Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-28
10000 18TH DIVISION
VETERANS TO MARCH
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city, who arrived here several days
ago. The delegation will pay it's re-
spectS to Governor Sproul, but will
be unable to discuss the subject of
the parade at any length with him.
1t is now virtually assured that at
least 10000 men will be in line, since
the last unit of the keystone Di-
vision took passage from France for
home yesterday. This gives practical
assurance that every one of the units
will reach home port by May 10 and
on this assumption the Philadelphia
Council of National Defense and the
returned officers are pushing ar
rangements for the big event
The estimate that 10000 men will
be in line makes liberal allowance
for discharge of casual companies
and other units Immediately after
their arrival officials claim that
even the slowest of the returning
vessels should reach Philadelphia by
May 10, and that the men should
be ready to parade within forty
eight hours after their arrival. 1t is
not expected, however, that the
event will be arranged to take place
before May Is.
The Harrisburg men with the Sup
ply Train of the division are aboard
the Liberator, which cleared France
yesterday, bound for New York, in
which port 1t is expected to arrive
on May 8, the War Department an
nounces. The vessel sailed with g.
507 members of the division, men,
bers of the HEADQUARTERS and Sup
ply Detachment, Companies A, and
c, 1O3d Field Battalion; Headquar-
ters, Medical Detachment and Com
panies A to f, inclusive, 10Sd Supply
Train Sanitary Detachment and
Company F, 10Sd Engineers; Head
quarters, Sanitary Detachment,
Companies A to G, inclusive, 1O3d
Ammunition Train and the Twenty
eighth Division Theatrical unit.
While it is known that city men
with the Governors Troop of the
old Pennsylvania National Guard
have already embarked for home,
War Department lists of sailings
have not yet told on which vessel
they are coming home. 1t is eX-
pected that on whatever vessel they
sail, they will be landed in Philadel-
phia.
Company I, of the old Eighth,
will be the first of the local units to
reach home port. 1t is expected to
land at Philadelphia on the Poca-
hontas on Thursday. Company ID
will arrive on Sunday at Philadel-
phia aboard the Mercury.
The Freedom, which is due to
dock either at Brooklyn or Hoboken
tomorrow, is bringing Base Hos
pital No. 20, the University unit
and Base Hospital No. 9S, of Jeffer-
son Hospital, with practically the
entire enlisted personnel and the
nurses. Lieutenant Colonel Caplin,
head of the unit, has been here
a week.
1t is believed that the two hospital
units may go to Camp Upton, but
that has not been definitely learned.
Colonel Pusey has announced that
he expects to devote most of the
next few days to making certain
that the heTwenty- eighth paraded as an
entire division and not piecemeal.
"It is the wish of the people of
Philadelphia and of the State that
these men participate in divisional
turnout, and we expect to have 1T
that way" he said. His estimate
that at least 10000 men would be
in line was made later in the day
in his talk with Mr.. Guenther.
Colonel Pusey sent another radio
to Major General Muir on board the
Mercury, who is returning with the
men. In it he said the men would
be concentrated at Camp Dix, that
he was arranging a parade in Phil
adelphia and that great welcome
was expected
Under army regulations, plans for
the parade must be approved by Ma