Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-12
MORE MEN or 18TH
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
Many PhiIadeIphians Left Be-
hind When Division Moved
Come With Casuals
EAGER TO BE DEMOBILIzED

Many Philadelphia casual officers
and men of the Seventy ninth Division.
who were left in France because of
lack of room on board transports when
the division units sailed have arrived in
New York.
The men were brought home by the
transport Cap Finisterre yesterday.
Eager questions about their com
rades who arrived before, about the
parade. the length of time the men had
remained in camp before rehabilitation
. and the whereabouts of General Kuhn,
were asked by the new arrivals, many
OF whom were given leave or furlough
y efimmediately upon arrival.
Lieutenant William s. Reid. of 1915
South Fifty second street. PHILADELPHIA,
was one of the casual officers on board
lie went out last July with the 317th
infantry, which saw no action, but was
placed behind the lines at La Courtin
and was all ready for the big push on
Metz when the armistice was signed
On May IL the transport Virginian took
on the 31Ith and brought it to Newport
News, but there was not enough room
for another officer, and so Lieutenant
A Reid was left behind. His first chance
q 70 come back occurred when the Cap
y Finisterre was ready to depart from
Brest.
Moylan Man Back
There were fifty three officers of the
316th Infantry, fourteen officers of the
S14th Infantry and twenty seven officers
OF the 312th Field Artillery who came
Dack on the transport, and among them
were the following from PHILADELPHIA ::
Lieutenant Charles A. Potter, ,Jr,.
, Chestnut Hill: Lieutenant William Nc
lntire, 6S North Delaware avenue :
Lieutenant Walter j. Small, 1922 South
Fifty third street. all of the 312th
! Field Artillery; Lieutenant Harry w.
Rice. 1746 Vineyard street.
Lieutenant Albert p. McCauley. 1905
\ North Sixty third street. came back
with the casual officers of the 316tb
Infantry, but he went to war long be-
fore they did. Lieutenant McCauley
went out with the Thirty ninth Infan
try (regulars) on May 10, 1918, and.
attached to the Fourth Division. was
with them in all of their campaigns.
Lieutenant Michael b. Clofinc, of
1858 Poplar street, newspaper man.
went out with Company NJ. of the 316th
Infantry and Joined the cleft behinds''
when his regiment entrained for the
United States.
Captain Roy Returns
Captain Wilford S. Roy, of 11O5 Dia =
mond street, came back as casual
officer. He was in command of the
311th Machine Gun Company, of the
Seventy ninth Division. at the Argonne
and the Troyon sector and went
through all the fighting of the Seventy
ninth without scratch. When time
came to send the 311th back, he detailed
the first lieutenants to bring the ma
chine gun company to this country and
stayed behind for lack of room.
Captain Roy was in the superintend =
ent's Office of the New York division
Y OF the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way at the Reading Terminal in this
city. before he went into the war
Lieutenant Robert w. Wythes. of
Camden, n. j.. and Lieutenant Paul
r. Carruthers, of SIS Grove street, Sc
wickley, Pa. of the 316th Infantry, were
other officers who returned.
First Sergeant George Bassett. of the
302d Motor Transport Corps, of 2630
Lawrence street. brought back a young
French woman as his bride, as did also
Private Benny Pine, of the same motor