New-York tribune., 1919-07-28
5000 War Veterans.
Vaccinated ON Ship,
Arrive From France
Fighters, Brides and Relief
Workers Sore in Body
and Spirit as Filipino
Youth Gets Smallpox

The most upset aggregation of re-
turning troops, European brides, sail
ors and women war workers that has
come to these shores since the signing
of the armistce arrived yesterday on
the transport Mobile from Brest
Every person on board-thcre were
about 5,200-was sore in body and
spirit. And it all came about because
young Filipino mess boy gave evil
dence of mild case of smallpox when
Of the French coast
Fortunately for the travellers, the
Transports surAeons were we'll stocked
with vaccine, and they plastered i.
literally over the arms of every man
aboard
Some of the women travellers, in
cluding a few brides accustomed to
wearing evening gowns, protested
against the process of soaring their
arms and compromised by Offering their
apkles.
The homecomers were thankful, the
officers said, for the fair weather.
There was no pitching or rolling Of
L,
was painful process when the war
rlors had to sling their heavy packs
over their aching shoulders.
Delay at Quarantine
After delay of four hours in quar-
antine the Mobile was released and
landed her travellers in Hoboken.
Carlos Carpio, the smallpox patient,
was removed to Swinburne Island, and
his three bunk mates. who had shown
no symptoms of the disease, were taken
to Hoffman Island for observation.
On the Mobile came 4,971 officers
and men. including the entire 47th In
fantry, the first unit Of the 4th Divi-
sion to return.
Coming home at the tail end of the
homeward exodus from France, when
soldiers no longer attract much public
attention, the men said they felt that
themselves the "Forgotten Fourth"
The unit, which returned in com
mand Of Lieutenant Colonel Manton c.
Mitchell, of Providence, R. L., went
into action in July, 1918, with the
Rainbow Division, and for the last
eight months has been with the Army
of Occupation near Coblcnz.
During the engagements at st. Mi
hiel along the Marnc and in the Ar
gonne Forest, the regiment, which had
$3.50 officers and mon, suffered casual
ties of 2,747 killed, wounded and
gassed. Ten officers and thirty-four men
of the 47th have received the D. S. C.
Among the homccomcrs was Captain
Leon Dabo, a landscape artist, of this
city, who was aidc-de- camp to Majo
General Hershey, of the 4th Division.
He went overseas more than year
ago on the staff of the 9th Division.
Brides From Five Nations
The Mobile brought 1873 brides. Four
were from Russia, thirty-sevcn from
Luxembourg, one from Italy two from
Belgium and the remainder from
France. The Russian brides were the
wives of men of the 339th Infantry
who had served in Archangel.
On the Santa Teresa from st. Ma
zare came 1888 officers and men, in
cludng the 18th Base Hospital >at
Savanay, in command of Lieutenant
few weeks of the war it handled 10000
cases. Among other units was Com
pany G of the I'd Pioneer Infantry, for
morly the old 18th Of Brooklyn.
When the vessel was four hours out
Of port Private James Mcpherson, a
casual, jumped overheard from a gun
platform. Persons who talked with
him shortly before he lcapcd said Nc
Pherson appeared to be dementcd
A dozen life rings and belts were
brown TO him, but he refused to grasp
them ard sank. The vessel steamed
around and stopped for an hour in the
vicinity, but the soldiers body was not
recovered. According to army records,
.fcPhcrson's nearest Of kin is Miss
May Thompson, Of Erie, Penn.
The transport Martha Washington
arrived, with 2,735 officers and men,
made up largely Of motor transport
companies. The troop commander was
Colonel S. G. Shartle, of Portland, Me
Among the casual passengers was
Brigadier General Malvern Hill Bar
mum, head of the military armisticc
mission.
On her last eastward trip the Martha
Washington carried 900 intcrncd Ger
mans and landed them at Rotte rdam