Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-21
Six Transports
With l4,H6 Men
Arrive in n. Y.

New York. April .o-Sx troop
ships loaded 10 capacity with Amer
lean officers and men. Haas IN all
arrived here Il day IN time 20 eel
orate Easter Sunday On home soil
anu 10 get a glimpse of the advanced
styles IN civilian attire which they
soon will adopt.
Two OF the ships which arrived are
the German liners Zeppelin and Graf
Waidersee, making their first trip
since they were turned over 10 the
United States.
The Zeppelin. flying the Iaterna-
tionai flag as we'll as the Stars and
Stripes. brought $50 r,en.
On the Graf Waidersee were la
hospital units.
Both ships mad on board parties
Of German officers who had turned
the ships over 10 the United States
and who had made the trip across
representing the German government.
The other arrivals were the big
transport Firginia1 with AIT OH
GERS anu men. the Great Northern
which CROUCH, S.oos troops. the
Santa Paula which brought liza Of
dcers ana men. and the Cruiser Sa-
lee which brought 535 officers and
men.
Deparkat.on Authorities said thar
from a.e5 % 1919 d. r. record was
made IN locking troop-sh The Vir-
gInIan. Grea- Northern. sppeiin and
Graf Waidersee being put into their
berths IL mar period by three tugs.
A passenger on the Great North
ern was Br,sadier- Genera. John a
Huien of Texas. formerly adJu,ant-
general Of the Texas National Guard.
Also on the Great Northern were
Col. William z. Mcintyre of the sal
vation Army and his TWO daughters.
Gladys and Irene. The Young wo-
men served i'll the front line trenches
for several months with the Goth.
;;1-h and nth Divisions both being
cited for bravery anu were recon-
menGed for military decorations Cor
herolsm
Mss Irene Mcintyre vas -assed
once while working among men OF
the ttith Infantry. S,th DIVISION. bu,
recovered ana reIolned her sister.
Together they continued dispensing
coffee and ioushnuts 10 the soldiers.
living n Gugouts. under going gas
ana bomb attacks and rjum ping
from front 20 front on troop trans.
They saw service a Seicheprev, in
The Eerdun offensive. AZ Thlaucour,
and II. Mlhlei.
,'oi- Frederick z. Fitzpatrick Of
Sa!ila. Nas.. Was 4 command OF the
= oops on the Great Northern. many
OF whom wore decorations for ga
lant-y, Hugh A. McNalr of Hougn-
ton. Mich. an Ambulance service
man. who lost i leg while rescu,ng
wounded soldiers. wore both me
Croix De Guer-e and the Distinguish
occasions.
The Eirginlan passengers We're m
command of Col w z Brandt Of
san Francisco. formerly commander
Of the S3rd Infantry. OF the Dist
Division. He said that the DIVISION
lost about 300 men IN the Meuse-
Argonne sector and N Belgium.
where they were lighting when the
arm,st!ce was signed. Several of
Col. BranGt's men wore decorations
The senior officer Of the troops on
rha Zeppelin was Col. Emory l.
Smith OF Washington. who COM
manded the 10Th Field ARTILLERY
composed chiefly OF Missouri men.
Rev /. I. Herman of Kansas City,
chaplain OF the regiment. said II mad
lost 10 killed. although u was N
several hard-foughr battles. Two of
me regiment. Sgt. George Mcclure
and Private Harry Fulton. botl OF
Kansas City. won the DISTINGUISHED
service Cross. Mcclure for charging
and capturing 4 German cannon ana
Fulton for manning his gun for seV
eral hours single handed. after ali
ether members of the gun crew had
been put out of acton.
Five men on the Graf Waldersee
brought home French brides. They
were Chief Car penters Mate J l.
Evans of keene. y. H; S:t. z Il.
ror,Ier. Dorchester, Mass. Chief
Steward II. L. Bridges. Minneapolis.
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