The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-11-28

AnerS.
The first two ships left Liverpool
last Friday and the Orca sailed on
Saturday.
10000 Yanks in England.
This announcement means that the
movement of the American troops
now in England, the majority of
whom are in air service detachments
will continue steadily until ell O..
them, some 10000, have returned to
this country.
The first movement Of the larger
units, such as brigades and divisions,
will come from French ports.
Before General March's announce
nnent, Secretary Baker discussed
with newspaper correspondents the
return of American troops from
France. Their homeward. movement,
he said, is dependent almost entirely
on the limitation of transportation
facilities both at sea and in France.
Besides employing in this work
German liners sliced in this country,
Dutch vessels taken over and ali
available transports, Mr.. Baker saio
some part of the British transport
tonnage employed in carrying troops
to France will continue to be used in
getting the men home.
For the next several weeks Mr.
Baker expects returning troop ships
to be laden entirely with sick and
wounded men and those not imme-
diately available for military service,
such as the men who have been dis
charged from hospitals in France,
but who have not fully recovered
their strength.
Secretary Baker also revealed to-
day that general principle to gov
ern the payment to abe made to Great
I Britain for services rendered by her
& transport fleet or cargo craft in
Transporting or supplying American
forces had been reached. He said
that in conference with Lord Read
ing, the British ambassador, it had
been agreed that payment to be made
by either government to the other
for such service would be made on
the basis that no profit was to accrue
to eilser Great Britain or the United
States.
The units now en- route to New
York and the ships on which they
sailed were announced by General
March as follows:
The units on the Minnehaha are:
Second aircraft acceptance parks, 20
officers and 557 men; Two Hundred
and Twentieth aero squadron, 8 Of
ficers and 249 men; Two Hundred and
Nineteenth aero squadron, 8 officers,
l20 men; Two hundred and fifty
fourth squadron, 2 officers, 258 men;
Eighteenth construction company, air
service, officers, 242 men; Nine
teenth construction company, of
ficers, 238 men; Fifteenth construction
company, 5 officers, 228 men; Ninety
second aero squadron, "a officers, 2Ol
men; One Hundred and Seventy
seventh squadron, officers, $50 men;
Two Hundred and Tenth squadron, 2
officers, PSI men; Eight Hundred and
Thirty third squadron, officers, 12S
men; Eight Hundred and Thirty -ninth
squadron, 8 officers, 80 men; Two
Hundred and Fifty-ninth squadron, 3
officers, 127 men; casual medical de-
tachment, 6 officers, 10 enlisted men.
Total aboard, 80 officers, 2,943 men. ).
On the Lapland are these units and
casuals:
First Handley- Page training section
1875 officers, 449 men; Sixty-ninth
photo section, / officer, 80 men;
SEVENTEEN photo section, officer, 30
men; Seventy-first photo section, ! Of
ficers, 80 men; Seventy-second section,
/ officer, 20 men; sailmakers' detach-
ment. / officer, 100 men; Two Hun
Ard and Sixty fifth aero squadron, z
off;cers. 10 men; Two Hundred and
eixtv-third squadron, 2 officers, I'D
r,.n. Two Hundred and Fifty-sixfh
ec,,dron. 2 officers, 126 men; Three
Hundred and Twentieth squadron, 3
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