The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-24
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CONE ACROSS.
Welcomed by Governor Cox
and the Mayors of Cleve-
land and Toledo.

NEW YORK, March 23.-Headquar-
ters and more than 4,2oo troops Of tho
S7th division, former Ohio National
ruardsmcn who had helped break the.
German lines in the Argonne. and laterk
put German troops to flight in Bels1ums
arrived in this port today on three trans
ports. They comprised the first large
contingent of the division 10 return 10
the United States.
The troops were welcomed by Cover
nor Cox. OF Ohio. !adjutant General Roy.
F.. Layton. Of that state. Mayor DAVIS
Of Cleveland, Mayor Schrcibcr. or role
do and a host Of friends and relatives
who came on from Ohio cities.
On the Noordam came detachment or
,hr l4Sth infantry. field and starr oro::
nance and medical detachments ana ma
chine gun company. numbering fourteen
Officers and AS men. and detachment
or division headquarters. 13 officers and
so men. including the commander OF 'na
division, Major General Charles 3:
Farnsworth. Colonel +. Fuller. chief OF
staff. Colonel G. G. Chambers OF Clcve:
land chief machine gun officer and
Lieutenant oloncl Ralph Cole FORMER
congressman Of Findlay. Other troops
Of tho 14Sth arrived yesterday on the
Louisville.
An The Won Steuben came 46 offcers
and o344 men of the One Hundred and
!! Forty Seventh infantry. field and stan.
bcaduuartcrs.. supply and machine gun
co,npanics( First and Second battalion
hraduuartcrs and Companies A. b. Z, ",
T., T.. G. and H. commanded by Col. w.
T.. Galbraith Of Cincinnati: another oeI
Iachment Of division headquarters, con:
sistinE Of S5 officers and 104 men:
! headquarters troop Of the division. three
officers and 113 men; Seventy-fourth lnc
fantry brigade headquarters, seven off,
GERS. including Col. George w. StcVart
and Col. John G. Darby and 22 men ana
n mail detachment numbering II. . ~;
On the cruiser Huntington was Ethc
! One Hundred and Thirty-fourth ma
! chine gun battalion complete IL o1hcere
and $50 men commanded by Maj. Gen:
Wade Christie of Youngstown, and the
One Hundred and Thirty-sixth machine
gun battalion complete. o2 officers ana
G47 men. under Mai. F. L. Pierce or
Cleveland.
The Noordam also brought casual com
panics 379 Ohio, 976 New York. 979.
rcyas, 919 Connecticut. 1411 Maine 141S
Massachusetts. 1881 Massachusetts, 14A
Colorado. 1882 Idaho. ?66 (colored1
South Carolina. 1925 and l476 (coloredo'
scattered, four casual officers and So
nurses.
Many casualS-
The Won Steuben. formerly the Ger
man liner Kron Prinz Wilhelm, brought
ir addition TO Thirty-scventh division
men, Casual Companies 107 Michigan.
7la Washington. 7l9 New York, 122
Ohio. 724 and 1871 discharges and four
casual officers. \
Tho Huntingdon brought casual com
panics 1902 Pennsylvania, 1411 Ne
York. 1927 ILLINOIS. 1928 and 1929 n
York. 1870 Missouri. 1896 New Jerse
1441 Michigan 1850 Iowa and IA casua1
officers.
Tho steamer Zacapia. which also ar
rived hcrr today. brought 107 officers
and enlisted men. including Bordeaux
ronvalcScrnt dntachmcnts $50, 167 and
10. n detachment OF Base Hospital No.
II. detachment Of the Twenty-seventh
engineers. % casual officers and II
nurses.
Praise for the Thtrty-sevsnth.
General Farnsworth. Il regular ARMY
officer. declared that the mon Of the
Thirty-scvcnth division had proven
themselves wonderful fighters and that
hn had bccn honorcd to command them.
Official reports Of the division show
that it and individual members received
la2 belgian citations. two crosses Of the
Order Of Leopold. TWO Of the Legion OF
Honor. IA other French decorations OF
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