New-York tribune., 1919-03-06
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Is City's Cry
To 9th To-day

Continued from mage
early this afternoon. She is carrying
Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce,
with the 54th Infantry Brigade Head
quarters, besides the 108th Infantry
Those on board are:
oath Infantry Brigade Headquarters,
with officers and "a men.
l08th Infantry (3d Regiment and
parts of 18th and 74th Of old National
Guard), with 80 officers and 1886
men.
1O2d Train Headquarters, with 8
officers and "a men.
To list the occupants of the recep-
tion committees fleet is far more diff
cult, since it will carry officials of the
nation, state and city, as we'll as visit
ors from upstate and just as many
relatives and friends of the members
of the 9th as the elastic rules Of the
clty's official welcomers would permit
On board the Patrol, which will serve
in the capacity of flagship to the little
fleet, will be Mayor Hylan and the
guests of the city. These will include
representatives of the War and Navy
Departments, Colonel J. Leslie Kincaid,
of the advance detachment Of the divi-
sion, and numerous other military,
state and city officials The other
boats, including the Highlander,
Queens, Correction, Gowanus and Fidel-
lty, Will carry newspaper men, photog-
raphers, movie" operators and as
many others as their capacities will
permit.
The welcomers will make their own
reception doubly certain by carrying
great packages of cigars, cigarettes
chocolates and other delights of SOL
dler's life, to toss over the sides of the
liner, or deliver to the 10000 soldiers
through any other means available as
the trip up the harbor is in progress
The fleet will fall in behind the liner
and will keep that position until the
arrival at Pier 4, Hoboken, which, &C
cording to last nights schedule, will
be at 1880 o'clock this morning.
Because of the harbor strike and
the threatened difficulties in the way
OF obtaining positions on the Hoboken
shore lines this morning, many rela-
tlves OF the returning fighters have ar
docks, on building roofs or any place
else that may present itself as desir-
able, at an early hour.
Both navy and army officials, who
are cooperating in the plans for re-
celving the troops, expect the biggest
crowd ever seen at the docks and are
making provisions for roping off the
avenues OF travel in order to prevent
rush Tor the troops, such as has oc-
CURED when other transports have
landed their cargoes Of heroes here.
1t was especially stipulated yester-
DAY that all officers and men will be
under strict quarantine until after
they have passed through the sanitary
process which means that they will
nave no opportunity to visit or be
visited at the camp until after next
Sunday Although the sanitary corps
wall work twenty-four hours daily, it
is estimated that Sunday is the earliest
the returning soldiers can be made
ready to face civilization as heroes
should.
But there are few exceptions to
this rule. Officers who have succeeded
IN going through this process on shin
board and can show certificotes & s''p 70
prove this fortunate status will be per-
mltted to 60 on one-day leaves imme-
dlately In order to visit relatives in
or near New York. 1t was explained
however, that there were few among
the officers who would possess the
magic slip OF paper permitting them
this liberty
Beginning next Monday, the most
generous system Of leaves will be per-
mitted. Only the Military rule which
requires half of unit to be in camp
at all times will limit the number Of
men who may "do" New York at one
time.
Thus half of the men will be on
leave and half in camp at all times
between the lifting of quarantine next
sunday night and the date of the COM
ing of the soldiers to New York for
their two days of concentrated well
coming about March 20.
IN accordance with an Arrangement
made by wireless late Tuesday after
noon, Major General O'Ryan will be
gwen an opportunity to-day to name
the day for the big parade up Fifth
Avenue and pass upon the plans for
entertaining the troops here. After
leaving the Leviathan this morning he
viii lunch with hs wife and four
children, then go to the City Hall for
conference with Mayor Hylan and
representatives. of the Mayors Com
mittee of Welcome TO Homecoming
Soldiers. The date Of the parade
conclusion of the conference.
General Organs real reception-the
one ne probably is looking forward to
with greater interest than the official
one-will take place at Quarantine,
when his wife and children, who will
go down the Bay as guests of Mayor
uyiaH' VIII greet hlm and go aboard
the Leviathan. Mayor Hylan, Major
William Lane and Lieutenant Edward
Crane probably will go aboard the
transport also, unless some eleventh.
hour sanitary restriction prevents them
from carrying out this feature Of their
programme.
The mother Of the commander of tho
9th also expects to greet him at Quar-
antine, but probably will go down tho
Bay earlier, escorted by Captain G.. 3.
Gibbons.
For d time yesterday the harbor
strike threatened to prove an insur-
mountablc obstacle to anything more
than welcome purely on shore. AL
though the Mayors committee had no
difficulty in finding all the boats neces-
sary for tho handling Of those who
desired to 20 down the bay~-the shore
was dotted with idle boats, in fact
they could see no means of having
them operated in defiance Of the strik-
ora.