New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Leviathan Will Start With
Vanguard of New Workers
From Brest, Officials Hear
Others to Leave Quickly
Actual Dates of Sailings and
Arrivals Are Withheld bv
the War Department

The first home-bound contingent of
the 9th Division is now on the ocean
and New York probably viii have op-
portunity 10 cheer the arrival in port
of General Organs entire command
by March IA, it was announced yester-
day.
Lieutenant Colonel J. Leslie Kincaid,
head of the committee Of officers sent
IN advance to arrange for the arrival
of the division, said that if the clean
Ing up process at nearby camps was
not unexpectedly delayed. the entire
New York division should be prepared
to parade in this city March Is.
Colonel Kincaio received word yes
terday that the steamship Rochambeau.
with 1000 New Workers Of the
division on board sailed from Havre
February IS and is expected to reach
port March l. Major General David S
Shanks, commander of the port of de-
barkation. said he had been notified
that the remainder Of the 9th Division
would be brought home on the steam
ers Leviathan, Mauretania, Harrisburg.
Louisville, Agamemnon and Pannonia.
If these vessels leave a French port
March 2, and 4, as has been forecast
by advices from Washington, thev
should arrive here before March Is.
II the slower vessels are dispatched
first the units OF the division should
arrive practically at the same time
Brest probably would be the port Of
departure for all the units, officers Of
the division said, because Of the diff
Guilty OF the Leviathan in ENTERING
other French harbors.
As soon as the vessels arrive the
men will be taken to Camps Mills and
Merritt for medical inspection and do
louslng. Colonel Kincaid said. and
should be ready TO return to this citv
within three or four days.
The troops on the Rochambeau in
clude So officers of various organiza-
tlons Of the division, headquarters.
neld and staff officers of the lO2d
Engineers and the band and COMMANDS
A, B, c and D, of that organization.
with the ordnance and sanitary de-
tachments and the entire engineer
tram OF the engineer unit % officers
and 9l3 men are New Workers While
20 OF the men come from other states
Major William Lane of the 102nd
Engineers said that Companies + and
OF the regiment were ready to em-
park and might be sent home before
the main body Of the division.
VIII See Relatives First
The first close and intimate oree.-
ing to the returning heroes VIII come
tom the families Of the men them
selves. This was arranged at a confer
ence betwetn Major General Shanks
and Colonel Kincaid, Major Lane and
Captain Kent, adjutant Of the 1O7tn
Infantry. Dobarkation officials viii aid
the men TO see their families with the
least possible delay. "Cleaning up at
the army camps viii be expedited in
every way, forty ight hours being al
!oted to the contingent on the Rochani-
beau.
Colonel Kincaid Is striving 10 ~
range to billet the men at armories
here. A proposal to lodge the men on
the Rochambeau at the Engineer
Armory, on Washington Heights. until
the remainder of the division arrives
was broached by him TO General Shanks
yesterday, but was not defnit Y ap-
proved. Final rehabilitation Of the
DIVISION at the armories alsc was sug-
SCSNCN, Jul IL - pECDdU4F camp ffJl
Will be selected for this pun pose.
Governor to Greet Chaplain
Father Francis A Kelly Of Chicago
one of the chaplains Of the division
left yesterday for Albany, where h.
and Lieutenant Edward T. Beamish. or
Brooklyn, will be welcomed by Go,
ernor Smith and committee + legis-
lators and citizens. Father Kelley viii
address joint session Of the Legisla
ture tomorrow.
Colonel Kincaid has written Mavors
OF various New York cities to take IN
der advisement plans for providine
transportation to members Of the divi-
sion, who have been wounded and re
turned already to their homes, so that
.hey may parade with the members Of
their organizations in New York.
He also asked to be advised Of what
Plans had been made by the different
municipalities to welcome the return
ing men.