Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-19
TRANSPORTS SAIL
WITH $4,000 MEN
War Department Announces
Largest Single Homeward-
Bound Troop Movement.
DUE MARCH "a TO APRIL 2
Thirty-Seventh Division, Which
Trained at Camp Lee, Repre-
resented in Shipment.
DUE MARCH "a TO APRIL 2
IRy Aa.oeiatcd Pr.aa.l ,

WASHINGTON, March ls-Dcpar-
fure from France OF Approximately
10000 officers and men of the Ancri-
can eNpcditionary forces--thc largest
single homcward movement Of troops
since the cessation of nostilitics-was
announced today by the War Depart
mcnt.
The returning soldiers are aboard
Two cruisers. the Montana and the
Pueblo. and fourteen transports Among
the latter is tho George Washington.
on which President Wilson returned
Troops making up the movcmcn, in
cluhc UNITS OF the Thirtyseventh
,0hio National Guardl Division and
Carolina National Guard) Division the
Seventy-second Coast Artillery regi-
ment and a large number OF casuals.
DUE TO ARRIVE BETwEEN
MARCH - AND APRIL :
The transports ard cruisers are due
70 arrive az American ports between
March 2s and APRIL =.
The cruiser Pueblo is due TO arrive
;t New York. March 2s. with the Third
Battalion headquarters and Companies
I. X, l. and NJ Of the One Hundred and
Forty seventh Infantry, the One Hun
dred and Twelfth Supply Train tcom-
Five Hundred and First. Five Hundred
and Ninth, Five Hundred and Forty
sixth. Five Hundred and Eighty sixth.
Five Hundred and Nincty-fourth, Six
Hundred .and Twenty seventh. Six
Hundred and Twenty ninth. Six Hun
dred and Thirtyfrst. Six Hundred and
Thirty fifth and Six Hundred and
Forty-second and seven casual COM
pantes.
The transport George Washington.
due at New York March "a, has aboard
chine Gun Battalion tcomplete), the
one Hundred and Twelfth Field Signal
Battalion tcompletc), a detachment of
the Fifty-ffth Service Company. signal
corps, thir,y-tive officers. 63l sick and
wounded and fifteen casual companies.
TRANSPORT PocAHONTAs
COMING TO NEWPORT NEWS
the transport Pocahontas is ex-
reetsd 20 arr,ve at Newport News; Ts:s sn
Battalion Headquarters Medical De-
tachment, Companies a, B. c. u. l. and
NJ Of the One Hundred and Eighteenth
quarters First Battalion, ordnance de-
tachment. sanitary detachment, First
and Second Battalions, headquarters.
machine gun and supplies eompanies
one Hundred and Seventeenth 1nfan-
try and a small number of casuals.
The transport Santa Anna. scheduled
to arrive 1t New York. March 20, with
headquarters and stan. headquarters
company. ordnance and medical de-
tachments and Batteries \ to F. in
Artillery Regiment, detachments of the
Fifth Artillery park, forty casual off,
GERS and convalesccnt detachment.
TRANSPORT TNUSSIG; TO
bring BASE HOSPITAL
The transport Felix TaussiE is due
at New York, April .. with Base Hos
pital Number One Hundred and Fifth.
detachment of the One Hundred and
Forty-eighth Infantry and two casual
companies.
The transpor, Santa Olivia, expected
10 arrive at New York. March 20. car
ries a detachment Of the One Hundred
and Forty-scventh Infantry. detach-
ments OF the one Hundred and Forty
eighth Infantry and ten casual COM
panes
The transport Pearl Shell, due a un
announced port. March 81. has one
casual company.