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for the trip to Camp Dix, where they
will be mustered out of the service
The Ohioan brought back mostly men
from the West and South. Two Phila
delphia officers and one from Doyles.
town, Pa, were aboard. There were
number of Philadelphia soldiers, a few
froU New York and Pennsylvania.
The troops aboard the Ohioan were
under the command of Captain F. A.
Kittredge, of San Francisco, Cal.
! The following units are aboard the
Ohioan Twentieth Engineers. Com
pany As; Twelfth Bakery Company,
530th Engineers. Thirty ninth Camp
Hospital; Ninety fifth Base Hospital.
Ninety eighth Base Hospital, 319th
Field Remount Squadron. Casual Com
panes 1906. 1916, 1920. 1888 of the
West, and 1911 and 1914. of Virginia.
The Philadelphia officers aboard the
Ohioan were Captain d. c. Nupp. of
1O11 Spruce street. and DR.. G.. Ii.
! Weber, Of 100 Pine street a major,
returned from Base Hospital No 9S,
where he said 2J.000 wounded and gas
Cases had been treated during the war
The Doylcstown officer was Lieuten-
ant Il. G. Hedricks, of the 3O2d Bat
TALON, Tank Corps.
Lieutenant Hedricks was Junior
at Dickinson College when he enlisted
At college he distinguished himself as
center on the football team. He re-
turned with sixty nine men of his
command.
The enlisted men from Philadelphia
and vicinity who returned on the Ohioan
inre:
James p. Mcdonnell. 1892 Folsom
street; Thomas J. Johnson. 2J41 East
Hazard street; Joseph F. Roddy, 5120
Reno street; Henry V. Collins, of
Rutherford. n. j.. William Silcox, of
Dover. n. j.; Lewis Pete, 264 North
Darien street: Edmund l.. Geasey, 1904
North Park avenue; J. Warren Shoe
maker, 100 South Twentieth street. Ed
ward Switzer, 2439 West Jefferson
street Douglas c. Koepke. of Newark,
n. j.; Cornelius Burns, of Bayonne,
n. j.; William b. Grauel, 32S North
Wilton street. Harry G. MOsler, 1I12
Wharton street.
New Jersey Men Aboard
Ferry avenue; Otto Gramenstetter. of
Glassboro, n. j.; George X. Handle,
of Folcroft. Pa. Thomas b. McMahon.
of Jersey City. n. j.; James e. Potts.
of Trenton. n. j.. Charles r. Lessig.
of Reading, Pa. ; Carl c. Marks, of
Jersey City, n. j.; Frank Gottesfeld.
1905 North Seventh street: Arthur p.
Musser, of Newark, n. j.; w. II.
Hagen, of Roulette. Pa. John f. Hoff-
master. of Carlisle. Pa. : W. NJ. Strutz-
man. of JohnstOwn. Pa; Sergeant
Harry f. Filler of Altoona. Pa; Cor
don NJ. Backus. of Hackensack, n. J.
Howard Anthony. 1929 North Twen
ty seventh street Douglas NJ. Denim
ger. of Spangler Pa. and Sergeant f.
r. DcLan. of Fifty eighth street and
Walton avenue.
Real "doughboys' of bakery unit
were aboard. The men. all of whom
come from homes in Texas. declared
they baked two million loaves of bread
during the six months they were sta
toned at Bordeaux. France.
A quartet of Philadelphia singers
aboard received no end of honors in
France in appreciation of their enter
tanning concerts.
Sang Before Wilson
Each member of the quartet received
n medal from the mayor of Verdun. who
spoke highly of their ability. The men
gave a concert which was attended by
President Wilson, President Poincaire
of France, General Pershing and other
high officials.
In addition to giving concerts under
their own direction, the men also sang
with Elsie Janis. the musical comedy
star, for six weeks. They were in
France for seventeen months and gave
about 500 concerts.
The members of the quartet are Lewis
Petal, Wallace Joure Dennis Toursi-
zant and William Tatro, all of 262
North Darien street.
In discussing conditions in France,
they said that the French soldiers had
little use for the Americans. This feel
ing has been aroused, according to the
singers, because the French soldiers
believe that the Americans claim credit
for winning the war.
Parrot is Mascot
There were no end of mascots aboard
the Onl0aU. WO Oh lHe HlOSl inter
estng were a parrot and dog brought
from France by Lieutenant James Cain,
of Cohoes. n. Y. The bird and the dog
were found wandering about in the
Argonne. 1t is believed that they orig
inally belonged to the Germans.
The parrot, incidentally, appears to
be a linguist. as much of its vocabu
larry contains German and French
words. and it can swear in the Ameri
can tongue.
Private Thomas l.. McClelland was
the only soldier to be greeted by rela :
tiyes before he reached the Snyder ave
nue. pier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McClelland, OF
1854 Griscom street, parents, and Miss
Lillian Ecelston, fancee of the return
ing soldier, were the only relatives on
the Ashbridge. Private McClelland is
with the Forty eight Company of
Twentieth Engineers.
Sergeant Lester Cobb, who was
dubbed ''Ty" Cobb by the men of Base
Hospital No. 9S, in which unit he
served. was met at the pier by his
fancee, Miss Lucilla D'Orsay, of Nor
wood, Pa. Sergeant Cobb, whose home
is in Ridley Park, received a wireless
two days ago from Miss D'Orsay, in
which plans were made for their mar
riage. The wedding will take place a
short time after he leaves camp.
Contain Nunn returned with 2o3 sol