New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Protest at Having to Eat
Enlisted Mems Fare on
the Levialhan, but Il. 600
Others Mus, Do the Same
Transport Makes Record
Completes Round Trip i'll
ii Days; To Bring Back
2l,OOO More Casuals

Among the 1924 soldiers whom the
Leviathan brought from. France yes
,srdsv after a record making round
.ri, were more than $500 officers
and the announcement was made iha'
the gan. vessel was TO be USED hence-
forth &c bring back $1,000 casual om-
GERS still in France. The new system
Gov the return Of officers involves SUB
,ectipc them to regulations and discom-
forts similar to those OF enlisted men
and brought numerous protests from
those who arrived yesterday.
CAPTAINS and liea,enants slept m the
enlisted mems quarters In bun"s an9
hammocks. 1T mess call shey hheu
uu. mess kits in hand, just as the en-
listed men do, and waited tneir u u
10 be served. When they nad eu,pet'
down the food they had TO WASH theii
kits. No captains or heutehanUs "e's
allowed above ID de-k.
Al.hcugh some If the officers de-
clsrsd that the. speed OF the homeward
passage made UP for everything, o'hers
were not so COMP ent. they asse rted
that they we're entitled TO frst-ciass
massage and talked OF sending In bilis
tor $500 apiece. or the difference be-
tween first class and steerGge fare.
Dislike Quarters Below
The quarters assigned TO them, they
everrei. we're "urbecoming officers
ard gentlemen" Such treatment, they
added. injured the morale Of the ofiicer
personnel. The executive officer OF
the ship declared, however, that those
who came across on this trip had ad-
vartaces that their successors would
ret enjoy. as the boat was carrying
he number it would take III
the future. -,
.icers below the rank OF
major occupied quarters usually Kept
Tor .roons,' said Commander station.
"In addition to the usual hunks, they
were given bedding and three meals a
dav, where the troops are given only
two. / realize il must have been IN
many instances rather uncom1ortaoie'
but we only brought one-haif our
usual comple ement, and for that rea-
son every oficer had the space usn-
ally allotted 10 two enlisted men.
"By bringing the officers In by the
wholesale in this manner, we nave
saved the government at LEAST Sl'oOv'-
OOD on. this trip alone. believe the
embarkation authorities realize this
rrd that was one reason tor calilng
the I.eviashan the Officers Club"
Major General David {. Shanks.
fornery in -omnand OF the de5ark-
alton centre ir Hoboken, returned
after two mcntEs' visit overseas. lie
was greeted by Mrs. Shanks and by
ci!icers Il hi. staff, headed by bri-~dler
General Geo &C II. McIanus, the troops
movemea ~ cfcer, who has been acting
head d. ring mis- absence.
In addition to General Shanks four
other generals returned. They were
Brigadier Generals Benjamin ID. Fou-
lois, William T. " ood, Leslie J. McNair
and BRENT Wells.
General Eoulols is the youngest Of
ficer Of his rank in the army, and re-
Gently won his promotion from colonel
in aviation. He was acting head Of
all cir operations IN the A. +. F. and
it was largely due to his initiative ard
perseverance that order was brought
out of chaos in the aviation tang.e
overseas. He stated that he intended
to spread "fying propaganda" at home
and impress upon the government the
necessity of preparedness in the air.
Captain Owens Back
Among the arrivals was Captain Mar
tin s. Owens, formerly a New York
detective. who went ove rseas soon after
the United States entered the war.
He saw service in the Meuse and Ar
gonne offensive.
Many friends of Captain Owens went
down the bay 20 meet hirn on the poiice
boat Patrol, but owing 20 his military
status he was not allowed to leave the
transport before she docked. On the
Patrol was the Police Glee Cub. Cap
tain Owens viii be given banquet by
the Police Department as soon as he Is
released from military service. 1t was
reported that the captain. who lives ~
1865 81. Johns Place, Brooklyn. would
be backed for the nomination for
Sheriff by Kings County Democrats.
Also on board were 79 officers and
2,1O7 men Of the 59th Pioneer infan-
try, las army field clerks, 270 Y. N. c.
A. workers, l1s Red Cross workers and
3 workers under the Jewish Welfare
Board.
The record established by the Le-
viathsn vas that OF making the round
trip from New York in fourteen days,
twenty-one hours and forty-one min
utes. Tie vessel lay forty-one hours
at Bres.. where 1000 tons OF coal were