New-York tribune., 1919-03-04
5000 Heroes
OF 9th Due
Tomorrow
Wclcomers Get Ready, Fol
lowing Wireless Reports
From the Leviath an
AT Narrows Before Noon
Liner Will Proceed Direct
to Hoboken and Quickly
Disembark the Warriors

officials Of the state and city govern
ments. the United States army, the
New York State Guard and members
Of the family of Major General John
F. ORyan will join in welcoming the
9th Division and its commander when
the transport Leviathan, which is
bringing 5000 OF them home from
France. reaches quarantine tomorrow
morning.
Wireless reports received from the
vessel yesterday indicated that the
Levathan would reach the Narrows not
later than noon tomorrow. The trans
port viii not anchor at quarantine, but
will slow down sufficiently to allow the
welcoming party to climb aboard and
then proceed up the harbor to Pier 4.
Hoboken, where she will dock
Mrs. John +. Organ and the gen
erals four children, together with Mrs.
Mary Organ, his mother, are expected
to 60 down the harbor on the police
boat Patrol, which also will carry
small committee representing the State
Senate and Assembly. Mayor Hylan's
welcoming committee has designated
four steamboats,. in addition to the
Patrol, to carry the welcomers. These
boats are the Queens, Highlander, Cor
recton and Taurus. Several others will
be added to-day.
Besides those official troop greeters
selected by the Mayors Committee, who
have not announced their unwillingness
TO serve, the boats will carry delega-
tons from scores of upstate cities
from which the 9th Division drew re-
cruits.
John Glennon, chief clerk in the
Mayors office, yesterday took up the
work of +. b. Cochems, formerly act
ing secretary of the Mayors welcom-
ing body. Who would head the wei
comers was not yet known, Mr.. Glen
non said.
lieutenant Colonel J. Leslie Kin
caid in command of the advance
party OF the 9th Division, at the
Hotel Biltmore announced that upon
the arrival OF the Leviathan at Ho-
boken the troops would be transferred
Immediately to ferryboats and sent
to Camps Merritt and Mills. The en-
tire 53rd Brigade, together with the
divisional headquarters and head
quarters troops, will be stationed at
Camp Mills. The two battalions Of
the lO7th Infantry Will go to Camp
Merritt.
Friends and relatives of the troops
Will be unable to catch even glimpse
OF the men at Pier j. as none Of the
units VIII land. Every possible effort
TO expedite meetings between the sol
dlers and their relatives will be made
by General Shanks, in command Of
the Port of Debarkation.. Approx
mately 5000 men will be given per
mission TO leave camp on Friday night.
on Sunday, it is expected, friends and
relatives will be able to see anv sol
der at Camps Mills and Merritt
After landing Major General O'Ryan
and the divisional headquarters staff
VIII establish headquarters in this
CITY, probably either in the Municipal
Building or the Hall of Records. The
general, ms staff and personal aids
VII then make preparations for the
Victory parade
The remainder of the division. it
""as announced yesterday, will come
nome aboard the transports Maurc-
lama, harrisburg, Louisville and Pan
nonla. Companies +, and Z of the
lVznd Engineers, together with the
neadquarters troop Of the Cd Bat
alton, sailed yesterday from Brcst on
me transport Agamcmnon and are due
aere IN ten days