The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-05-02
NEWS OF TRANSPORTS

seth Units at Newport News.
Newport News, Va, May 2.-Troops
originally of the Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi national guard, Thirty
ninth division, part of the Hath engi-
neers, arrived here early today on the
battleship Nebraska, which sailed from
Brest two weeks ago with 1,215 officers
and men aboard.
Liberty Troops Home.
New York, May 2.-More troops of
mostly drafted men of New York. ar
rived here today when the Nieuw
Amsterdam reached port from Brest
with 2,O70 officers and men.
The First army artillery park. with
the exception of truck company B, and
comprising 36 officers and 1,342 men,
arrived today on the transport Canon
icus -Four casual officers and two
civilians also were passengers. The
troops will be demobilized at Camp
Dodge.
1883 Land at Boston.
BE Boston, May Infringing overseas
qua was due here late today. Aboard
the liner were the following troops:
The 302nd field artillery, staff head
quarters and supply company, ordnance
and medical detachments. Batteries A,
b and f. 145th machine gun headquar
ters company, ordnance and sanitary
detachments, Companies A to d in
elusive; First army artillery park mo-
tor section, headquarters truck Com
pany d scattered, Seventeenth photo
section air service, Twenty third photo
air service, casual company No. 70, 1853
casuals and two civilians.
114th ofFTwenty- Ninth Sails.
Washington, May denomination
was received by the war department
today of the sailing of the 114th in
fantry of the Twenty ninth division,
which contains Virginia and Maryland
troops with the exception of the Third
battalion headquarters and Companies
X, /. and NJ OH the transport MAZDA
waska, due at Newport News May s.
The schedule of sailings did not pro
vide for the return of any units OF the
Twenty ninth division before the latAr
part of June, and when the department
received a. cable announcing the sail
ing of the 114th infantry, verification
was sought as the movement was so far
ahead of schedule. The reply to an
inquiry merely confirmed the sailing OF
the regiment and did not explain the
variation in schedule.
Twenty. eighth Division Delayed
Philadelphia, May 1.-THE steamer
Maui, bringing units of the 109th in
fantry, Twenty eighth division from
Pennsylvania, is behind schedule and
afternoon.
When Ships Are Due
Washington, May Infringing home
5, ,593 officers and men, three more troop
ships have cleared from French ports, 1
the war department announced this ,
afternoon. They, are: the battleship 7
Georgia, with 1,42s, due at Boston, !
May 10; the Peerless, with 2,275, New /
York, May Is, and Guiseppi Verdi, !,
l $50, New York, May 12.
Heroes of Meuse -Arqonne
NewportA News Va, May 2.-'The .
Nebras ska brought headouartprs' Com I
panies A, b. G. ID. Il and medical COM
panies of the 114th infantry four casual /
officers and ten sick and wounded men. .
The engineers were transferred to the +
First army corps in France. Nley
operated in the Meuse Argonne drive,
having laid much of the railroad and /
built many of the bridges for the First .
army corps during this engagement
Lieut. Col Robert T.. Childs of san |
Francisco, was in command.