New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Upton Buff aloes"
Reach Home With
Other US. Troops
Negroes Who Paraded in
Fifth Ave. Before Sailing
Arrive on the Rotterdam;
Claristy Mathewson Here

The Rotterdam reached port yester-
day bringing 2,736 officers and enlisted
men home from France Among them
were ffty-one officers and 1,484 en-
listed men Of the Seth Infantry, Il
negro regiment, which was known at
Camp Upton, where it was trained by
Colonel James A. Moss, as "Mosss Buf-
taloes.' Shortly before they sailed for
France singing battalion Of the
where New York's 10Th, also a negro
regiment. was paradng yesterday when
the "Buffaloes" got home.
about two-thirds of the men in the
36'th are from New York and neigh
boring communities. Companies G. x.
/. and NJ and the Headquarters Com
oany returned on the Rotterdam under
the command of Colonel Erskine II.
BasSett, Colonel Moss having been de-
tailed as commandant of an army
school after the regiment arrived in
France last June. Negroes went down
the bay on the police boat Patrol with
members of the Mayors committee to
welcome the Rotterdam and others
were as close to Pier 7, Hoboken. as
they could get when the vessel docked.
hat who met the ship was halted on
deck by an officer of the 367th, a
Southcrner
Objects to Hearst Welcome
See here. sir" said the officer. eve
OBJECT 70 you and the sort Of stuff Won
write about the soldiers. know who
you are ana we don't want you to vel
come us"
When the reporter produced nroof
that hls name was not Hearst he was
allowed to proceed
ne Rotterdam carried 462 casual
ofncers, l72 of whom were wounded or
SICK. captain A. j. O'Keefe, of the
i9'h infantry who wore the Legion Of
aohor decoration and the Croix de
Hue ire hobbled ashore on clutches. He
dldn have the crutches with him whom
ne led his men against Bouzancy july
~. 50 when bullet shattered his
rlgnt leg he grabbed a rife from a SOL
aler and stuck to his men, using the
Weapon as crutch He kept on,
.houRn struck by another bullet, took
ne town and held it until relieved
Lieutenant Charles Frzzell, of 100
Riverside Drive Of the 38th Infantry,
vas left on the battlefield July % with
a bullet hole in his leg. The Germans
sent him TO the rear and shunted him
from one prison camp to another for a
month before he got any medical at
.ention. Then he happened upon an
Italian surgeon, fellow prisoner, who
did what he could for him.
Chrisfy Matthewson Returns
Lieutenant Irving Browne of Forest
Hllls, Queens. won the Croix do
Guerre after he had shot down two
German planes and then got himself
transferred to the infantry so he coulc
see some fighting. He saw some, but
not much, for he was gasscd in his
first assault and had been in hospita'
ccr since.
Christy Matthewson, wearing a cap.
tain's double bars, was one of the pas
Sengers. He was most pessimistic con
corning baseball prospects, particular,
in France, though he thought also thai
Il lot Of American players would fail tt
get home IN time TO be Of much uge
next season. aThe trouble with intro
ducing the fame in France, he said
was that no Frenchman ever could Ia
found to fill the position Of catcher
street game tied up traffic, he said
because not II pedestrian would ventur.
to cross the street behind the catcher
lie was at a gas school and was warm
ing up when the armistce was signed