The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-30
TRANSPORTS SIGHT!
SEA TOSSED MINES
Sharpshooters Of Luckenbach
and Lancaster Rid Ocean
of Two Menaces.
2,722 OF 18TH COME IN
DOughboys on Italia Set Rec
ord for Coaling Ship When
Shovelers Quit.

When the transport Julia Luckenbacf.
IN yesterday with 2.722 officers and men
OF the Seventy-eighth or Lightning Dr.
troops. was ten hours out OF Bordeaux
on the afternoon Of May l6 a drifting
mine was sighted. The transport circled
the mine and sharpshooters began pop
pering It. 1t did not explode, but swiftly
filled and sank. On the same evening
the transport Lancaster. which departed
from Bordeaux six hours astern Of the
Luckenbach, reported that she also had
sighted mines and had sunk one by rife
firc.
The Luckenbach's sharpshooters had a
chance to try their skill on q school of
whales sighted on Wednesday. They
were long distance Off and II was not
known whether any of the big mammals
were killed by the fusillade.
Hoboken and Jersey City. assisted by
welcomers on excursion boats that went
down the bay. gave uproarious greeting
to the soldiers.
The steamship Italia. from Marseilles
by way OF Gibraltar, brought nineteen
officers and 1,044 men. chiefly of the
seth Field Signal Battalion. in COM
mand of Col Colin NJ. Carter Of Ala
bama. In this outfit were thirty-five
men of the Western Electric Company,
who were welcomed by their fellow work.
men. The battalion was the first signal
unit to arrive in France and was cited
for its work by Gen. Pershing.
The Italia made a swifter trip than
her skipper expected because the husky
dcughboys volunteered to coal ship at
there had decided TO take an extended
holiday. which began with the celebra-
tion OF the wedding at Gibraltar OF n
Spanish stevedore. The next day was
Spanish festival and between the two
celebrations the coaling force lost its
energy and was unable on the third day
to work more than a few hours. Then
the skipper called for volunteers and
zoo soldiers responded and put 1000
tens Of coal aboard in eleven hours. the
quickest job of its kind on record at
Gibraltar
The naval transport Kroonland fin
isAed yesterday her tenth trip as a
troop carrier. bringing home $500 off,
GERS and men. chiefly of the Seventy
niaeth Division. in command of Major
Gen. Joseph T. Kuhn, who were greeted
vociferously down the bay by visiting
Philadelphians Gen. Kuhn took the
Seventy" nineth Division over with him
and went through. all its battles. His
associates gave a gold watch to him on
the trip. experimenting the Cross of the
Legion OF Honor and the Croix de
Guerre won by gallant service.
Aboard the Cape May were 80 officers
and 1898 men of the s26th Infantry, in
command OF Col. ]. X. Miller of Indiana,
which went over in April. 1918, and dis
tinEuisSed itself in the Argonne- Meuse
offensive. Its casualsties were l,40O, of
which $50 were killed n taction - ,
The following troopships are due here
to-day:
Rotterdam. from Brest May 10. with
1921 military passengers, including
haJor-Gen. Frank L. VIM. commanding
Etgnty-ninth Division; Brig.-Gen. George
c. Barnhardt, commanding l7Sth Infan-
try, and Brig. Gen. William w After
bury: 314th Motor Supply Train COM
plete. 10 officers and 492 men; Eighty
ninth Division headquarters troop and
detachment. officers and 2sS men
305th Sanitary Train complete, 40 off,
GERS and ST. men: 313th Field Artillery
casual company, l officer and 1lS men
17Sth Infantry Brigade headquarters. 6
officers and 10 men; Eighty-ninth Divi-
sion headquarters. IS officers and rs
casual officers. VIII dock this afternoon.
Ryndam. from st. Nazaire MAY 10,
with S49th Infantry. field and STAFF head
quarters: Second and Third Battalion
headquarters. medical detachment and
!, L, ~. IL
M. sc officers and 1,S47 men; 175th In
fantry Brigade headquarters officers
and 40 men; 313th Field Battalion Sig
nal Corps and supply detachment and
Company c, officers and 265 men: 5
ST Nazaire convalescent attachments, %
officers and 7O2 men. and Brig. Gen. NJ.
b. Stewart OF the 175th Infantry.
Great Northern, from Brest May 90.
with 111th Engineers. less detachment OF
OfflCarg - officers nd
Sanitary Train headquarters, ambulance
section headquarters and Ambulance
Companies al, 1f2, 143 and 144, IA Of
hcers and 4S7 men 144th Infantry De-
tachment Company l., . officers and 80
men: Brest Convalescent Detachments
2S2 TO PSI inclusive, 706 men, and a
casual officers. VIII dock this morning
Mobile. from Brest May 20. with the
32Oth Infantry complete, 95 officers and
S,295 men; 315th Machine Gun Battalion
complete. % officers and 7Os men; 3O5th
Field Signal Corps Battalion, officers
and 422 men: Eightieth Division milf
tary police company and medical detach-
ment officers and PIP men; lGOth In
fantry Brigade headquarters and veter-
mary field unit officers and "a men
3l6th sales commissary unit, l officer
and 10 men, 10 nurses and 60 casual
officers.
X !. Luckenbach. from Bordeaux Nav
II. with the Twentieth Engineers, de-
tachment Tenth Battalion and medical
detachment companies, Al officers and
1885 men; 3o3d Supply Train. headauar-
ters detachment medical detachment
ana Companies A to Z inclusive Off
GERS and 43S men; Twelfth Transporta-
ton Casual Company. officers and l2e
men, and the Ninth Bakery Company, l
officer and 70 men.
Canada, from Marseilles May Is, with
the Twenty-third Evacuation Hospital. 7 |
officers and 167 men; Fifty-frst Base
Hospital. officers and 253 men; Fifty !
fifth Base Hospital, IL officers ana 1873
men; Fifteenth Camp Hospital, IA off, |
GERS and n men; Forty-second Camp |
Hospital. officers and II men, 80 cas- |
ual officers and 20 casual and special /
casual companies
Santa Clara, from Bordeaux Nav IL. |
with tho Twelfth Convalescent Detach-
ment OF officers and SO men, the Tooth |
transportation Corps of officers and |
lsS men, eight casual and special casual
companies OF Is officers and 1887 men
and 10 casual officers.
SaXonia, from Brest MAY 10. with
conValescent detachments OF 2 officers
and S65 men, Company -. 142d lnfan-
try. officers and 100 men; medical de-
tachment. officers and 35 men, and Gl