Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
FIRST UNITSOF
18TH DIVISION
REACH AMERICA
Many Dauphin County Boys
Serving With the 316th
Infantry

Harrisburg and Central Pennsylva-
MIA is awaiting with interest news
concerning the arrival of the 316th
Infantry, a 10th Division unit. sched-
uled to land at Newport News. early
this week. Efforts are being made
to-day to learn more definite infor-
nation concerning the arrival of the
men.
Men of this district are distribut-
ed largely throughout the entire di-
vision, but the greater percentage
is with the316th. The 304th Engineers
also contains large number of Cen
trail Pennsylvanians.
The division is made up largely
of Pennsylvanians. most of them be-
ing selective service men. New Jer-
sey, Delaware and Maryland have
furnished a considerable number of
men to the regiment. while a con-
siderable portion are volunteers and
specially inducted men. Some of the
first draftees are included in the
regiment.
Many Get Home
More than $500 troops of the
division arrived in New York to-day
from st. Nazaire on the steamship
Princess Natoika, which brought also
81 sick and wounded men, a few
casuals and the 315th bakery COM
pany, S,714 troops in all.
The 19th's units were 154th Field
Artillery brigade headquarters, five
officers, including Brigadier General
Andrew Hero, Jr., commanding this
brigade, and GA men; the 314th In
fantry's field and staff, its IL letter
companies and other detachme ents,
50 officers and 2,64S men; the 310th
Machine Gun. Battalion, Companies
A and B headquarters and sanitary
detachments, eight officers and 302
men; and the 304th Field Signal bat
talion's Companies A, B and c and
headquarters and supply and medical
detachments, eight officers and 451I
men. These Pennsylvanians are as
signed to Camps Dix, Meade, Upton,
Devons. Dodge, Sherman, Taylor,
Grant. Travis, Funston and Lee, and
Fort d. A. Russell.
Reach Newport News
With airplanes flying overhead and
the streets beneath their feet bedded
in flowers. the 312th Field Artillery,
came back to the United States from
st. Nazaire yesterday on the trans
port Virginia, landing at Newport
News.
More than 10000 persons from
Pennsylvania and Virginia virtually
went wild as the transport bearing
the suntanned and battlescarred
warriors came into the harbor.
They were in the fight in the Ar
gonne, and have been credited with
the capture of Montfaucon, which
the British told them was impreg-
nable. But they took the stronghold
in three days, with terrific losses TO
the enemy
The Sl1th Machine Gun Battalion
or the 18th in command of Major
stephen G. Henry. of Louisiana. fol-
lowed the 312th off the ship and on
to camp. They operated in the Ar
gonne and suffered many casualties.
To-day when the cleaning up pro-
cesses have been completed. the
Pennsylvanians will be released from
camp here and allowed to visit the
city. They will take part Tuesday
night in street carnival being pre-
pared at Newport News. 1t will be a
matter of four or five DAYS before
the men can be sent home for de-
mobilization, troop movement Of
hclals said Yesterday.
Ofhcial reports that the 3l2th Ma
chine Gun Battalion was on board
were found to be incorrect.