The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-09
7. 2 NEW AMERICANS
HOME ON TRANSPORT
Babies of Two Yankee Gobs
Are Pets of the Platts-
burg.
SHIP BRINGS As BRIDES
348th Infantry Returns on the
Chicago-Eastsider Brings
Four Medals.
SHIP BRINGS As BRIDES

OF course, a whole lot OF soldiers and
sailors and officers and things, war
heroes with crosses and medals and
decorations. came in on the transports
Piattsburs and Chicago yesterday
1884, Of them. In fact but the real cream
OF the passenger lists-the people who
really mattered. were Bob Jim Brannon
ana Elaine Cathlene schaeffer. who came
on the Plattsburg.
Bob Jim and Elaine Cathlene really
were most unusual and important voy-
agers-all their fellow passengers ad-
mitted II, and both Bob Jim and Elaine
CathleHe themselves, by the way they
lorded over everybody else. showed that
they were not unaware of their merits.
Tor Bob Jim and Elaine Cathlene are
hnglish on one side-thetr mothers
and fighting able American seamen on
the other. Consequently. the homage
paid on all sides to Bob Jim. who is GO
ing on three months, and Elaine Cathlene,
who Is almost six months, was enough
TO turn a discarded Kaiser green and
make Democrat fear for democreesr
AZ other Brides Aboard.
Bob and Elaine brought along their
mothers, Mrs. Robert James Brannon.
and Mrs. Frank Adam Schaeffer. and
there were also on board forty-five other
wives of American soldiers, sailors and
officers-Irish. English and French girls
-who showed an irresistible tendency
70 infringe on the property rights Of
Mrs. Brannon and Mrs Schaeffer.
When interviewed yesterday Bob Jim
remained silent q not unusual stunt for
.l-,,a
in describing her first impressions; of her
native land that IL vas necessary to
plug her mouth VITA q rubber nipple.
Bob and Elaine are the children of two
able seamen on the United States de-
stroyer Benham, who found time to chase
their future wives as we'll as submarines
while in British waters. Mrs. Brannon
met her husband at dance at the
port of Newport, Wales. and was mar
ried later at the American naval base
at Queenstown, Ireland. She will go to
her husbands home in South Carolina
TO awaN his return. Neither of the able
seamen has yet seen his child.
Also on board the Plattsburg were
Capt. and Mrs. NJ. II. Foster of the
slsighty-first Division. Capt. Foster left
his home at Travers City, Mich. to fight
early in the war with the princess
Canadian Regiment. He was twice
wounded before being transferred to the
American forces as casual officer with
the "Wildcats." as the men Of the Eigh-
ty-frst Division are known. just before
the armistice was signed he was gassed
and sent to England. where he renewed
his acquaintance with a young girl whom
he had met three years before while with
the Canadians when she was studying at
q school the Mdlands. They were mar
ried in December. Another officers bride
aboard was Mrs, J. v. Foreman, wife Of
surgeon OF the Tenth United States
Hospital Unit.
Bill Donovan n Hero.
The story of how Lieut.. Col. Bill DON
ovan. commander OF the old Sixty-ninth.
with machine gun bullet through one
leg. stuck to his post for five hours
directing his regiment. was related by
Lieut. II. ]. Betty OF Rockford. ILL.,, who
was his adjutant at the time.
There's no drawer man in the army.
said Lieut.. Betty. He's no dugout
commander, but a man that took his
medicine in the open. He was downed
while We were looking at map on
the morning OF October 10. The tanks
were coming up at the Tina for we
we're making an important attack on the
Germans last line
Lieut.. Betty, himself was gassed three
times. and was sent to a hospital after
the armistice was signed. Another off,
Ger on board was Lieut.. William c.
Barthman, son of the Maiden lane jew
eIler. who came in charge OF the 105th
Machine Gun Battalion of the Twenty
seventh Division, which was left behind
when the Leviathan's complement was
taken aboard at Brest There were l44
enlisted men and two other officers
Lieut. Frank Grace OF Cleveland, Ohio
and Lieut.. Bert Anderson Of Lincoln
Neb. Lieut. Barthmans father, whose
home Is in Brooklyn. was formerly Colo
mel OF the Forty-seventh Regiment, Ma
tional Guard, New York.
The New York machine guniiers had
been through all the scraps that the res'
II the division had seen, the officer,
mentioned casually. From other source:
Il was learned that each of the trio
Of officers was cited for bravery in ac-
ton.
w. G. Truck. formerly Y NJ. c. A
Instructor at Syracuse. hobbled ashor'
YESTERDAY on crutcl1es. When he wa;
travelling from the front line at Raue
SQUIRT to the rear in a canton TO Re
supplies for his canteen the machine
dropped into n shell hole. In trying Il
haul II out Mr.. Truck was injured Nv ,
huge shell which burst nearby
a4sth Infantry Comes Home.
A Croix de Guerre man aboard wa
Sergeant Harry Baldwin OF the oil
sixty.pintN. He was. to survivor o
three men who rus;ies a macf !. an
He finished Off the machine gun sCua'
Mknself aithoush wounded three times
On board the Chicago, which locked a
Pier 81, North River. were 1916 officer
and men OF the a4Stb Infantry, made VI
Of New York aud New Jersey men. VIII
left this city August 90. The German
surrendered before they had an oppor
tunity to do any active fghting. Ever
noe on board was busy sewing one gol
stripe on his left sleeve yesterday az In
transport cane up the bay. for the ST
months period was just coming due
Col. o. J. CHARLES. their commander.
Regular Army man. was wounded whe
serving with the 316th Infantry.
Lieut.. Paul Rochat, a university lee
turer at Buffalo, who Joined the Frenc
army before the United States entere
the war and was twice wounded. ais
returned He brought with him tn
croix de Guerre and the Cross G
Leopold.
Sergeant Frank Rio, 127 East 1913