The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-03-13
SIND BRIGADE
WELCOMED Home
SWelIs Number of Returned
Men of 18th Division to
10000
5000 DUE IN NEW YORK
131st Field Artillery, Com
plete (Texans), Reaches
Newport News.

New York, March 13.-More than
5000 American soldiers were expected
to arrive here today. including the
104th. 105th and 106th field artillery
units and the Fifty-second artillery
brigade headquarters,
Members of the Fifty second bri-
gade who arrived on the transport
America were given rousing well
come by Mayor John +. Hylan and
several officers of the Twenty sew
enth (New York; division. Maj
Gen. John F. O'Ryan was to have
headed the delegation, but was pre-
vented from going by important
business.
The America docked at the embar-
kation pier in Hoboken shortly after
10 o'clock.
The Fifty-second artillery brigade
191 officers and 4,4S9 men), of which
the 104th. 105th and 106th field artil-
lery are units. returned under com
mand of Brig. Gen. Albert Wingate
All served with the Twenty seventh
(New York; division in France.
When the America docked. Gen
Wingate superintended the debarka-
tion of his men. who entrained i'm
mediately for Camp Mills. The ar
rival Of this brigade swells the total
number of Twenty seventh division
men who have returned to approxi-
mately 10000. and the remainder OF
the division is crossing the Atlantic
Other Units Aboard.
Other units on the America in
clude mobile hospital No. los and
casual companies from New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey;
the Thirteenth, Ninety third and
155th aero squadrons; Brest conva-
lescent detachments Nos. Ninety
eight to 101 inclusive; $40 sick and
wounded enlisted men; sixty seven
casual officers and ninety-six nurses.
The steamship Espagne arrived
here today from Havre with 534
troops, majority of whom were cas-
uals.
The steamship Honolulu from Bor-
deaux, brought ia troops.
On the steamship Ateras also
from Bordeaux, were 104 troops, a
majority being casuals or nurses.
The hospital ship Comfort arrived
from Bordeaux with twelve officers
and $50 men who are sick or
wounded. OF these eight officers and
262 men came home bedridden.
Lands at Newport News.
Newport News, Va, March 1S.--
The U. S. S. Aeolus, with 3,029 troops
aboard arrived here this morning
from France. Southern troops on
board include the 131st field artillery
complete, (Texas national guard
troops.)
Three Deaths at Sea.
Three deaths occurred on the AGO.
lus during the voyage.
In addition to the Texas unit, the
ship brought IA casual officers. Civil
ians aboard included Mrs. Pleasant
A. Stovall, wife of the United States
minister to Switzerland, and Miss
Annette G'Light, of Saginaw, Mich,
a Red Cross nurse. who served nine
teen months in France and was
awarded the Lorraine cross for valor.
Other transports which docked to-
day were the battleship Ohio and the
transport Zeelandia. Altogether the
slips brought 5.S67 troops.
The Ohio brought several casual
companies and the First anti-aircraft
sector complete.
The Zeelandia brought 43 casual Of
ficers and 1,G05 men Of the Forty
eighth coast artillery corps. The
members of this unit are from Wis
consin.
$50 Gases of Influenza.
More than $50 cases of influenza
developed on the America. which
docked in New York, during the voy-
age from Brest and five deaths re-
suited,