The sun., 1919-05-17
HONEYMOON SHIP
BRINGS 76 BRIDES
One Colleen and Two Ameri-
can Girls in Group on the
| Plattsburg.
332D ARTILLERY Is BACK
Claims 1t Fired Last Shot in
War When Foe Violated
Truce.

The honeymoon ship plattsburg, in
which many brides make their FIRST
transatlantic trip without their BRIDE
srooms, got in again yesterday with the
wives OF sixty soldiers, thirteen sailors
and three naval officers With the matri-
monial seagoers were babies OF ten SOL
diers and three biuejackets.
Chief Yeoman @. 8. White OF spring-
field. Mass. had the felicitous dlstinc-
ton OF bringing his bride home with
him. She was Noreen IIennessy the
only colleen in the bridal bevy, and met
her future husband Just after he had
kissed the Barney Stone, which may
have helped in his swift courtship. Be
rore becoming attached TO her he was
attached to the American naval base at
Queenstown aboard tho DESTROYER Wins
low. Only two of the brides are Ameri-
can girls Nearly all the rest are Eng
fish. with a sprinkling OF Scotch lassies.
The chief unit aboard the Plattsburg
was the 392d Field Artillery Of forty
two officers and 1857 men, in command
OF Lieut--Col Sam r. Hopkins of vir-
ginia. who wears the Croix de Guerre
with star, awarded for extraordinary
bravery. to quote the citation, In the
Mouse lighting. The regiment used the
French 75s. Its casualties were 1928
killed and wounded, and Ave OF its Of
hcers and twelve men received the Croix
de Guerre.
Among the decorated on the shin were
Major Newell GARFIELD, son of the for
rier Secretary of the Interior and
grandson of President Garfield, and
Lieut.. Col. john r. Southan, a contrac-
tor of Cleveland, who was for twenty
years member of the Ohio National
Guard. Col. Southan was hit by frag-
ments OF n high explosive shell at Eyne,
Belgium, while leading his men. rer
ceiving nine different. wounds. one of
which shattered his left leg above the
knee. While in hospital he also was
operated on ten times for galstones.
He had stateroom by himself, but got
lonesome and was quartered at his own
request with the boys"
The 332d claims the honor OF firing
| the last artillery round sent over the
| German lines At the time set for the
! armistlce on November IL the 332d
| ceased firing. A few minutes later n
| German shell burst among a group of
artillery men. killing eight men and
wounding twenty-five, and the American
| commander in the sector ordered a bat
| the shell came four minutes.
The Gunarder Royal George, In yester-
| day from Liverpool by way OF Halifax,
| where she landed 1000 Canadian SOL
diers. brought two Red Cross nurses,
\ recently from Archangel. Miss Beatrice
| NJ Gosling of this city and Miss Elma
| Forster of Chicago. who said the dough
| boys in northern Russia had been told
| that they would start for home this
| spring. and II they are not relieved they
| would be greatly disappointed and some
| thing might happen.
Miss Kate de A. Bonner, daughter OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bonner of Lenox
| who has been long a nurse in France
comes back with the Belgian decoration
| of the Order OF Queen Elizabeth for
| heroic work last October, when an cpl
| demic of influenza knocked out every
nuIse except herself and she had sole
! charge of $50 wounded.
| The French liner Hudson, in last even
| Ing, brought only doughboys from
| France, chiefly men or the 325th Infan-
try, part OF the All American Division.
Major David p. Dana OF Lenox. Mass,
| and this city. came back as a casual. He
has been in the remount service and
| went TO France year ago after build
| ing tho remount stables at Camp Dix.
| and became commander OF Camp Sougy.
| AS n Texas ranch owner Major Dana
| took note of the farm lands In a recent
| motor trip through Germany. He said
| there were no cattle or other live stool;
| In the fields. and in the towns and cities
| butcher shoDS were closed.