The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
QUICK DECLARATION
Is PROMISED 9TH
Mayors Greeters and Hosts Of
Friends to Welcome Division
Down the Bay.
SHIP DUE THURSDAY NOON
Old First Field Artillery, New
York Guard, Also to
Be H0nored.
SHIP DUE THURSDAY NOON

wireless information was received at
the ONCE Of the Mayors welcoming COM
mittee yesterday afternoon that the Le-
viathan. with the headquarters depart
ment and 5000 other officers and men OF
tho Twenty-seventh Division will reach
Hoboken at approximately noon Thurs
day, and that II the big ship continues
her present speed the feet of welcome
will start down the bay at o'clock
Thursday morning. Members OF the
Mayors committee have been advised to
hold themselves in readiness at the Bat
tory landing at that hour.
Tho wife OF Gen. Organ, together
with his mother and the four children.
will &c down the harbor to meet his ship
on board the police boat Patrol. on
which will also be a number OF city
potables. as we'll as State Senator'S and
Assemblymen. According to reports the
Ieviathan will not anchor at Quaran-
tine, but pause long enough to take on
board the party from the port of en-
barkation, and will then continue UP the
bay TO Pier I, Hoboken. where she will
dock The troops on board will be trans
ferred Immediately to ferryboats and
! sent to Camps Merritt and Mills.
Debarkation VIII Bo Hurried.
1t was officially announced by Col. ].
Leslie Kincaid. in command of the
Twenty advance party. that
the Immediate transfer OF the Levia-
than's passengers to ferryboats would
preclude the possibility of friends and
relatives seeing their returning loved
ones at the shipside. He stated, however.
that every effort would be made by the
debarkation officials to expedite the de-
barkation so that the soldiers would be
restored early to the arms of their
friends. sweethearts and families.
Tho entire Ftfty-third Brigade, to-
gether with the divisional headquarters
troops, will be assigned to Camp Mills
Two battalions OF the 10th Infantry
Regiment will be sent to Camp Merritt
In addition to those who will arrive on
the Leviathan, the balance Of the Twen-
ty-seventh will sail on the Mauritania,
the Harrisburg, Louisville and Patago-
, MIA. Official cablegrams received yes
terday made known that Companies p
and F. Of the 1929 Engineers had sailed
from Brest.
Regarding demands for space and per-
mission to erect grand stands for specta-
| tors along the route Of march OF the
Twenty-sevenths Homecoming review.
Borough President Bowling yesterday
issued instructions that all public thor
oughfares on the parade's path should
be kept open and that no obstacles
would be allowed. Practically all re-
quests to erect stands were denied.
To Welcome ArtillerymeA.
New Yorks artillery unit. the 1o4th
United States Field Artillery. formerly
| the First Field Artillery, New York Ma
| t,onal Guard. while not operating with
| the Twenty-seventh Division while over
seas fought valiantly In the encounters
| north OF Verdun and through the Ar
gonne, and arrangements are being made
| to welcome the artillerymen with a
hearty programme arranged by civilians
| and military attaches.
A beneftt performance has been sched-
uled for March 16 In the Hippodrome.
under the direct supervision of Col.
Prentice Strong. Marie Dressler has un-
dertaken the management OF the artistic
end Of the affair.