Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-29
MAURITANIA HAS
4,0OO ON BOARD
Giant Liner Will Arrive Next
Week With American Aero
Squadrons.
ELEVEN THOUSAND AT SEA
About Half of Yankee Troops in
England Have Already
Sailed.
Lnv Assoclatcd Prs


WASHINGTON. November oS-,;e,-
cral March. chief Of staff. announced
today that the Cunard liner Maurc-
tania. which sailed from Liverpool for
New York last Monday. has aboard l65
officers and 3.S3i men OF the American
army. including lii sick and wounded.
The liner is due in New York early
next week.
Counting those on the Maurctania.
1885 officers and men. most OF them
atiached to air service units which
nave been training in England. arc
now cn route home
Three liners the Lapland. Minnekah-
, "a anu DTca, carrying 3S2 officers. D.
III men icit Liverpool last week. and
ing week.
This represents about half the total
when the arinistice was signed Thc
remainder will embark Within the ncXt
ten days
The units on the Mauretania were
ANNOUNCED by General March as fol-
!tws: Three Hundred, and Thirticth
Zero squadron. two officers. 1872 men
Two Hundred ard Sixty-seventh Aero
Squadron three officers. lis men: Fifth
CONSTRUCTION Company. Air Service.
three officers, 222 men; Three Hundred
and Ninth Aero Squadron. three Off
seventh Aero Squadron. two officers,
ls? men; One Hundred and Eighty
seventh Aero Squadron. three officers
NTH Aero Squadron. two officers. I21
men: Two Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Aero Squadron. four officers. lT6 men.
squadron. three officers. li5 men: Three
hundred and Eighth Aero Squadron
i've officers. l+3 men: Three Hundred
and Fifth Aero Squadron, two officers
Il" men: Three Hundred and Sixteenth
nero squadron. three officers. l3S men
Three Hundred and Tenth Aero Squad
ron. two officers. loo men: Three Hun
dred and Twenty-hrst Aero Squadron.
tire" officers. l3I men: Two Hundred
end sixteenth Aero Squadron. three Of.
iicers. l9l men: Two Hundred and
GERS. l4O men; radio detachment. one
officer. foriy-iivc men: Three Hundrcl /
and Twenty-hfth Aero Squadron. three
officers. llS men; Three Hundred and
GERS. III men; fire. fire. Hundred I am, and
Thirty first Aero Squadron. two ohi-
GERS, us men; one Hundred and Eighty
eighth Aero Squadron, two officers, l39
men; One Hundred anG Fifty-SiSth
Aero Squadron, three officers. 15s -mei,.
Three Hundred and Seventeenth Aero
Squadron, two officers. li3 men; Three
Hundred and Thirty-third Aero Squad
ron. three officers. l3I men: Two Hun
dred and Twenty eighth Aero Squad.
ron. three officers, 1856 men: Three Hun
dred and Thirty-ninth Aero Squadron,
four officers. l2S men; casuais seventy
six officers, one man: casuals. sick and
Wouilutu tlslt, OIIItCES, IL. men. cas-
uals. one officer. four mon: medical de-
tachments. nine officers. eighteen men.
Total. l6l officers. 3.S3+ men.
The Two Hundred and SiXty-seventh
Aero Squadron appears twice in the
list as received At the War Depart
ment. and II was assumed that this
was an error in transmiss ion. although
officers would not conjecture as TO
whether tho same squadron had been
included twice by the sending opera
tor OF some other squadron was in
I, ndcd. IS the number of officers ana
men diners. however, it was assumed
that The error was in the number of
the squadron.