The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-03-25
Special to The State.

/ mar. .eStOn, Marcn ZU-OlHCIdl he"S
was received here this morning bY
the Southeastern Department head
quarters that the T. S. S. Pocahontas
which sailed from st. Nazalre on
,,;arch 16 for Newport News, has been
diverted to Charleston aud IS expect
cd to arrive March 80 with nearly
3OCO officers and men of the 3Oth
division, bringing the total numoer
Of troops scheduled to debark here
within four days Up to about S'oee
The present expectations are that tre
koningin der Nederlanden will arrlTe
ON March q, the Mercury on March
20 and the Pocahontas on March aV'
which means that the debarkatton Or
ficers will be called upon to nano's
a much larger number Of troops IN
one week than was originally eH
pected There is a report curreot
which is not as yet officially connrm"
ed. that two other vessels are also
bound for Charleston.
The following units are aboard the
Pocahontas: OF the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Infantry, First and Thlrd
Battahons. medical headquarters de-
tachment, Companies A, B, G, u, L.
and NJ in all "a officers and 1SO men,
Of the One Hundred and Seventeenth
Infantry are headquarters and stan
Headquarters of the First Battalion.
ordnance and sanitary detachment
First and Second Battalion headquar-
ters. Machine Gun and Supply COM
panies A to F., inclusive, totalllng oo
officers and 2,O27 men. There are also
aboard special casual company NO. o.
ten discharged, one officer and -
men: also two casual officers OF tee
air service and one civilian, the total
number aboard being 2,9lS.
As with the troops of the first two
transports the units will be sent "
Camp Jackson where they will De
discharged or sent to camps nearest
thair home towns. The casual officers
will be handled here
Due to the fact that the transport
Mercury is somewhat faster ship
than the koningln der Nederlanden,
TIE two ships bound for this port
with nearly 3.CG0 boys of the Thrift
eth Division. many of them Charles
tonians or South Carohnians, on
board. the local entertainment com
nittee working with Mayor Hyde Is
endeavoring to arrange if possible
for the transports to enter Charleston
harbor together for the sake of com
b,ning the city's greeting and faclll'
tating arrangements generally. 1t IS
not known whether this can be done
II appeared practically certain today
that there would be no opportunity
for the troops to parade here upon
landing, as their trains Will be within
a very short distance of their ship,
and Charleston is eight miles Or so
from the port terminals. A meeting
at city hall today of the mayors conf
mittee about completed all details Tor
the citywide greeting to be extended
the soldiers. The people will line tEa
waterfront when the transports pro-
ceed up the Cooper river, whistles
and bells will ring, a signal will be
sounded to appraise the public OF the
ships approach, bands Of music will
play at vantage points along the
wharves, and there will be a general
display of flags with the lid off as to
cheering. Official committee boats
will meet and escort the boys in from
the ocean. Red Cross workers Will
supply them with refreshments at
thoir landing Mace and on the train 5