The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-15
1900 TROOPS
SAIL F0F||| KOIN|E::;
5000 OHI()AN5
ARTILLERY TGGIMENTS
TO VIRGINIA PORT
Great Fleet of Transports and
WarsE7;ps Sail from
French Ports.

WAGHINtiTON. March I4--Dcparturc
rr,n, 1rrcurh ports of eight Transports s
ani frye warShips with more thHn li.poP
orrlcrrs ami mon Of the army including
fIvn thousand troops of tho ThlrtE-SeF-
rnth (Ohio National Guard> division was
announced today by tho war dHrhrl lmHh''
In addition To the Ohio troops. hh"ut
Loo Officers and mrn OF the ThirtF
SIKH (TcXas and Oklahoma Natlonal
Guard) division are aboard tHn shlp*'
Tho remainder consist largely Of casual
companies and cnnralcsccnt drtach-
NlrntS.
Ohio Artillery To Newport News.
Tho Ohio units aboard the transports
arc. tho l2ith and 13Gth machine gun
hatrnIions and part Of the 14Sth in
fantrr duo ri New York between March
q and %. AMI Tho 1%Gth, l%5th and n
portion uf tho 12irh fold artillery r"gi-
mrnts expected ~ Newport Now:; nh"ui
March o.. Tho TrXas and Oklahoma
troons consist If tn" 13ond field artillery
regiment and nrc du" at Newport News;
March @S. They will bc sent 10 Camp
Buw;". Texas.
Tho cruiser Huntington has aboard in
addition To tho two Ohio machine gun
i,aItalirn&. ra.l,al cnmpainra; from Penn
sylv;ni:,. Kew York. Illinois. Missouri.
New .Tcr.cy. Michi&an and Iowa.
THr batt!rshin Connecticut. due mt
Ncw port News March -. Is bringing the
sixty second artillery brisad@ hcad1uar-
tcrs and the field and Sf1cf headquarters
Slinn1v company. medical and nrdwnco
dctachmrnls and batteries y. r. c. and
n. Of the i%Sth field artillery. All the
units will hc sent to Camp Sherman.
Tho hattlrshir Vermont. due at New
port News iiatn unannounccd) has
aboard n medical detachment and bat
tories T. and l.. oc the 136th field arti1-
lrry. Tho troops ir be divided between
Camps Sherman. nix and Jackson; and
The fir!d AMI staff headquarters, supply
company detarhmnu' and battery y. 2.
and =. Of tho lG5,h artillery, all as
signed % Camp Sherman.
olljoans On New Hampshire.
Tho hnttlrship New Hampshire is duo
ut N"wrort Nrws March ; with batteries
n. T.. and y. nc the 1SIth field artillery
assi%ncG tn Camp Sherman: field and
staff md first and second battalion
h"adrunrtcrs. and batteries \. and B. Of
tho 13ith artil!rrv assigned IN Camp
Sherman ana I'm illinois casual cnrplnY.
Tho cruiser E"rth Carolina due nj
N"w Y"ri: March II. cnrr:"s tw"Hty-four
Officers anil l.;2 nI"n uf tn" 1h%rd tronch
mortar battery rf tic tw"ntN-":Thth
(TcnnSylvania National Guard) division
tho lGath #crn *QraGr"n. casual CON-
panirS Trom Illinois. Pennsylvania. New
Work. Wasl, .na;"n Kentucky. Missouri.
N"hr"ska anh Eurth Carolina and 50
casual nfriC"T.;.
Tho transport, <rrnnland is duo at
Ncwport %cws MnIcn 2J with the l"2nd
field artillery: ,t"tachmcntS of tho 18th
cnnSt artillery regiment. base hospital
Number a. casual companies for Cali
fcrnia. kentucky. Iowa and Kansas and
about rrur hundred sick and wounded.
Tho tramspnrt Louisville. du" ~ New
York March 81. is bringing %%i officers
and men of thr 14sth in;Hntry. assigned
to Camps Din. Upton, Lewis and Bowie:
thr 11th air *rrvic" construction COM
pany, casual companies for Ohio. Texas.
Louisiana and Ma"$aciIuE"i:s and IL
large number nf sick and wounded
TIL" tronsnort Nn;ignn", expected al
Neg York March -. has 2.4@5 r"nvcl"s-
cent, troops aboarf! in addition 10 n
casual COMPANY for lpwa and scattered
casuals
The transport N'cG: Arrow. GalrsrurG
Deep N'atcr and nclunh arc due at New
Ymrk between March - and 80 with
caSualS.