Evening star., 1919-03-06
BIG SHIPS ARRIVE
WITH MANY yANKS.
Leviathan and Mauretanla
Bring More Than
10000.
CARRIES 9TH DIVISION


1-EW YORK. March 6.-Troops that
aasbo.. thc Efin,lenburg line, the 9th
Div,s.ar. -,ational Guardsmcn of the
1:3a uf Ne. York. set foot on home
SOL agsju sadg@ after eighteen months
sersicc in Franco. {
More tian 10000 of them we're on
the giant transport Leviathan and
90 on The Mauretania. Four other
vessels are speeding to port with the
rest.
The troops on the I.eyiathan num-
Der more than 10000, officially classi-
fed as follows:
One Hundred and Fifth Infantry COM
plete. ~ officers and 3,06S men. OF
these. so officers and 2,239 men are
former National Guard troops and are
ass igned to Camp Mills. The others
are replacement troops and viii be
distributed among eleven camps in
various parts of the country.
one hundred and Sixth Infantry
complete. 13 officers and 5,Z6O men,
OF these, 81 officers and 2,03a men
cemprice former New York national
guardsmen and are assigned to Camp
Mills. The others are replacement
troops and will be distributed among
thirteen camps.
One Hundred and Seventh Infantry
(former New York National Guard
troops). field and staff. list and I'd
Battalion Headquarters. and Compa-
MES 4, b, c. D, E, F. g and H. COM
prsing IS officers and 1.o43 men, as
signed 10 Camp Merritt.
Other Troops Aboard.
men of the 105th Machine Gun Bat
talon headquarters detachment,
me dical and ordnance detachments,
Companies 4. B. G and D); officers
and "A men of the SD Infantry Bri-
gade Headquarters; AZ officers and
ters; S officers and So men of the di-
Visions headquarters troop. and 1 Off
Ger and men of the policing detach-
ment.
Also Oh the Leviathan are 60 casual
officers of various branches of the
service Sc nurses and 81 civilians,
together with 1,l79 sick and wounded.
The 27th's troops on the Maure-
tania. which also arrived here today,
as officially announced, are as fol-
lows:
One-hundred-and- eighth Infantry
complete. eighty officers and 3,255
men, OF these seyenty-four officers
and 2,643 men, who Were former New
York national guardsmen, assigned
to Camp Merritt. The others, re-
six camps.
Fifty-fourth Infantry brigade head
quarters. six officers and twenty-four
men, to Camp Merritt B.ig- Gen.
Palmer e. Pierce commanding the
54th, travelled as a casual.
fly,A hun rod n
headquarters, three officers and TWEEN
ty-four men, to Camp Mills.
3,736 on Mauretania.
The troops on the Nauretania to-
tailed. 43,T36. - Brig Gen. ,Fr1nk f.
Hines. general staff, Stravefsd as
CASUAL There were several hundred
casuals and nurses Seven ofhcers,
seventeen men, one nurse and one
civilian were sick or wounded
The transport Caronia arrived here
today from Brest with 122 officers and
asa celored troops, majority of
them of the 92d Division (National
Army The units included the 317th
Engineers complete, detachment of
the 317th engineer train. the 350th
Machine Gun Battalion complete. bat
lteries K and F. of the 34Sth Field Ar
tillery, Company H of the 3s7th In
fantry. 36Sth Infantry detachment
and s2d Division detachments Nos, /,
2, B. and s. Most of these troops
were sent to Camps Upton and Mer-
ritt.
Additional 92d Division troops-24
officers and 709 men of the 351st Ma
chine Gun Battalion-arrived on the
transport Oriana. which brought al
toge her los oficers and 922 troops.
/ Organizations aboard included Casual
Company No. S29 (PennsyIvania1 and
other casuals and civilians.
The steamship Maiden arrived from
St. Nazaire with 21 casuals.