The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-25
100000 YANKS
SAIL FOR HOME
IN SINGLE DAY
Nine Transports Carry Larg-
est Number of Returning
Soldiers Since Armistice.
(By Associated Press)


WASHINGTON. April 25.-sailing
of nine transports. the cruiser ST.
Louis and the battleship Nebraska all
loaded with returning troops and re-
presenting one of the largest single
days sailings since the armistice.
was announced by the war department
today. Nearly $4,000 officers and men
are on board the elecen ships.
The transport Sofia, due at New
York May 2, has on board bakery COM
panies Nos. 800 and 1926; supply and
medical sections, headquarters COM
pany and Companies ID and r, 408th
Telegraph Battalion: 465th Engineer
Pontoon Train: headquarters COM
pany, LIST Corps Sanitary Train: 161st,
162d and 1880 Ambulance Companies;
16lst, 162d and 163d Field Hospitals;
four casual companies.
The battleship Nebraska, due at
Newport News, May 3. has on board
the headquarters, ordnance and medi-
cal detachments, Companies A, B, c
and ID. Hath Engineers, and four cas-
ual officers
The cruiser st. Louis, due at New
York, May 2, has the following units
on board: Medical detachment and
Sd battalion. 307 Infantry; 372 Aero
Squadron; detachment base hospital
No. rs; nth Division Military Police;
one casual company
erigadier 10 Returning.
The transport Agamemnon due at
New York, April 20, has the 304th,
305th and 306th Field Artillery COM
plete; 152d Field Artillery Brigade
headquarters four convalescent de-
tachments, and 116 casual officers,
among them Brig. Gen. Pelham d.
Glasford and ten French officers.
The transport Canandiagua, due at
New York May 2, is bringing the field
and staff, headquarters and supply
companies, ordnance and medical de-
tachment. Batteries A. B, and f, 302d
Field Artillery; headquarters COM
pany, ordnance and sanitary detach-
ments. Companies A to d inclusive,
145th Machine Gun Battalion. Is Army
Artillery park; 18th and 23d photo
sections.
The transport General Goethals, due
at New York, May /, is bringing the
medical detachment and Companies
A, b, and G, 232d Field Signal Battal-
ion; 9th, 16lst, 4S7th, 494th, 655th
Aero Squadron; 3fSth Tank corps Re
placement Company.
ErinGs Tank Units
The transport Susquehanna, due at
Newport News about May l, has the
following tank corps units: 302d, 326
and 32Sth Battalions Of the 307th Bri-
gade; 307th Brigade Headquarters
company; 303d Tank Center. This
ship also has the 4th. 9th, 9Th, 18th, Sth
9th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 42d, ADD, Goth
and 1920 Balloon companies, Eyacua-
mi
five casual companies.
The transport Louisville, due at
New York April 80. has the medical
detachment, I'd Battalion Headquar-
ters; Companies F. G. and H of the
307th Infantry; 302d Field Signal Bat
talon; 302d Mobile Ordnance Repair
Shop; 302d Mobile Veterinary Section;
Sales .Commissary Unit 307;, I'd Bat
talon, less Company II, 1920 Infantry;
three casual companies, and seventy
four soldiers and sailors wives. ~,
The transport America due at New
York May 2, has Twenty-Five casual
companies.
The transport Pastores, due at New
port News, May /, has the field and
staff, Headquarters Company, 1st to
9Th Battalions of the Field Artillery
Replacement Regiment (no number
given) Sd Anti-aircraft Battalion, Stn
Aero Squadron and seven casual COM
panies.
The transport Henry r. Mallory, due
at New York May /, has the 309th
Field Signal Battalion, 304th, 332d and |
237th Battaliors, Tank Corps; 37Sth
Replacement Company, Tank Corps;
Casual Companies and c. Tank
Corps; 18th Aero Service Squadron;
goth and 96th Aero Squadrons, 169th
Aero Park, 4S5th Aero Construction
Squadron, evacuation hospital No 25
and four convalescent attachments.