Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — BIG FLEET ON WAY HOME [ARTICLE]

BIG FLEET ON WAY HOME

Eleven Transports Will Reach U. S. Ports Soon. Washington, Dec. 27. Departure from France of 11 transports, including the Mauretania with more than 3,000 men from the Three Hundred and Forty-seventh infantry of the Eightyseventh division, was announced by the war department. The Mauretania, which sailed Christmas eve, will reach New York Monday and most of the men aboard will be sent to Camp Dix for demobilization. Eight hundred Sick and wounded men are on the Henderson, due at New January 5, but the other vessels are bringing only a small number of men.