Mayors committee
assuming that she, too, was a troop
ship. and locked at Pier 81, North
River. Among the passengers was
Lieut.. Lyman W. Rogers Of the Red
Cross, who spent seven months on the
Italian front and had no words of ad-
miration too great for the Italian sol
dlers and people,
Comfort Three Days Overdue.
The last ship in was the Comfort
do h,,t
and trim that nobody worried about
her, even though she is little. She
brought 401 wounded men, most OF
whom are convalescing. and number
of mental cases about whom the med
zeal officers don't care 10 talk much
nor does one care to write at all.
Her decks were crowded with con-
valescents when she warped in and
the Port of Embarkation Band gave
her Home. Sweet Home" There was
silence and then tremendous yells of
delight. Red Cross girls went to work
The ambulance service got busy. A
ferryboat was called into service, and
within an hour the pier was cleared
and the men on their way TO Camp
Mills or to hospital.
ports Is expected in port Capt. X. W.
Smell of the troop movement Office an
nounced that the expected vessels to-
day are Empress of Britain, carrying
Sc officers and 2,339 men; the Adria tic,
which had made no report; the Siam
csc Prince. with 39S men, the Dochra,
no report; the Susquehanna, with 4
officers and 1855 men; the Mercy, with
rs officers and 1913 men, and the Ore
gonian, carrying only a handful of
troops.
Tomorrow the Tenadores should
dock with $50 men. Thursday should
bring the Santa Anna, with 4S officers
and q men, and the DeKalb, with AZ
officers and 1920 men. The Honolulu
is due Saturday. and the Leviathan's
arrival is now announced for Monday.
There are no official figures as to her
personnel, but the number is believed
to be between Q, 600 and 0,O00