The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-29
CARDINAL MERGER
DUE IN SEPTEMBER
DR.. Strycker, Secretary to Prel-
ate, Arrives on Lorraine to
N Arrange Visit.
KoLCHAK ENVOY RETURNS
Gems. Langitt, Russell and
Mccall Among Passengers
9TH Engineers Back.

The Rev. DR.. Peter Joseph strycker'
secretary to Cardinal Mercier OF Bel
GUM, arrived yesterday from Havre by
the French liner La Lorraine to arrange
for the visit of the Cardinal TO THIS
country. Or. strycker said that the
Cardinal had not engaged passage. but
that It was likely he would arrive here
between September Is and 20 beiore
doing anything definite for the Belgian
prelate DR.. Strycker will see Cardinal
gibbons and Archbishop Hayes. he
said Cardinal MERCER certainly Will
visit, besides New York. the cities OF
Washington Baltimore, Philadelphia and
Chicago, and that he has planned 10 see
Portland, Ore. and points In the North
west endeared to him through stories
told by his uncle. Mgr. Croauet. In the
Cardinals boyhood. Mgr. Croquet was
a missionary in the Northwest when the
Inhabitants were mostly Indians.
Ambassador Boris Bakhmetieff, who
represents the .Kolchak Government in
Russia, returned by the Lorraine. He
said that the situation In Russia seemed
to be improving and that he hoped n
stable administration representing all OF
Russia would be formed in the near
future, He said he could not talk
about peace issues until he had attended
TO important business in Washington.
The troops aboard the Lorraine were
In command Of Col. Joseph S. Heron
who in France had charge OF the men
who buried the American dead in the
advanced sectors. He said that of the
total number buried probably less than
n of per cent were unidentified. The
bodies were removed from the shallow
graves where they were placed under
stress of battle to twelve large con-
centration cemeteries. The work was
done at the express wishes of the men
OF the American Expeditionary Force
Col. Heron said he believed that the
bodies would never be disturbed again
, The largest graveyard Is at Romange
he said, where there are $4,000 Ameri-
cans who met death in the Argonne and
Mouse sectors French soldiers and
civilians helped in the burial and the
French people decorated the graves with
flowers
1 other military passengers returning by
the Lorraine were Major-Gen. William
c. Langfitt, chief engineer of the Ameri-
7 can Expeditionary Forces. Brig Gen.
Edgar Russell and Brig.-Gen. Walker
C. Mccall Gen. Langftt said his of.
ficers declared they had taught the
French a lot Of kinks In railroad build
ing, and that they would be able to
utilize much of the construction in peace
times.
William S. Farmer Of Syracuse, grand
master of the New York Grand Lodge
Of Masons. and Robot J. Kenworthy,
grand secretary, who attended the peace
celebrations in Paris and In London
returned on the Lorraine, confident that
the peace jubilee session of the Masonic
lodges did much to cement the friend
ship of English speaking people. Mgr
Paul Bruchesl, Archbishop of Montreal
returned fom a visit TO Rome and
France.
The Seventh Engineers Of the Fifth
Division. in command of Col. f. G.
Paules. who arrived by the transport
Radnor. won glory by constructing the
first bridge across the Mouse for the
First Army, enabling the Third Corps to
cross on November 4. They sustained
many casualties in the work. The Fifth
also boasts of the million dollar band. ="
, led by Lieut. A. e. Smith of Brooklyn,
which took part in the formal entry OF
King Albert into Brussels.