The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-06
9TH VANGUARD
ARRIVES TO-DAY
Leviathan, Bearing O'Ryan
and Thousands Of Troops, to
Dock Before Noon.
MAURITANIA DUE LATER
Other Transports Will Raise
Total of Days Arrivals
to 25,681.
MAURITANIA DUE LATER

Major-Gen. John r. O'Ryan and the
vanguard of the Twenty seventh Divi-
sion, which is made up Of former New
York National Guard troops. will ar
rive from France to-day on board the
transports Leviathan and Mauretania,
which are expected to churn their way
through. the Narrows within a few
hours OF one another.
! They will be greeted down the bay
by committee from the Senate and
Assembly at Albany, by the Mayors
Committee Of Welcome and by such
relatives as have been fortunate
enough to secure passes for the little
! feet of small craft which will steam
down the harbor from the Battery.
! Upon landing It is expected that the
! troops will entrain at once for Camp
Mills, Long Island. and Camp Merritt.
New Jersey. Passes will be issued to
the men after they have passed through
tho process which has been devised for
vermin determination. but there will be
| little time to-day for anything more than
cheers. The spectacular feature Of their
return will come on the day the division
marches down Fifth avenue. This prob
ably will be March 20, 1t was said last
night.
| VIII Dock About Noon.
| According to wireless reports the I,e-
viathan will steam past Sandy Hook
about 8 A. NJ, and reach her dock a
| little before noon. The Meuretania,
which left Brest two days after the
other big ship. took the southerly pas
sage and will be in port close upon
the Lcviathan's hseis-only three or
four hours later 1t was thought last
night. t.'---
On the Leviathan are Gen. O'Ryan,
his headquarters staff. the headquar-
ters troops and the Fifty-third Infantry
| Brigade, made up OF the l05th and
| l06th Infantry and the lo5th Machine
Gun Battalion. They all will go to
| Camp Mills. Also on the transport,
which carries 1898 men, are the Fifty
second Artillery Brigade Headquarters
| the lo4th, 105th and l06th Field Artil-
leSy. the 102d Train Headquarters. the
| Military Police and the 102d Sanitary
| Train.
! The Mauritania Is bringing the en-
| tire 1osth Infantry Of eighty officers
and 1885 men. the Fifty-fourth Infan-
try Brigade headquarters and the 1o2d
! Train headquarters. They will go to
I Camp Merritt. There are 3,740 on
board
Tho total arrivals of troops due In
the port to-day are estimated to be
25,6s1, not all of them Of the Twenty
/ seventh Division, however. Besides the
Leviathan and the Mauretania, other
boats due are the Caronia with 1906
with 7.32S and the Chicago with 1850
The Nieuw Amsterdam is bringing the
! third battalion OF the 10Th Field Ar
| tillery and the America Jeff France
| March with the 104th Field Artil-
| lery.
HyIan to Go Down Bay.
The welcoming fleet to leave Pier A
! at the Battery at o'clock this morn
ing will consist Of the police boat Pa
troll as flagship and the Highlander
Queens, Correction, Gowanus and Fl
deity.
on board the patrol will be Mayor
Hylan, Major-Gen. Barry. comma ms
the Department OF the East Rear Ad
! miral Usher. Rear Admiral Gleaves
| Lieut.-Col. ]. Leslie Kincaid and his
fellow members OF the advance party
Of the Twenty who are already
in town; j. Henry Walters. president
pro tenn. of the State Senate; Thaddeu'
c. Sweet, Speaker of the Assembly
Mrs. William r. Hearst, chairman o
the Mayors Committee of Women or
National Defence Rodman Wanama
nf ha
tee of welcome members OF tresR DR..
of Estimate, the heads OF city depart
ments, members of the executive com
| mittee of the Mayors Committee o
! Welcome, the Mayors OF about a dozer
upstate cities, and the newspaper men
The other craft will carry relatives oi
the homecoming officers and men.
The official welcome seemed likely tc
be badly disjointed by the strike ot
harbor workers yesterday until Grover
A. Whalen, secretary of the Mayor
permit a sufficient number OF men tC
return TO work for the day to furnish
crews for the welcoming craft. Presi
dent Delahunty of the Marine Workers
Afiliation agreed with the understand
ing that the men would volunteer theiI
services for patriotic motives and no
for pay. Through this arrangement full
crews will be provided without expens,
to the boat owners.
Mayor to Board Transport.
y Mayor Tylan. 1t was expected las
night will board the Leviathian a
! Quarantine. and Mrs. Organ, wife o.
the commanding General. will be will
him, together with their children an,
the Generals mother. all OF whom will
be the city's guests. The Leviathan will
slow down as she reaches Quarantine
where the welcoming fleet will meet her
The fioet will swing In behind the trans
port and accompany her up the harboi
=. 20 the Government piers In Hoboken
Whistles on all the harboc crsft>and OF
manufacturing plants ashore will cu
loose.
Gen. O'Ryan and his stan will max,
an official return cali upon the Mayo
Contisued on Sirfh PaGa