The sun., 1919-02-05
SECRETARY BAKER
SEES TROOPS LAND
Confers With MajOr-Gcn.
Shanks. Then WatchcsCcdrie
Disembark Thousands.
VETERAN GtNNERS BACK
Lieut.. O. J. GUIDE. Jr.. Returns
From Captivity--D0wned
Several Roche Filters.
VETERAN GtNNERS BACK

Secretary OF War Baker appeared I'M
expectedly yesterday afternoon on the
white Star pier at the foot OF "es'
Twenty-frst street. North River. ana
noted the landing OF troops from inc
White Star liner Cedric. In from Liver
pooi and Brcs,. As his Welt was not
official he was not saluted by any OF the
officers or men who came down the gang
plank. unless they happened TO have seen
him before and recognized him. 90.
The Secretary said he had been over
IN Hoboken going over the subject OF dis
embarking incoming troops with Major
Gen. Shanks and planning for the nan
ding of greater masses of men than,
heretofore had landed at this port
1t is not unlikely that the secretary's
visit" also vas inspired by the protests
Of officers who were held up overnight
racently when ,tne steamship Adriadc
arrived here and were not permitted TO
communicate with their wives. other rel
atiyes and friends waiting. for them out
side the customs lines on the pier.
Cedric Bring. Two Regiments.
The Cedric brought 3,5p7 officers and
men OF the Forty-fourth and Sixtieth
Coast ARTILLERY and large number OF
casuals The Forty-fourth, In command
Of Major Robert y Campbell, was con-
tinuously In service on the western front
from Aupril last and lost about 10 per
cent OF Its men. 1t helped to smash the
Hindenburg line and Its galIantry won
seventeen French decorations.
The Sixtieth Regiment. originally
made up of the old virginia National
Guard, comes back stu 40 per cent Viz
giris, commanded by Eleut.-Col. Fairfax
Ayres OF Rye, y. Y. The regiment won
two citations ana Ave OF its command
havo received the Distinguished Service
Cross.
Col F. IL Lincoln, in command OF all
the troops aboard the Cedric. went over
seas originally as assistant chief OF stan
of the American Artillery. and after the
death in battle of Col J. r. Wallace on
October ~, took command OF the
Sixtieth Coast Artillery.
Lieut.. o. J. GUIDE. Jr., 900 West Forty
second street. OF the Ninety-fourth Aero
SQUADRON brought down two Boone
planes in the Argonne in August last
year and two days later was shot down
himself behind the German lines ana
made prisoner. lie said he and his
fellow prisoners would have starved IL
II had not been for The Red Cross
Lieut.. Walter b. Ten Eyck. 81 Rod
ney street, Brooklyn, ain fighter comes
back with the Distinguish shed Service
Cross He went to France in January
last year. He was wounded several
times. In his final encounter, 5000
feet aIoft. on October % he WAS shot
through the shoulder and forced to earth
by squadron OF German planes, two
Of which he destroyed.
Hotel Cook Back With Cross.
Miss Emma B. Rousseau of Brockton
Mass. graduate OF the Boston Conserva-
tory of Music. went to France In June
1917. with thiriy-eight other telephone
operators who knew something of the
French language. She was at the ex-
change at Tours, headquarters OF the
air service. She refused TO relate her
adventures. Miss Nell s. wilkins an.
other telephone operator. Railing from
Fremont. Neb., attached TO the army
exchange at Paris. refused TO admit that
she had any title to emblerns OF glory.
Sergeant Mooney. once a food checker
Mt the Blltmorc and Aston hotels. came
hack with the rroiX de Guerre. He was
u
al tirt reared by a huge shell. was dug
out unconscious. but refused to go tc
hospital. and was bark on the fighting
line in a few days. lie suspects that. IL
why they gave him the decoration.
.Sergeants Samuel Matheson and Roy
Tyhurst. bunk,es were IN action n.
members OF the Forty fourth Artillery
In the Champagne woods near Rheims
Shells burst all around and finally a
fragment pieread the lung Of Tyhurst
Matheson bandaged him ana took hin
back through SHELL fire about iifty yard,
and then returned 20 the Job OF strains
The Hun. Fer. this lf-sacriecing lntle
bit Matheson got the Croix de Gherre.
Learns Tie Has Been cited.
Capt Herbert ". Hall OF Winsted
Conn. learned after landing that he hat
been cited by Gen. Pershing for the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and told how
he happened to win ths honor He sait
his command. OF the Forty fourth Artil
iery. had taken n narrow gauge railway
north OF Toul and the Germans decided
that they should not hold 1T. blowing 4
UP continually at different places
He went out 20 assist Lieut. piymp
ton. engineer officer. with detail o
volunteers to repair the breaks, She'll
came thick and fast and one strucI
close TO the repairers. killing Lieut.
Plympton and Corporal Tyler.
Capt. Hall. after convincing himsel
that he could do nothing for his com
rades, urged his men to complete tn,
work. which they did, with shells rain
ing around them. The citation says n
inspired them with decision and courage
by his own confidence and calmness.
The troopshlp Henry r. Mallory
forced into the Azores by rough weather
doeksd at Hoboken last night Sh
brought l.755 officers and men. chief
OF the 32Tth Field Artillery. which wen
to France IN September. and did not ge
into action, In the Mallory's contingen
OF wounded casuals were a score from
the metropolitan district.
Wounded. Meets Father Duffy.
Private William r. StuCkey, Flushine
OF Company D., lGjth Infantry. the oil
SiSty-nlnth was wounded in the face
shoulder and legs by shrapnel at 81
Mihiel, September ~ The first man h
met that no knew at the first aid statio
was Father Duffy, who said a praye
over him and then told him That by tn
time he got well the war would he over
which was true. Father Duffy. the sol
der said. waA always at work. Away
cheerful and always went to the fror
with the men of the l65th.
The Italian liner Duca d'Aosta, f-or
Narselles. came IN last evening too lat
10 dock. with 1905 officers and men, an
anchored I'm the bay. She will go to Pie