New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
Miniature A. E. F. y
Returns on Liner
George Washington
Every Branch of Army and
Civilian Service From All
European Military Centres
on Ship Wilson Sailed On

The transport George Washiny,o.
which carried President Wilson and 49,
party to and from the peace co,t..
ence, arrived yesterday from Breu
carrying Samuel Gompcrs, presiden. =,
the American Federation Of Labor a,s
2,4e9 officer. enlisted mon. Red cro..
nurses, welfare workers and civilian,
Besides thefe there were sixty-ains
soldiers wives and two soldiers chill
dren. Brigadier General John II. Rjcs
travelling as a casual was the higbes,
ranking officer on board
A. +. F. in Miniature
The troops returning on he Goory.
Washington were a composite Of tSs
entire A. +. F., every branch OF tho
service. almost every division, every
military centre in France. Gernanv
and Russia and every engagement IN
which American troops participated no.
ing represented on board Colonel OH
yer II. Dockery was the troop COM
mander OF the voyage from Brest
Among the civilian passengers listed
were men and women Who nave served
with the Peace Commiss on, the Lioui-
dation Commission, the Hoover Food
Commission, the American Relief Adj.
ministration, departments Of Com.
merce, the Interior AID STATE.
On board the George Nashingto,
were nineteen enlisted prisoners and
two officer prisoners. Tae names Of
the latter were given, although il wss
not stated what the charges agains.
them were. They are Second Lieuten.
ants Thomas Alexander and living A
Gabrye.
Sergeant Alvin Byrne. Of For.
Thomas, KY, died on board on Angus.
20 of diabetes. He enlisted six days
after the United States declared war
and was with the 1st Division twenty
two months, taking part in six major
and three minor operations.
Army Editor Home
Captain Roger Lewis. Of the Amer.
lean Red Cross and formerly Of .hs
Harvard Club. New York City. was
passenger, returning from Archareel.
where he served with the American
troops in Russia. While there he ed
tied and distributed The american SOL
diers' paper. The American Sentinel,
1t took ten days 10 get the paper from
Archangel, where II was printed. 10
some Of the points where the soldiers
were located.
What tho people in Archangel fear
as the Allied troops retire from North
Russia said Captain Lewis, "is whole
sale slaughter at the hands Of the Bol-
shevlki forces. The United States has
undertaken an obligation wa.ch il has
not fulfilled and when the troops are
all withdrawn the bourgeois govern
ment will be at the mercy Of the Bol.
shevists.'
Another transport 20 arrive from
brest yesterday was the Canandaigaa,
which docked At Iioboken, carrying IA
men. Included among the froops on
board was the Sd Ammunition Train.
Headquarters Detachment. Headquar-
ters Motor Battalion. medical and
ordnance detachment and companies
A. B, c. t, and 6. The troops were
commanded by Colonel George l.
Lowell. OF Leesburg, Fla. They carried
ammunition UP 10 the Sd Division. ex-
cept at St. Mihiel. where they sup
piled half dozen outfits.
Cunarder Brings Soldiers
The Cunard liner Royal George ar
rived yesterday with 1876 civilian pas.
sengers and almost 500 Americans who
had served with the British arnies
The soldiers We're met by an escort Of
the 18th Infantry in charge Of Major
Stockton. They marched I'D Fourteen
Street to Fourth Avenue. then to Park
Avenue and to the list Regiment Ar
mory, where they attended luncheon
and were discharged
AlfraI Df>,,, f}-....l -
trollcr arrived on The Royal George to
attend the international Cotton Confer
cnce at New Orleans in September He
said 100 English cotton m,l owners
probably would come here Tor the New
Orleans conference.
Delayed because she went to tho
assistance OF vessel wbica gnaled
IN distress and which could not be
found, the Dnca degli Abrugzi. an ltal-
ian liner, arrived yestcrda, with sew
enty-two first-ciass- III secoad-ciass
and thirty-two steeragc passengers.
" hen about four DAYS 1u. Captain
Slmone Cub. master OF tie sliD. re-
ceived message from nnorher sessel
which, according TO the code used. was
the kelX. The message read. "-;eamer
in distress. Latitude - degrees IS
minutes, longitude 81 Go grees 2l MIN
utes. Supposed to be the steamer kas-
deca. We are heading for her, but
are ninety miles away. Ii you are
near you can assist.
Finds No Trace of ship
Captain Gull steamed at fsl speed
for the place designated. bat could nnd
no trace oi the vessel lie Kept near
the region for SIX hours. during when
fifteen other ships came Up. The Nus
deca IS 1000 tons and belongs 10 tre
United States Shipping Board no
distress messages have been received
here from her
Lieutenant Charles T Malone Of
Nonkers. \. 4. VINO went over with the
American Ambulance Corps when only
nineteen, arrived on the Dlca degl
ADruzzi. lie was overseas for iwo ana
one half years lie served with me
ambulance and was later transierfea
TO the Lafayette Flying Corps e. the
French Army. with which Ne serFso
until the armisticc was signed. Nhiie
flying near the firing line n france
his machine developed engine trono'e
al height of 100 meters. a Atiie owe.
10000 icet. and started 30 TAI.
crashed into a farmhouse. tie WAS ne
hevod 10 be dead and all PREPARATION
for his burial were made. Nnen an AZ
terdant started 70 wipe the blood from
MS face. he was brought back 20 sem'-
consciousness and saved Later ne
Joined thc Red Cross and hse been ~
Berlin, Vienna and IN Prague, capitSi
of Czecho- Slovakia.
Two scandinavian liners. tle StaV-
anger. ,ord. OF the Norwce American
line. and the Stockho,q. o. rhe S"fd-
81 l. :. I ~. trS~