The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
MORE NEW JERSEY
TROOPS GET HOME
Aerial Bombs and Cheers Greet
Hoboken Companies of
18th Infantry.
MT. VERNON BRINGS $500
First Sergt. Gumpertz of Wash.
ington Heights Returns
Covered With Medals.

In the movies pies are made only to
besmear the human countenance. In
New Jersey they are made for soldiers
to eat. Therefore a Hoboken waterfront
restaurant that sold Its entire stock of
$50 pies In less than i've minutes yes
terday was merely typical Of all other
Hoboken restaurants and bakeries, for
ten companies of the 18th Infantry, two
OF them composed OF Hoboken boys and
the rest mostly from other parts of New
Jersey, we're coming up the bay on the
transport Floridian. and the State was
preparing TO welcome them in the tradi-
tional manner.
A regiment Of silk hats cleaning from
chartered ferryboats or on piers sa-
iuted the Floridian. Among the wear
ers we're the new Governor. William N.
Runyon: United States Senator Edge,
Governor until Friday: four Mayors
Frank Haig OF Jersey City, Patrick r.
Griffin Of Hoboken, Pierre Garyen of
Bayonne and Charles p. Gillen Of New
ark. Aerial bombs were fred on Jersey
City and Hoboken piers as the transport
was sighted. The Mauritania slid out
Of her berth while the Floridian was
docking and scattered the excursion feet
Two Companies Parade.
On the Floridian were thirty-eight Of
beers and Ito men Of the 113th Infan-
by. including Companies @ to M incIu-
fve, and the regimental Sanitary De-
laohment, all under tho command Of
Col Francis d. Ross OF Kansas City,
whose personal adjutant In Capt. Burt
Patterson Of Newark. Distinsuished
Service crosses. the Croix de Guerre and
divisional citations were numerous.
Companies L and NJ paraded last
nlght through their home city. Hobo
ken, with Mayor Griffin cleaving the
way Later the city gave them q feast
and vaudeville at the Lackawanna termi-
hal Tho soldiers will report at Camp
Merritt at o'clock this morning.
On the Mount Vernon, which brought
eecretary Of the Navy Daniels were
hajor-Gen. George Bell. Jr., and $500
sficers and men of the Thirty-third
tPrairie) Division, composed mostly of
Illinois former National Guardsmen.
Governor Lowden OF Illinois, Roger Sui
Ivan. Democratic National Committee
man; United States Senator Mccormick
and Col John J. Garrity. Chicag COS chief
police and commander OF the old
Second Illinois Infantry. were on hand
10 meet them.
Mayor william Hale Thompson of
chicago was absent A Chicago news
paper man said that he saw the Mayor
IN Atlantic City on Friday and asked
him II he intended to welcome the Chi
ago troops. whereupon the Mayor re-
Piled. Il didn't know they were COM
ng back"
Gen. Bell. who has been decorated by
he United States. Great Britain and
France, said that in his opinion the rec
ord Of the Thirty-third Division was un-
npassed. The division" he said, has
served with the French. British and
American armies. and has at different
tines been in Ave armies and twelve
army corps. From army commanders It
has received unstinted praise. It al
ways advanced. never retreated. 1t was
understood that an order given to the
rhirty-third could be recognized as exc
;uted and obeyed."
One Of the officers, Capt. George H
hallon OF Company E. 1924 Infantry
has the Congressional Medal of Honor.
me cross OF the Legion of Honor and
me Croix de Guerre. At home In Kan
sas City he Is steamfitter. At the
beginning Of drive on September 26.
1918, he took u squad Of fifteen men
ran through the American barrage and
up 10 battery OF four Germon how
TIERS He lost nine men but captured
the battery and fifty Germans with the
rest When a German Captain, sur
prised at his gun. drew his revolver to
shoot the American leader. Capt. Mallon
krocked him down with his fist The
captain served in the Philippines with
The old Twelfth Infantry and with the
IWenty-second Kansas Infantry in the
Spanish American war.
Washington Heights Hero Back.
The first sergeant OF Capt. Mallon's
company, Sidney G. Gumpertz, Ia the son
d Gustave Gumpertz of 7ol West 17sth |
street Stealing through fog and bar
rage on September 20. he killed two |
German machine gunners and took four |
teen prisoners. putting out Of business a |
n.acAine gun that had been holding back |
aus platoon. Three-Quarters of an hour |
later he repeated this feat and took six |
Teen prisoners. He wears the Congress