Evening star., 1919-05-15
ID. c. MEN N312TH
| DUE IN j. S. MAY 25
Seven Hundred Washington
Soldiers Now on Ocean
HomeWard Bound.
WELCOME PLANS MADE

The 312th Machine Gun Battalion OF
the 10th Division, made up Of selective
service troops from the District of
Columbia and nearby Maryland, saiieo
from France May 13 on the transport
Virginian and will arrive at Newport
News, Va, May 25.
This was announced by the War De-
partment today. making in the neigh
borhood of 700 Washington soldiers
who are now on the ocean homeward
bound.
ginian are the headquarters company.
sanitary and ordnance departments
and Companies A, B, c and D, num-
bering officers and 594 enlisted men.
Only 100 for Muster Out.
There were approximately 300 Wash
ington men in the battalion when 1t
went over, but the War Department
assigns only 160 members of the bat
tali1n to Camp Meade for muster out.
This would indicate that there are
only that many men from this vicinity
that the others have been transferred
or returned as casuals at different
times.
The s12th had twenty-eight men
killed or died of wounds out of total
of $50 casualties. How many Of these
men were from the District, however,
is not known here.
There are about 400 District men of
the 10th Field Artillery on the Ori-
zaba, due at Newport News May %,
and about seventy five Signal Corps
men from Washington on the Iowan,
Ry~-xw L. ~ ~ "a
100 local men of the 312th On the Vir-
ginian. the total will be near TOO.
May Be Without Welcome.
The field signal company of the
District National Guard, which is to land
at New York next Thursday as part
of the 104th Field Signal Battalion, is
likely to reach home without welcome
unless friends Of these men get busy"
within the next few days.
ception for the 400 local men in the
10th Field Artillery who will land at
Newport News. Va, next Thursday, but
no one could be. found today who had
heard Of welcome for the field signal
company.
when the committee in charge of
the 10th welcome met Tuesday the
return Of the field signal company WAS
discussed. The, question of finances,
however, is likely to make it tmpos-
Ter 9llia e1znmft tte4 to- pr0t1del
for the signal men. ~
a :. :
3S75 for Welcoms e1 l10th
Il slfx 1t q B lIgSs IS "a, q, a SilS rs sss
ceiyinE contributions at 2121 ,Kaio-T
rama road said today she had approx
imately s$375 toward the welcome Of
the 10th. More money IL needed, she
said, to give the men the layout that
lis planned. 80 2
Roland Robbins. manager. Of Keith's
-Theater. today notified Mrs. LIE Roy
w. Heron, member of the commit
tee, that II the welcome home for the
.110th is on any day but Saturday or
Sunday he will entertain the men free
lat matinee. q.
Mrs. Heron expressed approval today
sof the plan to have the 10th march
through the city II they are brought up
the Potomac. on their way to Camp
Meade. It is probable that the COM.
mittee will consider having band meet
the men at the boat IL they come that
way from Newport News.
Captain Old Central High Man.
One company of the 307th Field Ar
tillery, which landed at New York yes
terday, is commanded by Capt II. n.
Osborn Of Washington Grove, Md. Os-
born was formerly captain in the Cen
trail High School Cadets Of the District