New-York tribune., 1919-04-25

along the road and greeted the mcr
who had succeeded them in the hazard
Gus Baccarat sector. There was con
siderable bantoring.
Piles Of folded cots in the corners
Of the barracks were soon dissembled ID
INTO comfortable sleeping couches
Bales OF hay were stuffed into slips
recalling to the men their FIRST day at
Camp Upton. Back to the old rookie
days. remarked Sergeant Joseph Schaf
OF 10 FaYettc Street, wenrer OF two
wound stripes. "I wonder if We viii
nave to clean up the stump around this
camp the way We did at Upton back in
September Of 19i72' Schnf. who was
gasked on the Nesle River and wounded
~ The Arg0nhc Forest, vas greeted by
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs John Schaf,
aod his sister. Catherine,
Cooks Of the depot detachment had
prepared meal OF fonet beef. fried
potatoes, bread pudding, coffee aud
cake within fifteen minutes after
arriving IN camp The man of The 306th
infantry were lined up nj the long
tables Of the mess halls
W don't sit on the grass any more,
5,prlhgtime or no sprnRtimc," said
Private Charles Ohibach, of l64 Bcr-
gen Street, while the men were waiting
to- enter their barracks. we sat on
the grass on the railroad embankment
at the Ncsle and found we had planted
ourselves on mustard gas which had
settled there. No humble bee has the
bltlng power of the gas"
According the pass system for all
UNITS quartered here. so per cent Of
the men will be given twenty four
hours leave at noon today. 1t viii
be New York City's first opportunity
to see the men in any considerable
number since the division paradcd in
farewell February %, 1918.
Inc men were deeply touched by the
warmth OF the reception to them. at
was worth all the fighting any outfit
could crowd into single war;" de-
clared Sergeant Louis Reder. of 1870
Fenhurst Place. "Not only at the pier
and on the Harbor, but all along the
traln route we were showercd with
every KIND of applause and things to
eat and smoke
weathered what Corporal Edward Hillv.
or Company, termed a peanut bar
rage milk, coffee, sandwiches and
CAKE were served on the train bv the
Red Cross, the K. Of c., the Y. NJ. c A
ana the Salvation Army
When the men piled off the train
they We're astonished to find a large
group OF relatives and friends. The
1irst Of these visitors arrived at II
o clock, according to the trainmaster
they refused the hospitality of the
hostess house, preferring to watch in
tently for the trail Of smoke of the
train bearing their favorite heroes,
Mothers, wives and swcethearts broke
through the formation of the com
panles when they dctrained.
Many of the welcomers said thov
hadn't eaten all day "Who could eat
with the hopes OF months about TO he
realized - smiled Mrs. Sarah Hero
WITT, Of 243 Suffolk Street. grand
mother of corporal Of the 305th Ma
chlne Gun Battalion.
so great was the crowd that gathered
to-nlght at Callan's Crossing, at CamD
Mllls, that for a time the incoming sol
dlers OF the 9Th Division, numbering
5,284 men and 119 officers, had dificuItv
IN reaching Stewart Avenue, after de-
training. Mothers, fathers, sisters and
sweethearts who had been waiting for
hours, broke through the lines upon
seeing relatives marching by and clunp
to the arms Of the soldiers. SO con-
gcSted became traffic at Callan's Cross
ing after the arrival Of three sections
that the remaining five sections were
brought to Clinton Station at Camp
Mills.