The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
VANGUARD OF nth
HERE FROM FRANCE
Trench Mortar Battery An
rives Unheralded on the
Cruiser Montana.
MADE BRILLIANT RECORD
Green East Siders Quickly
Learned How to Use Cap.
tured Cannon.
MADE BRILLIANT RECORD


politan New York, vanguard OF the her.
aided Seventy-seventh Division, arrived
yesterday from Brest by the armonsh
cruiser Montana. almost as secretly a,
1t had departed from this port one war
ago yesterday. II Is the s02d Trench
Mortar Battery. made up OF 14s men ~
the National Army trained at Camp
Upton. and six officers, all residents o.
the metropolitan district.
The battery, in command OF Can't
Samuel ]. Reid of this city, has IN IL,
ranks many East Side garment worker,
and italian bootblacks, and their com.
mander said yesterday he was proud n
their record. They were unable to salu,.
the Statue of Liberty as they came M
the bay, because they were ordered 10.
low decks to prepare for disembarks.
ton.
The unit was attached 20 the 1854
Artillery Brigade when II went u
France" Capt. Reid said. land then
we're no greener men assembled at Camp
Upton in September, 1917. than thoss Of
the 5000. But they made fine soldiers
every one of them. They were and ar,
a good, clean crowd and their intelll.
gence Is high. They showed the bs~
proof of that when at a battle on IN.
Vesle we had turned over TO us car.
tured German battery of IT'S. In a few
hours my mon had those field places
showering shells on the Huns, shells ira,
our own men had taken from the enemy,
Later a battery of 105mm. howitssr
was turned over to US, and these tor
were swiftly used against their former
owners
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There was not a professional soldier
in Capt. Reds outfit. Every prvat.
and non-commissioned officer was .
Camp Upton product. The Plattsbuys
graduates are Lieut.. David F. Taylor o.
Montclair. N. j.; Lieut.. James NJ. Rom
Of Richmond Hill, Lieut.. Arthur NJ.
CARNEY of Ardsley and Lieut.. Adriel
Harris OF this borough. The surgeon
Lieut.. Joseph Bruno OF 500 willoushby
avenue. Brooklyn.
The 14Sth Machine Gun Battalion o.
thirty officers and 500 men and a casual
company of two officers and ! 95 men. oil
of whom except six were residents o.
Brooklyn and Manhattan before they
went to war, also came by the Montana
All the men OF the casual company were
non-coms. from sergeantmajors TO cor.
porals. who had been sent to the officers
training schools in France. had passed
their exams and were ready to receive
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Sodan wbere be mot the New YORK
troons IJeut. l. T. Richie of Pittsnsld
Mes In tho halloon div,sion ~ the asro
service. was dropped ont of the sky tvic,
in n parachute after his ras bag mad
been shot down nv German f,iers
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