The sun., 1919-03-22
1924 HERE ON VERDI;
MANY WITH MEDALS
italian Liners Passengers
Bring Tales Of Heroism on
Land and in Air.
WELCOME FOR TROOPERS
New Yorker Wounded in OAR
ing Attack on Machine Gun
Nest Has War Cross.
WELCOME FOR TROOPERS

The Giuseppl Verdi OF the Trans
atlantica Italiana line arrived yesterday
from Marseilies, acting as transport
for Uncle Sam. and landed in Jersey
City 1921 American oficers and mon.
some Of whom complained about the
quality of the food they received on the
long trip. The result Of the complaints
wac an Investigation by Col John Rob
ertson OF the stan of Brighten. Nc
Manus, commander of the port of en-
barkation at Hoboken.
Col. Robertson said there were no III
soldiers on the Verdi. which indicated
that they probably Jared pretty we'll
Capt. Thomas Harwood of the 31Sth
Machine Gun Battalion. in command OF
all the troops aboard, said that he had
seen to It that no poor food was served
TO his men, that being a part OF his duty.
On two occasions meat was condemned
before II was cooked.
One Of the happiest soldiers aboard
the liner was Lieut.. William Zwick, for
mer pressman on the Daily Journal OF
Rapid City. 9. D., who went TO France
with the 14sth Machine Gun Battalion In
January last year. and was transferred
to the Ninth Infantry Of regulars as
scout officer. He was born in SwitZer-
land and came to America with his
parents when a boy. serving eighteen
years In the National Guard OF his
adopted State. He worked with detail
of seven men thirty-six out Of thirty
eight nights In a wood a mile west of
Vaux, was wounded four times. received
the Croix de Guerre from the French.
who renamed the woods after him, dis
tinction not borne by any other Ameri-
can Lieutenant.
Fierce Attack Recalled.
With the returning marines were Les
ter r. Bergman, who lives at Broad
way and leSth street; Edward F. Healy,
al East Sixty-ninth street: Henry l..
waldman. 522 East 17Ith street Court
ney l.. Wood. 2o3 Edgecombe avenue.
and Edward Cantley. <i9 West 11sth
street. Private Bergman went to France
IN June, 1917. He was wounded at YER
dun last March. After recovering he
returned to his company and led four
men In an attack on a machine gun
nest IN Belleau Wood on June =. He
was shot twice in the head, once In
the left leg and was gassed Three OF
his comrades were killed. lie was five
months In hospital. where he received
the Croix de Guerre, and has been rec
commended for the Distinguished Service
Cross.
Lieut.. Harold j. Forshay Of Brook
Ign, aviator and formerly employed by
the New York Edison Company. was
greeted down the BAY by his family
aboard the welcoming steamship Patrol.
He crossed the Atlantic fifteen months
ago, going into training in England. He
was cited by the British for hauling
| fiier from a burning plane He Joined
the Nirety-siXth Aero Squadron. the first
American bombing unit, making between
thirty and forty flights. He had several
L - Z.
| was on September 26. Hts observer was
| Lieut.. Paul !. O'Donnell OF Washing
| ton. D. c. lie had gone out with five
| other planes TO bomb the German lines
| at Meuse.
Dying Filler "Gets" Foe Plane.
We we're attacked by a squadron OF
Fokkers," said Lieut.. Fo-shay. II soon
became aware that Lieut.. O'Donnells
machine gym had stopped. and turned
| and asked him what was the matter
with II. I saw that he had been shot
! through the upper part OF both legs
and had tainted from loss OF blood. At
| this moment the Huns swooped down
upon me. o'Donnell suddenly recovered
| consciousness. raised himself and let
go at Hun plane. sending II TO earth
| in nose dive. Then ne tainted ! jived
under the enemy formation and reached
| tho airdrome. My friend Paul was dead
| We got three out OF tho eighteen Fox
kers. and Pauvs family has received the
| D!stin vuished Service Cross"
Other arrivals by the Verdi were
Katherine c. De Long, formerly a nurse
| at Bellevue Hospital. and 1--WE other
nurses who have been taking care OF
| British and American aviators In a hos
pital at Milan J. c. Walden, SIS Central
Park West. who has been driving a Red
Cross hospital ambulance with the Ital-
ians a yenr and wears the Italian war
medal and the italian service medal /:
Lieut. william Richie. $40 West 17Sth
street. flying officer for six months in
tho st, Mih,el sector: Lieut.. John T.
Eagleton, formerly deputy collector of
internal revenue under Commissioned
! William II. Edwards, a ground aviation
OFFICER. who has been fourteen months in
France in charge Of supplies at Issou-
den; Lieut.. Roland Riggs OF IL West
| F'orty-fourth street, assistant naval at
tache of the American Embassy in
Rome Harold Rowland, associate editor
of The Independent, and Edward L.
| Howe. vice-pres!dent OF the Princeton
Bank and Trust Company. Princeton,