Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
CHATEAU TH|ERRY HEROES
BACK F[.OM FRANCE
Men Who Peat Huns at Belleau
Wood Also Return TO
America.

New York. Jan. Give transports
and the battleship North Carolina
steamed into New York harbor yesterday
bringing a total of nearly 1000 officers
ana men of the army and navy from
France
The North Carolina, which is the first
battleshIp to arrive here with troops
from overseas, had among her 1889
passengers detachment of marines
who had seen service at Chateau
Thierry, Bcllcau wood and the Argonnc
forest and nineteen officers and gpi
men of the il3th Ammunition Train.
The giant transport Agamcmnon,
which formerly was the Kaiser Wilhelm
III, Of the North German Lloyd Line.
brought the biggest contingent of any
of the ships arriving yesterday, having on
her passenger list I7h officers and 2.7lI
men Tho list included 80 wounded and
more than 1000 officers and men of tho
3i5th Infantry. as we'll ~ 4 number of
casuals
nAkER GRtt1~ rRoOPs.
Secretary of War Baker. who was on
his way 10 " lshIngton from Buffalo,
where he spoke last night visited the
Agamemnon and spent q half hour chat
ting with the troops on board
The Other y,sscls arriving were the
Santa Teresa. wit s,eventv-three officers
and 1909 ncn 81 the lt5th Field Arti-
lcrY recruited n tab, the Henderson,
WITH tWcutN-cight officers and SIS men,
including members of the naval land
battery which operated on the western
front aud nearly TOO wounded the
Nicuw Amsterdam with scvcnty-niue
officers and ] 30 men. including the
3Olst Field Artillery and 22h wounded
and the lIcrcdia. with scvcnty-two ofiI-
cprs and ten enlisted casuaIs
The ttcredIa, which has d quantity of
munitions on board. and the North
Carolina anchored for the night in
C'ravca,.td Ray. The other vessels pro-
c"rd,'i through cheering thronG9 70 IIo-
hokrn whore the men were dcbarkcd
and transferred 10 hospitals and de-
mpbill2ation camps
MANY tales Of hcroi>m and Of hard
luck were told hy the returning sol
dicrs Captain Alex " t;or,ln. of Oak
Park. Ill. company commander IN the
i2oth Infantry, bad he hard luck to
hc wnnndcd ut trcsncs. on November
II, Just thrc. hours before the arm~tlrr
became effective and to he captured hy
the ternau- lie was rescued. how
ever. ~ the Americans surged forward
rHrLApFLrHlA> AMONG ARRIVALS.
Captain ". u Torrcy, of Detroit.
member Of the 335th Infantry of the
Wildcat DIVISION, returned with q
paraiy2cd check. resulting from wounds
suffered at ScnaN, where he SAID almost
hall 81 the advance platoon 81 hl~ com
pany Was wiped out before the Germans
were dlslodgcd
Captain v. &: smith Of Washington.
d G., who was In command oi The naval /
land battery men returning on the Hen
derson. said that hls battery had fred
30 shells on the western front The |
shells weighing 100 pounds, were fred |
At n io.m0-yard range and observers !
he SAID, that the shells had |
wrought much havoc His battery lost !
but one killed and three wounded.
Other arrivals included Lieutenant /
David Il. Morgan, Of Philadelphia, who /
earned a Croix dc Gucrrc and four
citations for his. work as a medical officer I
With French detachment; Lieutenant /
frederick kockli. Of Alliance. O., who /
ost an arm in the Argonnc forest, Lieu
cnant James A Reap, Of .Avoca, Pa, I
yas~cd while in the Ncslc sector. and
Private Silas McGcc, q full-bloodcd In
lan. ol Tallhina, Okla. who was
while serving with the l65th
Infantry at Ncrdun