Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01

the embarkation section accomplish
ed.
Among the many features of the
embarkation section work which IL
Illustrates its characteristic efficiency
is the cablegram it sent each nigh
to Washington. This cablegram ad-
vised the war department of the num-
Der and kind of troops that sailed
during the day, the probable date of
landing, and the geographical distri-
button of these soldiers in the United
States.
The daily cable enabled the receiv-
ing organization of the ports of the
United States to efficiently handle
the troops when they arrived
Of the transports carrying the A.
E. F., home, 1875 sail under the Amer
lean flag. Sixty of these are con-
verified cargo vessels, 40 are regular
troop transports, and 25 are battle
ships, cruisers and mine sweepers.
These naval vessels provide comfort
able quarters for more than 200 men
each.
The German ships in the transport
service number 10 and the remainder
of the transport fleet are ships of Bri-
fish, French, Dutch, Italian, and Span
ish registry to the number of forty.
All boats are provided with excel
lent hospital facilities and the sick and
wounded soldiers sent to America are
well cared for.
Ships Work Like Huge Shuttles.
Illustrative of the rapidity with
which troops are handled at the base
ports are the following facts con-
corning turnabouts of a few of our
transports.
On April the NINTH the Mount Yer
non left the United States. She ar
rived at Brest at 1858 A M. on April
II. loaded 5,773 troops. including SO
sick and wounded and left port seven
hours and five minutes after arrival.
This same vessel arrived at Brest
on May ninth, loaded 1884 troops, in
GLIDING G35 sick and wounded, and
sailed at four o'clock in the afternoon.
/ The Great Northern arrived at
Brest on May second, loaded 1911
troops, including 706 sick and wound
ed, and left port the same day. The
total time in port was five hours and
fortyfive minutes.
The Cape May arrived at Bordeaux
, on May sixteenth, and stayed in port
only one hour and nineteen minutes,
during which time, 1871 troops were
/ embarked.
The Maui arrived at Brest May sew
enteenth and within period of three
hours and thirty-five minutes, had
loaded 1912 troops and sailed for
New York.
I How Work Has 'Speeded Up"
AS indicating the increased speed
in the embarkation of troops as the
embarkation section daily improved
and increased facilities for handling
men at concentration camps and at
\ base ports the following figures are
n interesting.
u Month No. of Troops embarked
e, November II to 80 25,5O5
Y december 1860
nqanuary 115,021
, February 214,584
cApril 1912
pol May embarkations exceeded the es-
of $4,000, and the embarka-
40 pms in June, according to estimates
l.. III total approximately 100000.
III epn addition to the work of sending
LII officers and men of the A. E. F.
cteEe, the embarkation section is re-
iel4ed to provide first class passage
neN welfare workers, many of them
"a pen, and for the thousands of the
p kch girls who became the wives of
Abers of the A. E. F.
y r transportation of the American
\ re Hitionary Forces from Europe to
u ~ United States was admirably &C
M 9shed by means of organizations
led Methods created under the spur
1T oessity. The lesson learned the
I'd aaFhile carrying on the work OF
s, lathe A. E. F. home may be Of
* ll1e value to us in the future if il
evi ZONES necessary for us to move
amt number of troops to another