The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-07
LEYIATHAN BRINGS
HALF TROOP QUOTA
Only s,41O, Mostly Of Second.
Indicate Small Percentage
, of Army Remains.
GENERAL OFFICERS BACK
80, 100000 in Gold Shipped to
Pay Troops, but Not Need
ed, Is Aboard.

France 10 fast losing the mighty force
OF Yankee armed men that helped her
win the war. troopships departing from
Brest recsntiy being laden 70 not much
more than half their capacity. The Le-
visthsn got In yesterdsy with ss<fe on
GERS and man. mainly Of the Second d.
vision, when she might have brought
twice that number. She lay ten days In
Brett. where there were also twenty
nine other troopships. before she could
get even this modest. for her. compliment
OF returning warriors. Not all the de-
lay was due to waiting for moro troops
II was deemed desirable TO let 1900
men who had never seen Paris, where q
tradition says all good Americans ex-
pect to 50 before they die. take three
days shore leave and take In the French
capital
The trip Of the big ship was through
seas smooth a. glass, to use nautical
sxagssration. which enabled the ships
surgeon. Commander Feed A. Asserson.
TO perform without any more trouble
than n he were on solid earth, three
operations for appendicitis and one for
the draining Of . pleurai cavity Of .
pneumonia patient Ali the patients are
getting well.
Julian Macdonald. second class cleo
trician, died Of pneumonia a. the trans
port nsared Sandy Hook. and his body
49, A. ArA~,
Of Lieut. Commander Charles o. Mas
Of the Naval Reserve and 1877 West
Fortisth street. who died in Paris while
doing Red Gross work several weeks ago.
General omeers Return.
Among the general officers arriving
by the Leviathan were Major Cen John
Biddis. who has been in command Of
the American Forces IN England; Brig.
adier-Gen, Charles q. Dawes, Major
Gen. william LAssiter, Brigadier-den.
Charles H. McKinstry and Brigadier-
Cen Daniel y. Craig, commanding the
Second Brigade Of Field Artillery OF TIE
Second Division. Gen. Dawes was Comp
troller Of Currency IN the Mckinley Ad.
ministration and was president OF the
Central Trust Company of Chicago when
he went out with the Seventeenth En-
chase Of supplies for all the Allied Ar
mics.
Second Division Units.
Men Of the Second Division coming by
the Leviathan were ths 18th Field Ar
tlilefy. Col. David McC. McKell COM
mandine, Sc officers and 1913 men: the
Second Supply Train, Is officers and SIS
men. and the Second Train Headquarters
and Military Police Company, officers
and 1913 men. The final unit Of the
Fourth Division. the 2sth Infantry. 10s
officers and 1859 men in command Of
Col. Frank c. Bellies, also, returned.
Thine Leviathan brought back 50. o00,-
900 In gold that had been taken abroad,
according to report on the transport,
70. pay OF the army stationed In Brest-
II was not needed. whatever may have
been the reason for sending 1t over. and
that is why 1t took q round trip to
Brsst.
The wilhelmina brought home the
Third Battalion Of the Sixth Marines,
thus completing the Second Division, ex-
cept q Signal Battalion held on the
Rhine for duty. that will be ready to
parade In Manhattan tomorrow. Col
Harry Lee OF Georgetown, d. c., COM
mander Of the Sixth Marines arrived
with the Third Battalion. AS a volun-
teer second lieutenant. he served through
the Spanish.American war and later fol-
lowed the fortunes Of his nemn into
many parts of the world. In proportion
to numbers, the regiment boasts OF hav-
Ing more decorated men than any other
command.