Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-23

MEN OF 131ST
ARRIVE AFTER
YEAR AT FRONT
More of Thirty-third Re
turn-Other Early Ar
rivals Named.

the One Hundred and Twenty.
third field artillery (OId Sixth
Regiment of Illinois National
Guard of the Thirty-third di-
vision, would arrive at New
York Sunday on board the
transport America.
Old Company A of Rock Is.
Land and Company T of Moline
now composing Battery + OF
the One Hundred and Twenty
third are slated to arrive with
the unit when it docks at New
York. The AledO unit. formerly
Company B of the National
Guard. is also a member of the
One Hundred and Twenty third
due TO dock Sunday.
After debarkatiOD at New
York the unit will be sent to an
eastern camp where il viii be
detained for a week, later be-
ing sent to Camp Grant fer dis
charge. The unit is expected TO
parade in Chicago before the
men receive their discharges.
New York, May 23.-With nearly
1000 officers and men of the Thirty
third division (former national
guard of Illinois,, and the 25th en-
gineers, less Company c, and cas-
uals-in all 5,472 troops, including
1856 nurses-the steamship kaiserin
Auguste Victoria arrived here toGay
from Brest. Travelling as casuaIS
were Lieutenant General Robert L.
Bullard and BrigadieT General Her
man Hall.
The Thirty-third units were as
follows: 131st infantry complete,
ITO officers and 1929 men, for
Camps Dix, Lee, Sherman. Taylor,
Gordon, Pike and Grant, and Fort
Oglethorpe; 66th infantry brigade
headquarters, eight officers and %
men, for Camps Grant and Upton;
108th field signal battalion COM
plete, 10 officers and All men, most
ly for Camps Grant and Dodge, de-
tachment of seven officers of the
123rd machine gun battalion, de-
tachment of 43 officers and three
men of the divisions headquarters,
detachment of 80 officers of the
132nd infantry and detachment of
five officers of the 124th machine
gun battalion.
The 25th engineers, 33 officers
and 955 men, are assigned mostly to
Camps Custer, Devens, Dix. Dodge,
Grant, Lewis, Meade, Sherman and
Travis and Fort Preside.
Back After Year at Front.
The 131st infantry, formerly the
First Illinois national guard, re-
Of
Joseph B. Sanborn of Chicago. The
regiment went to France a year
ago, going Immediately into action
on the Somme. It's members won 81
distinguished service crosses, two
congressional medals, As British,
80 French and seven Belgian decor
ations. Colonel Sanborn was award
ed a distinguished service cross,
the Croix de Guerre and was made
an officer of the Legion of Honor
and the order of Leopold.
Decorated by King George.
The One Hundred Thirty-first,
said by its officers to have been the
only American regiment decorated
by King George in person, suffered
casualties totalling 2,054, of whom
2C6 were killed in action.
The congressional medal wear
ers were Sergeant Jacob Alex and
Corporal Thomas Pope, both of
Chicago.
In addition to the fighting on the
Somme with the British in May in
1918, the regiment advanced with
the British and Australians on the
same front last August and had
broken through the Kremhilde line
when the armistice was signed.
More 33rd Men on Harrisburg.
More former Illinois national
arrived on the Harris
burg. also from Brest These Thir-
ty-third units were the 1OSth en-
gineers complete, 41 officers and
!, SAT men, mostly foR Camps Grant.
Dix. Dodge and Sherman: and the
1OSth engineer train. 3 officers and
20 men, for Camp Grant.
Also on this ship were officers
and rs men of the 314th engineer
train, Eighty-ninth division.
Others Arrive.
The steamship Santa Elena, also |
from Brest. brought S64 troops
6Sth evacuation ambulance COM !
pany, l officer and 33 men, for
Camps Grant and Upton; first |
automatic replacement !
draft engineers. 3 officers and 147 !
meh; and discharged casuals, 20.
With 2,1S1 troops, including |
and 1SS men of the 401st !
telegraph battalion. which is made |
up largely of New Engla1ders, the !
steamship Panaman arrived from /
Bordeaux
A headquarters detact nent and |
Companies ID and e of the 415th |
telegraph battalion for Camp |
Grant
Other units aboard included the |
Hath base hospital for Camps |
Bowie. Funston. Grant. Dix and !
Sherman; 42nd ambulance com
Dany. for Camps Dodgt, Custer, |
Grant, Taylor and Sherman: de- |