The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-20
DIN OF WELCOME
FOR YANkS WHO
RETURNED HOWE
FOUR STEAMSHIPS ARE
JAMMED WITH FIGHTERS
Wounded Men on the Com
fort Received With the
Greatest Enthusiasm.

NEW YORK. ian. l9.-Four steam
ships their decks crowded with Amcr'-
can nghtinE men. hundreds of whom
raZed upon the home shores from cots
and couvalcsccnt chairs, passed the
Sta,u. Of Liberty to-day amid dih
from harbor craft. bringing HON" 4."'-
heroes.
The climax Of IN" demonstration
came when til" hospital ship comfort
with AL sick and wounded. entered the
upper bay and was hailcd b. chc"rs
from the thronES On shore and the
strains Of ''Hnu". Sweet Home. from
a hand "n board u vessel carrying
Major 1iyIan's cnm!uittc" of welcome
As tho Comfort came abreast the
Statu" or Liberty n great shout arose
from her decks crowded II IN" RAILS
with soldiers N banda GcS, supported by
crutchcs and canes "r seated IN easy
chairs Through the portfolios Of the
hospital ship ElimpscS Wcr" caught o.
the NOR" seriously w"mndrJ.
Th" Other steamships were transports
tho I.apland. which brought 900
soldiers: ,hr Sierra. with l."i". ana
tho WIlhclmina. with i,hil aboard. oi
the sick and w"und"d brought back hI
the Comfort. l19 were naval mon and
four wrr" marines.
Many Convalescents.
The troops on ih" tarland. for the
most part. w"r" casual companies. made
up nf mon from hasr hospitals in
France and England and m"st If whom
were cunvalrsrrnte Onc other dcthCh-
mont. tho llith Trench M"rar lSa:-
terry. which had not seen service AT the
front. was on it's way back I" Camp
B"aurcEarh. La.
Thu casual companies and th"i" drsti;
nations are: N1$. .@@!. ~. @12. Camp
Dix: ~. Uniun: ~. III. %%S. 41'.
Meade: ~. Gordon. TIL" LapIand also
carried 56 casual nN!c"rs.
Asu"ne the troops oh tho Sierra wc7c
the :.%%7Ih regiment Or field artillery Hn1
n37 casual officers AMI enlisted m"H
rh.. latter from hospitals in Franco. The
artillery regiment was trained al Camp
Dodge. p"s M"in"s. and comprises So
lcrtcd mon from Minnesota. North and
South Dakota. lava. N"hra5 ska and
Missouri. l. had ben in :hc Ilartmonl
section uf 1'ranrc
Many Radio Mcn.
nr The trnu ON 'hr WllhclmIrI. tnI
,ycrr from tho radio station near k"r'
Y,
struc:inE four rahi" tnw"rS. There
wrr" also 200 m'-I rf !hc naval n"rt
squadron. u;,h :; base in Northern
Franc" Also on hoard w"r" tho ""ttt
and :%fth divisions e: th" medical sup.
ply unit. tho :llrl sanitary train or thf
SG;h division. III" headquarters. i"ld
hospital ari ihrn" h"sr;t"! units ana
- wulIrd"!
DtE. Is .
CuInr"ri yer" l.I"u;"nantS Alfred VI
Harlow. ';allir"lS. o.: FaEr"li Call" GHr
rYrv"iard: Jnhr t. R"sr"n. Yorkyille
III: Art hur M"rgans:"ir. Grand Rapids
Mich; Joseph I. smith. Waterloo. :. g.
and Ecnjam:n r. Malc-'". M"nN"t'I'
Ia
The t'omfrr, l"fr plymouth Jnnmar:
:, and ii>c ihlS later rui intu tn" Azores
after stormy rsS>aG" turkey am
nor WAS .."r''"d' TIA" wounded h'for' m"
ship put t" sol again ami tn" trip from
thr Azores was in smooth seas.
Germany In Dire Straits.
t;rrma1y wlS IN dir" straits when 'h'
war "nd"d according 10 captain Robert
". Iig."u&. "f l.Iur'nS. 5. g.. ~h" mr.
rived on tn" ''unll"rt. II" was attached
Ia ih,. liN,h infantry. "rih division. an"
vh.u III" town ,f H"ll""ourt was cay
I,irr,i ITO, appaiu said ia" Americans
frR7tl tn h"di"S If i;"rnan soldiers
n..u., rr.rnrcd to II" rendered into fats
4 complete rrrd"r!mG plant was f"unh
in 4 ium;lri hrSid" ia" H"li"court canal
Captain iIuEE"mS said.
Thrrr wounded h"roi1"S' ais" w"rr
aboard III" Comfort. All w":" nurses
aud un" II them Miss Mari" Smith. 81