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New-York tribune., 1919-03-07

StGU Correspondence
CAMP MERRITT, TENAFLY, N. j.,
March 6.-Lucky members of the 107th
Infantry. the first Of the 9th Division
to reach Camp Merritt, will stroll
along the streets of New York City to-
morrow afternoon.
1t was officially stated at camp head
quarters tonight that in view of the
extreme anxiety Of relatives and
friends the heroes OF the 9th camp
ing here will not be held until their
units arc entirely "decootyized AS
soon as each man passes through tho
sanitary formalities he becomes eligi-
bic for twenty four hours leave, and
30 per cent Of units strength will be
allowed outside camp at the same time.
The 1st and I'd Battalions Of the
10Th, comprised Of Companies A to II,
inclusive, accompanied by the head
quarters company. the medical detach-
ment and the supply company, arrived
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O'Rvan's Tribute to Ills Men

have no statement to make and no comments
to offer about the military policy any other
policy of the government. My duties confined
to my own DIVISION
Naturally, am happy to command such Of
hcers and men compose this DIVISION and l
have no objection to speaking of them. In fact,
welcome the opportunity of saying word or two
of their discipline, valor and zeal. When l speak
of them | include our dead and the wounded who
have come ahead of US. In battle our men per-
formed acts of vaor numerous that within the
DIVISION they came to be regarded almost as COM
monpace. The tributes, however, of our British
and Australian comrades who witnessed their
work in action, and the numerous medals and cita-
tons awarded for acts of extraordinary heroisn,
furnish better appraisal of their worth
The story of the service of the division is too
long story to do more than to refer to at this
time, but am the families of our soldiers
and the many thousands of men in New York State
who have served in the years gone by in old regi-
ments of the division will be interested to know
that the conduct OF our men at all times
characterized by remarkable sprit-a spirit
difficult to define but which reached in battle =
verltabe state of exaltation. 1t was a spirit
Which breathed confidence, determination and
Willingness to make any sacrifice to win This
spirit was so marked to be frequently COM
mented upon in the British area
| am man who has not experienced
the ordeal of battle can appreciate tho foe1incs
OF the olicer who sees his coming out of
battle after perhaps three or four days and nights
of continuous fighting, plastered with mud.
scratched and cut by wire and shell splinters,
lame and stiff from the water of shell holes in
which they have spent the night, half dazed from
Shell shock and loss of sleep, half sick and fire.
quently burned from poisonous gas and depressed
by the loss OF comrades whom they had seen killed
wounded
mire the discipline of men who under such cond-
tons keep in column and observe the manv rules
OF the road as they painfully make their wav to
the rest camp over roads pounded with never-ceas
ing shell fire. But the officers admiration turns
to devoted affection when under such circum-
stances he receives from his men the RESPONSIVE
glance and the labored Strengthening of the ex-
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Major General.

at camp headquarters TODAY that the
quickest way for New Workers to talk
10 or see the men of the 27th now at
Merritt is to do nothing. Official as
surance was given that every man
would be allowed to communicate with
town the very moment his sanitary
lormalties were completed. Until
then, he cannot be reached, by phone
or any other way.
Little knots of anxious men and wo-
men were thick about Pickets One
and Two, the usual entrances for in
coming troops, all this afternoon. Ru-
mors were rife as toy which route
would be taken. No visitors were al
lowed inside the camp and it was lust
a case of wait
AS the troops came in they marched
from Dumont in through Picket r, at
the extreme northwest corner Of the
camp, along Grant Road. This put
them at once near the kitchens, whore
their steaming supper was waiting
near the "decootyizing" plant. which
will grind ali night, and near their
quarters while at Merritt, Blocks /, 2
and of District l.
The 10th had been expected TO ar
rive at o'clock. Captain Henry Good
lloe, commanding officer of District /,
had given orders that food be in readi-
ness Tor cooking. The sanitary mill
was prepared for action.
Word then came from Hoboken that
there had been difficulty in getting.
trains to transport the men to Wee
haWken. from where they changed lines
to Dumont.
Besides the rest of the 10th In
1antry, the other units of the 9th for
which Merritt will care are the 54th
Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 1OGth
Machine Gun Battalion, 1929 Field
Signal Battalion, 1921 Ammunition
Tram and 102d Supply Train.
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dear ones. One ingenious young
woman on the ferryboat Queens had
hung huge poster over the rail, read
ing: Hello, Henry, Company l, 1o7th
Infantry, Love from Anna
The police band lost no time in max
ing It's presence known. The strains
of "Home, Sweet Home" were the first
to meet the ears Of the soldiers. They
applauded the sentiment the air con-
veyed and then broke into a vcritable
bedlam of cheering when the musicians
struck up HAIL Hail the Gangs All
Here" "How Dry I Am" got hearty
laugh, punctuated with moan from
the decks Of the Leviathan.
Procession Moves Up Bay
An impressive FIVE minutes ensued
when the band played "The Star
Spangled Banner" Though the wind
that swept the bay was biting cold
every male civilian on the craft of
the greeters barred his head, while the
thousands Of officers and enlisted men
on the Leviathan stood at rigid at
tention.
Then, with the Patrol again in the
lead, keeping pace with the transport,
the marine procession moved up the
bay: Captains Jerry LANCER, George
Gibbons and t. IL. Kent, Chaplain
Francis Kelly and Lieutenant Ted
Crane constituted the contingent from
the 21th's advance guard on the Patrol.
William Randolph Hearst and Mrs.
Hearst We're conspicuous among those
atop the pilot house
AS the vessels neared the point of
Manhattan the cheers Of the soldiers on
the transport and Of their CONVOY were
taken up by an immense gathering that
stretched the whole breadth of the
Battery and extended from State Street
to the waters edge. From the windows
of the Whitehall Building and other
skyscrapers in the section foated hun
dreds of bushels of confetti, whistles
and bells Joined their clamor to the
general uproar.
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Called Them apple Knockers"

Colonel Edward j. Jennings, in com
mand Of the 108th, which came in com
plete yesterday on the Mauretania, said
no better men ever went into action.
The colonel, who halls from Auburn,
n. Y, said his regiment was made up
of the old Sd, 74th and 18th regiments,
and that when they first went over
seas they were called apple Knock
ers."
I'VE didn't like that name at first
he said, "even if we did come from the
apple orchards around Buffalo, Roches-
ter and Syracuse. But it is different
now. The name is associated with
something we feel mighty proud Of.
Brigadier General Frank 7. Hines.
who has been engaged in special work
in London, Paris and Brest, expressed
much surprise that there should have
been so much unfavorable comment on
Brest.
"If any one chooses to make change
in the conditions at Brest," he said,
"he must change the climate I know
OF no means Of preventing rain. If
there is anything wrong with the place
except ram 1t was not apparent when
was there
Major c. 7. Williams, Of Baltimore.
who travelled 1900 miles in Russia
WIN lhe American Red Cross Relief
Expedition, said the American troops
are working there heroically under try
ing conditions. They are well cared
for however, he said Midday meals
are provided daily for 10000 school
children in Archangel
Among others on the transport we're
Frederic c. Howe, Commissioner of
immigration at Ellis Island; Brigadier
General Grimwade, of the Australian
forces, and Sir Ralph Paget
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Long Island City Cro,vds 7hrong
Tracks and Force Train to Sion

of the Central Railroad Of CIV jersey
bearing members of the 105th, the
l06th and l07th reached the Long
Island ferry slip at 4:45 A military
band played Home, Sweet Home" as
the boat was warped into the slip
The soldiers gave a rousing cheer as
the band ceased playing. Colonel An
drcws, of the 105th, and his staff
were the first to march up the ferry
slip. and then the crowd chccred
wildly.
The Long Island Railroad had six
trains of ten cars each waiting in the
train sheds for the first contingent,
and the soldiers we're marched through
the station and loaded into the trains.
1t was 5:15 o'clock when the first train
pulled out.
The trains followed one another at
six-minute intervals. Twenty trains
in all had been provided by the Long
Island to take the soldiers to Camp
Mills. 1t was nearly 8 o'clock when
the last trainload left the Long Island
station.
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At Long Island City the returning
soldiers received hearty welcome. In
the vicinity of the Thrty-fourth Street
ferry, at the foot Of Borden Avenue,
and in Front Street, in front of the
Long Island Railroad depot, friends and
relatives, who were unable to 60 down
the bay on the excursion boats,
gathered to get their first closeup view
of their soldier boys.
Shortly after o'clock big ferry
boat was seen coming IN and the crowd
cheered. 1t was soon seen, however,
that the soldiers aboard were the
colored troops of the 309th. 3l5th and
317th regiments. But the temper of
the crowd was such that although
greatly disappointed they gave the
negro troops q great cheer as they
marched through the depot to the
trains.
The first ferryboat, the Lakewood,
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Is
Greeted With
Deep Silence
Bands Not Allowed to Play
as Great Liner Is Warped
Into Pier at l4iI1 Street

The Cunarder Maurctania steamed
into port last night with units of the
9th Division and landed them in sj-
lence at Fourteepth Street, North
River.
This homecoming of units Of the
Twenty-seventh was in marked con-
trast with the tumultuous reception
accorded the men Of the same division
who returned some six hours before
on the Leviathan.
But If lung power and martial music
were lacking with the coming of the
Mauretanla, there was satisfaction in
abundance among her soldier passen-
gers, for they had left Brest when the
Leviathan was two days on her wav
westward, and had arrived only six
hours after the army fier" had made
fast to her pier.
There was military band on the
end OF the Cunard pier, but it was
silent. The air was chilly and the
bandsmon shivered. They had come
to play, not to keep warm by stamping
their feet, but that was about all they
could do.
Not Allowed to Play
For heavens sake play something.
boys!" said a man in furs to one of
the musicians. This seems like a
funeral"
1--WE can't" said the leader. "We
had request from the superintendent
of the line to keep quiet lest the
music interfere with the orders from
the bridge"
The necessity for this silence was
apparent a few minutes later, when
the big vessel suddenly slipped back
from her position on the pier end, and
stout manila hawsers from her star
board bow snapped as if they had been
Of tWine.
The Mauretania with the 1oSth In
fantry complete was expected about
l p, m, but her great hulk did not
appear until 4:20 p. m. Throucbont
these anxious hours crowd of about
LOCO persons assembled along West
Street until the gates we're opened
and then some 600, with passes, surced
out on the pier.
Inc welcome transport, riding high
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Austrian Assembly Elects

Seiiz. German, as President
VIENNA, March (Havas).-The
National Constituent Assembly has
elected Karl Seitz, leader Of the Ger
man Social Democracy in Austria.
president, and Herr Hauser, Social
Democrat, vice president.
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was Brgadier General Palmer E.
Pierce, commander of the 54th Brigade,
sion. He was in command Of the troops
who returned on the Cunarder.
q cannot sayatoo much in praise Of
the morale and fighting spirit Of the
New Workers. he said. "Our discipline
was wonderful, and even the Germans
commented upon it, for they did not
believe it could exist with men they re-
garded as bushWhackers
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at the first possible opportunity that
they got up yesterday morning "be-
fore breakfast" to attend to it.
All Available Craft Throngcd
1t had been given out that the
police boat Patrol, carrying Speaker
Sweet of the Assembly, represent
ing the state committee of wei
come; Mayor Hylan, a number of
officers of the 27th's advance guard,
which arrived about two weeks ago
the family of General O'Ryan, and
other prominent persons, would
leave the Battery at a. m. to meet
the Levlathan. 1t was also an
nounced the Patrol would act as
flagship of the squadron of other
craft impressed into service to take
friends and relatives of the men
down the bay.
Long before the hour set Bat
terry Park was alive with a scurry-
ing swarm fastening to the piers.
The municipal ferryboats Queens.
Gowanus and Gaynor, the excursion
steamer Grand Republic, the Cor
rections Department vessel Correc-
ton, the Charity Department boat
Fidelity, two fireboats and a num-
Der OF privately chartered steamers
and tugs were soon filled to ca
pacity.
Not till after 9, however, follow
ing word by wireless that the Levi
athan was nearing Quarantine, did
the Patrol cast off. The others
swung into line behind her.
Negro Troops Cheered
They formed pretty sight as thew
steamed down the harbor The gay
flags and pennants Tutoring from the
craft glistened in the sunlight. Tho
happily ex2ectant folk who thronged
the decks waved flags of their own,
shouted across tho water one to an
other, and raised their voices now and
then in the words of some Of the mel
odies played by the police band on
the Prov of the Patrol
Returning troops, many OF them ne
groes, aboard the Caronia and Oriana
fell in for q share Of the 27th's well
come, much to their ploasurnbe sur
prise. The greeters encountered both
these troopsships in the upper end of
the harbor and raised q great din whom
they beheld them. Many mstook the
Caronia at Arst for the Mauretnnia.
but they did not lessen their vocifora-
ton any when they discovered their
mistake. The negro troops grnned
widely and returned the shouts with
interest.
Cheered All Way to Pier
Shortly the great gray mass came up
like mountain out Of the water.
lshere was no mistaking this time.
The transport was so distant it's out
line could barely be discerned from
the Patrol. There wasn't chance that
any of the soldiers aboard would even
be able to distinguish the feet Of the
welcomers. But little thing like that
couldn't dampen the enthusiasm Of the
men and women and the children who
had been looking forward to this day
for weeks. Their sons, their husbands.
their sweethearts and their daddies
were on that big ship in the offing, and
the minute they clapped eyes on the
Leviathan they began the hurrahing
and waving of hendkerchiefs and flags
that never stopped till the troopship
was fast to her Hoboken pier.
Welcome Is Wig-Wagged
Passing Quarantine the Levathan
slowed down to permit the reception
feet to approach her The Patrol drew
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Welcome Is Wig-Wagged

Passing Quarantine the Levinthan
slowed down to permit the reception
feet to approach her. The Patrol drew
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Welcome Home!!

We're proud of the heroic boys
of the "27th" who have come
back to us with such a record of
glorious achievement.
And our pride is tinged with
sadness at the thought of those
who will not return, but whose
noble sacrifices will illurnine the
pages of history.
Before they went away the
Paramount Shops were privi-
legged to supply the furnishing
needs of many Of them.
And we want those who are
home again to know that the
welcome" on Our doors shines
even more brightly and sincerely
today in the reflected glory of
their deeds.
When they lay aside the khaki
to don the "civies" once more.
let them remember that the Par
amount Shops still sell the
greatest shirt value in America
for Sl.50 and $500.
Absolute safisfaction or your money
hask.
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A COURSE DINNER

Said a famous bon vivant,
after dining in divers places
in divers parts Of the world:
Dear heaven, I now know
there are only about six
permanently appealing dishes
for a palate not diseased"
Then what matters itwhether
the menu contains six hun
dred dishes, or sixty, if you
only care for six?
At CHILDS the range is
limited to the permanently
appealing' dishes; and yet
the variety is sufficient to
permit OF arranging them
into delightfully."- attractive
course dinners.
Take a savory soup, rich in
favor and steaning hot, an
entree with vegetables fresh
from the farm, and a dainty
dessertwith acup ofCHILDS
coftee-and you have a real
American course dinner.
Fresh Vegetable Soup
Real Country Sausage with
Mashed Potatoes-Cre e,,,ed
Tapi oca Pudding - und
CHL-DS Coffee-an epirx.
can treat and only CSC.
( (J84}GDj;@|
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and slim, was discerned at 4:1o p. M,
and there was quiet movement for
ward. Within fifteen minutes she
loomed to her full height, her bright
red tunnels towering above the pier
sheds and kissing clouds of smoke and
Stcam
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alongside the transport and the other
steamers cruised by that their pas
sengers might feast their ewes on the
khaki-clad figures that occupied every
inch of space on the starboard decks.
Policeman Beban on the Patrol
grabbed his semaphore flags the min
ute the sturdy form of General O'Rvan
appeared on the bridge Of the Levia-
than.
"The Mayor and the state and city
committees of welcome,' he wig
wagged, "extend to General O'Rvan
and his gallant forces most cordial
welcome"
"Thanks," the -semaphore flags of the
Leviathan's signalman responded, "the
Goddess of Liberty looks good to US
all"
But the formal greeting Beban wig
wagged was tame beside that sent by
"Bubs,' elevenyear- old son Of General
Organ. "Bubs" climbed to the pilot
house and began to direct a violent
barrage of handthrown kisses toward
MS maTtlal rather.
Organ Greets Family
Up to this time General Organ had
been unaware that his family was on
the Patrol. The message that Mrs.
Organ, his three daughters, Misses
Dorothea, Janet and Helen, his little
son and his sister, Miss Anna Wynne
Organ, were there to bid him welcome
was signalled to him.
Love and best greetings-Jack,"
was the semaphore reply.
All this time frenzicd Interchange
had been going on by shouted word be-
tween soldiers on the Leviathan and
their friends on the other vessels.
Nor was this the only means adopted to
apprise the troops Of the presence of
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Thousands Line Shores to Greet Fighters

at the first possible opportunity that
they got up yesterday morning "be-
fore breakfast" to attend to it.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-20
MINERS DEMANDS BREAK RECORD
flROUTRAGE0USNESS, SAYS CASEY
f,o.I Mining Industry Simply Cannot Stand Up Under
Them In the Opinion of the Editor of the
American Coal Journal.

naturally they want to remain in bus
mess and they know they cannot If
the prica Of their product reaches a
point beyond the public's ability to
nay. Nor, on the other hand, can they
remain in business II they cannot
charge enough to cover their cost OF
production and yield a reasonable
profit. 1t is a simple economic Stu
alton.
AS l write this, the weekly report
of the United States Geological sur
vey has Just come in the mail. II
show the production Of bitum1nous
coal for the calendar year up to Oe-
tober 4, to be 354,991,000 tons for tae
entire county. During the correspond
ing period of 1918, there were produc..
ed 45S,302,000 tons-over 1O0,OOO,VOV
tons more than this year. Last year
was an exceptional year on account
of the extraordinary demand for war
purposes, but this year is an extra
ordinary year also because Of the
Immense demand from foreign mar
kets. 1t is all very we'll and proper to
say we should take care of our own
requirements first and l firmly be-
lieve in this principle. But, given full
production, we could supply our own
needs and most of the worlds re-
quirements in addition and not SUI
fer any inconvenience. We have the
coal and when we sell it for export,
it brings Just so much foreign money
here. furthermore, 1t places US in a
strong position to develop and retail
big export trade that we, as ma
tion, need.
But, with this tremendous decrease
in production and with this enormous
demand at home and abroad, the
miners not only want GO per cent
more wages, but they want to cut
down the working hours by eighteen
week To say that, by working
steadily, they can produce as much
coal in thirty hours as they can in
forty-eight is ridiculous 1t cannot be
done For one reason, many of the
coal miners will not work steadily.
They work Just long enough to earn
what they need for the week and
then declare a holiday They have
done this for years and there is moth
ing in their actions individually or
collectively to indicate that they will
change their methods.
What the miners demand, the coal
industry cannot stand. 1t is not there
More than that-much more-the
public will not stand it. There is a
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.GdlunbusDay
Committee Dined

Antonio vessecchin was host At q
delightful affair given last night at
his home on Mckinney street, the
guests being the members OF the COM
mittee for the Columbus Day ceie-
bration which was held here last
week.
A dinner Of sumptuous appoint
ments was served and greatly enjoyed
by the guests as we'll as the host. Mr..
Vessecchia felt that owing to the
great success of the celebration some
recognition Of those who served so
faithfully on the committee was due,
and accordingly staged the affair Of
yesterday. A feature of the celebra-
ton was the singing of Pietro Pozzie-
tro.
The committee was composed Of
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the public that iabors demands are
getting beyond all reason and such
sympathy as has in the past, been
manifested for labor's position, Is rap
idly disappearing. What is needed IN
the coal industry as In all Others, IS
increased production In order that the
demand may be satisfied and prices
reduced. This cannot be accomplish
ed by increasing wages beyond rea-
sonable limits and decreasing the
hours Of labor. The public Is coming
to realizing sense Of this fact and
that Is why l do not think there will
be a strike Of coal miners on Novem.
Der 1. However, my opinion will moi
prevent a strike. The public must
act and the time is short.
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The committee was composed Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-20

the following: A. Angotti. D. Pal-I
lotta, D. Demarco, Y. Ferrise and A.
G!ordano. A. Pallotta, A Giordano,
v. Ferrise, A. Angotti, Pietro Pozzi-
stto and Joseph Lehman made after
dinner speeches.
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TEACHERS MEMORY

A school teacher who had been tell
ing a class of small pupils the story
of the discovery Of America by Column
bus ended with:
And all this happened more than
400 years ago." ..
A little boy, his eyes wide open with
wonder, said, after a moments thought:
Gee! What memory you've got"
Pittsburgh Sun.