Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-12
1880 MORE MEN
OF 28TH DIVISION
In HOME PORT
Large Part of 110th Infantry
Greeted in Philadelphia
Yesterday

Philadelphia, May ic.-In the twi-
light haze on the Delaware. after
thousands OF anxious parents, rela-
tives and friends had waited through
n seemingly interminabIe day, the
transport Edgar f. Luckenbach
steamed into the port of Philadel-
phia yesterday. freighted with 1850
men of the Twenty eighth Division.
most of them from the One hundred
and Tenth Infantry.
One-half of the gallant One Hun
dred and Tenth was on the transport;
the rest is coming in to-day on the
Santa Olivia But twenty-seven Off
GERS and 1889 men of the regiment
arrived yesterday
The One Hundred and Tenth has
suffered the greatest casualties of
any regiment in the Keystone Divi-
losses exceed those of any regiment
in the American Army. save the four
of the First Regular Division.
Those losses are: e5 officers and
53S men killed in action; lS officers
and 364 men severely wounded; So
officers and 1865 men slightly
wounded; 26 officers and 625 men
gassed. and 12 officers and 454 men
missing or prisoners, grand total
of S,6S1. or liz per cent OF the orig
snal strength.
1t has received approximately s.
900 replacements and fully 1900 men
ON the Luckenbach yesterday hailed
from other States than Pennsylvania.
But all this made no difference in the
warmth of the welcome which Phila-
delphia, waiting patiently through
the daylight hours. bestowed upon
the returning heroes as the transport
steamed UP the channel with recep-
tion boats TO right and left, the
shores lined with cheering crowds
and factory whistles punetuating the
Sabbath twilight with stentorian
welcomes home.
Others Aboard Ship
The field and staff. First and Sec
ond Battalion Headquarters, Medical
Detachment and Headquarters. Sup
ply, Machine Gun. a. Il, c, ID and 4
Companies of the one Hundred and
Tenth were on board as were also
three officers and 357 men, compris-
ing the balance of the One Hundred
and Ninth Infantry consisting of
one officer and so men Of II Com
pany, and the balance of the men and
two officers of Nj Company.
The commander Colonel Joseph II.
Thompson, of Beaver Falls in addi-
tion to being the present leader of
the One Hundred and Tenth, is act
ing commander OF the Fifty ffth In
fantly Brigade. He wears four wound
stripes, is entitled to a nth for a
dose OF gas: has the Distinguished
Service Cross and the French Croix
de Guerre, and is the center of many
tales of distinguished conduct on the
battletleids.
The whole transport was full of
stories of intrepid action on the part
of officers and men. Those tales re-
late how many 4 gallant Pennsyl
vanian died in the fighting south of
the Marine, at the Bois de Grimpettes,
at F1smes, and in the Argonne.
Officers and men alike told how
Colonel Thompson (then a major)
stood on a little mound at Apremont
in the face OF machine gun and shell
fire. shouting TO his men as German
infantry were pouring down through
the wooGs in Il counter attack.
''I am an old man, and I'm going
10 stay here. Are you going to stay
with me?'
Needless to say, they stayed, de-
feating a whole Hun division.