Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-22
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PARADEs IN NEW YORK
!. Famous Irish Regiment Rccciycs
Tumultuous Welcome From
GotIiamitcs.
vrRGINlANs ON lEvIATHAN
First and Second Companies Coast
Artillery, With 1000 Rainbow
Officers and Men, Due in New York
on Giant Liner April 20.
IDy Associated Press.

by Associated PRESS
NEW YORK. April 2i.-The bulk OF
New fork's famous Irish regiment. tho
. one Hundred and Sixty-nfth Infantry.
q of tho Forty-sccond Gainbow) Divis-
i ION, best known to It's nome people
's the lighting S!xty-ninth,'- received
tumultuous welcome upon it's arrival
mere today on the cruiser Harrisburg.
by Colonel William 4 tWiid BID
Other units on tho Harrisburg. which
Guided casuals and 500 sick and
Veteran. Of pio,e OIL Parade.
american veterans OF the Pave cam
pdiSn, which forced Austria to her
knees. comprising the only Yankee
pennsylvania and Ohio soldiers OF the
Three Hundred and Thirty second In
tantry-paradcd here. today in the
presence of tens of thousands OF New
. Workers and large delegations from
their home states.
Avenue, the metropolis famous parade
ground, transformed for the day into
lane OF both red, white ard blue and
AT Central PARK by General Emilio
Guslielmotti. Of the Italian embassy.
who presented TO the regiment and TO
) commemora live Of the Americans ser
vice as part OF the First Army in
T., Italy.
Minnesotans Arrive.
the One Hundred and Fifty-iirst Field
Artillery, composed mostly of Min
nssota a ,1o9ps assigned 10 ne Forty.
brcst, Aprii II. on the cruiser Hunt
.!nGton, and are due in New York Oh
April 81 II was announced here to-
Gharles TON arrived here today from
ddrcd and Eleventh telegraph battalion,
Fort field hospital and Three Hun
dred and Thirty-ninth field hospital
'.ne and air service casuals. including
men from North Carolina.
sEvENTY-NINTH DIVISION
MEN ORDERED HOME
By Associated Press
izst!ons OF the Seven,y-nin,h Division
and Maryland) have been assigned 10
carly convoy. General Pershins noti-
led the, War Department, today. Also
assigned. the message said. are head
quarters and headquarters troop OF
inc second Field Army and the Sixth
Hundred and First field signal oattal-
ION and evacuation ambulance COM
About 1000 officers and men OF the
For,y-second tRainbowJ Division eaii-
cd from Brest Apri IS on the trans
April 20 Among the officers on board
arc Major-Gencral George w Read.
eeommand!nG the division. and Brlsa-
mandinS the E!ghty-tourth Infantry
brigade.
NirEinians on Board.
Units on board the Lev!athan In
ninth and one Hundred ana Fif,icth
Held artillery. EiGhty-tourth infantry
trisade headquarters. one Hu!sired
and Slxiy-htth infantry, one Hu,.ired
ana seventeenth train headquarters
,'nrst and second companies OF Vir-
s:nia coast artillery. Forty-sccond Di-
uAls.
-. The kreonIand sailed from St Ma
{, Units OF tho Twenty eighth Division.
The Sitone!-. duS AZ New York April
has on board The headquarters
y. !; and G. o. the one Hundred and
sixth field signal battalion Georgia,
florida and Alabama troops, and the
The transport La Touraine, due a,
.M sriy1 York: Aprl y. has on board
States and thir,y-ninc casual OIL
Due ut Newport News. May. =.
The transport Koningcn der Ncdcr-
.!an,icr. due az Newport News. May =.
Is bringing the one Hundred and Sew
-of the Ra bow Division, headquarters
HOno Hundred and Fourteenth Engi-
rmcers. evacua zion hospital No. is. am :
'nuiancc service sections Nos. 542 $50,
OIL, sos and COT, six cnsuai companies
of colored troops and nine white casual
companies and dctachmcn. of the
one Hundred and torty-trs; Field
Artillery.
The transport America, due At New
York. April IS has on board tho Three
Hundred and seventh. Three Hundred
and Eighth Infantry and one Hun
,drcd and Fiftyfourth Infantry Bri-
,Sadc headquarters, all OF the seventy
seventh Division, two casual companies,
,forty-two casual officers and six con-
Nalcsccnt dctachmcnts. Among the
officers on board are Major -Gcncra!
,frdnciS j. Herman, travelling as "A
IaSual. and BriGadicr- tiencral j. Price
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