The sun., 1919-03-12
2,849 MORE TROOPS
! OF THE 9TH BACK
Return on Mt. Vernon, Victor
!: in Ocean Race With the
j: AgamemnOn. i
FIGHTING M. P.S HOME
;
Old First Cavalry Only Mill
4: tary Cops to Go Over
: Top in France.
M. P.S HOME

Nome yesterday aboard three transports,
The Agamemnon, tho Mount Vernon and
the Ohioan. many with decorations and
hundreds with battle yarns TO spin that
do not differ materially from the fine
collection already printed.
The Mount Vernon, originally the
crack North German Lloyd liner Kron-
prinzessin Cecilie. reestablished her SUI
premacy as a transatlantic racer by
beating the Agamemnon, formerly the
Kaiser Wilhelm H., TO port. The sched-
ule of the ships was upset because of
tho ambition of their shippers to get the
better Of each other. They arrived a
day earlier than they were expected, the
Mount Vernon docking several hours
before the Agamemnon. On the racing
lane the ekippers. in the spirit of their
sporting predecessors of clipper DAYS
chaffed each other by wireless which
the old timers could not do
/: Ex-Cavalrymen Return.
In the Mount vernon's contingent were
pghty-fve officers and 2,T64 men of the
Twenty Division. including the
Military police, in command of Capt.
Juan Cebales Of 112 Wall street and Bay
Shore, made up mostly of college men
taken from the old First New York Cav
airy. This was the only organization of
Us kind to go over the top, losing in the
engagement one man, tTlNaJe Les
lie Callahan of this city, and having
fourteen wounded. Six men have been
recommended for the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross
The 102d Ammunition Train. in COM
mand of Col. Walter l.. Bell of Buffalo,
fought up to the signing Of the armstice.
Hess than forty were killed. and Col
Bell says this was not due to their lack
Of dash. but to the poor craftsmanship
or the Germans. The train carried shells
and ammunition at night and fought in
sectors occupied three years by the Ger
mans.
Sergeant Major Gaylord w. Elliott of
this borough with Doubleday, Page &
Co. told how in September when his
camp was bombarded by a feet Of Ger
man planes, Major Percy Maggie. Tam
many Hall politician. was blown from
Els cot. but was uninjured. Major
Sagle was an officer OF the Adjutants Of
nee of the National Guard when he went
10 war private. lie rose 10 a Cap
taincy and finally became a Major
through attention 10 duty and saiantry
at yerdun.
Sergt. Il. Demo- of Rochester formerly of
the Belgian army. was taken prisoner by
the Germans with his wife. He escaped
and returned to America and enlisted
when the United States went into the
debarkation camp at Brest he saw
woman in the crowd that ne recognized
As his wife. She had been working in
German munition factories, and when
the armistice came she was sent back
with other refugees The sergeant got
permission to bring his wife with him.
Brings German Police Dog.
Sergeant John Weston OF Brooklyn
ha1 To- doc
mat he hopes to naturalize. The dog
yas found in the Hindenburg tunnel.
The sergeant says he had to feed the
hig beast from a distance. at first as
the animal made an effort to eat every
body in khaki. He bit a piece out OF
one OF the sergeants legs and clawed
his coat nearly off before consenting to
De suodued lie was used to carry mos
sages from German headquarters TO
Sarious divisional headquarters. Weston
Utilized the German language to help
C.viize the dog which now understands
Straight American.
Aboard the Agamemnon were Mr. and
Mrs. viii Greasy. vaudeville folk. who
have been entertaining the dough boys
under Y. NJ c. A. management. Both
Were gsssed near Metz in September
F,hey were giving a performance when
I'm. Pershing came along and they
asked him to ssop and see the show.
He said he had an important engage
ment. II was bossng the St Mihiel
drive. which began next morning A
rhonth later the Cressys met the Cen
eral and he asked:
How did you like my show
at was a pretty good one" they re-
Flied
when 7 told you 7 had an engage
ment," said the General ~ had that
show in mind, and that's why l could
not see yours
The ranking officer on the Agamem-
non was Col. Benjamin b. Shedd OF Bos-
ton shoe manufacturer who went over
with the Fifty-ffth Coast Artillery. a
Sew England regiment that got home in
January. Col Shedd has been with the
Department Of Reparation and Damage
IN France investigate the despoliation
Of shoe factories and tanneries there
He said:
=. ut is impossible to estimate accurately
The damage the Germans have done but
Z can say that the claims made by the
French are fair. and the amount will not
cover the immense losses. The Germans
%aged an industrial warfare against
France in order to kill her chances ever
10 become again a competitor Of Ger
many. The Germans have ATTEMPTED
hneuccessfully to learn the secrets OF
French tanning factories and other in |
dustrial plants"
Negro Officer War Cross.
.s.Lieut. Ro5eTt l., &c TpbeN, a negro. 81
Montgomery. Ala. brought the first Dis |
einguishesd Service Cross pinned on a |
eolored man by Gen. Pershing He
Joined negro regiment from the South
and won his promotion by Sallautry and
study. He got the cross for services a 9
despatch bearer. traversing a field !
under heavy shell and rife fire
Lieut.. Il. T. Donnelly. who has been
swenty-six years in the navy and got
his commission when America entered
the war. was In command OF the three !
WASTED armed schooner Glenn, which !
posed as plain peaceful merchant craft
N the Mediterranean. German sub !
marine, surprising that the Glenn would !
he an unresisting victim. came TO the
surface and opened fire with her guns, !
The Glenn responded, and after thirty
mi fta1 n( 1t,n l. 81.