El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-20
FOUR STEAMERS
BRING SOLDIERS
Many Sick and Wounded
Among 1892 Who Landed
At New York.

Nov York, Jan. 20.-Four steam
ships. their decks crowded with
American fighting men. hundreds of
whom gazed upon the home shores
from cots and convalescent chairs,
passed the Statue Of Liberty Sunday
amid a din from harbor craft. bring
ing home 1892 heroes.
The climax Of the demonstration
came when the hospital ship Comfort.
bearing 81 sick and wounded, en-
tered the upper bay and was hailed
by cheers from the throngs on shore
and the strains Of Home. Sweet
Home" from a band on board a yes
sci. carrying mayor Hylan's commit
tee OF welcome.
Three Are Transports.
The other steamships were trans
ports, the Lapland, which brought
2065 soldiers; the Sierra. with 1915,
and the Wilhelmina- with 1041 aboard.
or the sick and wounded brought
back by the Comfort, 129 were naval
men and four were marines. The
troops on the Lapland for the most
part were casual companies made up
Of men from base hospitals in France
and England and most Of whom were
convalescent. One other detachment,
the Hath trench mortar battery,
which had not seen service al the
front, was on its way back to Camp
Beauregard. Louisiana. The casual
companies and their destinations are:
Numbers 211. 212. 213 and 214 Camp
Upton: 215. PIG, 33S and 419. Meade;
az. Gordon. The Lapland also car
ried Sc casual officers.
Among the troops on the Sierra
were the 337th regiment OF field ar
tillery and e37 casual officers and
enlisted men. the latter from hospitals
IN France The artillery regiment
was trained at Camp Dodge. al Des
Aioines. and comprises selected men
from Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota. Iowa. Nebraska and Missouri.
II had been in the Claremont section
Of France.
Aboard wBheImIna.
or the men on the Wilhelmina. 4b5
were from the radio station near Bor-
deaux. where they were engaged In
constructing four radio towers. There
we're also 200 men OF the naval aero
squadron, with a base in northern
France Also on board were the 33sth
and 336th divisions Of the medical
supply unit, the 311th sanitary train
and OF the seth division. the head
quarters field hospital and three hos
pital units and ~ wounded.
Comfort were- Lieuts. Alfred NJ. Bar
low, Gallipolis, O.; Farrell Galleger.
Cleveland. o.: John r Boston. York
vile. T.. Arthur NorEanstein. Grand
Rapids. Mich; Joseph T. Smith. Wa
teroo, s. G, and BENJAMIN F. Malone.
Monticello. Cal
Germany in Dire Straits.
Germany was in dire straits when
the war ended, according to Capt.
Robert ". Hudgens. OF Laurens. s. C.,
who arrived in Comfort He was ar
tached TO the 11Sth infantry. Goth d.
vision. and when the town OF Belle
court was captured. the captain said.
German soldiers being prepared to
be rendered into fats.
The United States cruiser Montana
arrived Saturday from Brest carrying
Il officers and 1894 men These troops
comprise the Third French mortar
men; the Fourth trench cortar bat
talon % officers and 6S2 enlisted
men. and II officers from the 66th
regiment OF coast artillery.
sf9O Reach Newport News
Newport News. Va, Jan. 20.-The
transport Huron. bringing 2f0O SOL
diers, has arrived here. Aboard her
were companies I. +. and K, and g
medical detachment Of the seth engi-
needs; casual companies. composed
mainly OF southern troops. The 3O4th
field hospital company OF the 21st
sanitary train; the Second heavy mo-
bile ordnance repair shop; IS casual
officers and 400 sick and wounded
10th Division TO DemOblIlze.
Kansas City. No Jan 21--DemObi-
lizatiOn Of the tenth division at Camp
Funston. with the exception OF reg
ular men, was ordered today. accord
ing TO word received here by MAJ. Gen
/ lannn~H Wood Cen Mod aaar che
GENERALIZATION would begin Wednes-
day