Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-14
1850 MEN FROM
JERSEY UNITS
ARRIVED TODAY
Men of 29th and 18th Due to
Arrive Soon at Hoboken, BoS-
ton and Newport News
BIZ Assocsdte0 f-resa

NEW YORK, May 14.-More than
1900 national army troops of the 18th
Division, arrived here today on the
steamship Pesaro. from Marseilles.
They comprise a small detachment of
153rd Field Artillery Brigade head
quarters, including the unit COM
mander Brig General Clint c. Hearn; !;
and the 30Sth field artillery COM
plete, assigned to Camps Gordon, Dix,
Upton, Sherman, Jackson, Taylor,
Devens and Grant. These and casuals
including twenty-e eight air service Of
ficers made altogether 1907 troops on
the Pesaro.
Nearly 1850 more troops of the 18th
Division returned from Marseilles on
the steamship Giuseppi Verdi-307th
Field Artillery complete, fifty-eight
officers and 1404 men for Camp Dix,
Upton, Grant, Sherman, Jackson, Tay-
lor, Gordon and Pike; 303rd mobile
ordnance repair shop, two officers and
forty three men, mostly for Camp
Dix; and the 18th theatrical unit,
four officers and thirty two men. most
ly for Camp Dix. The ship brought
altogether 1890 troops including two
officers and 242 men of the air service,
and casuals.
The Giuseppe verdi's troops came
home in command of Major Francis
G.. Baldwin, Cincinnati, who is vice
president of the American Rolling
Mill Company. The 307th lost thir-
teen killed and three were gassed and
thirty seven wounded. The theatrical
unit will go on a tour through the dis
tricts where the 18th men live with
its musical show, Zig-Zag, named af-
ter the insignia of the division. the
Lightning Division.
More of 18th On Way.
Adintapf General EradaIiplx T.. Gill
kyson has been advised by the war
department at Washington OF the
sailing of additional military organi-
cations containing New Jersey SOL
diers.
Among those who have sailed on
the Oricaba and are scheduled to ar
rive at Newport News, date not yet
known, are the 112th Field Artillery
and the 104th Ammunition Train. less
company Z and the 10th field artil-
lery.
More 29th Division men have sail
ed and will come in at Newport News
and Boston. dates not known.
OF the 18th Division several units
have sailed and will arrive at Newport
News, including Headquarters and
Medical detachments. First Battalion,
311th Infantry. Compnies A, B and G,
311th; Headquarters, First Battalion
(Newarlx), Second Battalion (Jersey
City, of the 312th Infantry; Machine
/, Gunners of the same regiment and
alsa these companies of s12th In
fantry, A, b. c, ID, E. F. G and II
Newark, Jersey City Orange East
Orange. Hoboken. West Hoboken and
Essex and Hudson counties.) Other
Yunits of the 312th have sailed on the
Radinor and will arrive at Hoboken.
They are: Medical detachment. First
Battalion: Supply Company; Compa-
nies I. K, l. and M. Brigade head
quarters and the 312th Field Hos
pital.
Blue and Gray Men Sail.
The units of the 29th Division who
have sailed are: 112th Machine Gun
ners; 1O4th Sanitary Train, made UT
of Elizabeth men; 104the Engineers
of Newark. Jersey City; Englewood
Freehold, Trenton, Woodbury., Allan.
tic City and Camden, 104th Supply
Train; 104th Mobile Ordnance Repair
shop. The sailed from st. Nazaire on
the Nantiria on May IL and will dock
at Boston.
The 112th Field Artillery is COM
posed of men from Red Bank, Plain
field, East Orange. Camden. Atlantic
City and Montclafr.
Local Men Return
Andrew Rasmussen. OF 4S9 Cornell
street, and Anthony Peterson, of 265
Maple street, this city, came home
with the 303rd Field Signal Battalion
of the 18th Division on the Re DIta-
liza at New York last night.
They were among Jerseys draft
boys who saw much of the st. Mihiel
and Argonne drives, in which the
Americans won the war. Peterson
was attached to Company c, whose
duty of outpost work was most dan
gerous. His outfit was nearly always
under shell fire and suffered high
percentage of casualties. Nearly every
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