Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-31
SIR THOMAS Upton
LANDS IN AMERICA
Says That With Wounded Com
ing Home Daily, No Race
Is Planned.
KEEN TO VISIT THE U. S.
Mingles With Soldiers and
Thoroughly Enjoys Their
Amusements.
EEN TO VISIT THE U. S.

NEW YORK. March 3o.-"with your
wounded coming home It would not be
well for the returning soldiers TO sec
yachts racing off Sandy Hook" Sir
fhomas Lipton. veteran yachtsinan. de :
cIarcd today upon his arrival here for
the hrst iimc since 1919. The New
( YORK Yacht Club was right in saying
there will be no racing this year.
which was the answer to my challenge
for the American cup n few months
ago"
Wearing the yacht cap Of the Royal
Irish Club and looking i picture OF fine
health. Sir Thomas was as keen to OBJ
tain giipinsc Of the statue Of Liberty
as any one OF the 5,5sS American ofli-
GERS ana soldiers VINO were his COM
panions aboard the steamship Auuitn-
ma During the voyage the Irish
the soldiers ana thorourhly. eniovrd
their arnuScmcnts
"FINE DODY OF MEN"
Ills PRAISE FOR SOLDIERS
= fine body Of fellows and a credit
to the Cnited states" Sir Thomas de-
derful work to help the allied m 'e caMs.'" o"'
Late In the summer Sir Thomas
plans. Il Will send over my ,wcntv7
;hrre,mGter shamrock TO be used as
which IS here in dock and in iinc s,ap".
J. should not expect the New York
lacht club TO build new yacht il
time: as they have the Rcsoiutc and
the Nanity, and presume they would
pick the Resolutc
IT is hard 10 get A good crew nov.
in England. and do not think there
VIII DC much racing anywhere this
summe5 = The King. however, has an
yacht this year
BY the FIRST OF next year. however.
expect ! will be in shape to have
| a tryout together"
GREETED Al THE PIER
BY MItS. }. II. DoNNELLY
One OF the first persons TO greet Sir
LhomaS at the pier was Mrs. james II
sician of New York. who @ sacriticed INC Phi his
iyphus in Serbia. Sir Thomas saw Dr.
and told the widow OF his last days
and and gave her photograph of the
DIR. Donnelly sir Thomas said, was
siationed az Ghergeli. near the Bulga
rian frontier. The yacltsman who tool,
MS Erin to the Mediterranean for use
| friend a, the Serbian town and Sc
cured = large American Nag for him
hospital. caring for 1900 persons. and
was fearful that tho Bulgarians in
one or their frequent raids would at
tack the buildings He had only Il
small .Ane rican flag, but wanted one
which could be plainly seen.
S0THERS AND sIARLOWE.
RETURN FROM FRONT
Z. II. So;hern and Julia Marlowe.
VINO spent four months III England
entertaining American soldiers al
camps and in bil!ets, returned on the
Aquitan!a and Will go to California
MT Sothcrn said the Americans I'm
England We're sadly in need of enter
tain!ncnt when he and his wife arr
rived there.
Will Irwin. the writer. was another
passenger, returning from a stay with
! the American army OF occupation in
Germany. He said BolshevisIn in Ger
many is largely part OF the German
propaganda 10 impress the allies. The
ticrmanS, he declared. have enough
| food for April, but after next month
the situation. without outside help
VIII become serious
I Troops aboard included the Eighty
ntth Division OF drafted men from
Michigan and Wisconsin and the one
Hundred ana SiNty-siXth Field .Artil-
| lerN Brigade. made up Of men from
California and the Northern Pa
states. The Eighty fifth Division was
never in action as u unit, serving as
replacement reservoir for every
American division In France.