The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-15
MANY VETERANS
RETURN HOME
All Told, ITO Transports Have
Brought 299,781 to Diff
ferent Ports.
MANY SHIPS NOW ON WAY
Recent Rough Weather Hin
dered Troop Movement.
1000 Due Today.

New York, Feb. 15.-The transport
Harrisburg, which sailed from Brest
Feb. with 2,231 troops, arrived TO-
day. Those on board the Harrisburg
included the headquarters staff, head
quarters and supply companies,
medical detachment. and Companies
A TO G, inclusive, Of the s6Sth infan-
try (negro) of the Ninety-second
division, national army. The trans
port carried also ~ bed-ridden pat
tents and a few casuais. The troops
will be sent to Camp Upton. Long
Island. Five other transports with
nearly 1000 veterans aboard are due
today.
Ships Due Feb. "a and rs.
Washington, Feb. 15.-Tne trans
port Orizaba Is due at New York
about Feb. "a, the war department
announced today, with casual COM
panies as follows: Texas, 2; North
Carolina, /: Virginia, /; Tennessee. /;
West Virginia, /; Alabama, /; New
York, /; South Carolina, I, and ma
rines, /. Also on board is the head
quarters Of the 1920 field artillery
brigade, and the headquarters COM
pany, supply company and Batteries
A, B, c, ID. K and + of the 334th field
artillery.
Other troopships en- route home are
the West Point. due at Boston Feb.
23; the Florence Luckenbach, due at
New York March 4, and the Arte-
mus, due at New York Feb. rs with
a few casuals each.
rs Vessels Prepared.
The navy department today made
now being fitted out to aid in bring
ing back American troops. All put
two of them are scheduled to be in
that service by March IS, indicating
the speeding up of the flow of re-
turning troops that is to be expected.
The contracts for altering the other
two have not been awarded.
At the same time the department
published a tentative schedule Of
sailing dates for the transports, bat
tleships and cruisers engaged now in
bringing home the army. 1t Includes
40 commercial craft. II battleships
and 10 cruisers and the schedules of
sailings from this side has been
worked IN tentatively for all OF the
present month.
2o9.7s1 Already Returned.
New York. Feb. 15.--officers and
men of the American overseas armies
to the number of 299,7S1 have been
landed at different Atlantic. ports, ac-
cording to figures maze public today
by officials at the port OF embarkn-
tion offices. At the time OF the sign
ing of the armistice almost 100000
men were in France or England, or
en- route overseas.
All told, ITO transports loaded with
returning fighters have docked at
New York, Philadelphia and Boston
since the cessation of hostilities.
Some of these ships have carried
as few as one soldier. Others have
brought as many as 1000, the
Leviathan bringing back s,041 this
week--a record for the entire home
ward troop movement.
Rough weather during the last two
weeks has hindered troop movements,
according to the officials. The period
from Jan. 20 until March I is con-
sidered the worst or the year for
transatlantic travel and transports
have not been loaded to their fullest
capacity, while schedules have neces-
sarily been slowed down.
87th Lands Feb. "a.
Troops from the s7th division
Gouislana, Arkansas and Missis-
sippD will land at New York about
Feb. "a. A war department announce
ment today said men of the 1920
field artillery and the units Of the
334th field artillery are on the trans
port Orizaba.
Washington, Fob. 15.--Army dis.
charges in Generalization in the
United States had reached a total
yesterday Of 1,174,545 officers and
men, and the total number assigned
for demobilization was 1901 900. OF
those discharged 1926 were officers.