Evening star., 1933-01-15
TRANSPORT BRINGS
MARINE BRIGADE
SO Officers and 480 Enlisted
Men Arrive Today From
Nicaragua.

Home from bandit fighting in the
Jungles Of Nicaragua, the I'd Brigade of
Marines is scheduled to reach Quantico,
Va, aboard the naval transport U. S. S.
Henderson at 10 o'clock this morning
Bringing SO officers and 480 enlisted
men aboard, the transport will dock at
the headquarters of the East Coast
Expeditionary Force, at Quantico, from
Norfolk, Va, where she stopped over on
her way from the Central American
republic.
Upon arrival the Henderson, which
is commanded by Capt. Andrew s.
Hickey U. s. Navy, will be met by Mai,
Gen. Ben H. Fuller. commandant of the
Marine Corps, who will welcome the
Marines. returning to the States after
an absence of many years.
Marine Corps headquarters announced
that the enlisted men will be distri-
buted to various posts in the East, 10
coming to the Navy Yard here. while IA
will serve at the Marine Barracks, Eighth
and G streets southeast. while 125 are
to be assigned to Quantico, as will 100
additional from the aviation force.
Aviation Officers Assigned.
Orders for the officers have not yet
been announced, with the exception of
these Of the aviation detachment which
few from Nicaragua and landed a
couple Of days ago at the Naval Air
Station at Anacostia: First Lieut.. H. D.
Boyden will go to Haiti, after command
ing one group of land planes that
reached here from Managua without a
scratch; First Lieut.. I. w. Miller to
Haiti; Second Lieut.. F. M. June to Haiti;
First Lieut.. P. A. Putnam to the Naval
Air Station at Pensacola, Fla, where
he will be an instructor: Second Lieut.
S. s. Jack to the West Coast and First
Lieut.. K. H. Weir. who viii also go tC
the West Coast. Capt Francis P. Null
cahy, who commanded the whole force
that flew here, viii be on duty at
Quantico.
Distribution of the other enlisted
men, Marine Corps Headquarters an
nounced, will be as follows: Charleston,
S. c., 8; Pensacola, g. Norfolk, Va,
10; Portsmouth, Va, "a; Boston, Mass,
ID; Dover, N. j., 5; Fort Miff1in, Pa, g.;
bingham, Mass, 5; Indian Head, Md,
8; Iona Island, N. Y, 6; LakehurSt, N.
J., IS; New London, Conn, 6; Newport
R. T., 10: New York, N. Y, IL: the Ma
rine Barracks, Philadelphia, IL, while
more will go to the receiving ship there
Portsmouth, N H. Marine Barracks, z.
while IL will go to duty at the Naval
Prison there.
Berkeley Goes to Paris Island.
Brig. Gen. Randolph C. Berkeley, U.
S. M. c.. commanding the I'd Brigade,
disembarked at Norfolk, to go to COM
mand the Marine Barracks at Paris
Island, S. c.. while some other detach-
ments and officers have ALREADY disem-
barked at Hampton Roads, Va. Brig.
Gen. George Richards, U. S. M. c.,
paymaster, who has been supervising
the evacuation of the Marines from
Nicaragua, will return to his duties at
Marine Corps headquarters. Lieut.. Col.
Calvin B. Matthews, who was until re-
Gently in command of the Nicaraguan
National Guard, who is also returning
on the Henderson, is under orders for
duty at Marine Corps headquarters. His
home address is given as 1906 Florida
avenue, here.
Capt Hickey is a, veteran of Nicara-
qua, having served in that republic from
october, 1929, to June. 1880, as vice
president of the National Board of Elec-
tions. During the World War he served
aboard the New York, then with the
British Grand Fleet in the North Sea,
and subsequently commanded the de-
stroyer U. s. 8. Wilkes.