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New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
SAINT Ana Brings
Back 90 Fighters
From BQtfIefeIds

Forty-eight officers and twenty-one
enlisted men arrived home last night
aboard the United States naval trans
port SAINT Ana, which docked at Pier
8, Hoboken, after delay of three days
at sea by gales and storms. There
were seventy Y NJ. C. A. officers, three
Knights of Columbus secretaries and
four civilians also aboard.
The SAINT Ana sailed from Brest
two weeks ago Sunday. Twenty of her
soldier passengers were members of
the 73d Field Artillery and the other
corporal in the medical corps.
There was only one wounded man
aboard the ship. He was James +.
Kelly, Knights of Columbus secre
tary, whose home is 152 Clarkson
Street, Brooklyn. On his tunic was
the Croix de Guerre, awarded for meri-
torious service with the End Division
in the Argonne fighting. He was deco
rated for carrying supplies in an air
plane to battalion of United States
Marines cut off from the main body
for four days.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
Catholic Priest Mini sters to
Soldiers at Sea Regardless of Creed

observation of the day, have had a
most attentive and appreciative Jewish
congregation.
SIS it customary for men other than
Roman Catholics to pour out their
hearts to you, father?" asked a lieu
tenant standing near by.
II should say it is" replied Father
Mcdonald "You see, have the rank
of captain, and by my uniform, except
for the cross on my lapel, l might be
taken for the skipper. Often the boys
have come to me for temporal consid-
GRAFTON, thinking I might be in COM
mand."
Father Mcdonald except for his short
cropped hair looks like William Jen-
nings Bryan. He knows the world and
the men OF the world, and the news
that he is a regular guy" is known
to hundred thousand men who have
been carried to France on the Levia-
than, and when anything goes wrong
with the conscience the soldiers and
sailors seek his help, regardless of
creed.
From the time the Leviathan docked
yesterday until noon he walked about
the big vessel from bilge keels to boat
deck, shaking hands with his boys and
bidding them God speed to their homes.
fly of the navy" and he said no better
compliment could be paid him.
When he first became chaplain Of
the Leviathan year ago, Father Nc
Donald inaugurated brief evening
service, which became exceedingly pop
ular, known as ''The Sunset Prayer at
Sea-"
At the hour of sunset, officers and
men not engaged in the duty of navi-
eating the ship or standing watch for
submarines, participated in the brief
recital. With danger lurking daily
Father Mcdonald gave absolution to
all who recited the brief act of con-
triton, "Jesu Merci"
"Did you do any praying when g
submarine was sighted?" asked &
visitor to the ship.
well, not exactly" replied the chap
lain. "Its gunfre then, and all hand:
stand BY. We do our praying before
and after"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
Leviathan Brings Back More
Wounded of s'O'Ryan's Roughnecks'

More of those boys OF the Empire
(27th) Division, who waited for months
at Spartanburg for chance to get into
it, came back home wounded heroes
aboard the giant Leviathan yesterday,
w>aring war crosses and valor medals.
They had decorations, but they
scorned any self-praise and let it go
at "Oh, the whole division was deco
rated" Then they asked all about
home; if the influenza epidemic was
bad; if there was much of a time here
when the news of the armistice signing
reached New York.
Were Hunting Real Scrap
Sergeant Robert Conboy, who be-
longed to the old 74th On. y Infantry,
but who went over with the Empire
Division, went through al of the b1g
battles, including the smash that
crnkled the Hindenburg line. He said
much better name for the 9th than
"Roughnecks. For two months the
division spent ali its travelling from
one sector to another looking for a
battle, he said. When at last the 9th
and 30th we're thrown in with the Brit
ish they made up for lost time.
A cheap watch saved Corporal Albert
Nortan's life. Nortan lives at 1877 East
Ninety Street and was with Com
pany D, 105th Infantry. He said he
felt something strike him and then a
crash, and, pulling out his watch, he
found fragment of shrapncl in the
works. If the watch had not been just
where it was he believes he would have
been killed.
Clarence Dixon, Company II, 105th
Infantry. who gave his address as 19
Wall Street, was asleep in a dugout
when a shell burst. His body was filled
with tiny fragments of shrapnel Three
men were killed and fifteen others
wounded
Ralph Respuli, Company G, 1osth In
fantry, of rs Box Stret, West New
Brighton, Staten Island, was wounded
in both legs by shrapnel at Cambral
He was at listening post, and there
hadn't been sound until the shell
crashed over his head, he said. He de.
clared the real hero was Sammy
Millen, of Buffalo. who carried hin
back TO safety through shot and shell:
Corporal f. H. Murphy, Company D
107th Infantry, was going over the tor
at $3.50 a. m, September 20, at Cam
brai, and twenty minutes after starting
forward was wounded in the head BY
machine gun bullets.
Albert Mclaughlin, of 467 East 134tl
Street. who was attached to Company
B, 105th Infantry, was carrying
stretchers at st. Soupet October IS an1
was picking up those wounded b,
shrapnel shells. A German prisoner
who was a medical sergeant, dressed
his wounds. Private Howard Farley
1O4th Machine Gun Battalion, of 20
West Thirty-third Street. was wounde,
by shrapnel while attacking machn,
gun nests. Under q heavy barrage hi
company got within fifty feet of it,
objective when he was struck.
George G. Lynch Company A. 1o5tl
Infantry, of 2,181 Bathgate Avenue
the Bronx, was sitting reading at head
quarters, which was under fire. whel
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17

Two Protestants, an Armenian sailor
and two Jews, with moist eyes and
troubled hearts, CROPPED their way
through the crowded alleys of the
United States transport Leviathan yes
terday in search of Father Eugene Ed
ward Mcdonald, the ships chaplain.
They had bad news from home, and,
weary with the turmoil of the war, felt
that they could not stand up under
the strain without some spiritual COM
fort from the man who had been clos
est to them throughout their dreary
journey from France.
One by one the men told their
troubles to the priest, who has minis
tered to sailormen for seventeen years
in the navy, and after a kindly talk
and fatherly pat upon the back they
went to their respective places aboard
ship consoled.
poor boys They have great bur-
dens!" remarked the chaplain as the
last of the group shook his hand and
promised never to forget him. 81 have
been doing this ever since the Levia-
than was ready for sea, some ten trips
back. They are all my boys, and they
know that my heart goes out to them
always.
"This war has developed many things
that we're not dreamed of in the
philosophy Of few years ago." he said
laughing. "It might seem strange tt
you fellows who have not travelled with
the mixture Of fine American manhood
that has crossed on the Leviathan tt
know that have conducted the Prot
estant services on board this vesse
every Sunday she has been at sea.
have always looked for Protestan
minister or rabbi to conduct the re
spective services Of their faiths, bu
none chanced to be with US.
1--WE were at sea on Yom Kippur ane
Rosch- ha- schonah, and on both occa
sions conducted service for the Jewisl
officers and men. On Yom Kippur, th'
Day of Atonement, when | gave th'
men little talk dealing with their de
parted relatives, in keeping with tn
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17

a shell burst and his left leg was
filled with pieces of shrapnel.
Joseph Cuccia, Company I, 1O7th
Infantry. of 64 East Tooth Street. said
he started over the top at daybreak
September % at st. Quentin, when i
German bullet stretched him out.
Red Cross Man Killed
Edward j. Ward, Company F, 1o2d
Engineers, of 522 West 143d Street,
was engaged in bridge building be-
tween st. Quentin and Cambrai when
he was struck in the leg with a ma
chine gun bullet, he said.
"They were carrying me down hill
some more in the arm" he laughed.
-Four of the stretcher bearers were
killed on the spot"
Corporal Charles G. Msfeldt, Com
pany f, 10th Infantry, of 113 East
102d Street. was carrying out q "leap-
frog" attack in cooperation with the
Australians when he was struck in
both legs with machine gun bullets.
Anothe of the O'Ryan rdivision back
on the Leviathan, was Joseph A. Glynn,
a newspaper compositor in New York.
He went over the top at Mont KENNEL
and twice at St. Quentin before he was
struck by a high explosive she'll. His
left eye was blinded and his entire left
side torn. He was in the same bat
TALON with Major Harry Maslin, an
other newspaper compositor, who
Glynn said, would never be- able to
walk again because of injuries to his
spine
Was Missed by Shells
Among the i'll and wounded was
Charles N. Kennedy, who had neither
been hurt by she'll, bullet nor gas. He
is the SON of Police Sergeant Kennedy
of Traffic K, and went over with the
102d Field Signal Corps # the 9th
In October, while he was riding q
motorcycle at full speed, he dived into
a shell hole. From October 8 to De-
cember l he was unconscious in ar
English hospital, not expected to sur
/ vive. But he did, and as soon as he
regained his senses he fought against
being discharged and was assigned te
transport work in England. 1t was
almost immediately after that his mo-
torcycle was struck by an automobile
in London thoroughfare and he
was taken to a hospital with frac.
tured skull. But he was one of the
men from the old guard who were yell
ing the loudest when the transport
reached her pier.
Cyril Phillips, Company C, 1851
Infantry, of Syracuse, was shot in thu
left shoulder with machine gun bull
lets in the fighting at st. uentin, Sep
tembcr 20. So was Martin Rctchford
Company B, 105th Infantry
Casualties We're Heavy
at was day I'll neveY forget" sal,
Rotchford, whose home Is sos Yves
Fifty fourth Street. Manhattan. "I
was when we were ploughing through
the Hindenburg line that shell burs
only few yards away from me. Tn
shrapnel went through by right arm
and left thigh. l heard that one divi
sion lost 1900 men that day"
Another wounded man who took par
in the same fight was Edward Quere
Company NJ, 106th Infantry, of 20 Jan
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17

"KAMERAD?'No these cost-h
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
Those Manned
In Saving Paris
To Stay ON Rolls
Chateau Thierry Heroes To
Re Rewarded for Great
Work, Gen. Barnett Says
Wounded Are Cheerful
congress Will Be Asked to
Find Bertlls for Those
Who Held German Drive

disabled marines who blocked the
-oad to Paris will stay in active SER
vi,e as long as they live. it was an
nounced by Major General George Bar
mott. commander of the United States
Marine Corps, who arrived in New
York yesterday on the Leviathan.
"Our men, who put the cork into the
bottle at Chateau Thierry. are not cry
ing. said General Barnett at the Wal
dOrf. "Men who lost arms or legs
say they are happy because their sight
remains. The few who are blinded
still smile. That's the spirit of our
men. and it Will always live. They're
asking for nothing But, once a ma
rine, always q marine.
We've been assured that legislation
will be provided. if necessary, to take
care Of our boys They will be trained
in special shore work and will be per-
mitted always to wear the uniform of
which they are so proud. The depart
ment has agreed that our wounded men
shall not be mustered out"
Marines Saved Paris
General Barnett said that but for the
.heroism of the marines at the critical
moment in plugging the gap in the
Allied lines Paris would have been
captured "That was the desperate in
slant of the war" he said, "and I hes
itate to think what would have been
the state of world events to-day if
Foch had not hurled in our men when
he did The division which sustained
the last hope of civilization, besides
marines, was composed of the 9th and
Esd Infantry, the 18th Artillery and the
11th Engineers. Brigadier General
Harbord, U. s. A., was in command.
after the battle General Harbord
was promoted and the French COM
mander pinned marine badge on his
tunic. You belong to the marines as
we'll as the regular army for the rest
of your life said the general. Our
men felt that no finer tribute could
have been paid to fighting officer
Gives "Gobs" High Praise
General Barnett spoke feelingly of
the work Of the navy in conveying
troops across the Atlantic. although
never have known Of any difficulties
between the marines and sailors, have
heard of the popular superstition that
bad blood exists between the two
branches Of the service. l want to say
that we have acquired a great mutual
respect for each other. In my opinion
the outstanding feature Of the war was
the magnificent work of the navy"
In recent report to the Navy De-
partment General Barnett said he rec
onmended that the peace strength ot
the Marine Corps should be main
tanned at 10000 and increased in num-
Der as the navy develops. Before the
war the marine force numbered 10000
The present enrolment is 75,500 mel
and 5000 officers
The marines have won deathlesl
lame among the common people 0.
france, he said Peasants take off thei1
mats whenever they catch sight Of the
famous globe of "the first to fight"
"A certain prominent Partisan tolt
me there were three big features o.
the war said General Barnett "Thess
were the first Marne. he second Marn&
and Chateau Thierry."
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
le of All to Biggest Shipload of Heroes

Street, Manhattan. He was shot in the
left arm.
Others were Samuel Bruschansky,
Company 3, 1O6th Infantry, Of 80 West
Hath Street, shot in right elbow.with
machine gun bullets; Sergeant Walter
A. Hunecke, 106th Machine Gun Batal-
lion, of 16S Gates Avenue, Brooklyn.
shrapnel in shoulder, kidney and un-
derarm at Bellicourt September 27;
Company 8, 106th Infantry.
Peter Weiss, 1873 West Street, Green
point, machine gun bullet in right arm
September 20; Company K, 10Th In
Corporal Charles Dilley, 55 Pierre
pont Street shrapnel in left leg Octo-
hcr l8 (next to last day 9th Division
was in action); Company l., 1O5th In
fantry.
Robert McGee, 191 Butler Street, two
machine gun bullets and two shrapnel
wounds in right arm, both legs and
right shoulder on October II; Com
pany D. 105th Infantry.
Philip Langsam. Ga North Third
Street. shrapnel in back October II and
in hand on October 18; Company r.,
1o8th Infantry.
Michael D. Turley, 331A Lafayette
Avenue. machine gun bullet fractured
left wrist September 30 at Bellicourt;
Company e. 1o8th Infantry.
J. A. Leavitt, 60 ST. Marks Avenue,
right leg fractured by shell fragments
near KENNEL, August 8; machine gun
company, 1O6th Infantry.
CORPORAL Gustav Herren, G4 Merritt
| Street Corona, shot through lung, Sep
tember 27, at Bellicourt; Company M
105th.
Edward Hecker. 20 Eldert Lane, Cy-
press Hills, shrapnel through left hand
md machine gun bullet through right
hard at Bellicourt September 27; Com
ranv G., 106th.
Charles Aaron, 315 Atlantic Avenue
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
K. of c. Secretaries
Brdped Foes Fire to
Keep Boys ''Fags'' Lit

Seventeen tried knights Of ,
.olumbus overseas secretaries made
pors yesterday after voyage Of fifteen
uays on tbs Lorraine and tasted
t9ul'er for the first time since July in
t tread and butter sandwiches which
'nsy bought as soon as they landed
me Knights of Columbus actually
oeapman, Boston. Mass, spokesman
Of the party, which met newspaper
men men at the Knights OF Columbus War
nTIvltles Hgs Committee headquarters
mere was Maurice O'MaIley, former
~ sanitary policeman of Chicago,
VINO was serving IN the trench with
no one IN front of him except Ger
mans. The alarm Of alert was given,
ana OMalley, who had been lighting
Cigarettes for the men manning tho
sursS s and lndulging in the pastime him
NI whsn opportunity offered. could
~ ag' adjust his mask. He SAW wound
W Ie nddied with his mask a minute, and
tn.eh throwing it aside, jumped into
Nie oul.et storm, grabbed up the wound
a. onlcer, and brought him within the
American lines.
crsecretaries Ditch, lie Rogue, Nc
SEratten and McCrea were all in the
4roht line trenches lighting cigarettes
aor tne men as they fired as rapidly
Go pieces would permit into Hunland-"
Morse Meat and Carrots
for ne secretaries ate sour bread. Buet
~ oatter and watery coffee. Their
bnnahksgving dinner included roasted
Se meat and carrots.
tbs' ~ La Rogue. Of Augusta. Ga, is
~ ohiy victim Of shell shock among
n.s.; is party. He worked with the 35th
f,.t,eion in the Argonne drive SO IN
not tThrlnyy that he collapsed. He has
,na us nao three hours sleep a night for
p~.ly weeks. Edward Lennon, of Grand
NJ Np'us, Mich: william J. O'Connor, Of
se." iork, and James Flanagan, over
So go secretaries. died while in the war
nv ssr'ce = and are buried in a cemetery
Father De Vale. of New Bedford,
'-s Mos oy his work in caring for the
d;s.; won the French Cross of War.
Iao.;;nguished service badge and the
mss MN OF Honor lord, Secretary Chap
lvrA reported. Father Davitt, of Brook
tisss was Killed shortly before hostili-
eve everywhere The Knights served
tb;nsy one" Mr.. Chapman said. EVERY
tar;es. we had was free. Our secre-
1ea nad no convenienccs. They car
cths. 'nclr chocolate, cigarettes and
and G. supplies in packs on their backs,
m;lsan nequently walked twenty or thirty
Cltv "a u day. +. T.. Ditch, of Morgan
from, IA IA lost sixty pounds trudging
could p9iliet to trench 80 that the men
ca O., nave chocolate."
rha aos'iy before sailing from Bordeaux
S''ee'aries organized the Overseas
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17

had been abroad as captaiE in the
Chemical Warfare Service, made a big
hit with the returning troops on the
Leviathan. He made q speech at the
minstrel show given by the men on
Saturday night. "This is the first
speech I ever made" he said, "and, un-
less | have occasion TO make one to an
umpire, it will be my last. Pm glad l
participated in the war and Pm glad l
have come home, IS all you fellows
must be.
Only one woman visitor was permit
ted to board the Leviathan yesterday.
She was Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan. She
had offered to equip the army transfer
ferry boats with comfortable furnish
ings in transporting the wounded SOL
diers to ports lof debarkation and her
visit was to observe what was needed.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
1900 Men Return on Leviathan:
2,2OO Wounded Heroes Are in List

there were only five deaths aboard the
big liner during the round trip.
Going over Lieutenant James Chad
wick, U. S. A., died of pneumonia when
a day out of Liverpool. On the trip
just ended one sailor died of nephritis,
one OF heart disease and one of pneu-
monia, as the vessel was coming I'D
the bay A private who had been shot
in the spine and was in precarious
condition when taken aboard at Liver
pool was the only wounded man who
died on the voyage.
Ty Cobb, the Detroit outfelder, who
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
Continued from page 1
whether we were going east or west,
north or south.

whether we were going east or west,
north or south.
Both Torpedoes Miss
"The German fired two torpcdoes at
us and both missed.
"The French pilots made a report of
it when they got into Brest and con-
frmed our report Nobody was
alarmed. Most of the fellows on board
tried to get near the guns to watch
the shooting, and bunch Of Red Cross
girls hung over the stanchions on the
gun Geek shouting for hit to the gun
ners just as a fellow roots for hit
ct the Polo Grounds in the ninth inning
when the score is tied and the Giants
need just hit to WIN"
"No one knows the job we had in
boosting the Leviathan up to twenty
two knots" said one of her officers.
The bilge drains and pumps were
not working when we took her from
the Germans; they were plugged up
tight and the stokers had to feed the
fires In water almost up to their knees.
"Our engineers went over every pipe
and tube on that first trial run we
made TO Guantanamo. and they got on
to what was wrong and we soon got
a speed out Of the big tub that was
a knot better than the Germans could
get out of her"
SIGHTED Giant yI-Rnat
Among the returning navy officers
was Lieutenant W. B. Davis, Of Lewis
ton, Me-, who was in charge of the
wireless service Of the destroyer fleet.
He was on the destroyer Stockton off
the Irish coast with four other de-
stroyers looking for submarines when
word was flashed out on the sea that
the armistice had been signed.
"About two hours after the news
was sent to u.s." no said, 1--WE sighted
submarine bigger than any Of our
new destroyers.
"She was some craft. She rode high
on the water and made no effort to get
away. With Sour hungry destroyers
securing the seas for just such a tar
get we thought it strange that she die
not submerge.
"espite the warning that the armis-
tlce was as effective at sea as we'll as
land we closed in on her. but she die
not bulge W had an idea that she
also had been told that the war wa.
! off temporarily at least, but we tool
no chances. We were ready for hel
but did not attack. We first sighteC
| her about 5000 yards away, and as w,
bore down upon her we started sig
/ mailing.
I'VE were in communication will
her for about three minutes. She sait
she had official notice of the signin,
of the armistice and would not attacl
and we gave her similar notice.
U~boat Feared Capture
.We thought she would stay awasl
until we could come up and look a
her. but guess she feared capture an
anbmerged by the time the nearest o
us were within a thousand yards o
her"
sbv the 2.2O0 wounded men who re
turned on the Leviathan. The NOR
severe]v wounded had the bes
quarters on the ship and while the
were being assigned at Liverpool an
Rrast many of the ships officers CAV
uu their rooms and slept between
decks. that the wounded veteran
MIGHT have comfortable travelling.
All of the disabled men who wer
not in need of special attention wer
mt aboard trains that were with
the nier enclosure and taken to Cam
Merritt. in command Of Major II. I
Hewes.
Considering the enormous passenge
$500 h. corriod eaSt and ives
New-York tribune., 1918-12-17

has been member of the LAFAYETTE
Flying Corps. He was in America Lass
February and raised $5,0OO00 by airt-
ing with his life in an airplane for
the delectation Of prospective Liber;y
bond buyers.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-09-14
HEAVY RAINFALL WEST
OF THE MOUNTAINS

Passengers arriving today say that
the vicinity of Colfax, Cal, was Wis
tied yesterday by rain that almost
amounted to a cloudburst. Sacra-
mento and the surrounding districts
received the greatest amount and
had recorded 32 inches at O'Clock
yesterday morning, while at Fresno
only trace had fallen San Fran
cisco recorded IA inches, while Rose
burg, Ore, had .OS of an inch at 5
o'clock.
This is the first rainstorm of any
consequence since last March, and
according to the eattlemen and of
ficials at the weather bureau. It will
do a great amount of good on the
eastern and western slopes of the
Sierras, where the cattle ranges are
very dry and range grass is becom-
ing short. The small amount of
snow that fell in the mountains last
winter caused considerable shortage
OF water in the mountains, and this
rain is generally throughout the
mountains to the north and west Of
Reno.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-09-14
CASUALTY LIST
IBy A..eeiated prer-l

Wy Associated Pressl
WASHINGTON. d. G., Sept IA
The following casualties are reported
" the commanding general Of the
american expeditionary forces:
Morning report--Killed in action,
10; missing in action. 81; wounded
severely, 6S; died from wounds, s.;
ued from airplane accidents, 2;
Wounded slightly. ?; wounded (de-
gree undetermined). 6. Total, 1870.
Afternoon Killed in action,
10; missing in action, 81; wounded
severely. 81; died OF wounds, 4 died
hom accident and other causes, ?;
uied OF disease, 2; wounded degree
undetermined), 6. Total. 12s.
Total number OF casualties to date
Including those reported above
Killed in action tincluding 291 at
seal. 575s: died OF wounds, 1894;
died OF disease. 1734 died OF acct
dent and other causes. s26; wounded
N action. 1855; missing in action
tincladiag prisonersl. 1864. Total tc
date. se.sis.