Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-17
Ne W MEX|CANS Of
FORT|ETH ARRIVE
FROM OVER THE RI.
National Army Men From the
Northwestern States, Many
Wearing War Decorations,
Also on Same Transport,

New York, April 16.--Ninety Off
GERS and 2.OS7 men of the Ninety-first
division, headed by Mai. Gen. William
II. Johnston. the divisions command
err, arrived here today from st. Ma
zaire. on the steamship Calamares,
These troops are national army men
from Washington, Oregon, California.
Nevada, Utah, Idaho Montana and
Wyoming
The steamship Ohioan from Bor-
deauX brought 1886 troops, the ma
jority being members of the Fortieth
division former national guard OF
California, Nevada, Colorado. Arizona
and New MeXico).
The Fortieth units We're detach-
ments totalling thirteen officers and
1,041 men of the 15Sth infantry and
detachments totalling eighteen off
I GERS and 1852 men of the 115th sani-
tary train from Camps Kearny. Grant,
Gordon, Shelby Dodge Funston,
Sherman, Meade. Pike, Jackson Dix
and Devens. Others on the Ohioan
were pigeon company No, / and cas-
uals and naval men.
Fourteen hundred and fifty-one
troops, largely members of the Nine
ty-first division. came into port on the
transport Lancaster, Units included
the Second battalion headquarters,
medical detachment and Companies
f, + and G of the 362nd infantry,
twenty-five officers and FOL men, the
headquarters supply section. medical
detachment and Companies A, B and
c of the 316th field signal battalion,
ten Officers and AL men and numer-
Gus casuals and casual units.
lol oh
including the 125th and 126th St Ma
zaire convalescent detachments.
The Ninety-first division units are
ordered to western rehabilitation
camps.
Casualties Not large.
Discussing the Ninety-first divis-
ions casualties Major General John
ston, who went abroad with the rank
of brigadier general said they We're
not large when one considers what
the Ninety-first has DONE The divis-
ion lost 1,400 killed and more than
5000 We're injured.
He added:
I'VE had the greatest difficulty in
keeping the convalescent wounded
men in the hospitals and when, after
our fighting in the Argonne, we went
to Belgium and fought in Flanders
under the king of the Belgians many
of our men stole from the hospitals,
got into box*ears and rejoined their
companies. At least / 900 of the men
wounded in the Argonne got back to
the division in this way
General Johnston said he had writ
ten letters to the governors of the
northwestern states, which contribut-
ed men to the Ninety-first, telling
how these troops fought a nine-day
battle in the Argonne against crack
Prussan divisions and defeated the
Huns, then hiked for four days to
reach railroad trains to take them
into fresh areas of battle.
Five men of the Ninety-first won
the congressional medal of honor, the
general said, and $50 officers and men
the distinguished service cross, 101
the French croix de guerre, and $50
the Belgian war cross. The Ninety
first took as trophies artillery includ-
ing 500 heavy pieces and 500 machine
guns
Thirty-one Members Decorated.
Company | Of the 316th engineers
returned with thirty-one Of its mem
bers decorated, and proud of the ex-
plot of Capt, John Lavell, Salt Lake
City, who with twelve men captured
a town after house to house fighting
for two days. Every American lived
through it and none was seriously
wounded Captain Lavell and his
men captured thirty-five Huns and
every doughboy received the distin-
guished service cross.
Companions of Private ], III, Larue,
Santa Clara. Calf. told of this SOL
dier's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a Ger
man airplane with machine gun on
the seat of an automobile in which
I.arue as a chauffeur was driving a
colonel and major who were wit
Messing a battle between $50 allied
and enemy machines.
A Hun plane swooped toward the
motor car and Larue brought it to the
earth and the two German occupants
were captured.
The Ninety-first's fighting parson"
came home. He is Capt Charles A.
ReXroad, pastor of a Methodist Epis-
copal church in Butte. Mont, and he
brought with him the distinguished
service cross the Belgian croix de
guirre and other honors. including a
promotion won in action at time
when he was engaged in the task of
making records of American dead on
the battle field. A sniper tried to kill
the fighting parson," who with two
privates disposed of the sniper, locat-
ed in tree, and then discovered a
German pill box
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