New Britain herald., 1918-12-02
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
BACK IN new YORK
Hospital Ship Arrives IMAM
DOunCed- Mauritania Docks

New York, Dec. 2.-The British
steamer Mauretania. sister ship of the
Lusitania, is in port today with the
first large contingent of American
troops from overseas. The 1000 men,
mostly nOn-combat troops who were
stationed in England, will be taken to
Camp Mills on Long Island during
the day. Generalization will take
place at this camp in the near flu
tuTe.
Heavy storms delayed the trans
ports voyage so that she was unable
to dock at noon Yesterday as was eX-
pected, and it was not until seven
o'clock last night that the liner enter
ed the narrOws, too late to pass quar-
Gntine. She anchored for the night
in GraVesend Bay in sight of the
lighted Statue of Liberty.
The steamers belated arrival caus-
ed a change in the plans for welcom-
ing the soldiers and many thousands
who had crowded Battery park all
the afternoon and who had motored
to Camp Mills were disappointed. The
mayors committee of welcome went
down the bay on a police department
boat and officially extended Il well
come home.
dropped anchor, the hospital ship
Northern Pacific, with LOO wounded
soldiers and marines, including 40
officers, passed up the bay unherald-
ed and locked at Hoboken. Nearly
half of the heroes aboard were badly
wounded, one section being given over
to men who have lost legs and an
other to those who have had arms
amputated Red Cross nurses su-
pervised the work of removing the
men to nearby army hospitals to-
day.
156th Aero Squadron-Second Lieut..
Arthur A. Sack. Second Lieut.. John A.
Bryan, Second Lieut.. Richard M. Har-
ris.
18TH Aero Squadron-First Lieut..
Rarlin Thompson, Second Lieut.. Ar
thur j. Wheeler.
18th Aero Squadron-First Lieut..
Loren Roberts, Second Lieut.. Rich
ard G.. Pilblad, Second Lieut. Richard
NJ. Ferrill.
18Sth Aero Squadron-Second Lieut..
Lock w. Redd, Second Lieut.. Herman
w Berning.
216th Aero Squadron-First Lieut..
Thomas B. Lyons, Second Lieut.. JOS
eph P. Chapman, Second Lieut.. George
+. Henderson.
225th, Aero Squadron-Second Lieut..
Brooks Dudley, Second Lieut.. William
B. Alexander.
226th Aero Squadron-First Lieut..
r. Julian R. Speyers, Second Lieut..
Philander p. Scroggs, Second Lieut..
Leo c. Watson, Second Lieut.. Max A.
Montgomery.
22Sth Aero Squadron-First Lieut..
James r. Ashley, Second Lieut.. Will
son c. Fleming, Second Lieut.. George
P. Kirby.
262nd Aero Squadron-First Lieut..
Walter "A. Lorah, Second Lieut.. Otis
H. Castle, Second Lieut.. Elmer I.
Robson.
267th Aero squadron-First Lieut.
| F. w. Belcher, Second Lieut.. Lester
E. Cadman, Second Lieut. Bothell
| Darlington. ~
268th Aero squadron-secondL Lieut.
| Peter V. O. Barkelew, Second Lieut.
! James F. Callahan.
3O8th Aero Squadron-Capt. Fred
/ erick H. Randall, First Lieut.. Kirby
Fitzpatrick, First Lieut.. Alexander H
Clarke, Second Lieut. Julius H. Nuss-
| baum, Second Lieut.. Garner K. Birds
! eye.
3O9th Aero Squadron-Capt. Ceci
a., Van Auker, Capt. Ralph r. Bush
| First Lieut.. James L. Tinsley.
| 310th Aero Squadron-Capt. Alfred
, J. Hayhurst First Lieut.. Edmund Eas.
| ters.
| 315th Aero Squadron--Ffrst Lieut.
| Harold H. Healy, Second Lieut.. Wal
ter A. Grove.
316th Aero Squadron-First Lieut.
!