New York, April 29 Ninety-one
officers and 2,786 men of the old Na
tional Guard of Pennsylvania arrived
hare today on the steamship Kroon
land from St. Nazaire. They com
prise the 111th Infantry's field and
and staff, headquarters First and
Third Battalions, medical detach
ment, machine gun company and
Companies F, G, H, I, J, K, L and
M and 63 officers and 1,888 men;
the 109th Machine Gun Battalion's
headquarters, medical detachment
and Companies A to D inclusive 15
officers and 702 men; the 28th Mili
tary Police company, three officers
and 186 men; and a headquarters de
tachment of 10 officers and 10 men
of the 28th Division, of which all
these units are a part.
The Kroonland, which sailed for
Newport News, but was diverted to
New York, brought home 3,733
troops. Including 11 officers and 283
men comprising the 138th Infantry's
Machine Gun company (35th Divi
sion). Twenty-two officers, 46?
men and 7 nurses returned convalesc
ing from illness or wounds.
'Brlging 103 officers and 2 civilians,
the steamship Atenas arrived from
St. Nazaire. Five of the officers
were accompanied by their wives.
The contingent chiefly represented
detachments from the 316th Field
Hospital, 2nd Trench Mortar Bat
tery, 91st Division, 316th Ammuni
tion Train, 816th Supply Train and
347th Machine Gun Battalion.
Loaded to capacity, the army trans
port Agamemnon arrived from Brest
with 138 officers and 4,715 men of
the 304th, 305th and 306th Field Ar
tillery and of the 77th (Liberty) Di
vision, New York troops, accompan
ied by the 152nd Field Artillery Bri
gade Headquarters, Brigadier General
Pelham D. Glassford, commanding.
and the 77h Division Headquarters
detachment of 23 -.fflcers and 51 men.
