Evening star., 1919-05-06
MANY MORE YANKS
| BACK FROM France
Troops From Number of
States Among Arrivals.
Nurses Also Return.
SIX SHIPS MAKE PORT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 6.-The last units
OF the 77th U.iberty) Division. draft
ed men. mostly of New York, arrived
home today from Brest on the steam
ship President Grant. too late to pa
rade with their fellows through 5th
avenue. here.
In addition to these approximately
400 troops of the 77th. the President
Grant brought officers and 665 men
convalescing from illness or wounds.
and number of nurses and scattered
casuals-in all $3.50 troops and nurses
on the vessel. Brig. Gen. Herbert
Deakyne returned as a casual.
Huron Brings 2,70O.
Approximately 200 drafted men OF
Georgia, Alabama and Florida arrived
on the steamship Huron from Bor-
deaux. These troops of the SD Divi-
sion comprised the 3O7th Sanitary
Train complete. 3i9th Machine Gun
Battalion complete. 32Oth Machine
Gun Battalion. S2lst Machine Gun
Battalion. the divisions medical sup
ply unit, 311th mobile ordnance repair
shop complete and the divisions first
and second mobile demassing units
The Huron brought altogether 3.2e5
troops. including the l20th. l35th and
266th Aero squadrons
Twsive officers and 4l4 men, COM
prlsinS the Signal Corps of the 18th
Field Battalion. 3Sth Division tfor-
mer National Guard Of Indiana and
kentucky). arrived here today from
bordeaux on the steamship Houss-
tonic, which brought altogether 1899
troops. Other units Included the LIST
Anti-aircraft Machine Gun Battalion
complete, 5th Air Service casuais and
the 10th and 353d Aero squadrors.
Representatives Return.
The transport George Washington
with $3.50 troops arrived here yester-
day. The soldiers were members of
the 32d Division. Civilian passengers
on the George Washington included
Representatives William b. McKin-
ley. Martin 3. Madden and Richard
Yates of Illinois, Tom Connally of
Texas, c. w. Ramseyer of Iowa and
Ladislas Lazaro of Louisiana.
Three Other Transports Arrive.
The steamship Savoie, from Havre.
brought 316 casuals. including Brig.
Gen. John b. Bennett. These troops
comprised twenty-eight white and
colored officers and men discharged
from service, five on furlou9h. a few
SCdlItESQ CdSUdlS anu Inch lTOHl fAuOue
Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Illinois. Michigan. Wis
consin, Iowa, Missouri. California, Vir-
ginia, Florida, Mississippi. Arkansas
and Texas.
The transports Alphonso XIII and
Santa Ana, both from Bordeaux. also
arrived. with 125 officers and 2.54S
men. representing Tank Corps, ord
nance. veterinary, training and re
placement. evacuation hospital. re-
pair and salvage detachmentS of the
SD Division Georgia. Alabama and
Tennessee troops) and the 1st Army
Headquarters Artillery. Included
among the forty civilian passen gers
on the Alphonso XIII were thirty
seven French girls, the brides OF
American soldiers.
Arrivals at Newport News.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, May s;-The
transport MadawaSka arrived this
morning with the Blue and Gray Di-
vision, the Hath Infantry Regiment
almost complete, composed IN greater
part of New Jersey boys The total
number of officers and men aboard
was 2.200.
The battleship Connecticut, bring
ing additional units of the SD Pio-
neer Infantry, six casual companies
Of marines and fourteen casual ofh-
GERS a total of 1,2S2 officers and men.
reached here last night from France.
Transport Sailings Announced.
Transport sailings have been an
nounced as follows: The Great Northern.
due at New York May 9, has on board
the 125th Infantry, less Sd Battalion; SD
Infantry Brigade Headquarters; SIX
convalescent detachments and thirty
eight casual officers. Brig. Cen VIII
liam X. Smedberg. jr., commanding
the SD Infantry Brigade, is returning
on the ship.
The transport Antonio Lopez. due
at New York May IA. is bringing
four casual companies: I'd Battalion.
medical detachment, Companies E to
III. inclusive, of the 325th Infantry;
detachments 326th and 327th IN
fantry and three convalescent detach-
ments.
The transport P. de Satrustegui also
is due at New York, May IA, with Bat
terry e of the 321st Field Artillery
headquarters. Sd Battalion. Company
/ to M of the 325th Infantry; detach-
ment of the 32Sth Infantry and one
conyalescent detachment.
The transport West Shore, due at
New York May II. has on board
motor transport convoy detachment
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