The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-21
SIX TROOP SHIPS | FULL OF SOLDIERS
 DOCK AT NEW YORK
14.446 Officers and Men Arrive Home in Time to Celebrate Easter
 Sunday
By Associated Press

New York, April 20.-Six troop ships loaded to capacity with American officers and men-14,446 in arrived
 here today in time to celebrate Easter Sunday on home soil. Two of the ships which arrived were
 the German liners Zeppelin and Graf
 Waldersee, making their first trips since they were turned over to the United States.
 l The Zeppelin flying the international | flag as well as the Stars and Stripes i brought 1850 men, including the 129th field ,artillery complete, 53 officers and 1274 men
 the SS9th ambulance company, officers, 1 i03 men, 73 casual officers and deach- ment of 1 officer and fl nurses of base I hospital A.
 | On the Graf Waldersce were 1I41 off | cers and men. the majority being hospi- | tai units, and including attachments of | the Fifth, Fourteenth, Twenty first, For ty-second, Forty-fourth, Fiftieth. seven l ty-second Ninety and 202d base hospitals, casual companies, IS casual 1 officers and 5S convalescents. l Both ships had on board parties of Ger | man officers who had turned the ships | over to the United States and who had made the trip across representing the l German government.
 l The other arrivals were the big trans port Virginian, with AIT officers anu men, including 316th ammunition train, | headquarters, headquarters motor and horse battalions, ordnance and medical attachments. and Company to G, a total of 16 officers and 1926 men; Ninety | first division attachments, totalling Is officers and 951 men; 347th machine gun battalion, headquarters detachment med 1 icaf detachment and Companies A to D, Ia officers and SS5 men; 316th sanitary train. | headuuarters medical supply unit, camp l nfirmaries 1 to s, headquarters field hos pital section, field hospitals 361 to ob4, headquarters ambulance section and ann bulance Companies 361 to 36i, r officers | and SIS men; 362nd infantry machine gun
 company, 5 officers and 179 men. together | with several casual companies and 1l. i wounded.
 1 The Great Northern brought 3009 troops. | comprising the 10th ammunition tralr complete, 3l officers and 1l5S men: S0C | convalescent wounded, IS casual compan- ies of marines and furloughed men 16 of- ficers and 614 men, scattered or U. D. army ambulance sections, and A casual | officers.
 l The Santa Paula brought PISA officers and men, including the Forty-second base hospital. officers and 143 men; slets fsupply train, headquarters and medical \ detechments and Companies A to F, {
 officers and 474 men; 113th transportation
 corps. officers and 226 men, Second trench mortar battalion, headquarters and medical attachments and Batteries to ID, officers and 51 men; 376th Aero squadron, l officer and 122 men; 6iotf Aero supply squadron. 1 officer and il4 men: Fourth trench mortar battery. ot- ficer and 149 men, and wounded convales- cents, 156 men.
 The cruiser Seattle brought 1885 officers and men, including 32 casual officers II casual companies; Fifth army headquar- ters troop five officers and 336 men; sSot field hospital, 4 officers and 7s men; ozd pioneer infantry, officers and 42o men 406th telegraph battalion. Companies l. and M. officers and 205 men.
 Debarkation authorities said that ron e.25 to 1O:1O a. m record was made III docking troop ships, the Virginia, 5rea. Northern, Zeppelin and Graf Wnlderse' being put into their berths in that perloo by three tugs.