Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
|61 CITY SOLDIERS
] LAND in VIRGINIA
Famed phantom Regi-
ment'' Among Heroes
Back From Overseas
5000 ABOARD TRANSPORT
SD Coast Artillery and 56th
Engineers With Philadel-
phians Return

'sixty-one Philadelphians are in
ciuded in the ranks of the famous
"Phantom Regiment and other units
which have arrived at Newport News
aboard the transport Nansemond from
Overseas.
More than 5000 veterans of foreign
service arrived on the transport. most
of them being three stripers," men
whose three gold chevrons attested eigh-
teen months abroad against the Ger
mans.
The Phantom Regiment" became
known from end TO end Of the American
lines Attached to no division, 1t was
here today and gone tomorrow, con-
stantly being moved to another spot
where the valor of the men would be
most useful in the fighting.
=, The regiment went abroad as the Sew
tenty.fourth Engineers, but its uncanny
ability of turning up at a point of stress
at Just the opportune moment earned its
nickname.
other units in which Philadelphians
returned on the ship were parts Of the
f Fifty-third Coast Artillery and the Fif-
ty-sixth Engineers. Several Fhiladel-
phia casuals unattached to any particu-
lar unit also arrived. The men Will be
uuartered at Newport News for few
DAYS and then sent to the demobilza-
ton camp nearest their homes.
Heroes Given Royal Welcome
The men were given royal welcome
at the landing the reception eclpsing
any yet rendered TO returning heroes al
the southern port. Several bands were
in attendance The men were given d
chance to speak 10 welcoming relatives
waiting on the pier and several touching
reunions were witnessed by thousands.
An anxious mother from New York
and a wife with the baby whom the
father had never seen were among those
who greeted soldiers.
The Philadelphians who returned on
the Nansemond are:
Cougers Read 209 Chestnut street;
George Hermuth. 1858 Percy street:
Albert Hasbock, 442 East Girard ave-
nue.: Lansing McCurley; Albert Floyd,
1919 Ruby street; Peter ]. Brown, 1911
/. South Beechwood street: John j. Clark,
1926 Airdrie street, and John White,
y017 Fitzwater street all members of
the casual units.
Local men in the Fifty-third Coast
Artillery included
: William T.. McCusker. 3947 North
Franklin street; Sergeant W. +. Small.
1901 Arch street; Corporal Clayton Diet
ze, l649 Dounton street; David Reed,
soo4 Frankford avenue; Harry Schner-
berg. 2912 North Fifth street; W. b.
Z Bushey. 1874 West Huntington street;
Joseph p. Bealin. 503s Hooper street,
and Joseph Schoiched, 243l South Eighth
I street.
City Engineers who Landed
In the Fifty-sixth Engineers were
First Lieutenant Hiram G Straub, 1910
Fontaine street; Edward Flannery, 1888
North Twenty-seventh street: William
ID. Hamilton, 706 jefferson street: Cor
poral NJ p. Banks. 1900 South Iseminger
street: Francis O.. Hoke, 222O North
Delhi street: Corporal Ralph +. Lare.
sos Hermitage street. RoXborough:
William j. Poppert, 626 North twenty
seventh street; William II. Herbnger,
284O Lambert street; Edward L. Meyer.
2O15 East Orleans street; William y.
Yates, 1859 North Thirty-f1rst street;
Maxwell Platt. 1888 East Moyamensing
avenue William S. Jamison, 2l1O North
Twentieth street: Ernest Hopkinson,
5220 North Second street: James j.
Carmley, lib Tree street; John j. Nc
CarrCn, 1122 Dunton street: Gustave q.
CHASER. PA West Wildey street Will
liam F. Fynes, 27O7 Latons street
Lawrence Gress, 421 West oxford
street Robert b. Stewart, 1912 Glen
wood avenue: John +. Buehner, 1854
Mascher street; Carl NJ. Fetters, 1907
Woodland avenue Carl A. Schultz, 1868
Wister street. Frank B. Lewis, 2539
Collins street Sergeant Erwin p, Zem-
brodt 2352 Moore street Andrew DAWN
port, 239N North Mildred street, and
Frank Y. Costello, 4129 Tower street.
In the Seventy-fourth Engineers were
Thomas NJ. Fisher. 207 Rochelle ave-
nue., wissahickon; John Buehr, 9l3
West Susquehanna avenue; Elwood W.
Morgan. $500 Jefferson street; Thomas
~. Wilk, 9i0 Orkney street; Sergeant
Robert Joyce, s24 North Ringgold street:
Arthur B. Stern, 4535 Pine street; will
liam j. Krohn, 1894 South Eighteenth
street: Joseph Gilmartin, 1909 Morris
street; John y. Stokley, 405l Aspen
street Henry j. Brown, 1915 G street
Morris Spaet. 204 Rochelle avenue, Wis
.sahickon Alexander A. Marks, 1919