The Washington herald., 1919-01-23
DISTRICT men
NHO WON HONOR
lin WAR RETURN
Engineers Pontoon Train
Made Record by Bridging
.Marne in Is Minutes.
N LAST GREAT DRIVE
'vo Transports with Large
contingents of Soldiers
: Reach New York.

Heavily laden with soldiers, both
yep and wounded. two big troop
hips-the Manchuria and the Gre
&C.. the former with hundreds Of
istrict engineer troops on board
Eriyed at Hoboken from France
.esterday. according to dispatches
The Washington Herald last
light
among the District soldiers on
ioafd the Manchuria. members Of
be. 456th Engineers PontoOn Train,
!Shtch distinguished itself in France,
lettering any record it had ever
hade in this country by throwing a
.ontoon bridge across the Marne in
Ksctly 16 minutes, were Corp. Will
lni H. Scott. whose wife, Mrs. W.
Z Scott, is employed in the District
-eaIth Office. Sergt OLeary, Bugler
toore and Private Richard.
The 466th Engineers trained at
darlington Barracks. and the speed
: showed in building poutoons on
he~ Eastern Branch Of the Potomac,
FhIch were filmed by motion pic
3 ures exhibited in various parts of
be, United States, was surpassed in
Is srecord for similar work on the
sId of battle.
Had Part in Last Drive.
The 466th's last station in France
vas at GibrOs, where it was sent to
ridge streams for the American
army in its last big drive against
be Germans. They will be sent to
amp Humphreys for demobiliza-
ION These District engineer troops,
With 4.557 others, representing vari-
aus units, sailed from St. Nazaire
n the Manchuria, January 10. 1t is
expected they will not be kept in
Quarantine at Camp Merritt. Hobo
zen. more than few days.
FVENTY-TWO \
Among the overseas troops arriv-
az, on the Manchuria were several
vIls had won special honOrs for valor
Il the Held. and most Of the contin-
sents represented had been in at
east one engagement before the ar
lixice.
The Manchuria's list includes the
1th division headquarters company.
etaChments of the 3l2th sanitary
L2AAAs b-'AAA I'll l7AOA4v ul4EN trench lllOE
n battery; eth heavy mortar ord
ance repair shop. from Camp Mer-
1T: 4S5th engineers pontoon train.
Gh aero squadron. 154th and 491st
TeO squadrons. from Fort Slocum:
I'd casual ordnance battalion Cparts
rom Camp Upton. Camp Dix and
amp Merritt; casual companies
3. l2I and Us, and sick and wounded.
Tho Cratic EroTruhN 10 -
rent of coast artillery complete. A
hiGers and 1857 enlisted men; also
9s9als. sick and wounded. This regi-
tent was transformed into heavy ar
lIaTy before sailing from this coun-
~ to France and handled the big
ans which battered down the outer
Iefenses of the German fortresses
round Metz.
The 5Jth artillery. -. \ c.. on the
'fetiC was composed Of seven Bos-
On and one Providence company. Al
hough the corps was in the hottest
stiOn from the second battle of the
HRrne until the aTmistice was signed.
vhen they were in the ArgOnne. only
y were killed and 20 were wounded
js L6co men.
strategy of Omccrs Praised.
According to the chaplain. Fred W.
Cutler. Of the Old South Church. Bos-
TOM this slight loss was due TO the
remarkable strategy of Major. now
Colonel James :. Dusendury, of
Charleston. :. g, and Maj Cary r.
Wilson. Norfolk. Va, who now are
wSth other organizations. Col. John
X Roberts wa.s in charge OF the men
% the return trip.
Lieut. Ralph TwicheH, Of Winter
Park. Fla. returned on the Man
chuTia, with wounds received in air
battles. He was a bunhie with Quen-
tip Roosevelt and attributed his nerv-
opspess. after hearing Of Quentin's
death. to being the cause of his own
fall later in which he sustained a
frhctured skull and injured spine. He