The sun., 1919-01-04
ARMY, CHEERS NAVY
FOR WORK ON WRECK
Difficult Removal of Soldiers
From Great Northern Done
by Dcstroyers.
MORGAN MADE "ADMlRAL'
Skill and Keen Judgment Dis
played in Completing Trans
fer Swiftly and Safely.

" The matter 'ould he arranged so
SIMPLY, the "anrbulat tories brought saieIE
10 land from the stranded troop sup
Northern Pacific would make case!
Morgan Vice-Admiral at least 1t mas.
been Cant. Morgan since bcfore the
war even tho,rzh he wears three gold ]
service stripes and rAvigated many
transport in the hurry up days when !
T-rcle sam was rushing his boys 10
France. but the rescued doushboys nave
promoted hin, themselves. Hereafter he g.,
will be entitled by their unanimous con-
sent ."Adiairal Morgan
When the pcrilous business OF trans
fcrring the LA wounded men from the
GROUNDED steamship began there was
navy officer on the job who knew ex-
sotly what had to be done.} He had
sped from his Office in Hoboken as soon
a, the fash came tnat the Northern Pa
rifo was ashore, and when he reached
Fire island ne organized the difficult
task of removing the endangered men
A r,jght be guessed from the first para
eraph his name is Casey b. Morgan
L S. y. 49,, ,
Fo, hours the seas ran 20 high ana
the ship rolled so dangerously that
was impossible to get the soldiers OF ner,
capt. Morgan, sizing up the situa.loi
and realizing the futillty OF pteI,a'..1
efforts, ordered the merchant vessels. de-
,,rovers nine syeepers and scout boats
TO stand by merely and wait for easier
conditions.
Skinned Down by Ropes.
Men able to help themselves-and by
FAR the majority of the passengers "e'e
conyales-ents or "amhulatory cases. as
the medical corps calls them-shinned 10
the decks of the chasers ny means u
rones. The men unable to handle them-
selves freely were lowered in baskets.
All of the while most Of the little boats
were plunging wildly: now away down
in the trough of the sea, now away UP
on the crest or A roller, and II TOOK
skill and KEEN Judgment to bring the
transfer of as swiftly and safeIy as II
was accomplished by last night
Therefore the soldier boys, who do not
always praise the navy. had nothing but
hearty. cheers for Capt, Morgan and his
aids when they landed at Hoboken yes
teAdEX afternoon and last. night.
Eight destroyers and mine sweepers
fefried more than 1900 convalescents
to-piers and of the army system
atIioboken. Most Of these were taken
ahcard the hospital ship Sh.nAecock and
~ o to s,,,, 1 rut Z n&j,,srys,,.
Previously the 6li,teS,Y CASES, men
Sscly wounded and bedridden,- bad been
put aboard the hospital ship Solace.
which eventually landed them for trans
fer to the base hospital al Fox Hills.
staten Island. Not orc accident marred
the perfection of the transshipment and
the soldiers agreed. when they landed
at Hoboken last evening, that the navy
WAS considerable navy.
What they couldn't understand was
I'd the Northern Pacific managed to
hlunder upon the sands. A reporter for
THE St',; asked "A dozen of the Gonzales
cents 10 describe what they felt and saw
WREN the TRANSPORT stranded. and the
sum total OF their stories came to about
tirfs:
They felt heavy iar--nothins really
startling and mulch as ~ the ship had
dumped rather Heavily against a dock,
TEsy looked out end the first thing they
ssN was the Fife Island light cleaning
brilliantly This astnished them when
they came to think about 1t A little later
because they couldn't understand how
it was that the ship got so close to shore
when the warning light was so clearly
A rsfceptible. They said there was nc
log at the tine Inc TRANSPORT pumped
lnto America, 50 an ln an l''eS WEI" ne
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Saw Hard Firbtipr
Almost all the returning scrapPer
J have seen nara hght'ng' ana not lie"
them have heen decorator. here an
there were the coveted CrosN de hGerr
and the more unfamiliar cross OF IN
Legion of Honor, and at least a doze'
D. $ C.s Of Uncle SANS giving wer
displayed upon the breasts Of the home
corners
Next came the destroyer Dent wit
al9- convalescents. she was followed a
6:3O i. NJ. by the destroyer Ringgol
with goo more Later came the mine
sweeper Spray and eventually thre
other craft. bringing the total OF convaI
escents landed ar IIohokar nm 70 o0f