Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-05-23

Men from tuo Sl1tn 1HldntTy ahN
other units of the 18th division from
Perth and South Amboy and other
New Jersey cities are at Camp Mer-
rift and according to the dispatch Of
fee at the camp, will not leave that
camp for Camp Dix for at least two
days They are being held at the
North Jersey camp, where they Will
probably receive the delousing opera
ton and then will be sent to Dix for
rehabilitation. The men arrived last
night at Camp Merritt. happy and
tired after their long trip across the
Atlantic.
Cheering and wildly anxious to
place their feet on American soil once
more. the men of Company ID, S11th
Infantry, Perth Amboys own. landed
yesterday afternoon at 4:S0 o'clock at
Pier 6, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, and
were Immediately marched aboard
ferryboats which took them to Camp
Merritt at Tenafiy, from which camp
they will go to Camp Dix.
A large party of local people
aboard the Correction and Mayor
Hylan's launch greeted the men as
the big transport nosed into her berth
In the Brooklyn terminal Recogniz-
ing these home town folks. the Perth
Amboyans set up whoop which was
anHW
less enthusiastically from the Correc-
ter. -
arrival of the Mexican prevented any
official welcome by Perth Amboy offi-
cials, but the boys made up for this
lack and when they landed set up
roar that fairly shook the docks.
Peering over the side OF the trans
port were many OF the Perth Amboy-
ans. They included Lieutenant j.
Malcolm Crowell, Private Peter
Ffegan and Sergeant John Zavodsky
both of whom have received the as
tinguished service cross from General
John j. Pershing; Bugler Fayette
Johnson. cited for bravery; Sergeant
Thomas Smith, minus one OF his
fingers, left behind on the battlefield; /;
Sergeant Joseph Hornsby, Irving M.
Helwig, Corporal Mullen. Pvt. Lasko,
Pvt. Travis, Ernest Neer, Pvt. Eagen'
Pvt. Parkus, Harold Evans. Jack
Desmond, Pvt Maury, William Dock
we'll, Frank panero, John Jones, Al
fred Jensen, J. O'Brien, Joseph Kel-
ler. Sergeant Max Kreielsheimer,
Regimental Supply Sergeant Nathan
Margaretten, Emanuel Altman, Phfllp
Rosner, Frank Plavin. Joseph Gadek,
Corporal Charles Bauman, Arthur
Ritter,s Pvt. Kenny. John Wodder'
John Bullwinkle,, Louis Sosin. Ser
eeant 500 of Keasbey, First Sergeant
Michael ". p. Fee of Keasbey. j.
O'Connor of South Amboy and a host
of others whose faces could be barely
distinguished some distance away
from the Correction. The local boys
are scattered through several OF the
organizations of the 311th. not all De-
ing members of Company ID.
Other local and county men VINO
came in on the Mexican yesterday
were: Sergeant James A. Hughes. Me-
tuchen: GarberJasper, South Amboy;
John Kowialchik. 500 Charles street:
John Laskie, 296 Sutton street; Corp.
Joseph Murowsky. Arnold avenue'
Henry w. Drews, Woodbridge; Corp
Albert McCole, South Amboy: Ser
geant Edward c. Rowland, Metuchen;
Sergeant William A. Breen. Metuchen:
Corp. August 'Doeler, Sayreville; Ser
geant Charles End, Metuchen: Corp.
Jacob Frischknecht, 381 Prospect
street; Sergeant Charles H. Ruhlman,
Woodbridge; Elmer G. Harmsen, BOZ
Amboy avenue: George E. Neu. 2l7
Gordon street: Corp. Peter Juelsen.
217 Paterson street: Corp. George t.
Finn, Woodbridge; Frank ]. Shipnos-
XII, Al Grant street. Chrome; Antonio
D'Abusco, Grove street: Dimento CAL
abro. Lawton Place (sick); Sergeant
Major Barron w. Schoder, Wood
: bridge; Corp. John W. Bartkowlak,
es5 Catherine street; Sergeant VIII
liam H. Nash. Chrome: Musician John
q, Natoli, 335 New Brunswick ave-
nue.; Cook Frank Swaboda. 224 Sher-
man street; Corp. Andrew Broske. 344
Colfax street; Antonio Juliano. S3S
New Brunswick avenue; John Potkas-
ejlIne ass Penn street: Sabota Ro-
tondo, Fayette street; IgnatS Carabas,
Ssa Leon avenue: Louis Bapka. SCI
Stockton street; Giuseppe Capaivo.
fSs Washington street: Mike Ditski.
3e1 Alpine street: Louis Dvirko. sol
Catherine street: Corp. John KatsN.
AZ Inslee street: Joseph Kawatczyk.
e76 Charles street: Steven Krussnier-
ski, S32 Fayette street; John Kwiat-
kowski, 641 Cortlandt street: John p.
Abalowsly. 314 clifford street; Mazina
Strain, ss5 New Brunswick avenue;