Arizona republican., 1919-04-26
I AIMED RAINBOW DIVISION GETS
 HOME AT LAST
Six Transports Bring 23,000 Men In Day Division Has Men From 28 States Made Remarkable Record In Service Won Many Decorations

NEW 4ORh, Aprll Z5.-lne giant troop ship Leviathian, with 12,000 sol- dier passengers. the last of six trans ports to arrive here today, bringing 22,972 men, missed a mine by only 30 feet while off the Grand Banks of New F'oundland Tuesday morning, her of ficers reported when she docked to- night.
 Six transports, carrying a2,973 troops, including 14,204 members of the And (Rainbow) division and 4,369 members of the 77th Giberty) division (New York; arrived here from French ports. This is one of the largest single day troop arrivals in this port. More than half of the overseas forces were car ried by the giant transport Leviathian, which came up the bay late today with 12,505 soldiers crowded on her decks.
 The transport Mount Vernon with 5,773 troops came up the bay early to- day and was followed by the battleship North Carolina carrying 1,593 more. The cruiser Montana with 1,500 sol diers, the passenger liner La Touraine with 389 caSuals and the transport Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm with 1860, all arrived by early afternoon.
 Major General George w. Read re- turned on the Leviathian in command of the troops of the And division. These were divided as follows:
 All Units of Rainbow
 Fffty-one officers and 1.441 men of the 18th field artillery; 5S officers and 1,7S5 men of the 15oth field artillery, 135 officers and 15l men of the divi- sion headquarters staff; four officers and g men of the S4th infantry brigade headquarters commanded by Brigadier nf ficers and 2,942 men of the 166th in- fantry; six officers and 193 men of the division military police company; four officers and 11S men of division head quarters troops: go officers and 5,233 men of 168th infantry; 36 officers and 463 men of the 117th sanitary train: less ambulance companies 165, 166 and 167; and two officers and 20 men from scattered units in the same outfit. Major General Samuel D. Sturgis returned on the Leviathian as a casual. Units on board included casual com- panies of men from Nebraska, Oklaho- ma and Washington, and 1,0S3 sick and wounded.
 1 Virtually all Of the troops on the l Leviathan were members of the 42nd 1 (Rainbow) division composed Of na 1 tional guardsmen from 2S states. They were under command of Major General 1 George w. Read of Des Moines, Iowa i General Read said he took command of the division "only to bring them home. r l Divisions Great Record
 Summarizing from a carefully pre- pared statement of the achievements ot the organization, Lieutenant Colonel Ruby D. Garrett division adjutant pointed out that from November 1 1917, the date of it's arrival at St | Nazaire from the United States, until l December 15, 1918, when as a part o1 the American army of occupation, Il took a position in Ahweiler, Germany the division had been identified at 4; stations throughout France and Bel gium up to the farthest point of the | allied advance.
 The division was cited ten times by the French and six times by the Amer ican commanders under whom I
 served. It participated in every nlajol operation of the American army ant
 received letters of commendation il each case.
 Members of the division have re. ceived two medals of honor. 250 distin
 guished service crosses, two distin. guished service medals, 175 Croix d, Guerre, 19 Legion of Honor, five Me dailles Milftaries, and Is Belgian deco
 rations.
 In killed, wounded and missing tn, |, division lost 43S officers and 13,4S ,; men, it's greatest casualty followin.
 the Aisne Marne offensive. July "A t'
 August 6. last year. which cost 1s4 of
 ficers and 5,469 men.
 In this offensive the 42nd division relieved the 26th American division
 one brigade of the 18th division ant four French divisions. It distinguishes itself by cutting it's way through on' Prussian guard division and three othe
 first class German and Ravarian divi
 sions, going forward IS kilometers
 When officers in charge of coaling tn ship at Brest declared that it's depar
 ture could be hastened "A hours witt
 some volunteer help more than one
 half of the men on board volunteered The health of the troops on boart was excellent, only 13 men. with tn
 exception of returning wounded an' convalescent, being confined to tn
 ships hospital. A Victory loan cam
 paign on board resulted in subscrip
 tions of more than s55.500.
 Liutenant Colonel Wilbur $. Conk
 lin of Des Moines, returned in comman
 of the 117th sanitary train of the divi , sion This was composed of ambu , lance companies from New Jerse, l, Tennessee, Oklahoma and .Michiga l, commanded by Major Peter P. Raffert
 of Trenton, x. J., and field hospita
 companies from Washington. D. c. Nebraska, Oregon and Colorado. com manded by Major John D. Buch' c