The Topeka state journal., 1919-04-28
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Record of Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas.

Boston, April ZS.-Ihe transport
Pretoria arrived today from Brest
with more than 2,1O0 officers and
men, including Brig. Gen. William NJ.
Fassett, commander of the First
army corps; headquarters detach-
ment, 149th, 150th and 151st machine
gun battalions, detachments of 149th
and 151st field artillery regiments and
a detachment of the 11Tth engineers,
all of the 42nd (Rainbow) division;
headquarters detachment and head
quarters troop of the First army corps,
and other smaller units and casuals.
The units on the transport, the number
of men and officers and the camps to
which they will be sent for rehabilitation
follow:
One hundred and fortieth machine gun
battalion, complete, Is officers and $50 men,
divided as follows: Camp Custer. IS men
scattered, Is officers and 312 men: 150th
machine gun battalion, complete, 26 of
ncers and GIL men, scattered; sales com
missary unit No. 10, scattered, one officer
and Is men; 11Tth mobile ordnance repair
shop. scattered, 20 officers and 40 men:
signal corps. photo sections Nos. 106 Z,
s, 25, 202, 103, 107. 100, scattered. officers
and 113 men; evacuation hospital No.
with II officers and 140 men divided as fol-
lows: Camp Dodge, 20 officers and 4S
men; Camp Funston, officers and 24 men
scattered, officers and 81 men; head
quarters detachment and headquarters
troop, First army corps, scattered of
Hcers and 4O7 men: First army corps head
quarters, scattered, 80 officers: 6 army
llelU ordnance casual COMPANY No
y, Pennsylvania, officers and 63 men;
detachment headquarters 42nd division y
officers, scattered; detachment 157th in
fantry, 81 officers, Camp Sherman: de-
tachment 16Sth infantry, IS officers, Camp
Dodge; detachment 10th field artillery 10
OFFICERS, Camp Sherman; detachment 151st
field artillery, 16 officers, Scattered: de-
tachment 117th engineers II officers scat
tered; detachment 151st machine gun bat
TALON, II Officers, scattered: other casuals,
y enlisted men and army field clerk
New lOTk. AnrI1 OS-MOra
officers, enlisted men. doctors and nurses
arrived here early today on six transports
Havre. ~
The transport Freedom brought LIP
hospitals 10, 20, 25 80 81 oSsn Ss Is and D3Se 7S
the first trench mortar battery the 6J2nd
casual company of New York, and several
Closely following the Freedom were the
Mi1nesotan, Texan, America, La Lorraine
On the Minnesotan were the 111th infon
Try, reid and staff headquarters company
medical detachment, supply company. COM
panies A. to f, inclusive, 81 officers and
La men from Camps Devens, Upton, Dix
Meade, Gordon, sherman. Custer Grant
encoage, FUNSTON, Lewis and Kearney; the
600th casual company of Arkansas, and st
1T1-161 men. '-'' ''0 anu
The Texan arrived with o1S1 of the fol-
lowing mixed organizations: First trans
portation casual company, 1 officer and
lZI men; md transportation casual com
pdhy, olllcerS ana ~ men, 413th tele-
graph battalion, headquarters company
med1cal detachment and companies u and
n from Pennsylvania officers and 2O2
men; 5l2th special casual company for
ulscharge: 34th evacuation ambulance com
pany; 18th engineers headuuarters de-
tachment, field and staff, medical detach-
meht, companies A to F, inclusive 3G Of
Hcers ana LAS men; LIST air service casual
company, L officer and 96 men: 3rd air
service casual company. . officers and 2O2
men. and the 4OIth telegraph battalion
headquarters supply detachment. medical
detachnent and Companies A and F four
officers and 203 men -U
More than 1000 men arrived on the
America, including Maj. Gen. Francis i
herman and Brig. Gen. J. Price commander
or the 154th infantry brigade.
Ine organizations on board were the
.uStn infantry, complete. % officers and
.;'Oz men Tor Camps Devens. Dix Meade
Gordon Grant, Pike. Dodge, Funston Bow
ie. Lewis hearney and Upton; 1J4th in
fantry brigade headquarters Q Officers and
a men; 307th infantry field and staff head
quarters; supply and machine gun com
panies: medical detachment and Companies
a; IL, {, ID and f, &c officers and 1892 men
u casual officers: Brest convaIescent dc
tachments 200 to 206, 960 men, $50 of whom
are Dedrldden; 10 nurses and u civilians.
4hciuded in the 30Sth infantry on the
Amerlca is the famous Second battalion.
known as the Lost battalion"
me Lorraine brought in 3j4 men in II
casuaI companies On the Pueblo were AZ
oI1lcers and 300 men of the 11th enoineers
complete, for Camps Dix, Lee. JSckson
SSineTman, Grant Kearney and Lewis: the
1Ifth engineer train. one officer and 7S
men fourth air service casual comnanr
anu HSth casual company.