The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-28
SEDAN HEROES
REACH BOSTON
Unexpected Arrival Hurries
Change in Plans in Honor
Of Rainbow Troops.
5,sa5 OF 77TH LAND
Transport America Brings
7,051 Soldiers-Numer-
Gus Others Dock.

Gus Others Dock.
Boston, April 2s.-Brig. Gen. VIM
nj. Fassett, commanding the Firs
United States army corps and troop.
of the Forty second (Rainbow) di.
vision, heroes of Sedan, the last city
taken by American troops before the
armistice was signed, arrived In Bos.
ton today aboard the transport Pre-.
toria. full day ahead of schedule
The unexpected arrival of the Pre-
toria caused hurried change to bt
made in plans for her reception. City
and state welcoming committees, al
well as friends and relatives of the
doughboys were notified by telephonf
late last night that the Pretoria ha
wirelessed the navy yard of her ref
ord run from Brest. The feet
welcoming boats went down the hi
Dor this forenoon and gave the !.
turning soldiers a noisy welcome )
Units aboard the Pretoria are Is
140th machine gun battalion, Il :
plete; the 150th machine gun bf- j.
ion, complete Gncluding Compa- A,
of Appleton. Wis.); 117th mobiI d.
nance repair shop, sales comfn,-Ary
unit No. 10, eight signal corps photo
sections, evacuation hospital No. 7,
detachment and headquarters troops
First army corps scattered, First
army corps headquarters scattered,
ordnance casual company No. 81
Pennsylvania), detacnments head
quarters Forty-s second division, de-
tachments of the 157th. the 1S6th in
fantry, 149th and 151st field artillery,
117th engineers and Al casual officers.
There were 2,126 soldiers aboard.
Landing in New York.
New York, April 2s.-The trans
port America arrived bere today with
7.O51 troops. OF the units aboard
160 officers and $3.50 men were of the
Seventy division New
York; Others included $50 men con-
valescing from illness or wounds, $50
of these being bedridden. Casuals in
cluded nine from South Carolina and
nurses. Maj.-Gen. Francis J.
Herman returned as a casual.
On the steamship Freedom, from
ST. Nazaire, 1,712 troops returned.
the majority of them members of
the Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty
fifth, Thirtietn, Thirty-second, Thir-
ty eighth. Forty-eighth and Seven
tieth base hospitals, assigned to va
rious camps.
Bringing 354 casual troops, the
steamship Lorraine arrived from
Havre. The majority of these men
are discharged from service, includ-
ing marines.
Twenty-one officers and 1,744 men
of the Twenty eighth division old
rational guard. re-
turned on the Minnesotan from ST.
Nazaire. M.nnesotarss brought also
tso men, convafescing from wounds
or illness, sixty Arkansas casuals and
a few civilians and naval men-1,96s
troops in all.
The Texan arrived later with g.,
ISL troops, nearly all assigned to the
east, middle and far west.
One officer and seven men, all
casuals. returned on the
steamship West Madaket from Brest.
Kansas Troops Land.
Newport News, Va. April 2s.--The
Aeolus, bringing 1854 Of
ficers and men from France. arrived
here today. Virtually all the troops
we're units of the Thirty-fift diYis-
ion Ckansas.
Approximately 5000 officers and
men arrived later from France on tue
transport Nansemond. In addition 70
units OF the Thirty-fftN division, the
vessel brought two casual companies
and nine officers and 3s4 men, sick
and wounded.
Eiahtieth Assigned to Sail.
Washington, April 2S.-All organi-
.ations of the Eightieth (Virgtnia,
West Virginia. Pennsylvania divis-
on were assigned today to early con-
10Y home. Bakery company NO. Slo
md the Twenty third company and
medical detachment OF the Twentieth
engineers also were so assigned.
Brig Gen. Galley Lands.
New York, April 2S.-Brig. Cen
George G. Gatiey. and the sixty
seventh field artillery brigade head
quarters arrived here Saturday on
he cruiser Huntington from Brest,
which. brought altogether 2.03S troops.
Sighted Floating Mine.
Washington, April 2S.-The troop
hin Pretoria sighted a floating mine
100 miles at sea, according to a radio
Message to the navy department late
Units Of 32d. Sail.
Washington, April 2S.-Units of the
Thirty second division were reported
w the war department today as hav-
ng sailed for home on the transports
Cap Finstere and huron
N bound for New York.
s8th and 5eth Released -
Washington. April 2S.-The seth
nd SSth divisions were released
.pril 25. and 26. for preparation for
eturn to the United States. the. war
apartment announced today. This
elease. officials explained. is not
ouivalent to designation to early
onvoy, which now may be eXpee.eo
/, the course of a few weeks. The
9th is composed Of Kansas. MIS-
ouri. and Colorado troops. and the
9Th of Minnesota, Iowa. Nehr SKA
nd North and South Dakota men.