Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-15
MORE OREGON Troops
LANDED IN new YORK
HARB|R This MORNING
Boys OF 346th Field Artillery
Disappointed In Not Get
ing Into Fighting.

New York Ian. i5.-The United
States cruiser - ,.cl,a aIiived in New
Y'.k hsrbor t, =, -,ing Amerlc-.4
troops.
On board were As officers and 1854
enlisted mon. OF this number 800 were
sick or wounded.
| Twenty two cases of influenza were
reported during the trip across.
The men of the 346th field artillery
aboard were from California, Oregon
Washington, Montana and Idaho.
| They were loaded down with trophies
from the battlefields, gathered just aft
er the arlnistice fas signed.
The men all of whom trained at Camp
Lewis, said they sailed for France on
July IL On the steamer Baltic, and en-
campeo near Bordeaux after trip via
Liverpool. Later they wore moved to
lNeufcnateau, near Nancy.
| On November they were ordered ia
begin moving intN battle. November
III, as they were on the even Of going
into action, the armistice ended hosti i
ties.
Tho 346th artillery embarked at
Brest for the return trip home on jan
uary 2. The trip across was unevent-
full except on the second dav out when
the ship ran into severe storm. There
was one death from influenza.
Enthusiastic Reception
| The returning artillerymen were Civ
en- an enthusiastic reception upon their
arrival here. The mayor 3 committee
met them as they entered the harbor
and put aboard cigarettes and news
papers.
At the dock an army band played
patriotic selections as they passed
ashoro. They were greeted by repre-
sentatives of the Salvation Army, Red
Cross and Y. M. G. A. who gave them
sandwiches and hot coffee.
Immediately upon debarkation the
artillerymen were taken to Camp Mer-
ritt by special train. Later they will
60 to Camp Lewis for rehabilitation.
Battery A with Captain Hamilton
Gardner of Salt Lake City was the
first unit to leave the transport.
"We sure were disappointed bunch
when the armistice was signed before
we got crack at the Hun, = declared
Private L. R. Greenman of Portland,
Or. He said the regiment was about to
move to the firing line with its motor
batteries of French 1914 when the
fighting was stopped.
Captain Benjamin B. Foster Of San
Rafael, Cal, was in command of bat
tery B. He said that the artillerymcn
had undergone most intensive train
ing program and were about to be
rushed into the st. Mihiel sector when
the amistice came.
Among the members Of this battery
who landed were Privates Lyle Ander-
son, Boise, Idaho; Paul w. Wood, East
Helena, Mont, and A. c. Clayton,
Kingman, Ariz.
Glad to Get Homs
"We are surely glad to get home al
though our experience in France was
we'll worth the trip, said Walter
Thopson, Spokane.
"The French people treated un
well.n
Captain Charles F'ertig, Spokane,
Wash, was in command of battery q.
Othcr members Of the battery were
Privates Harry Jackson, Poeatello, Ida
Iho, and Bud Lewis Of Twin Falls, Ida.
Others on board included Lieutenant
E. C. Thayer, Portland, Or; Privates
H. O. Compton, San Francisco; John Il.
Peradotto, Seattle, and Peter McIn-
tyer, Pendleton, Ore.
The boys of the 346th artillery we're
confidsnt that their lucky number was
| in "lS.', From the time they sailed
| from New York, until they returned,
l"l3n followed them with the best
/ luck.
According to the artillerymen "l3"
was with them as follows:
Sailed from New York, en- the Bal
| tie, July Is.
Passed Statue Of Liberty at l3 min
utes past one, the thirteenth hour.
Thirteen days going across to Eng
land.
Camp De Souge, France, for embar-
kation home on Friday, December ID.
! Reached Brest after IL days jour
ney.
! Sailed from Brest with 1900 men in
regiment.