The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-08
800 MORE 10Th
MEN REACH BOSTON
Chaplain T. g. Spears Of Mont
clair Won Two Crosses With
the Yankee Division.
SAVED INJURED OFFICERS
First "War Baby" Born in
France to A. Il. +. Member,
Arrives on Transport.
SAVED INJURED OFFICERS

BOSTON, April More Yankee Divi-
sion men came home to-day. Tho ar
rival Of 5.loo ~. D." men on the trans
port Agamsmnon increased TO $4,000 the
number Of Twenty-sixth Division troops
returned TO New England.
There's enough welcome here for the
| entire division" exclaimed Col. Douglas
Potts, commanding the lo2d Infantry
Regiment To greet his unit and tho
lOist Machine Gun Battslion's scores or
| delegations had come from Connecticut
The field and star officers Of the 1o1st
Field Artillery Regiment. headquarters
of its first battalion and the headquarters
company. Batteries A and Il. were given
q hearty greeting from other boats In
the feet which went out TO meet the
transport. Return OF the 1osd Infantry
Regiment was completed with the ar
rival Of Companies l. and NJ, members
! OF which came originally from Maine
ana claimed TO have been 'in every
scrap worth while where there were
American troops"
Parade Set for April rs.
The parade IN Boston of the Twenty
sixth Division will DO on April rs, the
| start being at II o'clock In the forenoon.
This was announced definitely to-day by
Col. Albert 8. williams. chief OF stan
to Major-0en. Edwards, the old COM
mander Of the Yankees. AFTER coniee-
ence with representatives OF Maoor-Seh'
| Hale, the present commander, ana va
rious civic committees.
Major-Gen. Clement A. +. Flasler'
commanding the Forty-second tRain-
bowl Division. who returned in advance
Of his division TO arrange for It's pro
posed parade at Washington. said he
| was disappointed at tho announcement
that q parade Of the Rainbow Division
intact could not be held. He expressed
hope that the War Department would
| reconsider its action.
Base Hospital No. Z. the personnel OF
which was drawn from the Lakeside
Hospital and from Cleveland, Ohio. re-
turned after tventy-three months ser-
vice overseas, q record said TO be un-
surpassed by any other American MILL
| tary organisation.
Casual companies consisting OF men
| from New York and Ohio were other
passengers on tho Agamennon. bring
her total passenger list to b.slS.
Gov. Marcus II. Holocmt came from
Connecticut as the head OF a State dele.
CATION and practically every city and
many towns in that State sent their
Mayors or leading citiEenA with wivee.
daughters and sweethearts OF the boys.
President Arthur T. Had!sy Of Yale was
| there az q member Of New Ravens body
| Of greeters.
Collegians from Yale and from Trim
ity with National 0uardsnen Of Con-
necticut. composed much Of the original
personnel Of the 1oist Machine Gun
| Battalion, which came back famous for
It's feat In ciosins the gap In tho centre
OF the ST. Mihiel Salient Most OF these
| boys expressed the wish 90 leave the ser
vice as soon as possible 10 resume their
studies Many of their fellows were left
behind as students at French and Brit
ish universitiea
MaJor-Gen. Clarence r. Edwards. who
commanded the division through Its ac-
tive service. was on hand to greet the
men. who showed their pleasure at see
ing him again.
| A chaplain who went over the top
| with his men was recognised in the
double decoration OF the Distinguished
Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre,
with palm. awarded TO Chaplain Thomas
| @. Spears OF Montclair, n. j.. who was
assigned TO the 1o2d.
| Chaplain Spears modestly refused to
discuss the incident which brought him
notice From other oficers II was
learned that, under Are from both sides,
and crossing through his own barrage.
| the doughty parson carried TO safety
Lieut. Boyd. who had been wounded In
the first wave. The action occurred 10
August. 1918. during the ST. Mihiel
fighting.
The Rev. James II. Sherry OF Boston,
another chaplain Of the 1920. returned
with n record Of having gone into action
with his men every time they went over
the top.
For putting . German pill box out of
commission, which involved the killing
Of six Bochs grenadiers with one Of their
own grenades, Sergeant Earl Martin OF
Lowell Of Company \. 1oad. returned
with the Distinguished servioe Cross.
Major Edward H Morse OF the Ma
rins Corps. declaration officer at Liv-
erpool, saw 100000 American troops
pass through that port in four months.
For that period $4,000 Americans went
over In one convoy, Major Morse. a
native Of Amherst, Mass, was command
ing Officer of the st. Afghan camp for
casuals before returning. He said that
the camp to-day was almost perfect. but
would not discuss conditions there sew
eral months ago, prior TO his command.
Other marine officers with records OF
action were Capt. John II. Mccain OF
Baltimore, who came home with the
Croix de Gusrre and three wounds, sus-
tanned In the action at Belleau Wood
where he commanded the machine gun
company of the Fifth Marines, and Capt.
Robert o. Anthony of Rutland. VT.
4 who was wounded at the battle OF Cham
payne.
First "wsP baby" Arrives.
The distinction OF being the first war
baby born to a member of the Amer
lean oversee forces in France was
claimed for little Fred Schmidt. who was
a passenger on the AEamemnon with his
parents The child, born in July. 1918
during n bombarG nent at Rouen. Is the
son OF Sergeant fred w. Schmidt OF
Cleveland, Ohio. and Susan Gertz, a ma
tive OF Rousn, one OF the hrst war brides
claimed by an American In France.
The Yankee division troops who came
on the Agamemnon brought no wal
brides. To dato out OF approximately
$4,000 Yankee division men arriving
here only one has brought back a wife
although several men from outside New
England have como homo with wives
who were their sweethearts In France
Three casual officers on the Agamemnor
were accompanied by French wives.
Col. Douglas Potts. a REGULAR Army
officer in command Of the 102d Infantry
OF Connecticut. reported an excellen,
trip without Incident. except for a slight
furry OF influenza. He expressed him.
self as favorabl, to reglmental parade
in a Connecticut city, but said that al.
most to a man the non-New England
members OF the regiment did not care &c
delay their discharge for that purpose.
From officers and men. however came
a,n 81 thu htttar N0htinO Wan. . a,