Republican farmer., 1919-08-01
FAMOUS MARINE REGIMENTS SAIL
 FOR THE J. s.
Men Who Fought at Verdun, Chateau Thierry and
 St. Mihiel.
FOUR TRANSPORTS
 HAVE 5000 ABOARD
More Than 600 D. $. C.'s Awarded Men of Second
 Division.

Washington, July 29.---Announce- ment was made last night that the vanguard of the famous Second Di- vision of regulars. including 600O ma rines, has sailed from Brest for the United States. Included among these are the marines who fought in the Verdun sector. at Chateau Thierry, Soissons. St. Mihiel, Champaign CBlanc MonD, the Meuse-Argonne of fensive, and who marched to the Rhine with the American army of oc- cupation.
 Four transport with nearly 5000 ma rines sailed from Brest on Saturday, and are due to arrive at New York be- tween Aug. and 5. Another trans port leaves today and a efxth on the day following, both bearing Marines The schedule of the sailinS of the var iOus Marine units follows:
 Transport George Washington, left Brest on July 26, with 150 officers and 3.473 men of the Fifth Regiment: five officers and 90 men of the headquar- ters O. the Fourth Br Jade as1 24 off, cers and 1000 men of the Second Bat talon of the S'xth Regiment Due at New York on Aug. s.
 Transport RiIrJdam sailed July 26 with 23 officers and 1000 men of the First Battalion, Sixth Regiment Due at New York on Aug. 3.
 Transport Wilhelmina sailed on
 July 26, with AZ officers and 1,7O1
 men of the Third Battalion, Sixth Regiment, and with the remainder of the Fifth Regiment. Due at New
 York on Aug. 5.
 Transport Santa Paula sailed on Aug. 2, with 25 officers and 375 men of the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion. Due at New York on Aug. or 6. Transport Orizba sailed on July 29 with II officers and SIS men of the Marine Guard companies and 97 of | ficers and 3,701 men of the 11th Reg iment. Due at New York on Aug. g. Transport Siboney sailed on July 30. with 89 officers and 3,701 men of | the 18th Regiment, 29 off1cefs and | 375 men of the Fifth Brigade Ma ! chine Gun Battalion and three of 1 ficers and 30 men of the Fifth Bri- l gade headquarters. Due at New ! York on Aug. 10.
 l Many famous Marine officers are l returning with their troops on these l transports. Among them are Major | Gen. John A. Lejenue and his staff
 which consists of Lieut.. Col Harry | Lay, Lieut. Col. Hugh L. Matthews,
 Major Maurice E. Shearer, Major 1 Ralph H. Keyser. Major c. L. T. | WaIleT, Jr., Caplaln tSODeTl l.. N el- son and Captain Luther W. Jones | Here are some facts and figures | furnished by the Marine Corps and
 made public by Secretary Daniels | last night:
 "The Second Division captured the i largest number of Germans of any of l the American divisions 12,026. '"The Second Division suffered the
 greatest number of casualties of any | of the American divisions, 25,07S.
 The Second Division captured
 about one-fourth of the entire num-
 Der of prisoners captured by the A. E. F.. one-fourth of the total of guns,
 and suffered about one-tenth of the number of casualties. Of these cas-
 ualties about half were Marines
 More than 500 D. s. C.'s were
 awarded to the Second Division. more
 than 100 per cent. above the next highest number awarded to an | American division. Of these moro than one-half were awarded to Ma | rines.
 Besides the 300 crosses won by
 the Marines. in the Second Division
 about 300 more were won by the Ma
 rines in other divisions
 ''The Croix de Guerre has been
 awarded to over 400 MarineA I 'In the A. E. F. small arms
 matches held in May of this year. the
 Second Division stood the highest of
 the American divisions; the Fifth
 Regiment of Marines stood the high
 est of all regiments. and Private Or
 vile B. York, IS, of the Fifth Ma
 rines, won first prize in the indi- | vidua1 pistol match"