The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-02
Vessel With 1000
Soldiers in Dock
Two Ships Sail from Liverpool With
Many More-Home Before
Christmas.

New York. DC. 1.-The Mauritania.
bearing nearly 1000 returning SOL
diers. arrived at quarantine at TAO
tonight and dropped anchor. She will
will dock.
The aero squadrons aboard the
Mauritania comprise the following
units: %.
Ono Hundred ana Fifty.sixth, with
three officers and IFS men, 18th. two
!, ohASeIN 1Ss Iren: J. 1th, ti1~ee osk,c-s
and $50 m~a; slSsth. two officers. .oy
men. x1eth. three officers, III men.
a. two officers. 127 men; .1,.h
four officers. IFS rlen; 22stn :hree
Officers 1856 men; 3S7th, three officers.
80 en-: 2Gs 4. ~ officers l4u men;
18th. two oniee-e, ITS men. 3oSth.
I'VE officers. Ia :neE: 3ostE three Of
hcers :. lz5a men. tt9th, etw off .sss
sfes men; lsIs.n.I .Isreef oT.cars, lsS
men: al1th. - b officers. IL, men.
ai9th. three officers, 1s1 men. o.ist,
three officers. i37 men; sg5th. three
.f'.Ass. liz mon. aaoth. thscc officers.
-. ntn: 33lst. two officers lis men:
'ru. three officers. 1877 men 32ath.
four tCice-s. :.< en-.
In addition to the members of the
air forces >Gbosrd the Iauretania
there are sc-c- II officers who have
t.een detailed aboard for various du
i, , t.es three OF ..r@cnd 322 men OF the
Fifh CONSTRUCTION corps. one officer
'nd -forty-nva men OF radio e.e,ach-
a'cnt. 1855 Ill ana wounded men who
have been in English hospitals follow
arg fctive servt.e IN France. and 800
civilian passengers, making a total of
1893. None OF the Aero squadron had
LEFT English training camps for the
front.
Hundreds OF requests for passes to
the liipF whATa fhn nj.
were received from relatives. These
we're not granted however. as i. was
decide for the safety OF the public
the men be sent Immediately to Camp
Mills and other camps about New
York to wait there. Such quarantine
regulations. however, did not prevent
hundreds of relatives from coming to
New York to shout a welcome to their
boys and wait until they are mustered
out OF the national service after pass
Ing physical examination.
of age
Many More on the Way.
Washington. Dec. General March.
: chief OF stan. announced tonight that
the steamer Ascanius left Liverpool
for New York Friday morning with
l,414 officers and men. and the steam :
Ter Canopie left the same port in the
evening OF the same day with 1.iai
officers and men for Boston. The re-
turning troops are largely composed
of fifteen aero squadrons. The others
are casuals of medical detachments
and requirements OF the army The
airplane squadrons are composed OF
men from various parts OF the United
States. very few Of them. II any. being
from any one locality.
The war department. in making the
selection Of ports to which the return
Ing troops shall be sent ascertAins as
far as possible where the men are
from and from what muster-out camp
they could most rapidly get TO their
homes.
Following is the roster of troop.
and the vessels on which they are
coming home:
l. On the -AscAnins.~ for New-york:
s%sth Aero squadron. officers and
1874 men: 475th. nve officers and 1874
men: 2SSth, two officers and l45 men
47eth. four officers and l42 men;
31lst. four oflieers and l42 men;
31sth. two officers and l+5 men;
S4ist. three officers and 1853 men;
3S5th. six officers and las men; 473rd
four officers and 1877 men: S32nd. three
officers and 1lS men
i Caauals medical detachment, fve
officers and fifteen men.
CAsuAls, six officers.
! Total. forty-sevcn officers and 1857
men.
Canopie for Boston: First Eandley
Page airplane park. twenty-five OFT.
{, GERS and bee man: 21lth aero squad.
ron. four officers and i56 men: 2send
three QfSicerA- and I'm men,: 306th.
four officers and l33 men.
= Detachment First and Second
Handlcy Page airplane park. one OIL
Ger and sixty men.
Casuals medical department three
officers and twelve men,
Casuals. fourteen officers.
TttAl. n&N-8our officers and 1867