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ssnoueht nothing of facing machine gun
hre 20 go out after the wounded"
Vther men from the 69th said they
mad heard that Father Duffy had been
wounded and was in a hospital in Paris.
sang while he was in the hospital
az Chateau Thierry. heard much about
tne gallant work of the Goth and the
Rainbow Division.
They had the Prussian Guard licked
TO a trazzle," he said "In n two day
night they literally wiped out the 9Th
DIVISION; part of the Crown Prince
army Many of the men were cited
oy, the French and won the Distin-
guishcd Service Cross"
harley f. RUSSELL of San Francisco.
who was picked up by the Comfort
when she put in at the Azores to get out
otthe 100-mile wind storm that made her
take sixteen days getting here from
brest, gave probably the first authen-
TIC story of the explosion aboard the
United States submarine chaser No.
El9. October 8. off the Azores. Russell
was chief engineer on the boat. Of
the twentysiX in the crew four were
killed and number injured when 8
gas tank caught fire. Russell's clothes
were ahre and he was blown into the
ocean.
Private John I. McSherry. a member
O1
Seventy seventh Street, said he saw
Major James McKenna killed Nc
Sherry was fighting with Company L
ana was wounded in the thigh by ma
chime gun bullets.
Saw Shell Kill Major
Il was being carried away" he said,
Before I was hit l noticed the calm
ness of Major McKenna He walked
right out to the front line. while the
machine gunners were pumping bullets
at US. He was almost smiling, he was
so elated over the way we we're carry
ing on. Suddenly a big shell furst
near him. He dropped. 1t was the
concussion that killed him, for there
was not a mark on his body"
James Carney, of 564 Greenwich
Street, was another 69th man aboard.
He was with Company + and was shot
Thierry on July 20. James STYLES. Com.
pany l, seth, of Tompkinsville, was
wounded in the leg September a. the
second day. of the st. Mihiel fighting.
Corporal Thomas Duggan, Company K,
77th Division, of 433 West twenty
mel in the right arm the latter part
OF July. in the fighting along the
Alsne. Harry Kahlmorgan, a marine,
OF 1874 Union Avenue, The Bronx, who
fought in the Champagne, at Verdun.
Solssons and st. Mhiel, was in a cot,
recovering from an operation on his
rlght leg, where a machine gun bull
let had gone: James J. Mccarthy, of
10Y beacon Avenue, Jersey City, who
went over with the 18th Division. lost
ms right foot by amputation, after it
had been peppered by shrapnel.
There will be cheer galore in one
home. Corporal Nathan Cooperman, of
gu West Ihirty-sixth Street, was re-
ported dead some time ago. He was
passenger on the Comfort
II was wounded by shrapnel," he
SAID. Then | was gassed and was un-
conscious for three days, but here I
am. The unconscious stuff got 'em,
guess. Glad they didn't bury me, be-
cause it looks mighty good back here
again"
City "Greeters' on Hand
The Comfort is in command of Cap
tain A. W: Dunbar, of the Medical
Corps, U. S. n. She was greeted off
Stapleton, S. l., by Mayor Hylan's well
Wanamaker, Special Deputy Police
Commissioner; Grover Whalen, the
Mayors secretary; Thomas Hayes,
Commissioner Wanamakers secretary;
Colonel William E. Wood and Colonel
Warren Leslie, of the Police Reserves
and Inspector John F. Dwyer. In ad-
dition there were six women members
5000 boxes of cigarettes.
OF the Battery the fire boats,
Thomas Willett and George B. McClel-
Ian Joined the police boat Patrol.
Officers on the Comfort explained
she is real floating hospital, altered
at the beginning of the war to work
in conjunction with the fleet She
has seven wards and an up-to-d date
operating room, fracture settin :
room and a modern dispensary. Pre-
viously she was the Havana of the
were taken from the ship last night,
but will be transferred to-day to base
hospitals.
voyage. Private Levi Robert Rich
man, Company E, 58th Infantry, of
Pequot, Mimi, died of diphtheria
Transports Due Today
The following transports are due
to-day:
Mercy american hosptaD, from
Bordeaux November "a, 398 men.
Tenadores (American), from Yer
/ don November 20, 882 men (medical
cases not requiring special attention)
149 civilians, $50 sacks of mail.
Kroonland (American), from Brest
November 20, 63 officers, 1,130 men,
/ (704 sick and wounded), 106 civilians.
Susquehanna (American), from St.
Nazaire November 20, officers, 755
men.
Adriatic (British), from Liverpool
Devember l, 80 officers, 2,208 men.
Ascanius (British), from Liverpool
November 20, ID officers, 1927 men.
Empress of Britain (British), from
Liverpool November 26, 1893 men (sur-
1889 men.
Siamese Prince (British), from
Liverpool Nvember 26, 398 men (sur-
gical cases..