Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-12
MANY VIRGINIA SOLDIERS
LAND At NEWPORT NEWS
Coast Artillery Among the Units
Returning From France on
Steamer NanScmond.
RELATIVES GATHER ON PIER
Many Scenes of Tenderness Are En-
acted as Men Step Ashore
While Bands Play Lively Martial
Music
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NEWPORT NEWS. VA, March IL
Five thousand veterans. many of them
with the gold stripes OF honor, landed
here today on the Nansemond the big
gest troopship yet TO put into this
port. They sailed fourteen days ago
from st. Nazaire, and after an un-
cventful voyage they set foot on
American soil here to the tune of many
bands and much cheerful greeting,
where hundreds of people crowded
down to watch them OFT
The Eifty-third Coast Artillery. or
which the Fortress Monroe Company
D is part, were the first to land.
AMMUNITION Train, Fifty-sixth Engi-
neers. Seventy-fourth Engineers ana
several casual companies. All OF these
eseeP, the m ammunition mn ,i men say vaient
being a regular army unit. which used
the big French guns. and have been
at the front practically since the very
beginning OF the war.
The Fifty-siXth and SeYenty-fourtn
engineers have also seen much SER
vice. the latter not being connected
with any division. but operating as
a separate unit all over the western
front. These men operated the sound
ing devices for the whole army. while
the Fifty-sixth Engineers constituted
the only searchlight unit in the Ameri-
can FORCES. They used their lights to
ferret out airships and other dangers
that infested the skies at night.
MANY SOUVENIRS ARE
DISPLAYED BY SOLDIERS
Many souvenirs were displayed by
the men, among, them captured Ger
man officers helmets, pieces of Ger
man planes. guns. pistols and other
trophies OF war.
Dozens Of relatives Of returning. men
such little scenes Of tenderness rsi: as as
never seen here before were enacted.
Many Virsinians were in the list Of
passengers. among whom we're:
sixth Engineers, Richmond First Lieu
tenant Clyde II. Jacob. Three Hundred
and Fourteenth Infantry, Norfolk:
EirSt Lieutenant Saunders Wright.
Hundred and Tenth Casual Regiment,
Spottswood: George r. Snjder. head
quarters, First Army, Louisa; Sergeant
R"9eTt and TIL, l. Th1ompsen: Three Hundred
corporal BENJAMIN T. Holiday. vctcr-
mary corps. Danville: G. S. Hobbs
Three Three. hundred and Seventh Infantry.
"uT0.k TS. fo,!d,lnm Mi,iam G. Coz; Wythevile
Coast Artillery: Captain William IT,
Starbuck. Richmond: Robert A. EARLY.
Broadway; Isr First Lieutenant w. *
detachment, Camp Meade. Second Lieu.
tenant John Forrest. Norfolk: First
Seargeant Fred Sellin, Phoebus: Radio
Sergeant Sterling Parker. Phocbus;
Warren p. Crump. Richmond: Andrew
Il. Collier. Manassas; Frank w. Mill.
rona, Poplar Hill: Levy Hail. Catawba;
George T. FIutson. NXton: Sergeant
Robert l.. Parkham. Blackstone: owen
II. Norvel. Alexandria: Isaac j.
Thomas. Phoebus; Ever; d. Thomp.
son. Poplar Hill: William Bredon,
Phoeous: Camp UPTON detachment,
Sergeant George \. Parker, Rice
MEMBERS OF AMMUNITION
TRAIN ALSO RETURN IOMI.
Fifty.iifth Ammunition Train: Low
rey Keller. Abingdon: Gibson r Vance.
abingdon: Harold Hcarn. Roanoke
walter T. Belt. Richmond: Sergeant
Guy Bishop. Glade Hill: Allen Z. CIoyd,
tin l." Powell. Virginia Beach; Ben
Monger. Elktown; NJ. C. TIead!ey Kim
sale.
Sercnty-fourth Engineers: d. T..
Neblett, South Hill: Milton Eliolt.
Rosslyn: j. y. Crabtrec. Penhams:
Robert Witt. Pi;tsylvania: Arthur d.
Itucker, Richmond: Joe Schaeffer. New
Market: Raymond Estes, 80 Pool
street, Norfolk: CorDoral Robert