The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-26
THREE SHIPS BRING
1896 MORE TROOPS
Gunner Everett Won Wilson's
Favor, Ate With King and
Got French Bride.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT BACK
Fleet of Forty American Sub
Chasers Coming-D. S. c.
Given for "FOolr Raid.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT BACK

The Presidential ocean ferryboat
George Washington. in yesterday from
Brest, brought 5,013 troops, including
Capt. Kermit Roosevelt, whose wife,
daughter of the American Amba ssador to
spain, Joseph Z. Willard, was with him.
and some "reminiscences of the liners
eastward trip. The Fabre liner venexia,
in service as a transport, carried 1890
troops from Marseilles and one OF the
most distinguished high privates of the
lot Is Russell NJ. Everett, Thirtieth
Machine Gun Battalion, resident Of
WATERFOWL, who brings along a comely
French bride, until recently Mile. Claire
V. Thommereau of Paris.
Private Everett Is inclined to think
this probably is the finest and most re-
mantle planet whirling through the
starry cosmos. He started in quest OF
adventure by going with the American
Army TO Mexico, had a pretty good time.
and then went overseas and got into the
thick of 1t. being wounded Ave, times
While In the hospital he met the pretty
Farisienne and they fell in love in
simultaneously, according to the tradi-
tional recipe. While he was convalesc-
ing he was ordered to Paris from the
hospital TO report to Brig. Gen. Hart
and was detailed as his orderly.
Only Private at Kings Feast.
Gen. Hart was designated as one OF
'he star to accompany President Will
son Ito London and Italy and naturally
private Everett went along. lie Is a
flne specimen Of a soldier and President
wilson was attracted to him and in
Vited him to accompany him through his
tour as Presidential guest He was the
only one without rank to attend the
Golden Dinner at Buckingham Palace
on Dec. "a celebrating the departure OF
the Presidential party, and King George
presented to him a set of cufflinks bear
ing the royal monogram. which Pri-
vate Everett showed yesterday to
sceptics with documents attestinR his
story. which was also corroborated by
officers on the Venezia.
The story OF Sergeant Joseph Hubo-
WIZ OF Sacramento, Cal, also a passen-
ger py the Nenezia. and who wears the
Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished
service Cross. reads somewhat like a
Ihree Musketeer tale. The Sergeant Is
German born. but intensely American
German machine gunners were making
II unpleasant for the sergeant's COM
pany, X OF the Eighteenth Infantry. and
he decided he would stop them. He told
nus major about II and the major said
IN substance that the Sergeant's project
was damfool proposition and would
merely result in the Sergeant's extinc-
ton.
War Cross for "FooIish" Raid.
The Sergeant, in English that has an
accent. gave his version yesterday of the
subsequent proceedings:
II told the Major / was going over
whether he liked 1t or not and he said
Il hux
buddy and ! went over and sneakei
from shell hole to shell hole and got the
Boches. killing four and capturing four
teen, making them carry their guns to
the American lines"
The Major Just smiled. remarked that
only damfool could do a thing OF that
sort and recommended the Sergeant for
promotion and suggested the bestowa!
OF the d. S. c. on him.
The NeneZia reported that a feet OF
about forty American submarine chasers
are on their way to these shores She
found out about it five days out from
Gibraltar when she received a wireless
call for help from an American freighter
little later she got message saying
that two chasers OF the feet we're on
their way to help the imperiled vessel,
whose name the venezia did not learn.
When the George washirgto was
one day out from Brest Chaplain F. F.
Bioomhardt. the editor of the ship =
daily paper. The Hatchet guaranteed
circulation 1000. received this message
from the President:
May i now take this opportunity to
extend heartfelt greeting to the SOL
diers on board who are returning home Z?
My heart goes out to them for the great
things they have DONE and | shall be
all my life proud that l was permitted
to be their commander in chief"
Capt. franklin. Tank Veteran.
=. A. S. Franklin. president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine, was at
the Hoboken pier with his wife TO greet
their son, Capt John NJ. Franklin, who
arrived by the George Washington
Capt. Franklin was originally with the
Fourth Field Artillery and was trans
ferred at his own request to the 30lst
Heavy Tanks which saw much service
with the Twenty seventh Division.
The Susquehanna, from st. Nazaire
brought 2.3s3 officers and men, all in
charge of Col. Clarence s. Coe of ST. Au-
gustine, Fla, OF the Seventeenth Railway
Engineers. The regiment was assembled
at Atlanta under Col John Stephen At
we'll OF Alabama, vice-president OF the
Alabama Marble Company who now is
stationed at Rotterdam. Lieut.-Col. c.
e Fitch OF Washington. d. C.. went out
with the regiment as a private and after
three months in France was made a
Captain ~ speedily won higher p4pslo-