Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-14
18TH MEN ARRIVE,
SINGING WITH JOY
Throngs Meet Troop Trains at
Camden, but Few Get Chance
to See Relatives
GEN. MUIR ON FIRST TRAIN

Singing and shouting, the first men of
the Twenty eighth Division detrained at
Camden at nine o'clock. This first Of
the eighteen trains bringing the Iron
men from Camp Dix carried Major
General Charles II Muir and his staff
and the mcn of the division headuuar-
ters troop. the headquarters company
of the Fifty fifth brigade. headquarters
n Of Tooth Infantry and the regimental
supply company.
The men carried their steel helmets
slung over their shoulders. They had
no other equipment. They marched in
''3oute step from the train to the wait
ing ferry boat and crowded aboard yell
ing their loudest at the sight of Penn
sylvania shores across river.
Sergeant George Davis. son of Colonel
ID. J. Davis, chief Of staff. was in
.Aarge of the detraining. Arrange
ments at the station are in charge of
G. II. Greer. assistant superintendent
of ferries, and F. Finn. the train des .
/. patcher., Tracks five and six are re-
served for the trains which are coming
in twenty minutes apart.
Machine Gun Units Arrive
The second detachment arrived at
9:4 o'clock with Machine Gun Com
panies A. Il. e. d. r. and part of
( g, of the 1O0th Infantry.
X Many of the men carried suit cases
indicating they had been discharged
I the parade. Captain Warren was in
command.
The speed with which the trains were
unloaded and backed from the sheds
startled the hundreds of relatives and
friends who gathered at the station in
the, hope of obtaining a moments s re-
union, The trains were unloaded and
backed from the station in seven
minutes.
The crowd had grown so large that it
became necessary to rope them off and
y the men in columns of fours'' marched
zffthrough the lane thus formed to the
: ferry boat Rridgetou. Only few per
2 sons succeeded in greeting their loved
& ones over the ropes. The cheers and
plaudits Of the crowd. however. fairly
rocked the kerry house and left no doubt
in the minds of the soldiers as to the
, spirit of the welcome.
Every One Wears a Smile
All of the men were smiling and happy
4 and marched with n swift. buoyant step
fsthat indicated their spirit.
The third train with the remainder
of Company G of the 109th arrived in
Camden at 9.42. Companies II, I. J.,
n, l. and NJ were also aboard as well
as Headquarters Company of the 10th
Major Allen DOnely. commander of the
Third Battalion of the 1O9th was in
charge of the train.
The fourth train from Camp Dix ar
rived at 1905 in charge of Major
NJ William Fish, of the First Battalion
10th Infantry On this train were the
Headquarters, Medical. Ordinance.
Machine Gun Supply and Company A
of the 10th.
Dog MascOts Arrive
The fifth train carrying Companies
b. ID. and part of c. 10th Infantry
arrived at 1926 in command of Captain
Troxell. At 10 40 train number six ar =
rived in command of Major Dunkel, of
the Second Battalion, 10th. with six =
ty- FIVE men of Company G. and Com =
panies r and F.
Eight minutes later the seventh sec
tion, commanded by Major Flynn. OF
the Third Battalion. arrived with sixty
FIVE men from Company c, the balance
Df Company G.: sixty five men from
Company X and Companies II and l.
The eighth section brought the balance
of Companies G and n, Company l.
and the Fifty third Artillery aud Brig
ade headquarters. The train was com
manded by Captain Cummings.
The men Of this latter section brought
with them two dog mascOts and many OF
them carried German helmets under
their arms. All of the men carried their
rifles.