The sun., 1919-08-09
GREAT NORTHERN IN
ON HER FINAL TRIP
Swiftest Transport Brings 229
War Brides and IL Chill
dren of Soldiers.
LOST FIVE HOURS AT SEA
Stopped to Help Ship in Dis
Gen. Rhodes
Passenger.

The Great Northern. swiftest Of
transports: finished yesterday at Ho-
boken her last trip from France as a
troop carrier under the navy. by landing
a record number Of soldiers brides. 22s.
and seventeen children OF soldiers. Most
Of the brides were Gallo and were with
their husbands. There were also a few
German born. the first to arrive here.
To celebrate her fnai trip Capt 8. II.
r. Doyle. the ships commander. rave
a ball on Thursday night. which vas
attended by all officers and men n
all the brides. who were In great de-
mand by moro than 1000 nimble footed
doughboys.
In a few days the Great Northern
will be formally transferred from naval
management to the Army Transport
Service and will soon start for the Phil
ippines by way Of the Panama Canal
with troops. She has made eighteen
round trips to Europe, taking over $500
troops and bringing back 2S.9o0. She
r'ade the fastest round trip to Brest
recorded. twelve days and one hour.
In midocean four days ago the Great
Northern played samaritan to the motor
ship Mount Baker. from Philadelphia
for France with q general cargo. which
appealed by wireless to Capt Doyle to
conn to her aid.
Gives water and Supplies.
The transport lost 1--WE hours fixing
up the motorship SO she could limp on
her course. She had sprung a leak and
her engines were stopped. as there were
several feet of water in the engine room.
The skipper needed fresh water to run
the donkey engine boiler SO he could
pump the engine room clear. h Great
Northern pumped tons of water into the
Mount Baker and put aboard supplies
and material TO repair the donkey boiler.
which a been damaged In a storm.
With the 1850 military passengers
were the Second Battalion of the Second
Engineers. Second Division. 81 officers
and s24 men. under Major Theodore wy
nan The staff officers and a small part
of the battalion represented It in the
parade in the afternoon. Col. Stuart c.
Godfrey. commander of the regiment.
who arrived by the Great Northern. also
paraded. Major wyman, who was for
merly In the office of the COMMISSIONS
OF Water Supplies. aided in building the
bridge across the Mouse in November
last to let the Marines get over.
For this the colors of the Second Bat
TALON were decorated with the Croix de
Guerre. The engineers we're used as
combat troops and their two battalions
won 800 Croix de Guerre and AZ Dis
tinguished Service Crosses.
Major-Gen. Rhodes Returns.
Major-Gen. Charles p. Rhodes. the
only officer of his rank to fall with an
airplane. returned after three months in
a hospital in France. He was making a
trip from Spa, Belgium, to Paris when
the plane fell, breaking several of he
ribs and otherwise injuring him. Gen.
| Rhodes was in command Of the Rainbow
Division In the Arsonne fighting. He il
an old cavalry officer and friend of Gen.
Pershing. He was met by his wife, who
came on from Fort Riley, Kansas, and
his old orderly, now Color Sergt. Fred
Stebbins. who returned from France three
weeks ago.
Gen. Rhodes is decorated with the
Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre.
and wears the Distinguished Service
Medal.
Other arrivals were Capt. Frank Per-
shing. nephew of the General larry L.
Benton, seventeen years professor OF
Latin at Smith College. who has been
| assisting to select French girls to attend
| American colleges and who says 100
| will b here in time to attend the fall
| terms; and three members of Congress
| fields N. NJ. Nelly of West Virginia,
Louis B. Goodall OF Maine n James v.
| McClintic of Oklahoma