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orn-prt-andMajor General Cronkhite and witMi Entire 155th Field Artillery Brigade of Eightieth Division on Home Soil—318th Infantry of Eightieth Landed Yesterday—Parade in RichmondJ£! Friday.aade Los I A. rict-Jter, lent-ere- ; Red | •per. -arl-Newport News, May 28.—H t*-e« l ing 4.362officers and men, includ-Uoajing Maj.-Gen. Adel be rt Cronkhite, commander of the 80th division, the transport Zeppelin arrived held'here today from Brest. The 155th?r*S artillery brigade, complete,of the 80th division, was aboard.Ions rbllt o ofrgeHel.SewMrs.Miassec-MA ‘number of Roanoke soldiers srs included amons the troops brought home by the Zeppelin.andrecelhamKiandcrosjpienAt of E arm wsrt tbeliIs adevjuts | Landed Yesterday.th# 1 Newport New a. May 27.-— I Special.)—resa Nearly three thousand men of the . - ^218th Infantry. tOth Division, arrived J r;#0here today on the transport Maui. The unit wan made up chiefly of drafted men from Virginia. West Virginia and Pennsylvania originally, but heavy casualties in ths ranks and a great many replacements from other divisions were present today. Companies L and M did not come with the remainder of the regiment, but will arrive In America this week on another ship. Fifty per cent of the members of the 218th are Virginians, every aeo-stirI tolAwinHa*to f 8U , galluaelt;seaMarnon of the State being represented, j ir.on They are men who were taken in the i:om-eentrW.road • 1m-heir©lu-•i«r-ttee. eplythefirst and second drafts. \Five times this regiment hit the German line, once In Picardy, ones at St. Mlhiel. arid at three different stages of ths Meuse-Argone offensive. They ‘1 HOTequ mupaid * heavy toll during their ^brialwhilwtn.t career In battleThs 218th went io t'amp Stuart this afternoon, where they win take part IIn a big parade of Virginia troops, : tA*If avinc 1 h #• in m # Hm v f nr f'amn 1 aa t aleaving the same day for Camp Lee to t be demobilised.►any ofeeiStthebolicoutheTo Parade Friday.sred 1 Richmond. May 17.—(Special.»—At a his { conference In Newport Nes s at noontoday, at which H- W. BUeraon and John H. Mordecal. of the Richmond Home-Coming Committee, met Colonel Supplee, chief of staff, it was decided to have the nest parade of troops fn Richmond next Friday—Memorial Day —instead of Thursday.In this parade will take part not only the llth .Field Artillery and the | on! Virginia contingent of the lOtth Am- I |DH munition Train, hut also the hulk of to the 218th Regiment of aelectlvs eeF- iceaMftfroItgerlimwotheend-teneon-lon-the Y inhalvice men. which Is scheduled to arrive* »*,butnnat Newport News this afternoon. The number of men In line will be nearly the « 5-°°°- 11 w*» determined at the Newport New* conference today to send the . I,,,h **leid Artillery and the Virginia , . i fontln^nt of the 104th Ammunition• of] rrit,n *?’ hoar, leaving Newport News rieth i Thursday and arriving In Richmond »ion j * riday morning The 218th Infantry hla' w,n com* on trains, leaving New-helr 1 port Nw* **fly Friday morning, s in According to the decision reached at „»lUKh I today’s conference the 217th Infantry (h.Mrs *nd lS5th Artillery Brigade will na- -Ciand i *n Richmond Wednesday or Thurs-M. I day of n**1 week nearly 8.0A0 men st rongpin ot II pO! pai ami n\Mi *a\S «IhiALains l..Ij?tt1lt;rf l2 no*noke soldiers with the Eightieth Division, for delivery upon their arrival at Hoboken, should he5E!*1.. !n- «C*ra of MrB J-«Roy Brown.• Hall of States. New York, says a telegram received from Mrs. Brown hy the War ( amp Community Service yester-day. Full addresses, including com-• 2.- I P*Y »nd regiment or battalion, should ltsl *»• included, advises Mrs. Brown.hlch —-isla- Kvpected Arrivals.1 an Washington. May 28.— ExpectId ar--atv-. rivals of transports announced today • Of , includedcel t toI , nl? cVf*V*‘ J,‘ne 7* Madawaska. that June I. and West Llango. June 2. allthe for New Urk, and the Erny for New-22- ; p^rt Nrw*- -,une « The majority of0rift I wtr00n!l •*»:lt;* lh® vessels are de-i.onn 1 tacjiment* of tho 88fh knd 9uth d;-*2 Vl«lon* and casuals.• ---m—_PHst* wa 1% c foiovw«*01abseiwlnt*iclcthithiinlt;ofhe1*01foieai
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Roanoke World News
Roanoke, Virginia, US
Wed, May 28, 1919
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