The sun., 1919-05-14

hiied with shells and rescued their COM
rades In a truck ahead that the Ger
man shell had hit. They then went on
through shellfire and delivered their
ammunition at the front
Mayor Hylan sent a letter Yesterday
10 r. A. Munchenheim of the Hotel
Astor thanking him for the expedition
win which he prepared the banquet to
me old Forty-seventh Regiment of
Brooklyn on their unexpected arrival
Monday. The Mayor said several hotels
and restaurants had been called up and
All said 1t was impossible to serve a
oinner in so short a time for so large
number (about 900) of men. Then
the Aston accomplished the task. The
Mayor wrote to the proprietor: 1T was
indeed phenomenal that in a little over
an hours time you prepared the BAN
Quet hall and served the officers and
men OF the regiment with such an ex-
cellent dinner"
Doughboys Kick at Food.
The Italian liner Re d'Italia, from,
barseilles and Gibraltar. which docksd
last night, brought many disgruntled
dcughboys who declared that the chief
FOOD they got from the liners cooks vas
n.acaioni. and that they were charged
20 cents for beef sandwiches, IL cents
for eggs and 10 cents for bits of raisir
cakes and that some of them had gone
broke buying these things to make W
for the deficiencies in the menu. The
nionotony OF prunes. bread and coffee
Tor all breakfasts except two, when the,
got bacon, forced them they said to pay
for extra nutriment.
The Re d'1talia brought 1894 Off
GERS and men OF the Second Army
Headquarters, the 303d Field Battalion
a detachment Of the Seventy-eighth Di-
vision OF Employment. ten casual COM
panies and twenty-one casual officers
eut.-Col. Thomas +. Meehan OF Phila.
delphia. commander of the Employment
detachment. got left at Gibraltar. where
all officers were permitted to 60 ashore
1t had been given out that the ship
would stop twenty-four hours at this
point. but she did not, and that may be
why the Lieutenant-Colonel was missing
when the Re dItalia was a day out
With him was Major Philip d. Hoyt OF
Brewster. this State.
About the high cost Of feeding on the
ship CaptzNielglienzono said the price
list had been fixed pursuant to an agree.
ment with the troop commander and that
the prices were not high In compa rsot
with the cost OF food in Italy: that the
men were getting off light, as eggs cos,
IS cents each in Italy. Some OF the
army officers were inclined to treat the
complaints of the men lightly, severa
remarking that il man did not kick h,
was not a good soldier.
The following troopships are due here
to-day:
Antonio Lopez, from Bordeaux May 2
with 325th Infantry. Headquarters Sec.
ond Battalion. Medical Detachment anG
Companies + and H inclusive, 25 officer,
and s77 men: three small special casua
companies. h44th Casual Company. New
York, officer and 16 men three Dor.
deauX Convalescent etachments of "a
officers and l man: 326th and 327th In.
fantry Detachments OF 81 officers and
is casual officers.
Calamares, from st. Nazaire May 4
with 18th Infantry Headquarters Com.
pany, Supply and Machine Gun Com.
pany. Sanitary and Ordnance Detach.
ments and Companies A and b, "a Off.
GERS and 1924 men: 10th Machine Cur
Battalion. Field and Staff Headquarters
Medical and Ordinance, Detachments and
Companies A and B. 20 officers and 491
men: 10Sth Field Artillery Supply Com
pany, 4 officers and 327 men Fiftysev-