The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-07
Brings Home 51st Brigade
With a Number of
Casuals
JOYOUSLY WELCOMED
Vermont Represented at Reception by
Adj. General Tillotson and
Captain Clement

The 51st Infantry Brigade of the
26th New England Division, with
Brig. Gen. George H. Shelton and
staff, Col. Logan and the 101st In
fantry, Col. Hume and the 103d In
fantry, less Cos. L and M; Co. C of
the 1O1st Engineers and the brigade
headquarters staff, arrived in Bos-
ton lower harbor on the transport
America Saturday noon and docked
at Commonwealth Pier at 3 p. m.
, In addition to these New England
troops the transport brought num-
ber of casuals from Brest, from
which port she sailed March 28.
The Americas passenger list total,
ed 1909 officers and men. Like the
Mt. Vernon, which arrived Friday
with the first detachment of troops
of the Yankee division, the America,
formerly crack German liner, could
have made port Friday night, but
the army regulations do not permit
the landing of troops after dark, and
the ship slowed down in order to
make quarantine about noon Satur-
day.
The America was picked up off
Highland Light Saturday morning
about $50 by hydroairplane from
Chatham. Later torpedo boat chas-
er met her on the way to Boston
Light, where flock of chasers and
patrol boats from the Navy Yard es-
corted her into quarantine. She had
no sooner dropped her anchor than
she was surrounded by fleet of tugs
and boats of-many types crowded with
welcomers, who set up a demonstra-
ton that put Fridays welcome of the
first contingent of the division into
the shade.
'I want to go home!" they shouted
from the decks of the ship. "And we
want you to come!" sent back 1000
throats from the harbor craft.
Announcement was made at Gov
ernor Clements office in Montpelier
Saturday that Vermont was rep
resented in Boston when the trans
port, Mount Vernon and Washington,
bringing soldiers of the 26th division,
reached port, the representative be-
ing Adjutant General Herbert T.
Johnson and Captain Robert Glenn
ent, son of the Vermont executive.
They did not shout any megaphone
welcome to the Vermont boys as the
transport came up the harbor, but
they were there nevertheless to do
what they could to attend to the
comforts of the Vermont boys.
Adjutant General Johnson went to
Boston Thursday night and Captain
Clement has been in Boston for g
week making arrangements for enter |
tainment of the Vermont men. Ad- |
jutant General Johnson telephoned to |
Montpelier that it was an impressive |
spectacle as the transports came to
dock. Governor Clement was busy |
with his executive duties at Mont
pelier and could not go to Boston.
The following Vermont boys in the |
26th division arrived on the transport |
America Saturday at Boston:
Alphonse N. Asselin, Romeo j. Car
rlef, Adelor Il. LaPanne, st. Johns |
bury; Albert E. Boutain, miles Pond;
Allen r. Moore, Fitzdale; Charles F. |
Silver, Bennington; Carroll M. Will
liams, Washington; Oscar S. Griggs,
Vergennes; Joseph e. Nadeau, North
Concord; Napoleon White, Edgar
White, Barre; Corp. Bernie J. Dew
enger, Danville; Ora E. Whitney,
Williamstown; Harold E. Wilson,
Graniteville; William Mcnamara,
Charleston; Harvey C. Hendry, Gro
ton; Dwight w. Spencer, Lyndon
vile; Joseph F. st. John, Winooski;
w. H. Parker, Earle J. Merrill, Clar-
ence w. Taylor, Morrisville; Ernest
May, Mountain Mills; Edward ].
Casey, Underhill; Richard j. Conroy,
Poultney; Arthur w. Facto, Fairfax
John 7 PoYtaI. North Dnrcat. Ed |