Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1918 — FIRST TROOPS NEARING HOME FROM ENGLAND [ARTICLE]

FIRST TROOPS NEARING HOME FROM ENGLAND

Movement o(2O,OOO Americans to Continue Till All Are Home.

MARCH TELLS UNITS COMIN6 Larger Numbers of Troops Expected to Embark From French Ports —Two Ships Sailed From Liverpool Friday and One Saturday. Washington, Nov. 26,—First units of tiie American expeditionary forces! to return from overseas are expected, to arrive in New York about the cud' of the present week. General March, chief of staff, announced that 382 officers and 0,614 meix of the air service and other detach-i ments training in England now aret homeward bound on the Minnehaha,) Lapland and Orca, British liners. The first two ships left Liverpool last Friday and the Orca sailed on Saturday. The movement will continue until the 20,000 men training In England have returned. The first movement of thh larger units, such as brigades and divisions, will come from French ports, it Is assumed, as tiie British cross-channel) service undoubtedly is completely occupied witli the transportation of returning British forces. Units Now Returning. The units now en route to NewYork and the ships on which they sailed were announced by Generali Klarch as follows; Mlnnekahda —Second aircraft acceptance part, 2!) officers mid 557 men; Two Hundred and Twentieth aeroi squadron, 3 officers and 249 men; Two Hundred and Nineteenth aero squadson, 3 officers and 129 men; Two Hundred and Fifty-fourth squadron, 2 officers and 258 men; Eighteenth construction company, air service, 6 offi- 1 cers and 242 men; Nineteenth con-, strjiCtlon company, 7 officers and 23S men; Fifteenth construction cojnpany, 5 officers and 228 men; Ninety-second! aero squadron, 24 officers and 201 men; One Hundred and Seventy-sev-i entli squadron, 2 officers and 230 men; Two Hundred and Tenth squadron, 2 officers and 251 men; Eight Hundred; and Eighty-third squadron, 4 officers and 123 men ; Eight Hundred mid Thir-ty-ninth squadron, 3 officers and 90 men; Two Hundred and Fifty-ninth Squadron, 3 officers and 127 men; Casual medical detachment, 6 officers andi 18 enlisted men. Total aboard, 99 officers and 2,943 men. On the Lapland. Lapland-—First Handley-Paige training section, 126 officers, 449 men ; Sfx-ty-nlnth photo section, 1 officer, 30 men; Seventieth phdto sectjoii, 1 officer, 30 uii'ii; Seventy-first photo section, 1 officer, 30 men; Seventy-second' section, 1 officer, 29 men; Sailmakers* detiichnw nt, 1 officer, 100 men; Twoi Hundred and Sixty-fifth aero squadron, two officers, 119 men; Two Hundred and Sixty-third squadron, 2 officers, 125 men ; Two Hundred and Fif-ty-sixth squadron, 2 officers, 126 men;. Three Hundred mid Twentieth squadron, 3 officers, 123 men; Three Hundred ami Fourteenih air squadron, 2 officers, 134 men; Three Hundred and

Eighteenth .squadron, 2 officers, 120 men; Three Hundred and Fiftieth squadron, 3 officers, 121 men; Eight Hundred and Twelfth squadron, 3 officers, 123 men; air service casuals. 44 officers; mixed casuals, 11 officers, 1 enlisted man, 1 former nurse; casuals, sick and wounded, 7 officers, 14 men not requiring special attention j enlisted men attached to wounded officers, (5; nurses, 3; casual medical detachment, 5 officers, 12 men; total, 233 'officers, 4 nurses, 1,707 other ranks. On the Orca. Four Hjundred ami Seventieth Aero squadron, 2 officers, 127 men; Four Hundred and Seventy-first squadron, 3 officers, 141 men; Four Hundred and Seventy-eighth squadron, G officers,, 125 men; Four Hundred and Seventy-ninth squadron, 4 officers, 14!) men; Two Hundred and Twenty-fourth squadron, 2 officers, 225 men; Two Hundred and Sixthdh->qm;dr«+H,-2 ■“ officers, 12G men; Two Hundred and Sixty-first squadron, .3 officers, 144 men; Eight Hundred and Sixth squadron, 2 officers, 41 men; Eight Hundred and Twentythird squadron,-3 officers, 119 men; Eight Hundred and Twenty-fourth squadron, 4 officers, 99 men; Eight Hundred and Thirty-first squadron, 3 officers, 100 men; Eight Hundred and Thirty-sixth squadron, / officers, 109 men; Eight Hundred and Fifty-second squadron, 4 officers, 125 men; Third construction company, air service, 4 officers, 235 men; casuals, medical department, 4 officers, 12 men. Total, 50 officers, 1,874 men.