Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-09
MONGOLIANN
PORT WITH BOYS
OF CITY ABROAD
steamship Brings 4,100 For
mer National Guard Officers
and Men From France
Ru Associated Press.

New York, May 9.-More than
GERS and men of Pennsylvania COM
prising now the Twenty-eighth d.
vision, arrived here to-day on the
steamship Mongolia from St Naz-
aire, which brought altogether 4,605
troops. The Pennsylvania units in
cluded the Fifty-third Field Artil-
lery Brigade headquarters, ten Off
GERS and ffty-fve men. with their
commander Brigadier General Will
liam G.. Price. These headquarters
soldiers go to Camp Dix.
Other State Units
Other Pennsylvania units were
the One Hundred and Seventh Field
Artillery's field and staff headquar
ters. First and Second Battalion
headquarters, Supply and Headquar
ters Companies, Sanitary and Neteri
nary and Ordnance dctachmcnts and
Batteries \ to T, inclusive. totaling
thirty-three officers and 1,511 men.
for Camps Upton, Dix, Gordon,
sherman, Taylor, Grant and Dodge; |
the one Hundred and Ninth Field
Artillery's headquarters, field and
staff: headquarters OF the First and
Second Battalions, Supply and
Headquarters Companies, Sanitary
and Veterinary and Ordnance de-
tachments and Batteries a to + in
elusive, totaling thirty eight officers
and 1858 men, for Camps Dix,
Gordon, Grant, Upton, Sherman,
Dodge, Devens and Pike; the One
Hundred and Third Sanitary Trains
headquarters, Ambulance Section
headquarters, Medical Sanitary
Train, Ambulance Companies 100 to
112, inclusive; headquarters of the
Field Hospital Section and Field
Hospitals 100 to 112. inclusive, to-
falling seventeen officers and $50
men, for Camps Dix. Sherman and
Bowie; detachment of nine Off
GERS and ten men of the one Hun |
dred and Third Engineers for Camp
Upton and a detachment of three
officers and four men of the Twen-
ty-eighth headquarters.
Many Harrisburg men are includ- |
cd in the contingent of returned /
Keystone Division men who arrived I,
ut the port of New York this morn (
ing on the Mongolia, carrying the
one Hundred and Seventh Field Ar
tillery, the one Hundred and Ninth
Field Artillery, the One Hundred /
and Third Sanitary Train, Brigadier
General William G. Price and his :
staff. More than $50 other Harris .
burg men were included among the
men who landed on the Liberator at
Philadelphia yesterday.
$50 Go to Camp Dix
The $50 men who arrived on the .
Liberator are now at Camp Dix. .
4 flor tIrn,rrl nj
tary regulations, they will be per-
mitted to come home for forty
cight-hour furlough, after which
they will return to Camp Dix to
participate in the great divisional
parade of the Keystone Division.
No moro units of the division are to
be discharged until after the parade,
which is scheduled to be held on
Thursday, May 10. 1t will contain
the division complete, with the eX-
ception of the Fifty-siXth Infantry .
Bridage, including the Harrisburg
men of the one Hundred and .
Twelfth, who have already been dis |
charged.
Captain George p. Drake. supply J
officer of the one Hundred and
Third Ammunition Train, arrived in .
this city to spend a short furlough. /.
ilt spent tllt IlI-LtI 1T HIS iiOult SlI 7
221S North Fifth street. He left
this morning for camp.
Governors Troop Expected Monday
The Governors Troop of the old
Pennsylvania National Guard is eX-
pected to arrive home in plenty of
time for the great divisional parade. |
Originally scheduled to arrive at
Philadelphia on May Is, it is now
expected that it will arrive three
days ahead of schedule, next Mon !
day. on the Peerless. In addition, /
the Peerless carries the one Hun |
dred and Eighth Machine Gun Bat !