New-York tribune., 1919-03-24
lanes Nj. Cox and Mayors
of Two Cities Among
Thousands of Buckeye
Welcomers at Hoboken
Dog Wears Wound Stripe
q. S. Cruiser Huntington,
Noordam andVon Steuben
Bring in 4, los Fighters

Thousands Of Ohioans came from
East and West yesterday and captured
Hoboken There were colonels and
majors and mascots, q major general,
two mayors and the Governor of the
state To-day they will all be down
at Camp Mills making merry over the
return Of Ohio's own. the famous 37th
Division.
At daybreak the civilians went down
the bay or the customs cutter Victory
and the police boat Patrol. At 8 a. m.
there was loud and joyous recep-
ton at Quarantine as the United
States cruiser Huntington, the Hol-
land America liner Noordam and the
transport Won Steupen steamed in with
l45 Ohio officers and $3.50 men from
France.
The Victory, carrying Governor
James NJ. Cox, jockeyed for position as
the Noordam, leader of the feet
steamed by before the Victory could
get alongside. The Huntington came
by few minutes later and slowed
down so the Victory and the Patrol
might come within speaking range.
Two Mayors on the Patrol
David, of Cleveland, and Mayor Cornell
Schreiber, of Toledo, carrying, like
Governor Cox, flags and bunting and
shouting words of cheer to the troops.
Shortage of tugs and the urgency of
docking at slack water cut short what
might have been an elaborate recep-
ton down the bay. The big ships put
on speed and an hour later were made
fast to the army piers in Hoboken.
On the Noordam, which carried the
smallest group of the 37th Division,
came Major General Charles S. Farms
worth, of the regular army, who COM
manded the division throughout the
war. He was accompanied by a de-
tachment of the 37th Division head
quarters, the infantry, field and staff,
ordnance and medical detachments, ma
chine gun company and one casual COM
pany of 80 officers and 513 men.
According to official reports, the 37th
Division occupied larger portion Of
the West front during their comba-
tive activity than any other division.
Figures in the casualty list showed
that 982 Ohio men were killed and a
tOldl OF O,EOS men were WOunueQ.
The division, which comprised $4,000
men, received 152 citations from Bel
gium, two crosses of the Order of Leo
pold, two of the Legion of Honor and
fourteen other French decorations of
higher order The Croix de Guerre was
bestowed upon 221 men. The division
was greeted November 20, 1918, by
King Albert Of Belgium.
After training at Camp Sherman,
Chillicothe, Ohio, in May, 1918, and at
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va, the
Ohioans went to Brest and trained
for three weeks in the Bournand area
sector of the Vosges, where they
served from July % to- September 8.
They participated September 26 in the
Argonne offensive, in which nine
American divisions took part.
The 37th later was transferred to
Belgium, where it was brigaded with
the French. Resisting the strongest
Of German pressure, they crossed the
rivers Escaut and Lys and drove the
enemy back for two days and nights
without stop.
The cruiser Huntington brought
home "a officers and 999 men Of the
Ohio division, among her total soldier
passenger complement Of 2,035 officers
and men. The units were the 134th
and 13eth Machine Gun battalions
complete, returning in command Of
Major Wade c. Christie, of Youngs-
town, Ohio.
A dog with wound chevron was a
featured attraction. He was born in
tent in training camp and followed
the battalion throughout its activity
overseas The soldiers named him
Pup" and the official papers which
gave him wound chevron mention
MIN by that name
The transport Won Steuben, formerly
the North German Lloyd liner Kron-
prinz Wilhelm, brought home 2,7s3 Of
icers and men, among them being 81
officers and 2,44S Of the Ohio troops
made UP largely from the 147th In
fantry. They were in command of
Colonel George w. Stuart, of the 74th
infantry Brigade, and Colonel John G..
Darby, of brigade headquarters.
According to officers on the Won
Steuben, the 9th Division in three
months captured rs German officers,
l,46s men, 20 pieces of artillery and 2g3
machine guns.