Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-03-28
|I4,963 YANKEES
REACH U. S. PORT
Many Former National Guard
Units Arrive Home.
REPRESENT SEVERAL STATES
Warships Connecticut, Vermont, North
Carolina, Montana and Transport
KroonIand Bring Fighters
Back From Europe.

Newport News, Va, March 25.-The
battleships Vermont, Connecticut and
New Hampshire, and the transport
Kroonland, bearing a total of 6,8Ol
officers and men, including parts OF
the old Ohio and Texas national guard
arrived here from France.
On the Vermont, which left Brest
March IL, were 522 men of the 136th
field artillery and sos men OF the 135th
field artillery, both former Ohio guard
units. The Connecticut brought the
remainder of the both field artillery
and headquarters of the Sixty-second
field artillery brigade. The New Hamp-
shire had the remainder of the 135th
field artillery and part of the bath
field artillery.
On the Kroonland, which sailed from
st. Nazaire March IL, were 2,943 Off
GERS and men, including the 1920 field
artillery complete, part of the Texas
guard, which will demobilize at Camp
Bowie.
Men for Camp Grant on Board.
New York, March 25..-More than
2,4O0 troops of the Fortieth division.
comprising former national guard
units of California, Nevada, Utah
Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, ar
rived here on the steamship Matsonia
from Bordeaux.
The arrivals comprised So officers
and 1913 men of the 160th infantry
field and staff, machine gun battalion,
headquarters company, supply COM
pany, medical detachment and conn
panies A, B, 6, D, E. F, G, H, /
K, L and M-for twelve camps
throughout the country; and four de-
tachments of the 159th infantry, total
Ing - officers and 1923 mentor
Camps Upton, Grant, Lewis and Sher>
man.
Antigone Brings 1914 Troops.
Also on the Matsonia, which brought
home in all 1928 troops. were seven
officers and 416 men, comprising six
attachments of the Twenty-sixth en-
gineers, for Camps Kearney, Pike,
Devens, Grant, Lewis and Meade; and
number of casuals. Six officers and
III men returned sick or wounded.
The steamship Antigone. also from
Bordeaux, brought home 2,814 troops,
OF whom 1O2 officers and 1928 men.
were sick or wounded. The others
were casuals, including casual COM
pany No. 81, Iowa, and a company OF
marines.
1,471 on North Carolina
The cruiser North Carolina arrived
from Brest with 1,471 troops. Units
included the 1O3d trench mortar bat.
terry, four officers and sixty-three men
of the Twenty-eighth division Former
national guard of Pennsylvania. for
Camps Devens and Upton; both aero
squadron, three officers and 1853 men
and casual companies Nos 374 and
972, Illinois; BIT and 900, Pennsyl-
vania; 97O, Washington state; 973,
Kentucky; 975, Missouri; no, Ne
braska 723, North Carolina, and 37S
New York
Camp Grant Detail on Montana.
The cruiser Montana. also from
Brest, brought 1,477 troops, including
Sc officers and 1919 men of the Thir-
ty-seventh division Former national
guardsmen of Ohio and West Vir-
ginfa), the 10TH sanitary train com
plete, for Camps Sherman, Taylor and
Dix; 18TH military police, for Camps
Sherman, Grant, Dodge, Taylor and
Custer; 10TH mobile ordnance repair
shop, for Camp Sherman; 18TH train
headquarters. for Camp Sherman;
112th engineer train for Camp Sher-
man.
Also on the Montana were twenty
naval enlisted men and casuals, the
latter including casual companies Nos.
1877. Texas; 738. California. and 1872.
New York.