New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Men Go to Camp Mills

Men Go to Camp Mills
Colonel j. NJ. Wainwright and Cap
tain George B. Gibbons, of General
Organs staff, also were on the Patrol,
as were Colonel Frank II. Hines and
Major Wilbur T. Wright Major Wright
was in command of the 105th Field Ar
tillery when it went overseas.
General O'Ryan did not go down the
Bay. He and number of his staff off
GERS we're on the pier at Hoboken, how
ever, when the America locked They
boarded her there and exchanged
greetings with their comrades
The men of the SD Brigade and the
other troops on the America, 7,012 in
all, were taken by tug from Hoboken
to Long Island City, whence they pro
ceeded to Camp Mills.
Much Sickness on Ship
The America brought over more
sickness among her troops than was
necessary, and in telling Of it yester
day the physicians and surgeons in
charge of the men revealed touch Of
human interest showing the intense
anxiety of the soldiers to get to their
homeland.
For many hours, perhaps days, be-
fore the vessel sailed from Brest, there
was a group Of forty men roaming
about with high temperatures, using
what little strength they had, to avoid
medical inspection. All of them were
suffering from influenza. Many were
fit for the hospital at the time Of en-
barking, but they covered up" marvel
lously, and marched aboard with their
heavy packs only to collapse when the
America was some three or four hours
at sea.
These homesick fighters were isola-
ted promptly, but despite the pre-
cautions of the medical officers, in
fuenza spread and 110 more cases de-
veloped during the voyage. Five men
died Of the disease in mid-Atlantic and
their bodies were brought to port.
Five cases Of pneumonia were held
in the. ships sick bay when the vessel
came in yesterday, one of the patients
being Colonel Charles Pulls, of the
regular army, who commanded the
104th Field Artillery. Colonel Pulls,
it is believed, will recover.
500 Suffer From Colds
Lieutenant w. w. Hawke, ships
diers who concealed their illness were
so anxious to get home that they
avoided detection, fearing that they
would be put into hospitals, and that
their return to America would be de-
layed Despite the fact that the re-
turning troops looked we'll when they
marched ashore, it was said that about
500 were suffering from mild colds in
the throat and nose.
~ bn
America was Brigader General George
A. Wingate, of the 52d Brigade, who re-
turned with his fighters jubilant over
their comparatively small casualties
and the fact that under his direction
they had hurled more than five million
pounds Of American steel into the
ranks OF the best of the German army.
General Wingate, a lawyer Of Brook
iyn, who comes from fighting stock,
joined the 2ad Regiment Of the National
Guard as private and by devotion to
the service and efficiency in the field
won his place as brigade commander.
Put Up With Unusual Hardship
"These boys whom I had the honor
of unlimited praise. They are Won s
derfully fine organization of good.
clean, big strong men. They put up
with hardships I did not think they
could endure and never have they made
complaint. Their work has been a.
tonishinHly great and in some of their
hardest fghting they bore it with mar
velIous endurance. This spirit Of
cheerfulness under mogt hazardous
and cxacting conditions gave the i'm
preston that they regarded ths pound
Ing Of the Germans as a great Joke"
II Was said by officers attached to tho
brigade Headquarters that tho G2d,a
casualties were less than 200, with "a
officers and men killed. ~
Colonel Do Witt C. Weld, of III
Montague Street. Brooklyn, returned
on ths America with tho 10Bkh Field
ARTILLERY, which he commanded In
France. "Our organization WAS made
up Of batteries from Brooklyn and The