American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-04
NINETY. FIRST DIVISION
RETURNS TO NEW YORK
1919 Men of Noted Unit Reach New
York on Steamer Sihoney--Moun-
tain Troops Who Fought Mt NJ.
NIhIel and ArgOnne In Port.


With more than 5000 officers and
men of the Ninety-first division
national army, Washington, Oregon,
California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Mon
tana and WyominI-the steamship
Siboney arrived from ST, Nazaire sun
day.
These included S63rd infantry's
Headquarters of The Second battalion,
the supply company and II, G and II
companies, thirty-nine officers and
| SCI men. for Camps Kearney, Lewis,
ITaylor. Dodge, Funston and sherman,
| and the S64th infantry's field and staff
headuuarters of the Third battalion,
headquarters of the supp Y Thd n
chine gun companies, ordnance and
medical detachments and \, u, |, Is.
/. and Nj companies. fifty-one Off
GERS and 2069 men, for Camps kear-
ney, Lewis. Sherman, Taylor, Grant
Dix Dodge and Funston.
The Sihoney brought altogether
S279 troops, including ten officers and
175 men sick or wounded and scat
tered casuals.
The 363rd and S64th sailed last July
for Europe and took part In the often
sive ut st. Mihiel, fought at the Ar
gonne, were sent by Marshal Foch 70
Belgium where they advanced under
command of King Albert In the Ypres
offensive in conjunction with British
and French. Under fire the regi'
ments constructed pontoon bridges
across ~the Scheldt and in Belgium
liberated thousands of civilians
When the armstice was signed the,
we're about to renew their offensive.
The ninety-first division captured
1850 prisoners forty machine gun'
and artillery and tanks. Its casual
ties were 1160 officers and men killet
and 5000 wounded.
When King Albert re-entered Brus
sells these western troops were witt
him. and they participated, also, whel
the allies occupied the German cit
of Aix-la-Chapelle When they ar
I rived TODAY, under command of Lieut.
I enant Colonel Lucius c. Bennett, reg
l ular army, twenty-five had won dis
!, tingushed service crosses, one IN
I Relgian military medal, nineteen tn
I Belgian crox de guerre and eleYe
the French croix de guerre.
With 2S7 troops all casuals tn
!. French line steamship La Lorrain
arrived In New York from Havrt
Units included casual companies {
4 officers and men OF Nebraska ana
1. the regular army.
!. Another casual was Captain EmaI
= uel Vosea, who was llaison office
4 between the American and Czeeh'
= Slovak armies He served IN Franc
= Italy and Russia AS soon as he WI
= mustered out of service, he said !
:. would present the Czecho-Slovak 81
:. uation before the American peopl
!. Civilian passengers included Mr. an
4. Mrs. Amos French, the former maj
= ager Of the soldiers and sailors clt
al Tours, where 100000 men were e'
Z tertained at the expense OF Rodmi
Wanamaker.
- Madame Alexis Carrel, wife OF Il
French surgeon OF the Rockefeller J
er stltute, returned In the uniform OF O
as French Red Cross and wearing Q
OF French croix de guerre. She sn
IT. she planned to join her husband In
a institute work
of The arrival of La Lorraine dispos
nd of reports which had been in circu
er tlon since Saturday that the yesi
ls- had met with some sort of mish
on at sea. The ship arrived one day
le- advance of schedule.