The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-25

Washington, Feb. 25.--The first
unit of the Thirtieth division, COM
posed of Tennessee, North Carolina
and South Carolina troops, is due at
Newport News March aboard the
battleship Michigan, which sailed
from Brest Feb. IS, according to Of
ficial information available here to-
day. The unit is the 105th trench
mortar battery, composed Of 9 officers
The ba4tery will be assigned to
three camps for rehabilitation as
follows: Camp Sewer, SO men; Camp
Gordon, 5 officers and 81 men; Camp
Lee. 1 officer and As men.
The Michigan also brings casual
No. 1905, composed OF Virginians.
Col. Browns Announcement.
Charleston, s. c.. Feb. 25.-The
first unit of the Thirtieth division,
composed of Tennessee, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina guardsmen,
is en- route from France TO Newport
News. Va, Col. Lawrence c. Brown,
of the southwestern department of
the army announced. The unit OF
the Thirtieth on shipboard is the
1O5th trench mortar battery. The en-
tire division. the war department re-
Gently announced, has been listed for
early return home, but no informa-
tion could be obtained here last night
as to when the other units would
start.
The Thirtieth was one of the Amer
lean divisions which fought with the
British army. and to IL and the
Twenty seventh, composed or New
" a L'iaI1 MarCha1 IJntO
gave credit for breaking the Hinden-
burg line.
EI Ocedente Due March 4.
Washington. Feb. 25.-The/ steam
ship III Occidente is due at New York
March 4, the war department an
nounced today. with two officers and
27 men and Sc civilians. Among the
soldiers aboard are few casuals
from the 335th and 336th field artil-
leries of the Eighty seventh division
louisiana, Arkansas and Missis-
sippD.
New York, Feb. Ed n. Sd
Troop ships due in New York today
are: Heredia, Caserta, Turrialba,
Carrillo, New Mexico.
The steamer George Washington,
which landed President Wilson and
his party in Boston yesterday, ar
rived here today with 2,304 troops.
The units aboard included men from
the Idaho national guard and de-
tackments from Camps Devens, Lee,
Hancock and Meade; the presiden-
tial and peace commission guards
and casuals.
Others due Wednesday are: Presi-
dent Grant, Westeagle.
Florence Luckenbach, with casual
officers and enlisted men.
Maui. with 1891 men. including
35Oth field artillery complete. with
exception of AZ officers detached tcol-
ored): casual company 25s, New
York: casual companies 263, Texas
1909, Illinois; 1910, Michigan: 1912,
Iowa and Kansas; Brest GONZALES
cent detachments Nos. 81 TO So in
elusive; 13 casual officers.
Sobral. with 2,655 men. including
First and Second battalion headquar-
ters. sanitary and ordnance detach-
ments, supply and machine gun COM
panies, 3i9th machine gun battalion
complete with exception of eight Off
GERS detached (colored), casual COM
pany $50. New York; casual company
1909, New York: casual companies
260. Illinois, and 1-0S. Ohio.
Rochambeau. with 105 officers and
1.195 enlisted men.
Ulua. with 1.1S0 men. including
317th supply train complete tcol-
ored). 317th trench mortar battery
(colored), 325th field signal battalion
complete (colored), casual company
357. New York (colored); casual
officers.
wilhelmina. with LII men. in
Guiding Bordeaux convalescent de-
tachments Nos. 16. 81. So. Sc. So. Il.
73. "a. rs. Sc. 50. go. 81. 90. 90 and
JOG: evacuation ambulance company
No. so. New York; Company NJ, 345th
infantry. New York: detachment o.
casual company 81. PENNSYLVANIA.
With Occupation Army.
Coblenz. Feb. 25.-A. P.)-The ap-
proximate dates of the departure for
home Of two national guard and two
national army divisions. comprising
half the American army OF occupa-
tion. were announced yesterday at
tho Third army headouar-ers.
The Thirtv-second division and the
Forty sccond "a Rainbow division
viii leave ai-ok April i. and the