The sun., 1918-12-18
VICTIMS OF BOCHES'
CRUELTIES ARRIVE
Four Transports Bring Tales
of Killings in Hospitals
and on Rats at Sea.
CELTIC TO DOCK TO-DAY
Several Thousand More Men
From Fighting Zone Are
Due to Get In Also.

Tales Of German cruelty which
-o,,,d have been unbelievable before
,ne Hohenzollerns broke out but now
are accepted almost as a matter OF
course were told at first hand by the
srrerers yesterday as more and more
NJ the troop ships and liners bearing
BLACK Jack Pershing's boys and Ad-
niral simss bluejackets came up the
North River with the lads who are
"out Of the trepches by Christmas"
The Cunard liner CORONA, which
Hooked during the day with 2os pas
sengers aboard, was not in a proper
sense a troop ship; nevertheless the
Coronia numbered among her passen-
rers American naval officers and
others who had seen the German when
he was most HunTish.
During the day also the American
transport Maui, with 81 officers and
alS1 enlisted men aboard, including
many who had been wounded IN
France. locked at pier 8, Hoboken. at
12:4O p. NJ. As in the case OF the
many troops ships which had preceded
the Maui into port, the ship came
through the upper bay and into the
North River amid an uproar which
was gentle music to the homesick SOL
dlers aboard.
Tell OF Boches Bombing Hospitals.
The Holland Line steamship Prinses
.fuliana added to the din by coming in
from Liverpool with eight naval
aviators and thirty-three bluejackets
among her passengers, several OF
whom told first hand stories OF the
bombing by the Boches of plainly
marked military hospitals Of the Allies,
especially OF British hospitals.
Then after a noisy day on the water
front word flew up the river as the
early moon was rising that the White
star liner Celtic would dock about 8
o'clock p. NJ. at the foot of West
Twentieth street with 1876 officers and
el22 men aboard. Immediately, as
vas 20 be expected. the troops OF per-
petual motion Red Cross workers
the Red Cross girls in their dark blue
and the Red Cross officers in olive
dra0-were on the White Star pier
loaded down with cigarettes. cigars,
chocolates, more substantial foods,
flags. brass bandsmen. evening news
Papers and everything else that every
body thinks OF, plus the things which.
seemingly. only the Red Cross thinks
Of in days like these.
Cheerful on n Long. Long Wait.
Through the gathering chill OF the
noonlit evening the patient Red Cross
workers standing dinnerless on the
upper deci, of the White Star pier and
the bandsmen from Upton. who had
gathered to welcome the fighters
aboard the Celtic. cheered themselves
in lieu OF food-with music, against
the coming of the big ship. But as the
darkness wore on word was received
authoritatively that the Celtic would
not come up from Quarantine to heI
pier until this morning. and the Red
Cross girls and. men marched of the
pier in brave array and entirely en-
veloped in their own bright smiles
huttering flags and the crash of brass
md banging drums.
They'll be back on the Job brigh
md early this morning when The
celtic does come up the river. Will,
hey arc looking after the Celtic
'-oops similar bands OF Red eros.
vorAsrs-their squads seem innumer
1ble-will be looking out for the othel
ships which are slated to arrive to-
uay: the American ship Rappahan
l.ock from Brest, the American shiy
MetaDan, due from Pauillao with 81
officers and Is men, the Henry b
Mallory, also an American boat, which
will bring from Bordeaux As officer.
and l,436 men, and possibly, although
not probably. some other vessels nov
,7erdue because of bad head seas.
Ideas of War, German style.
Although the Cunarder CORONA
which left Liverpool on December G
was not listed as a trOopship she car
red two passengers who welled ovel
With stories OF the Germans ideas o
warfare. The two young men wert
Lieut.. Frank l.. Muller Of 1884 Thir:
avenue, Oakland, Cal, and Lieut.
James II. Fulcher. Muller and Full
cher were respectively the first Officer
HHd first assistant engineer of tn,
rited States transport Ticonderoga
which was sunk by a U-boat NOR,
ih1n two and one half months ago.
IL was o'clock on the morning o
September 20 last. the two officers o
-" Itconderoga said. when a German
tloSea cootie. later identified as tn,
'-h-li9, slammed the Tconderogi
WIN "a torpedo amidships and sanl
h4'. bat not until the Ticonderoga hat
III op three hour battle.
ulcers ana men. including both tn,
60" and soldiers aboard. numbers
80 souls, The Ticoneroga had I,
Try TO fight it out alone, inasmuch a
"a" ship had lost her convoy. Ant
"Gen the ship finally received he
uea'I blow there was nothing for tn
soldiers and crew to do but take 4
,ne "oats and life RATS. confident tina
VI" boat murderers would give then
'"'P after the ship had gone down.
II" Awakes In U-Boat Bunk.
! found place on a raft" Lieut.
Muller said. and / don't remembe
"u1a about what happened immedi
"'eiy after except that four days late
opened my eyes and found mysel
stretched out on bunk in the U-boat
ltut | do .ernen1 har that a,,riYr tb.