Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — 7,288 U. S. TROOPS GET BACK [ARTICLE]

7,288 U. S. TROOPS GET BACK

Heavy Storms Cause Delay to the Freighter Polar Bear. New York, March 4. —Five ships In the service of the American expeditionary forces, bringing home 7,288 troops and large cargoes of equipment, arrived here from French ports. There were 3,233 wounded among the returning soldiers, who w’ere passengers on the cruiser Frederick, the. transports Great Northern and Siboney and the ■freighters Yosemite and Polar Bear. The Polar Bear was almost two ’weeks late, having been forced by heavy storms, a broken steering gear 'and fires in her deck cargo to put into Bermuda for repairs and recoaling, after being assisted by the President Grant.