The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
8 VESSELS BRING IN
10000 U. S. TROOPS
-Four Thousand Artillcrymcn
Who Pounded German Line
Among Arrivals.
GEN. WlNGATE IN CHARGE
Influenza, Bronchitis and
Pneumonia on the America
Cause Five Deaths.
GEN. WINGATE IN CHARGE

Cause Five Deaths.
Eight transports got in yesterday from
French ports with more than 10000
cheerful men in olive drab. The greatest
carrier in the fleet was the nsturalisej
American steamship America, which,
when she flew the flag OF the defeated
German Empire. spelled her name with
q ok" Chief among the 1000 aboard
the America we're more than 1000 gun
men of the 104th, 105th and 106th Field
Artillery, who, though detached from the
Twenty Division, did effective
work in the American sector in break
ing the German resistance.
There was an outbreak OF influenza,
bronchitis and pneumonia aboard the
America that verged on epidemic fo- a
time and was mastered by the medical
genius and resources OF the surgeons and
the hospital units that happened TO be
voyagers. Five died before the trans
! port reached Sandy Hook and so many
were i'll that II was deemed advisable
I TO keep folks from the shore out of
the, hospital area aboard ship so the
malady might not be taken to the land.
Lieut.. w. w. Hawke, naval surgeon.
said he suspected that one OF the reasons
the influenza assumed almost epidemic
form was because many soldiers anxious
TO get home "camouflaged" their illness
and managed thus TO pass muster.
Brooklyn Man just I'm Time.
One joyous homecomer who did not
conceal his ailments was Private Joseph
Sullivan of III Fifth street, Brooklyn.
He was in hospital near Brest recovering
from bullet wounds when he heard that
the America was going home with a big
bunch of his comrades. He persuaded
the surgeon in charge to let him go and
he reached the gangplank of the Amer
lea just before II was taken down.
The five who died homeward bound
we're Private Harry Warden Hughes of
Jacksonville Private Edelhert Glen Wal
ter of Little Falls this State Sergeant
Ralph Reed Malcolm of Stoughton.
Mass. Private Felix Klenefsd of Shen-
andoah. Pa, and Private Henri Andrews
OF Binghamton. Col. Charles Pulls, Reg
ular Army, was i'll of pneumonia when
the ship locked in Hoboken.
All the troops aboard the America
we're in command OF Brig. Gen George
A. Wingate. who when not IN soldier
clothes is lawyer of Brooklyn. lie was
many years in the National Guard. ris-
ing to command the Fifty-second Artn-
lery Brigade from a private in the 1wen-
ty-third Regiment. He said of his men /: -
They are maryellously Good. clean
and strong and they always went into
battle in good humor."
The Brigadier- father. Gen.
George W. Wingate, went down the bay
in the Patrol to greet the America as
she came UP from Quarantine. Others
aboard the Patrol were Mayor TIylan.
RodmRn Wanamaker. Ma jor-Gen. Charles
F. Roe Major Wilbur T. Wright and
two representatives Of Gen. Organ.
Lieut.-Co J. Mayhem Wainwright and
Capt. George b. Gibbons
Reception on Arrival In Bay.
Tho returning warriors did not lack
an enthusiastic reception on water. as,
besides the Patrol, the steamboats, Cor
rection and Queens and a small fleet of
tuss swspped cheers with the lofty sided
transport all the way from Quarantine
20 Hoboken.
Losses of none OF the artillery con-
tingents were heavy, but their fighting
was and they brought back many men
with decorations and some with scars.
Col De Witt c. Wald of the I05th
ARTILLERY home in Brooklyn, said his
command had twelve killed and ffty
wounded His men bls sted way for
the Twenty-sixth French and Twenty
ninth American divisions at kriem-
helde StellunF. each of the guns firing
5000 rounds and coming out in fine con-
diton.
Battery Il on this occasion was
bombed by German planes and several
gunners- were killed. Lieut.. Walter b.
Abrahams of Brooklyn took his place at
GUN and this inspired his commander
TO recommend him for the Distinguished
Service Cross.
Col. Stratford +. Corbet Of The Bronx
brigade surgeon who has been ten
years with the Nationa Guard and who
took part in every fight of his brigade
in France, said that nothing was more
remarks be than the ambulance service
and that the gallantry OF the ambulance
workers was magnificent. The moment
one man was blown up another jumped
into his place.
Brave Ambulance Drivers.
to shot that hall an hour after
fighter was hit the non-combatant am
bulance driver had him IN hospital.
Col. Karl n Klein OF Buffalo, whose
men were mostly Of German and Polish
extraction and came from the east side
OF the city, said they fought with a fer
vor that would do honor to Americans OF
the DureSt native lineage. After the
signing OF the armistice many of the
Buffalo men of German origin were
ambitious to go into Germany as part o.
the army Of occupation just 10 make
q few remarks to the scions of their own
ancestors.
Quite naturally there were some brides
born on the east side OF the Atlantic
aboard the America. One is the partner
OF Lieut.. Ralph de Castro former ath-
lete OF Amherst and recently shooter ~
Boche planes out os French skies He
lived with his mother at Ninety-fourth
street and Broadway and she was at
the pier to see her pretty Gallo daugh-
ter-in-law.
The bride does not speak English and
the mother does not understand French.
known each other since the stone age
The Lieutenant has besides his gentle
mother and his French bride the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and he made
no bones about saying that he felt quite
good.
Col. John ]. Delaney OF 1878 Lexing-
ton avenue, came back with the lO4th
Artillery, consisting of four batteries
from the old First New York and two
from upstate, The unit was cited twice
for conspicuous gallautry and five Of
It's shooters received the DISTINGUISHED
Service Cross, four not knowing about
the honor Uncle Sam gave them until
they got here.
The Surnrised 0llartet ara tornor,I