Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-24

Continued from F1rst Ease.1
to be on the high seas are members
of Companies ID and L of the 112th
Infantry, formerly the Eighth Regi-
ment of the old Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard. Others are with Com
pany C, Eighth Regiment, the old
Chambersburg unit which was re-
cruited to full strength by the addi-
ton of men from Harrisburg and
surrounding community. Others are
scattered throughout other units
aboard the two ships, the Minne-
sofa, Kroonland and others that are
now on their way home with units
of the Keystone Division.
Company I First
Company [ will be the first of the
local units to land, it being sched-
uled TO disembark from the Poca-
hontas at Philadelphia next Thurs
day. Companies d and c took pas
sage on the transport Mercury winch
is expected to reach home soil on
May 4.
The War Departments cable from
General Pershing, lists the follow
ing troops of the Keystone DIVISION
aboard these two transports in whlch
Harrisburg is primarily interested;
Pocahontas - Detachment lO9tn
Machine Gun Battalion, four officers,
80 men: 112th Infantry Headquar-
tcrs. Medical Detachment, Head
quarters Companies f. +. G and IL /;
Medical Detachment Second Battal-
ion: Headquarters Companies |. IL,
l. and NJ, Medical Detachment; Third
battalion, &C officers, 2,72S men; de-
tachment 139th Infantry; slX onl-
GERS. detachment 12Sth Machine
Gun Battalion. nine officers; casual
Detachment No. SO, Ordnance con-
voy. one officer, two men.
Mercury-Detachme Headquar-
ters Troop, 2Sth Division, four oth-
GERS, 109 men.
Headquarters Detachment. 2Sth
Division, 1873 men: 112th Infantry
Hea dquarters First Battalion Medl-
cal Detachment; First Battalion
Companies A, B, c, ID, 20 ofhcers'
/ ,030 men.
One Hundred and Seventh Trench
Mortar Battery. 4 officers, l6l men
10th Trench Mortar Battery, ofti-
GERS. 1862 men; 112th Trench Mortar
Battery, 2 officers, 1853 men.
Company G, Hath supply Train,
one officer, one man: 303rd Trench
Mortar Battery, 4 officers. 141 men;
1O3rd Train Headquarters, Sanitary
Ordnance Detachment, officers, ~
men; 103d Mobile Ordnance Repair
Shop, officers, 75 men.
Finncy OH Mercury
Colonel Maurice Z. Finney and
his staff are aboard the Mercury
Colonel Finney is from this city as
are q number of officers of his staff
War Department officials have nc
definite information as to the pres
| ent location of the 10Sth Field Ar
tillery and the 103rd Supply Train
The former unit includes many mer
| from Harrisburg and surrounding
! territory, most of whom served with
the Governors Troop of the ole
! Pennsylvania National Guard. Com
pany A of the Supply Train is made
up almost exclusively of men of this
city.
The War Department statement is
taken by Adjutant General Beary tC
mean that the unit has either al
ready gone aboard transports fol
| home and have failed to get out oi
French waters as yet or are await
ing at port of embarkation ir
France. The situation as 1t pertains
to the 10Sth Field Artillery is true
also of the 109th Infantry, 10th In
fantry, the 53rd Artillery Brigade
including the 107th, 1OSth and 1O9tf
: Field Artillery: the 1OSrd Sanitary
Train the 103rd Ammunition Trair
and the 103rd Supply Train. Some
| Harrisburg men are in both tho
| sanitary and ammunition units.
Plan Big Reception
While there is no definite assur'
ance that any of the local units will
| come home in a body, the HOME
Folks Victory Association are never
theless proceeding with their plani
to provide a suitable reception fol
the men. A parade and luncheon
are included among their tentative
plans.
Through the emphasis placed oil
| the desirability of having as man!
troops of the Keystone. Division al
possible land at Philadelphia, Gen
eral Beary has succeeded in having
at least 5000 additional oversee:
veterans scheduled to land at tina
port. This considerably brighten
the plans for the holding of BIZ
victory pageant in honor of thes,
men.