Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
First 5000 Of 18th Division
 Arrives In Boston This Morning
Fleet of Welcoming Vessels Goes Out to Meet Troop
 ship Mt. Vernon.

Boston. April l-The first six thousand of the home cOm- ing Yankee division arrived to- day on the transport Mount Vernon. The trOOpship drop ped anchor in President Roads this morning.
 The contingent was made up of division headquarters. Major General Harry c. Hale, commanding; the l@4th Regiment of Infantry; the 1O1st Engineers except Company C which is on the America; the 1Olst Engineer Train and Military Police
 A fleet of welcoming vessels met the roopship she broke through the mist, and drew within calling dis tanCe as the steamer slowed down. All the New England states were repre- sented by delegates on the steamer Monitor.
 T welcome you to Massachusetts" Governor Coolidge shouted through a mega phone.
 Rhode Island is glad you are here" cried Governor Beekman.
 New Hampshire is proud of you; hurry home" was the message from Governor Bartlett
 Governor Mllliken assured the men of Maine: ''Tha Pine Tree state glories in your deeds and welcomes you back"
 Governor Holcomb of Connecticut wired his greetings with regrets that
 he could not welcome the men in person.
 Mayor Adams of Springfield the headquarters of the 10th regiment, and other delegates from home towns, added to the welcoming chorus. The initial reception was wholly a harbor affair and limited to the craft that surrounded the Mount Vernon while she waited for the high tide to permit her to come up to the pier at 2:S0 o'clock this afternoon. 1 Aboard the steamer Mayf1ower l were mothers, wives and sweethearts l of the men of the 101st Engineers.
 which organization was built up of Boston's former crack First Corps | Cadets. With this party were wound l ed "buddies' of the engineers. The | latter included several heroes who 1 dropped their shovels and unslung 1 their rifles to aid in their repuIse Of l the German raid at Seichprey and i who shared in the offensive at Trug- l y-Epieds. On another of the greet | ing fleet was Brigadier General Chas. l H. Cole, commander of the Sand h. l fantry brigade. General Coles head ] quarters detachment and the 1O4th l Regiment, which was a notable I9art l of his brigade, were on the tr gs-
 port.
 The 1o4th, which went to France as
 a hastey merger of the Old Second
 Massachusetts infantry of Western ] Massachusetts and parts of the Ct a and Sth Massachusetts regiments. came back with it's coolrs decorated with the Crox de Guerre earned by
 meritorious conduct at Bois BruIe, in the Foul sector, April 10-13, 1918 Some of the officers and men returning to- day were among the 112 who were in- 1 divfdually awarded the French war crosss. The regiment brought back l commendation from the French 18th
 Division for it's big push at Verdun, costly in casualties, but of much inn | portance to the success of the Allied arms.
 The Mount Vernon had 73 sick men
 for whom an1bulances were awaiting
 at the pier. There were 5.824 officers and men on board out of the total of 2S, 900 in the division.
 Boston, April 4-Three seaplanes from the station at Chatham, which went out to meet the transport, hoy cred over her during the reception and succeeded in dropping messages aboard. It had been announced that TO one 1 would be allowed on Comm onwealth i Pier except those engaged in the re- moval of equipment and an immense
 amount of army and navy mail. The | plan was for the men to debark at 5:SO o'clock tomorrow morning and pro- 1 ceed at once to Camp Devens, where | their equipment would have preceded d
 them.
 1 The transport America, second of the troopship fleet of the Yankee di- vision headed for this port from France, will probably arrive tomor- row noon, according to a wireless
 message received from her com ! mander today. The America is ! bringing the 1O1st and most of the i 1O3rG Infantry regiments; Company ! c of the 101st Engineers and the 51st 1 Infantry Brigade headquarters, in cluding Brigadier General George