The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-03-07
1900 HOMESICK
DOUCHBOYS DUE TODAY
EIGHT SHIPS BRINGING
KHAKI.C CLAD HEROES.
Many Aviators Land-Pris
oners Of German Raider
Among Arrivals.

New York, March 7.-Eleven thou.
sand homesick doughboys were
scheduled to arrive here today from
French ports,
OF the eight transports bringing
back khaki clad heroes the first tc
dock were the El Occidenie, from
Bordeaux, and the Mexican from St
Nazaire. se -
The Mexican brought back 2,504
men. including detachment fron
the Seventy first coast artillery regi-
ment of New York. A large majority
of the Mexican's contingent were
from the aviation arm of the service
including aero squadrons Nos. 23, 35
149, 151, 1853, 15S. 173, 176, 1874, 247
264, 374, 46S, 400 and 500. Casual COM
pany No. 164 of New York., two Of
ficers and 121 enlisted men, we're also
aboard. The Ell Occidente brought
back ninety men.
Fifteen officers and 661 men Of the
336th machine gun battalion; sixteen
officers and 5S5 men of the 335th
machine gun battalion; ten officers
and S47 men of the 354th machine gun
battalion, all of the 87th division
NhdIioloi diNly ttOOpo VI AlhduSlSi
Louisiana and Mississippi, were
among the 400 troops arriving here
today aboard the steamer Mongolia
from France.
About 1000 of the men aboard the
vessel were convalescing from sick
ness or wounds.
Other troops included in addition to
units from the northwestern states.
the meteorological detachment signal
corps, S0lst squadron, 4S2nd aerial
construction squadron; 467th and
46Sth engineer pontoon trains, 4019t
pontoon park and the Tenth anti
aircraft section, with 149 casuals Of
various branches of the service.
Sensational Raid Recalled.
Boston, March 7.-Twenty-one
Americans who were taken prisoner
by the sensational German raider
Moewe and who saw from the inside,
the rise and fall of Teutonic arro-
gance, walked down the gangplanlS
with 2,292 home coming soldiers
from the White Star liner Vedic,
today.
The returning prisoners of war
were all members of the crew Of the
British steamship Esmeralda, which
was sunk by the Moewe, March 10,
1917, in id-Atlantic.
The released prisoners included:
William Parker, of Elmira. N. y;
Theodore Whitney, of Pittsburg;
Joseph O'Conner. of Cleveland; John
Martin and Jesse Wallace, of North
Carolina; and John Sawyer. of Du-
buque, Iowa.
More Of the 9th on Seas.
New York, March Gable ad
vices received here today stated two
more contingents of the Twenty
seventh division-formerly the New
York state national guard-have
started home from France.
The first detachment, composed OF
nineteen officers and 595 men of the
sanitary detachment, supply train.
second battalion headquarters, and
companies z and F, OF the 1O2nd
engineers, is coming on the trans
port Agamemnon which is expected
to reach here on March l2. The
other composing the 102nd field bat
TALON signal corps complete, OF
eleven officers and All men, is aboard
the Hollandia. scheduled to arrive
on the 18th. Both vessels left Brest
on the Sd.
Go to Four Camps.
Following the big parade OF the
Twenty seventh, one officer and fifty
four enlisted men from the 102nd en-
gineers will be sent to Camp Shelby;
one officer and eighty-eight men to
camp Custer; one officer and twenty
seven men to Camp Dodge, and the
rest to Camp Upton.
Besides her contingent of twenty
seventh veterans. the Agamemnon is
bringing nineteen casual companies,
including company No. es3 from
New York, and fifty-two casual Of
ficers. a total of 1882.
The Hollandia carries, is addition
to the New York veterans, twenty
four casual officers. $50 nurses. New
York casual company No. 9s1, Of one
officer and l45 men, Illinois casual
company No. 1872, and eight officers
and forty three men Of mobile hos
pitsl unit No. io1-