The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-01
Entire 10th Field Artillery
Sailed From Brest On Mon
day To Reach New York
On May 5th.
WANT KENOSHANS HERE FIRST
Welcome Home Committee Asks Gen.
eral March To Arrange Route To De-
mobilization Camps TO Send Keno
sha Men Through Home City.

The 120th Field Artillery sailed
from Brest for New York on Monday.
This is the word brought today by the
Associated Press and hundreds of pe0-
pie in Kenosha were made glad by
the hope of the early return home of
the members of Battery 2, which has
been part Of this army unit. The
same message brought the word that
the Headquarters Company of the 57th
Artillery Brigade sailed with the 12Oth
This also includes number Of Keno
sha soldiers.
The men-1,724 in all-sailed on the
Wilhelmina and the big transport is
scheduled to reach New York on the
morning Of next Monday.
With proper speed in providing for
rehabilitation the members of these
units should reach Kenosha not later
than the middle of May.
The Kenosha Welcome Home Com
mittee is not going to be slipped up on
in connection with the return Of the
members of Battery E. and Company
M, who are with the Thirty -second di-
vision If early action is going to do
any good and today members of the
committee have sent communication
to Chief of Staff Peyton G. March at
Washington asking him that the Wis
consin members Of the Thirty-second
Division coming home from France for
disqualification be allowed to pass
through the gateway" Of Wisconsin.
They want General March to see to it
that the members of this division are
routed to Wisconsin by way of Keno
sha and the Northwestern road and the
request asks that the men from Keno
sha and there may be over two hun
dred of them that the customary seven
to ten hours leave granted to the men
for review be granted to them when
they reach Kenosha rather than when
they reach Milwaukee. The city of
Milwaukee is planning to give a great
welcome to the volunteer division when
it returns but it is possible that the
Chief Of Staff may see fit to allow the
Kenosha men to stop over in Kenosha
on the way to the rehabilitation
camp.
It is admitted that schedules for the
moving of the troops on their return
from France are made many weeks in
advance of their leaving the eastern
seaboard camps but the members Of the
Kenosha committee hope to get into
the game before these schedules are
made. The return Of the Thirty-sec-
ond promises to be the most interesting
event in waning days of war. These
men are going to get tremendous re-
ception when they arrive. It is prob
able that they will follow the steps
of the 34oth infantry and be sent to
Camp Grant for rehabilitation
Edward Chester, a sergeant with
Battery E. may not be able to come
home with the rest of the boys. A lot
of his personal effects have already
been received by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John 7. Chester of Park Row and
they had been expecting him to drop
in on them any day when they received
letter announcing that he and one
other Sergeant Of his company had
been detailed for special work and that
he could no say when he would be able
to leave for home.
It is believed that very large pro,
portion of the men who left Kenosha
with Troop E and with Company NJ
will come back with the Thirty -second.
Several letters have been received from
the boys in recent days and they were
all moving toward Brest for embarka
ton at the time these letters were sent.