New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23

hospital.
The first vessel to come in was the
U. S. S. Henderson, from Bordeaux
with 1872 officers and men. Behind
her steamed the Orizaba, from the
same port, with a soldier passenger
complement of 1881. A few hours
later the big Pacific liner Manchuria,
with 4,447 officers and men, from ST.
Nazaire. came up the bay. Hardly had
her troops been sent ashore when the
cruiser Pueblo, from Brest, arrived,
with 1896 troops on board.
The Manchuria had a few casual
companies, made up of replacement
troops and wounded men. but the bulk
of her travellers were of the 10th and
list Coast Artillery. She Jared better
than the other transports that arrived
with her, but she was hard hit with an
epidemic of influenza.
When two days out she dipped into a
westerly blow that kicked up sea
sufficient to make many Of the home
corners seaslck.
Four Die on Voyage
In their weakened condition, caused
by the roughness Of the sea, 167 men
were taken i'll with Influenza twenty
four of these cases developing into
pneumonia. According to the officers,
the victims all went down at once,
some of them being stalwart fellows
who had never been sick a day during
nearly a year in France. The ships
surgeon and group of army doctors
and nurses got the epidemic under con-
troll at once and every man on board
was compelled to wear mask.
When the vessel arrived yesterday
eightyseven patients were able to 60
to camp with their regiments. The
others were confined in the ships hos
pital and will be taken ashore to-day
Four of the stricken men died on the
voyage. Their bodies were brought to
port.
They were Private James Martin, of
brooklyn; Private Harold Rigney of
Manhattan; Sergeant John A. Pagan,
Of Brooklyn, and Private Napoleon
Cote, of Lowell. Mass All were at
tached to the list Coast Artillery.
Tells of Losing Sight
Among the wounded casuals brought
IN by the Manchuria was Private Jo-
seph Ballineer, Of Warren. II. l.. who
lost the sight of both eyes while fight
'ng with the Odd Infantry in the Cham
pagne in June of last year He was
light hearted despite his ai11 fiction and
even TESTED about the way he lost his
sight.
With laugh ne said: IF you really
want to know how it happened don't
nlnd saying that German machine
gun bullet hit me clean in the right
eye. The bullet didn't even say Hello
iart
but the SIGHT soon went after the right
eye was gone"
Another casual traveller on the Man
churla was the Rev. George =. Nc
earthly, senior chaplain of the 7th Di-
VISION. VINO left the rcctorship of the
Church OF the Ascension at Harvey.
H., for overseas service He was
gassed at Bots lie Parret on October is,
end twelve days later was wounded at
Des Dlelle, when a fragment of shrap-
mel shattered his right arm Chaplain
McCarthy was accompanied by the Rev.
[: A Corcoran, rector of the Church
OF Our Lady of Sorrow in South Or
ange, n. j., and the Rev. Frank LIE Nav,
OF Chicago Both had seen hard ser,
vice with the 7th Division.
Local Physicians Return
The Manchuria also brought home
several officers Of the Post Graduate
Hospital Unit from Base Hospital No.
at Savenay. They were Major James
A. Martin, Lieutenant James T. Sulli-
van, Major John Connors and Captain
T. Knapp. The hospital at Savenay,
the doctors said, had treated $1,000
cases. 80 per cent of the patients being
wounded men.
Among the returning fighters on the
Pueblo was Corporal James Quigley,
who fought with Company +, of the
l6oth Infantry, in the Champagne. He
wore the Croix de Gucrre and has been
recommended for the D. S. C. for ex-
traordinary bravery on the firing line.
ne was IN every engagement in which
the "Old 69th" participated, and es-
capped unhurt until July 81, when a
machine-gun bullet pierced his body,
missing his heart by half an inch.
Corporal Cassel Wilson, of Chilli
Gothic, Ohio, brought home the Croix de
Guerre, with palm, the d. S. c. and
q French citation. He received his
decoration at scissors when, with the
2Sth Infantry, he went out for 800
yards in the face of heavy artillery
fire, and captured a machine gun nest.
Orizaba Brings 5000 Troops
The Orizaba brought 5000 troops.
DH DOdlu WAS inc oO9lH lcIu AT
tillery, commanded by Colonel Whar-
ton Griffin, of the Acorn Division.
This unit did not get into action, al
though 1t was overseas six months.
| There were six casual companies
aboard, one composed Of the 9Th and
oth marines, who helped check the
German drive on Paris. The ship car
RED several wounded men and officers.
Most Of the men are from Southern
states, with only a few New York
troops on board
ales Of the heroic rescue of de-
1Sii OF shipmates by Lieutenant A. A.
blgeiow and a few sailors from the
sleA pay were related by members OF
.ne crew. The heavy seas which bat
lereo the ship loosened the huge
"ncnor chains, and the violent motion
o. the scas began swinging the heavy
AgnS against the ships side
lieutenant Commander l.. A. Bah
! c0cK' WIN volunteer force, consist
+ ing OF Boatswain Arthur Grove. Chief
! boatswain's Mate Wildhagen. Cox
swain ". K. Bagnetto and several
others, set out forward to make the
eha'hS last and secure the anchors.
Heavy Sea Lays All Low
They had reached the hoist when
huge fifty-foot sea smashed into the
DOW and flattened the men against the
nnoistinG gear, leaving them In help
lesg condition.
While the deck was being washct
~ treacherous waves, Lieutenant
lb'geiow and ii party Of men Iashee
,heinsciyeh together, crcpt forward to
tne injured men and carried them te
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