The sun., 1919-01-19

y. Bowman, =. IL. Treadwell. George
Hanna end Arnold Turner Packages
of cigarettes. chocolates and cigars we're
thrown from the Patrol to the South
Dakota.
Regiment Cited Three Times.
The commander OF the regiment was
Major VI. Il. Payne OF New London,
Who was gassed at Chateau Thierry. He
said the regiment had been cited three
times in orders.
Among the passengers were Lulu and
Dud, dogs TO whom life in the trenches
seems the only natural existence Lulu
Is owned by Lieut.. ". d. Alderman of
Fort Wayne. attached TO the 4i7th Aero
Construction Squadron. and is French
trench dog who Joined the American
forces and refused to be repatriated
Lulu was gassed twice with the Ameri-
cans, once because she had no mask
and once because she tore 1t or. Later
she learned the wisdom of masks.
Dud is puppy the property Of Pri-
vate Ferdinand Berthold of the Fifty
sixth Coast Artillery. who lives in ia
maica. l.. l. lie was born in the
trenches. but became an orphan when a
German shell killed his mother and the
rest of the litter, but spared him. As
the shell did not explode, bud" be-
came the pup name DN aCNla NATION.
Veterans on board the South Dakota
Included Lieut. William Green OF Wa
terloo. Ont. founder of thesAeraonauti-
cal Society of New York. who has
been in the air service eighteen months
and Ensign Herbert Pulitzer, son of the
late Joseph Pulitzer. He had been sta
toned at Brest and Bordeau as a naval
aviator.
On the President Grant were the
headquarters detachment OF the Eighth
Field Artillery brigade. the Second
Field Artillery. 80 officers and 1,43i
men. the Eighty-frst Field Artillery,
81 officers and 1924 men the Eighty
third Field Artillery % officers and
1871 men; Company II, saith Infantry,
4 officers and 200 men, and the 18th
Trench Mortar Battery, ; officers and
I21 men. besides casuals, ~ civilians
and 3 Red Cross nurses There were
23l sick and wounded on board Only
three deaths resulted in 1872 cases OF
influenza and pneumonia on the ship.
Two Extremes Among Soldiers.
The President Grant had on board the
happiest and the most disguised fighter
who has landed In New York in many
long day. The happiest was Private
Edward J. Allen OF Headquarters Com
pany, Eighty-f1ret Field Artillery. who
lives at eos Lexington avenue. A pretty
French girl whom he had married
abroad and whom he had succeeded in
getting aboard with him was the reason
for his Joy.
The disgruntled one was marine,
Private Henry F. Stewart OF 3ol West
lO9th street Stewards leg was broken
in an accident on the boat last october
when bound for France with replace
ment unit. and he has been In the hos
pi-al ever since. His only comment Tor
publication was,
III tell the world I'm sore
Corporal Henry l.. claude, wearing
French decoration. another passenger
left his Boston home in February, 1910
TO join the Foreign Legion of France,
and was cited for heroic conduct When
the United states entered the war he
came to this country and Joined the Sec
ond Field Artillery, regular unit
famed for its work In former wars.
New York and New jersey Men.
The field artillery units aboard were
Of Res ular Army troops, many or whon
had been recruited IN New York and
New Jersey. They are the first large
body OF Regulars TO return TO this coun-
try.
The American soldiers exposed tneH-
selves reCklesSly and thus sustained
many more casualties than would have
been the case II they had been more
careful" said Ralph w, Tyler, repre-
senting the Committee on Public lntor-
nation, who was also a passenger on the
transport But had they been more
careful the war would have lasted
longer"
TWO aviators who were captured by
the Germans last June also returned
They were Lieut.. \. l.. Clark OF Boston
and Lieut. T. H Burtin of Atlanta
The Montana carried 1851 officers and
men. most of whom belonged to the
Third and Fourth Trench Mortar Bat
taIions. Both organizations were al
Montigny. sixty miles behind the lines
when the armistice was signed The
commanding officers were Major otto A
Miller and Major +. y. Jerry. The mer
OF the two hattalions are from Texas
and New England