New-York tribune., 1919-03-13
PersI'ins Wcpt
During Visit to
w Wo,unltlcti Mcr,
''I'm Proud Of You," Gen.
crnl Told Lcglcss Mari,e
On Hospital Ship Mercy
Seven Craft Bring Troops
Largest Coniingcnis Arrive
ON the Iowun, SURNAME,
Calamarcs and Amphion

General John j. Pershing wept us he
stood in ono Of the wards Of tho hos
pital ship Mercy just before she left
Bordeaux February 27 with 38l wound
ed American soldiers. The story Of
their commander in chiefs emotion was
told yesterday by officers and men
when tho Mercy docked here.
The general and several staff officers
boarded the hospital ship at Bassans
and inspected the vessel. He paused
before the cot Of marine who had left
his legs at Chateau Thicrry.
"Tm proud of YOU" he said "You
boys were wonderful lighters"
A wounded doughboy caught his at
tention as he passed.
"You are mani" pershing cx-
claimed Il hope when you get home
the folks there will think as much Of
you as we do"
Then, the soldiers say, the general
turned away with half-smothcrcd sob
and in tears.
SIX Transports besides tho Mercy ar
rived at New Yoyh yesterday. Includ-
my those on the hospital ship, 3,729
troops arrived.
Captain Philip }. Roosevelt, cousin
Of the late Theodore Roosevelt and son
Of J. Emlen Roosevelt, Of So4 Fifth
Avenue, was on the SURNAME. He
served as an aviator and wore the
Croix de Gucrrc with a pnlin, rewards
for bringing down German planes over
Chateau Thierry.
What did you get the medal for,
Phil?' one Of the reporters asked the
captain, who used to be "A ship nows
reporter.
81 don't know he replied. al think
they served them out for rations"
Jowan Brings 1892 Fighters
The largest complement Of troops
among ycsterday's arrivals WAS aboard
the lowan. 1t consisted Of 30 Off
GERS and enlisted mon. They we're
commanded on tho voyage by Major
Walter +. Palmer. Of Chicago.
On The lownn was Sergeant j. J.
Courtney. who before the war was a
locpmotiv" engineer in Alanka. He was
decorated with the Croix tic Guerro
for leading u detachment into No Mans
Land to cue enemy virus.
Thror oGiccre and l27 men Of the
bth Jrcncis Mortar Battery. who accom-
panied thr Army Of Occupation into
+ Germany. were Alsr aboard tho lowou.
The 3lOih. - lth and 3lbth Trench Nor
Tar" batteries nlso returned. With the
hitter was lieutcnant Joe r. Myers. Of
209 Rircrsidn Drive.
Corporn John J.. Casey, of Fairfield,
! Conn. came home w,iif the Diatin-
( guishcd Service Cross and the Croix
dc Guerro. AT Chatcau Thicrry on
July % he WAS IN charge of Unison
detachment OF fifteen men and suc-
ceedrd in carrying an important mes
sage from one unit TO another throug j
heavy enemy tirr after three men had
been shot down in the attempt.
1,057 ON the CaIaraares
The Calamares, which docked al Ho,
! boken in the afternoon, brought 1857
: officers and enlisted men, The largest
/ contingent aboard was composed Of
the headquarters Detachment and
/ Companies A. B, C, D. Z and r Of the
! 26th Engineers Of the regular army.
j Lieutenant Colonel F. " Scheidcn-
( holm, civil engineer Of Hollis, L. l.,
commanded the troops on the way
home.
One or the casual officers aboard the
Caiazuares as Lieutenant Lloyd S.
Nease, who was in the medical depart
inert Of the '307th Infantry, a part Of
1nc 7lth tNew FORK draft Division.
licuien&1t Nease, whose home is in
! Newport, Tenn, was with the medical
detachment that followed on the heels
Of the force which relieved Colonel
" hittlosey's "l-ost Bat1.lion' in the
ArEonre.
Captain W "A. Williams, Of Monti-
cello, Ga also a redica, o.Hccr, vas
on the Calamares lie Won ,hc 81 rit ssh
military medal fer bravery in the
Battle Of the Sommc
The transport Amphion dockcu at
brooklyn The eighteen casual ofn
GERS and 1G9 men aboard were taken
to HQboken by tug. The Wynotta
tago "A complement OF lO7 officers ard
nurses Of two hospital units.
Meehan Honored by Legion
Lieutenant r. j. Mechan, OF 529
Ninth Street, brooklyn, was on the
Amphlon- He has been awarded the
decoration Of the Legion Of Honor bv
the French government and has been
recommended for the Distinguished d
Service Cross. At St Nazairc he made
two important captures of German
spies.
Major Arthur II. Cillcy. Of BAG Lex
flngton Avenue, was another passcn-
ger on the Amphion. lie was "A mcdi-
cal officer attached to several base nos.
pltals and was formerly on the stats
Of the Hospital for the Rupturcd and
Crippled, Lexington Avenue and Forty
second Street, and the Seavcw Hos
pital, Staten Island. He also was an
instructor at Cornell.
Captain K. @. Huntingdon, of Wes
Sixty fourth Street, who has beer
with the 307th Field Artillery. Of tn,
nth Division, and Lieutenant Wilbu,
brundage. Of Douglaston, Long island
also were on the Amphion
Corporal Robert Cole, Of Bartlcv
N j., died Of tuberculosis aboard Tn,
Mercy Tuesday
| Wounded New York Men