Evening star., 1923-02-08

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jority of the women never having
left their home towns until the voy-
age to America.
While at sea forty members of the
Sth Infantry were transferred from
the infantry for service in President
Hardings cavalry guard. stationed at
Fort Myer, Va, 1t was learned. All
of the men formerly were members
of the provisional cavalry squadron,
A. y. G., which acted as escort for
| men who visited Coblenz during the
past two years.
In relating their experiences at sea
the soldiers spoke wrathfully OF the
night of January 20, when the St.
Mihiel encountered a gale. The ves-
sci shipped much water and the for
ward matches. in which enlisted men
were Quartered, were flooded. They
found dry bunking space atop crates
containing machine gun carts.
Near-Funerai for All.
voyage. Say, bo.'' he said, I'VE all
! like to had funeral. This old tub
| rolled and wallowed around on old
man ocean on the night of January
80. until me and my wife and kid just
said ashes to ashes. dust to dust.
| You don't know how the women
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yelled every time the old tub squirm-
| ed. Believe me, land duty for mine"
| The vessel is said to have shipped
| much water that night, and the for
| ward matches. in which the enlisted
men were quartered, were flooded
They said they found dry bunking
space on top Of crates containing ma
| chine gun cars.
! A buddy came up through the hatch
way with many decorations on his
| a
| who won the war" He proved to be
Private Simon Prince of the medical
| detachment Prince is native OF
Pittsburgh, and wanted to know iii
the Smoky city was still on the
map"
Publish Paper at Sea-"
A feature of the voyage to Savan.
nah was the daily publication of the
Seagoing Amaroc." a continuation oi
the Amaroc News, published by the
tained wireless dispatches and shiI
gossip. Four hundred copies were is
sued daily. Members of the staff Of
the paper are to be stationed at For
Jay, where they will serve the re
mainder of their enlistments with the
Army publicity bureau.
! On January 81 a surgeon aboard tht
| transport sent by radio instructions foi
! caring for wounded seaman on ar
American freighter bound for Liverpool
! The seaman was said to have suffered
amputation of three fingers and his
ships captain asked for medical advice
by radio.
| Private George Brand entered port to-
day minus a shoe, his buddies said. The!
told Of how Brand, during gale wa:
thrown about the ships deck when {
wave broke over her. The soldier wa!
bruised considerably and III the tusslt
with the wave lost shoe.
Veteran of Six Campaigns.
On the roster of the transport:
soldier personnel is the name of a vet
eran of six campaigns. He is Private
Simon Prince of the medical detach
rnent Prince, who Is a native Of Pitts
burgh, Pa, served fourteen years in th'
British army. participating in the Boe
war, Egyptian and Indian campaign
and the Malta expedition. He en.!stet
in the American Army in 1917. serving
Siberia, at Irkutsk. He re-enlisted u
| Coblenz
With the return Of troops from tn
Rhine came also Rhneland Post. Nc
700, Veterans of Foreign Wars of tn
United States of America. Colors o
the post were brought back by. the Stl
Infantry and the post officers an
members plan TO continue the organiza
! ton under the same name and charte
at Fort Screven. Private John c. Quin
men. native of San Francisco, is pos
commander.