Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28
MUST Use Own
SHIPS TO BRING
THEBOYSHOnE
Great Britain, Says Secretary Bak-
er, Needs All Its Mer-
chant Ships.
GERMAN sHIps AVAILABLE
Seven Thousand Now Enroute to
Homes-3S2 Officers
and 6,6I4 Men.

and 6,614 Men.
Washington, Nov. 26.-Secretary of
War n. u. Baker that the
United States cannot expect to retain
British tonnage for transportation of.
American troops from Europe, mas.
much as Great Britain faces the prob
lem of returning her own colonial
troops. He said, however. that Ger
man merchant ships, now in German
ports, may be utilized to swell the
available tonnage for return of Ameri
can troops.
We have been using a large
amount of British tonnage said Sec.
rotary Baker. but the British now
have the big problem of getting their
Canadian. New Zealand and Australian
troops back home. Under these cir.
.cumstances, it would be unfair to ask
Great Britain to continue their entire
troop carrying capacity in our service.
Gsed for Coionisi Troops
Great Britain's colonial troops,
moreover, have been in France longer
thar ours.
We will, therefore, have less Brit
ish tonnage than we have had, but
just hoW-much less | do ont know,
we have available for returning
troops our own tonnage the newly
b1lj1f fnnD1pa of tho scJin,,f,, ~ IS n - ,.4
u own transatlantic liners, the
ships which we took over from the
Germans, and. in addition. the shipping
board is constantly putting out new
ships.
The United States also has some
Dutch tonnage, and we have some
Italian and French ships, and as much
OF this as we cam, we will keep. Then
we have a number of freight ships.
which, with very little alteration, we
may use as troop carriers. We may
also use returning naval ships to
bring BACK some sof our troops. In
fact, there is an accumulation of ship.
ping possibilities which viii be to our
advantage.
German Ships Available
Il hope that some of the German
merchant ships now in German ports
can be used also. One principle
agreed upon between Great Britain
and the United States is that in trans.
portation of both cargo and pas
sengers, as a result If the war. either
fry fH o,,, ~. ~ =, o;4L.-x. u. ! n
make a profit
General March, chief of staff, an.
nounccd last night that three ships,
the Minnekahda, Lapland and Orca,
already have sailed from Englnd with
American troops bound homeward,
and he gave a detail OF the units on
board each ship as follows.
Aero Units on Way
On the Minnekahda, which sailed
from Liverpool on NOV ~ for New.
York: 229th aero squadron, three of.
ticers' and 249 enlisted men; 219th aero
squadron, three officers and 129 en-
listed men; 254th aero squadron, two
officers and 258 enlisted men. 18th con
49, , ALI SSJ WIZ SIX OIL
GERS and 242 enlisted men; 18th con,
sttiction company, air service, seven
officers and 23S enlisted men; 18th con
.stlsuction company, air service, five Of
1icers and 22S enlisted men; 90 aero
squadron, "A officers and POI enlisted
men; 1T7th aero squadron, two officers
aud 230 enlisted men Cloth aero SQUAD.
ron, two officers and 251 endistea men;
S32rd aero squadron, four officers and
I23 enlisted men; S39tll aero squadron,
three officers and 80 enlisted men;
i259th aero squadron, three officers and
127 enlisted men; casual medical de,
tachnent. six officers and IS enlisted
men. Total, 99 officers and 2,943 on
listed lneh.
Photo Section Leaves
On the Laplard, which sailed Nov,
~ from liverpool for New York
First I~Iandley.Page training section
126 officers and 449 enlisted men
Goth photograph section, / officers ant
80 enlisted men; 10th photograph sec
ton, 4 officer and 80 enlisted mon; it'd
photograph section, / officer and 81
enlisted men; 72tli photograph see
ton, officer ana 30 enlisted men
sailmakers detachment, 4 officer am
100 enlisted men; 265th aero squad
ron, 2 officers and 40 enlisted men
26srd aero squadron, z officers and IL;
enlisted men, 265th aero squadron,
officers and 12G enlisted men; 320tl
aero squadron, 8 officers and 123 enlist
ed ssaessi 4tiii asro squadron, z piIirers
and 1874 enlisted men; ssIsth aer.
~suuadrpn, officers and 121 ENLISTED
men; 8I2th / squadron, officer
md 12s enlisted mell: air service cas-
uals, Al aficers; mixed casuaIs, L,
officers and enlisted man and 81
nurse; casuais sick and wounded,
officers, z officers aiid III enlisted me-
not reqpiriuB special attention; AZ
listed men attached To- we4naed olii
GERS Hsirsrs causal iIsdieai ar
tachulentt ofilaers and III enliete.