WithThe Army At Hobokeri 
 
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 RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO 
 
 MAJOR-GENERAL DAVID C. SHANKS, COMMANDING GENERAL 
 
 PORT OF EMBARKATION HOBOKEN. N. J. 
 
 
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 Copyright, 1919 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 To commemorate in picture and story, the Herculean 
 task accomplished by the Army Transport Service in 
 embarking our army for France and bringing them back 
 -I have collected the pictures published herein and 
 compiled a brief history of the activities of those officers 
 and men who were detailed here during the greatest of 
 wars in the hope that it will help to keep up the enthu- 
 siasm which has always been so pronounced, and to ce- 
 ment the friendships here formed, that the dampening 
 effects of time and failing memory cannot obliterate the 
 record of this port or cause the members of the staff 
 when widely separated to forget the names or faces of 
 their comrades during the period spent here. 
 
 There was no greater feat accomplished during the 
 war than that of shipping nearly 2,000,000 soldiers to 
 France and it is with pride that I shall long recall the 
 work done here and the many true friends I made while 
 a member of the command. 
 
 In this volume there is to be found a picture of nearly 
 every officer, field clerk, enlisted man, female clerk and 
 civilian who served here during the war, together with 
 a brief narrative of the task accomplished. To pro- 
 cure the large number of pictures here published, I am 
 indebted to William Metz, Underwood and Underwood, 
 The International News Service, Western Newspaper 
 Union, Hughes and Estabrook, and others who have 
 assisted in securing photos for me. 
 
 In closing allow me to voice an expression of my ap- 
 preciation of the friendships formed here and the splen- 
 did cooperation always accorded by all. It has been a 
 source of great satisfaction to have known these men 
 and I shall always hold the memories of my service at 
 the Port of Embarkation as among the happiest of my 
 
 life, 
 
 KING W. SXELL. 
 
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WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE EMBAR- 
 KATION SERVICE 
 
 A Concise Report Covering the Shipment of Nearly 2,000,000 
 Soldiers to France 
 
 When President Wilson affixed; hi .sigaature.J' the 
 Declaration of War on Germany iii.AipHl "df i9iy, ! there 
 immediately arose many problems- Df ^u^h-.m^grthu-de^ con- 
 cerning the preparations for an ''ex^r/decf foreign' cam- 
 paign that it was difficult to conceive at once how and 
 what the result would be. 
 
 Not the least of these problems was the necessity of 
 creating an adequate transport service for the carriage 
 of troops and supplies to the field of operations, for it is 
 an obvious fact that foreign campaigns cannot be carried 
 to a successful culmination without a sufficient force of 
 men on the ground, and these at a time when they are 
 needed. It was apparent that such a division of our 
 service must be organized with the least possible delay 
 and in such magnitude as to insure the transportation of 
 an army to France, comparable in force to those of the 
 belligerent nations which fortunately had not to con- 
 tend, with few exceptions, with the problem of shipping 
 troops by sea, a matter of three thousand miles. It was 
 a problem which overshadowed all other great problems 
 of history; so great, in fact, that the successful culmina- 
 tion of the transport service has been the wonder of the 
 entire world, the Imperial German Empire included. It 
 was a problem indeed, but American common sense, 
 coupled with American money and American enterprise, 
 saw it through to a finish, and we may now rest on the 
 record, proud in the fact that America was the greatest 
 factor in bringing the war to a close on the side of hu- 
 manity and the principles which we have guarded so 
 zealously since our birth as an independent nation back 
 in 1776. 
 
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 To the organization and development of an adequate 
 transport service, Congress at once set itself to work de- 
 vising plans for the time when the United States would 
 have an army of men sufficient in size to be felt among 
 the armies of the Allies on the firing line. The small but 
 efficient regular army maintained in the United States and 
 insular possessions was obviously the only troops then 
 fitted to meet the exigencies of actual combat, but even 
 with &0,.sjmalL a .f pr.qe ;the existing transport service was 
 all toc : limited* tb>b'ec0me a factor in the transportation 
 of troops : tp ; -the ,-th.ea-tre" -,of operations. 
 
 dur'state c t"robp9, : -a* v l'arge majority of which had been 
 through the Mexican Border campaign, added to the 
 regular army, furnished a strong basis upon which to 
 found and train an army for modern warfare, and a vig- 
 orous movement was started toward the training of these 
 troops for foreign service. A short time later the Selec- 
 tive Draft machinery was placed in actual operation, thus 
 furnishing several hundred thousand more men, un- 
 trained it is true, but nevertheless an army, which, in 
 view of the events of the last six months of the war, 
 proved to be a strong factor in the settlement of interna- 
 tional differences in France. At that time, however, the 
 problem of shipping was still unsolved, and it was a 
 question as to when ships could be provided to transport 
 such a force to foreign soil. 
 
 I speak of these features of our service in order to 
 make plain by simple deduction the extent of the prep- 
 aration which must be accomplished if we were to safely 
 land in Europe this army of a million or more men. It 
 was not a pleasant outlook, with the shipping of the world 
 effectually tied up with the transportation of supplies to 
 the armies already in France, and the submarine warfare 
 then at the apex of its despicable power menacing every 
 ship which plied the high seas. 
 
 To overcome these obstacles meant that the United 
 States must at once create a transport fleet, man it with 
 naval officers and seamen, and establish ports of embarka- 
 tion with staffs competent to insure the least delay in the 
 
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 shipment of troops. These, perhaps, were the most ob- 
 stinate points to surmount, but the wealth of detail which 
 arose in connection was in itself no small problem. 
 
 By the time the first troops were ready for movement 
 overseas, the department had a well-formulated plan 
 for the organization of an efficient transportation sys- 
 tem, the operation of which was somewhat changed in 
 its essential details during the months following the first 
 troop movement overseas. It was apparent from the be- 
 ginning that a thoroughly organized office, operating on 
 business principles and with a tangible end in view, must 
 needs be placed in operation at once. 
 
 To properly grasp the situation, it is necessary to turn 
 back to the early days of the war when the Army Trans- 
 port Service, Port of New York, was a branch of the 
 Depot Quartermaster Office, Colonel John M. Carson, 
 Q.M.C., holding the dual position of Depot Quarter- 
 master and General Superintendent of the Army Trans- 
 port Service. As assistants, Colonel Carson had Cap- 
 tain (now Lieutenant Colonel) L. B. Cabell, Q.M.C., 
 and Captain N. J. Shelton, U.S.A., Retired, who had the 
 direct supervision of the Transportation Division. A 
 small office force constituted the personnel, but it soon 
 became apparent that radical changes and additions in 
 strength were necessary in order to insure the success 
 of the extensive plans already well worked out. 
 
 With this end in view Captain W. B. Baker, U.S.A., 
 Retired, and Captain Michael J. Powers, Q.M.C., both 
 experienced in transportation problems, were ordered to 
 active duty in this division and in June Major R. E. 
 Shannon (now Lieutenant Colonel), Q.M.C., and Cap- 
 tain Frank Bowman supplemented the personnel, which 
 was literally swamped with the numberless details of 
 making read for the extensive troop movement which 
 it was expected would begin within a month. 
 
 Later the office of the General Superintendent was 
 separated from that of the Depot Quartermaster, with 
 Colonel Carson remaining as General Superintendent. 
 The changes which followed placed Major Shannon in 
 
THE LEVIATHAN LEAVING FOR FRANCE 
 When the Army is Back This Ship Will Have Transpprted a 
 Nearly 200,000 Soldiers 
 
 Total of 
 
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 charge of the Transportation Division with Captains 
 Shelton and Powers as assistants, and a force of five 
 clerks. A further change was then made, placing Cap- 
 tain J. F. Coggswell in charge of embarkation from 
 Cunard Piers and Captain George W. Knight those of 
 the International Mercantile Marine piers, both officers 
 being under the jurisdiction of Captain Shelton. This 
 plan of assigning certain officers over embarkation from 
 particular piers proved its merit early in the year, the 
 officers so assigned being able to gain a peculiar work- 
 ing knowledge of the physical conditions and personnel 
 at their respective piers. 
 
 Shortly after this time Major General David C. 
 Shanks was ordered to duty as Commanding General, 
 Port of Embarkation, and remained in command during 
 the heaviest movement of troops to France. General 
 Shanks later took command of the newly formed i6th 
 Division, being relieved by Brigadier General Wil- 
 liam V. Judson, who was relieved temporarily by 
 Brigadier General George H. McManus, who is now 
 in charge of the Troop Movement Office, the several 
 officers under his jurisdiction having direct supervision 
 of the embarkation and debarkation of troops from all 
 ports under the jurisdiction of these headquarters. After 
 the signing of the armistice Major General Shanks again 
 assumed command, a position he now holds,, although he 
 is temporarily in Europe in an official capacity. During 
 General Shanks' absence Brigadier General P. W. Davi- 
 son, executive officer, is in command. 
 
 The first organization of the Army to sail overseas 
 after the declaration of war by the United States was 
 Base Hospital No. 4 (the Lakeside Hospital Unit of 
 Cleveland, Ohio), which sailed on the S.S. "Orduna" of 
 the Cunard Line on May 8, 1917, with a personnel of 
 34 officers, 156 enlisted men, 64 nurses and 4 civilians. 
 This was closely followed by Base Hospital No. 5 (the 
 Harvard Unit of Boston, Mass.) on the S.S. "Saxonia," 
 Cunard Line, May n, 1917; Base Hospital No. 2 (the 
 Presbyterian Hospital Unit of New York City) on the 
 
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BRIGADIER GENERAL P. W. DAVISON 
 Executive Officer 
 
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 S.S. "St. Louis" of the American Line, May 12, 1917; 
 Base Hospital No. 21 (the Washington University Unit 
 of St. Louis, Mo.) on the American Line May 19, 1917; 
 Base Hospital No. 12 (the Northwestern University Unit 
 of Chicago, 111.) on the S.S. "Mongolia" of the Amer- 
 ican Line, May 19, 1917. 
 
 On May 28, 1917, Major General John J. Pershing, 
 U.S.A., with his staff, sailed for overseas on the S.S. 
 u Baltic" of the White Star Line, to take command of the 
 first American Army. 
 
 The first convoy carrying combatant troops left Hobo- 
 ken on June 14, 1917, with the following organizations: 
 
 i6th Infantry 
 
 1 8th Infantry 
 
 26th Infantry 
 
 28th Infantry 
 
 2nd Field Battalion, Sig. Corps 
 
 Field Hospital No. 6 
 
 Ambulance Company No. 6 
 
 A detachment of the Quartermaster Corps 
 
 A detachment of Stevedores 
 
 16 Casual Officers 
 
 103 Nurses 
 
 60 Casual civilians 
 
 with a total strength of 11,991 officers, enlisted men. 
 nurses and civilians on the following vessels: 
 
 "Antilles" 
 
 "Dakotan" 
 
 "El Occidente" 
 
 "Finland" 
 
 "Lenape" 
 
 "Edward Luckenbach" 
 
 "McClellan" 
 
 "H. R. Mallory" 
 
 "Momas" 
 
 "Pastores" 
 
 "Sanjacinto" 
 
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 "Saratogo" 
 
 "Tenadores" 
 
 "Havana" 
 
 With the exception of the "Finland" none of these ship-- 
 had ever been used in the transatlantic trade, but were, 
 with this one exception, coastwise vessels that had been 
 running from New York City to the West Indies, Gulf 
 Coast and Mexican ports, and had been taken over by the 
 Shipping Control Committee for use as Army transports. 
 In July, 1917, three Base Hospitals, six Railway Engi- 
 neer Regiments and the 5th, 6th and yth Regiments of 
 Field Artillery and two detachmetns of the Aviation 
 Section, Signal Corps were sent overseas. These were 
 followed in August by various organizations of the Regu- 
 lar Army needed to complete the First Division. In 
 September the first division of the National Guard be 
 gan to move, being the 26th Division, comprised of troops 
 from the New England States. The first unit of the for- 
 mer National Guard regiments to move was the loist In- 
 fantry, which sailed on the U. S. C. T. "H. R. Mallory" 
 on September 7, 1917. This Division was moving through 
 September and part of October, together with a large 
 number of Aviation Sections of the Signal Corps, and 
 about the middle of October the 42nd Division (known 
 as the Rainbow Division), composed of former National 
 Guard troops from various parts of the United States, 
 began to move. From that month until March, 1918, 
 there was a steady movement of Regular Army and Na- 
 tional Guard Divisions and various auxiliary organiza- 
 tions without any great increase in the number trans- 
 ported each month. On March 22, 1918, the first di- 
 vision, composed of National Army troops, began to move 
 overseas, being the 77th Division, made up of drafted 
 men from New York City. With the coming of warm 
 weather the supply of ships was greatly augmented with 
 consequent increase in the number of troops transported, 
 and beginning with March every succeeding month up 
 to and including July showed an increase in the number 
 
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 of troops transported over the figures for the previous 
 month. During the months of May, June, July and 
 August, 1917, all troops sent overseas were forwarded 
 via the Port of New York, but as the result of recom- 
 mendations made by the Transportation Division through 
 the General Superintendent and the Commanding Gen- 
 eral, authority was secured for the use of such space as 
 might be available on vessels sailing from Canada. On 
 September 16, 1917, the first embarkation of American 
 troops from a foreign port of an ally took place. The 
 Toand Infantry, Field Hospital No. 2 and Ambulance 
 Company No. 2 of the 26th Division being embarked 
 on the S.S. "Canada" of the White Star Dominion Line 
 at Montreal, Quebec. Since that time Canadian ports 
 have been used wherever space was available on pas- 
 senger-carrying vessels, the ports of Halifax, N. S., and 
 St. Johns, N. B., being used in winter when the St. 
 Lawrence River is not navigable. On October 16, 1917, 
 the 3rd U. S. Cavalry, being the first troops sent from 
 Philadelphia, Pa., for duty in Europe, were embarked 
 on the S.S. "Cleveland." On December 24, 1917, the 
 S.S. "Canada" of the White Star Dominion Line, which 
 had carried the first troops from Montreal, also took 
 the first troops that were embarked at Portland, Maine, 
 for overseas service in this war. The organizations car- 
 ried were the 4th Machine Gun Battalion; 2nd Trench 
 Mortar Battery; and Evacuation Hospital No. i. 
 
 On April 13, 1918, Boston, Mass., was used for the first 
 time in this war as an embarkation point, the i^rd In- 
 fantry Brigade Headquarters; the 3o6th Machine Gun 
 Battalion being sent from that port on the S.S. "Karoa" 
 of the Cunard Line. On May 26, 1918, the first embarka- 
 tion took place at Baltimore, Md., the 3O3rd Engineers 
 being embarked at that port on the S.S. "Ajax" of the 
 Blue Funnel Line. All of the ports outside of New York 
 City, other than Newport News, Va., still remain as sub- 
 ports of the Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., and 
 are governed by the Embarkation Regulations promul- 
 gated by the Commanding General, Hoboken. 
 
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 THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TRANSPORT FLEET 
 
 A statement of the facts relative to our transport re- 
 sources at the beginning of the war showed two Govern- 
 ment owned ships on the Atlantic coast which were 
 equipped for the transportation of troops. These were 
 the Army transports "Buford" and "Kilpatrick," both 
 ships of moderate size. In the years prior to the war they 
 had been used in the carriage of troops to the Canal Zone 
 and U. S. Insular possessions and were consequently 
 equipped to handle a limited number of men. 
 
 This was the beginning of a transport fleet now num- 
 bering over two hundred ships which are making regular 
 trips across the Atlantic in the faithful furtherance of our 
 plans to land an army of millions on the soil of the Allied 
 nations, within the shortest possible time. It is true that 
 by far the larger number of these ships were owned and 
 operated by our Allies as commercial transports but the 
 result obtained was the same as if the United States 
 owned every one. 
 
 The ships actually operated by us include about 
 twenty former German vessels owned by German and 
 Austrian interests, interned at various United States ports 
 early in the war. When these were formally taken over 
 by the Government together with the docks, piers and 
 appliances of German companies it was found that many 
 of them had been damaged by their crews to such an 
 extent that several months were necessary to set them all 
 in commission. For the most part these ships were placed 
 in active service as troop ships during the months of 
 August, September, October and November of 1917 and 
 with a few exceptions have since been employed as trans- 
 ports. Such ships as were taken over from enemy owners 
 were almost entirely used by the German interests as pas- 
 senger carrying vessels and have since been fitted to carry 
 large numbers of troops at each sailing. They have con- 
 sequently contributed largely to the Army now in active 
 service in France. These ships are known as navy- 
 manned transports and are operated by the United States 
 Navy as are also an equal number of American owned 
 
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 ships chartered by the Government early in the war for 
 use as transports. It is an interesting fact that the ex- 
 German ships have been operated more economically and 
 with a smaller personnel under the U. S. Navy than they 
 were under the German flag, despite the reputed German 
 efficiency. 
 
 At the close of the war the Navy was operating forty- 
 three (43) transports, all of them fitted as such and 
 capable of carrying several thousand troops at each trip. 
 Added to the Naval transports the Government has at its 
 disposal one hundred and seventy-three (173) transat- 
 lantic liners, owned and operated by Great Britain, 
 France and Italy from ports in the United States. These 
 vessels total over a million tons of shipping and made an 
 enviable record in safely transporting troops to the sea- 
 port cities of France, England and Italy. An idea of the 
 efficiency of operation of the great fleet of transports can 
 be gained from the fact that a total of nine hundred and 
 thirty-six sailings to France and England have been made 
 since the United States entered the war. Furthermore, 
 troops have been carried on every one of these trips. 
 
 In this connection it is interesting and highly satisfac- 
 tory to know that the several former German and Aus- 
 trian vessels, taken over by the Government at the begin- 
 ning of the war have made a total of 198 voyages carrying 
 troops to Europe. As these vessels have been properly 
 fitted out as transports and have a large troop capacity it 
 can readily be seen that they have contributed largely to 
 the splendid total of men "over there." 
 
 MINIMUM OF ACCIDENTS 
 
 It is a noteworthy fact that of the three hundred or 
 more vessels used in the transportation of troops, less 
 than 3 per cent, have been sunk and these with a minimum 
 loss of life. In fact the entire loss of life at sea as the 
 result of transports being sunk has been less than <;oo, 
 most of this number having perished in the "Tuscania" 
 sinking several months ago when the facilities for effec- 
 tively combatting U-boat activities were not in as high 
 
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 state of efficiency as at the close of the war. In brief, the 
 loss of shipping has been unusally small considering the 
 number of trips made and the extraordinary efforts ex- 
 pended by the enemy to destroy or cripple our transport 
 fleet. The losses of transports during the war were as 
 follows: 
 
 "Tuscania" 
 
 "Moldavia" 
 
 "Dwinsk" 
 
 "President Lincoln" 
 
 "Covington" 
 
 "Carpathia" 
 
 "Justicia" 
 
 "Otranto" 
 
 "Antilles" 
 
 "Aurania" 
 
 "Audania" 
 
 Of this number the "Covington" and "President Lin- 
 coln" were formerly enemy owned vessels, the remaining 
 number having been commercial or Allied transports. 
 
 THE EMBARKATION CAMPS 
 
 No small amount of credit for the wonderful success 
 of the Embarkation Service is due those in command of 
 Camp Merritt, Camp Mills and Camp Upton through 
 which practically the entire number of troops passed 
 before they arrived at the piers. These camps were 
 known as "Embarkation Camps" and offered a brief 
 respite for men and officers prior to going overseas. At 
 these camps men were equipped for overseas duty and 
 made ready for the long voyage. Necessary records and 
 passenger list were accomplished here and the men given 
 an opportunity to "see New York" for a few hours before 
 going to France. The. commanding officers of these 
 camps were experienced regular Army officers and their 
 part in the successful work of transporting troops will go 
 down in the archives of the War Department as note- 
 worthy examples of true efficiency. Colonel J. A. Mar- 
 mon, now assistant chief of staff at the Port of Embarka 
 
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 tion, was in command of Camp Merritt during the busy 
 months of the war and successfully arranged the passage 
 through the Camp of upward of a million men. The 
 other camps mentioned handled a somewhat smaller 
 number, but with the same high degree of efficiency as 
 characterized Camp Merritt. 
 
 THE MEN WHO SHIPPED THEM OVER 
 
 Owing to the strict secrecy in which the above activities 
 were of necessity handled, little is known in the outside 
 world of how and by whom the troops going overseas 
 were taken care of, at the piers from which they em- 
 barked. 
 
 Now that the ban has been lifted, it is no longer a secret 
 that the men who actually supervised the work, for the 
 most part were officers who "grew up with the embarka- 
 tion service," the personnel at the close of hostilities 
 being in most cases the same as at the beginning of the 
 heavy troop movements. There were, of necessity, many 
 different branches of service represented in this work of 
 shipping troops. There was the Depot Quartermaster 
 who placed rations aboard ships for use as a debarkation 
 ration in France and England; the Transportation divi- 
 sion which arranged the railroad schedules which 
 brought troops to such camps as Merritt, Upton and 
 Mills and from there direct to the piers where they were 
 to embark; the personnel division under Major J. Perry 
 Moore, and later Captain C. F. Itzen, which checked 
 each man aboard the ship and ascertained if such men 
 were properly represented by the necessary records; the 
 Medical Corps, whose representatives examined each 
 man physically before going aboard the ship to insure that 
 no man or officer not physically fit for foreign service 
 got on the ship; the Quartermaster division that directed 
 the men to their proper gangplanks and positions on the 
 ships; the mail and baggage divisions whose duties are 
 obvious; and last but by no means least, the Chaplain's 
 office whose men were always on hand to insure the little 
 comforts and desires of the men. In this connection, I 
 
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Lieut. Col. Frank Winders 
 Capt. R. F. Doran 
 
 Capt. L. B. Willis, Q.M.C. 
 Major Alden 
 
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 wish to speak especially of Chaplain John T. Axton 
 (Major U. S. A.), who as Port Chaplain directed the 
 work of thirty- two separate and distinct welfare organi- 
 zations from his headquarters at the Port of Embarkation. 
 Chaplain Axton is not only a big man physically, but 
 holds what is generally conceded to be the biggest job 
 held by any chaplain in the entire United States Army. 
 He is beloved by all, officers and men alike, and his good 
 natured smile has cheered many a homesick boy as he 
 embarked to go overseas. Perhaps one of the most inter- 
 esting bits of Chaplain Axton's numerous duties was that 
 of tying the knot which married many lovesick soldiers, 
 marines and sailors before they embarked for France. It 
 is an interesting fact that the chaplain's office has per- 
 formed as high as thirty-five marriages in a single twenty- 
 four hour day, frequently tying a half dozen couples at 
 the same time. 
 
 THE WELFARE WORKERS 
 
 No story of the embarkation service would be complete 
 without mention of the great service performed by the 
 canteen service of the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the 
 Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army and Jewish 
 Welfare Board. These patriotic women and men were 
 ever present when troops were being shipped and gave 
 out in addition to good coffee, rolls, cigarettes and "safe 
 arrival" cards, many words of good cheer to those who 
 were going over to fight our battles. These workers were 
 "Angels of Mercy" in the truest sense of the word and 
 rendered service "over here" which was just as important 
 as if they had been working in France. They did their 
 bit with a vengeance and were always on the job with 
 coffee and buns, many times hours before the average 
 citizen had thought of getting up for the day. Their 
 work will never be forgotten by those officers and men 
 who worked side by side with them during the long 
 months of the war when thousands of troops were being 
 shipped daily. 
 
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 THE SHIPPING CONTROL COMMITTEE 
 
 PERHAPS one of the most potent factors in the suc- 
 cessful shipment of the Army to France, was the 
 service performed by the Shipping Control Com- 
 mittee under P. S. A. Franklin, President of the 
 International Mercantile Marine. Mr. Franklin or- 
 ganized an office which not only obtained ships for the 
 transportation of troops and supplies, but in many cases 
 altered them to suit the needs of troop carriers. The 
 Committee, which had in its membership, many big 
 business men of the day, was organized early in the war 
 and functioned efficiently and with invaluable service 
 throughout the conflict. 
 
 It was the Shipping Control Committee which first 
 took over the giant "Leviathan," then the Hamburg- 
 American "Vaterland" and many other ships after the 
 German and Austrian crews had been removed by United 
 States regulars of the 22nd Infantry and it was the same 
 organization that arranged with owners the details of tak- 
 ing over cargo carriers, scores of which were in serv- 
 ice when the war came to a close. The service rendered 
 by the Committee has been much too extensive to cover 
 in this limited paragraph, but suffice to say that its work 
 has been exceptionally valuable in the gigantic machine 
 of troop shipping efficiency and among the great accom- 
 plishments of the war. 
 
 A high ranking Army Officer said recently of Mr. 
 Franklin, "This gentleman, in my opinion, contributed 
 more to the work incidental to the transportation of sol- 
 diers to France than any other individual." 
 
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 THE CRUISER AND TRANSPORT FORCE 
 
 In passing, mention should made of the Cruiser and 
 Transport Force, which actually transported with safety 
 about forty per cent of the army which reached France. 
 Shortly after the beginning of the war this force was or- 
 ganized as a branch of the Atlantic Fleet, and the record 
 ;t has made will ever be one of the most brilliant chapters 
 of the war. 
 
 Starting with a few vessels taken over from the enemy 
 interests the navy now operates over one hundred ships, 
 engaged in the carriage of troops from France. These 
 include several large German ships which escaped intern- 
 ment at the beginning of the war and which have laid idle 
 at their Hamburg or Bremen piers during the conflict, 
 among them the giant Imperator, Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 
 toria and many others whose tonnage is making it possible 
 for thousands of soldiers to get home at an early date. The 
 navy is operating these ships economically and with an 
 efficiency which is daily adding glory to the flag of the 
 Cruiser and Transport Force. 
 
 The relation of the officers and men of the Cruiser and 
 Transport Force to the Army personnel detailed to duty 
 in connection with the shipment of troops, has been one 
 of earnest and willing cooperation without which the 
 Herculean feat of sending a large army to France would 
 have been impossible. 
 
 In this brief chapter dedicated to the Cruiser and 
 Transport Force allow me to express an appreciation of 
 Vice Admiral Cleaves, Commanding Officer, Cruiser and 
 Transport Force, Captain Casey B. Morgan, Captain D. 
 W. Blamier, Commander Gill and others whose ready as- 4 
 
 sistance has contributed greatly to the remarkable record 
 of troop shipments. 
 
 After the signing of the armistice, the Cruiser and 
 Transport Force was materially augmented with many 
 Jarge ships which are daily disgorging thousands of 
 American soldiers on the soil of their native land. And 
 when it is all over and every United States soldier has 
 
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SCENES AT HOBOKEN 
 
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 been returned safely to God's country, fully ninety per 
 cent of them will thank the navy for helping them on 
 the last lap of their great adventure. 
 
 THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE 
 
 Up to the day prior to the actual signing of the armis- 
 tice, troop movements had continued. On that day sev- 
 eral thousand soldiers had been placed aboard transports 
 at Bush, New York and Hoboken piers in readiness for 
 the big adventure. 
 
 Despite this usual activity there was an indescribable 
 something in the air which precluded the sailing of the 
 men aboard ships in the harbor. No word had come from 
 Washington, no order relative to an armistice had been 
 received yet everyone intuitively felt that the war was 
 soon to be over. Perhaps it was the Austrian crash of a 
 couple of days before, perhaps the false peace note of No- 
 vember 9th, perhaps something else, but the fact that all 
 men and officers at the port of embarkation sensed the im- 
 pending downfall of the German empire was a truth in- 
 deed, a truth so real and yet so undeveloped that its power 
 placed all in a peculiar mental state which gave way un- 
 der the stress of anxiety when orders came to debark all 
 combatant troops and send them back to the camps from 
 whence they came. Later on that night direct informa- 
 tion of the armistice was received and the next morning 
 at eleven the momentous event took place. 
 
 The day was one long to be remembered. Every har- 
 bor boat whistle shrieked at the top of its voice! Over 
 in Brooklyn, New York, Staten Island and in Jersey, 
 sirens and factory bells added their full strength to the 
 joyous din; transports lying at the piers ordered their 
 bands out; in fact everything and everyone possessed of 
 the power to make a noise, however feeble, joined in the 
 joyful jazz. Discordant though it was the ensemble 
 seemed to merge into one great croon of delight over the 
 
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 impending days of peace and happiness which were soon 
 to spread over the world. 
 
 So far as was practicable, all officers, field clerks and 
 other personnel were allowed the afternoon off, that they 
 might add their bit to the great demonstration which was 
 even then taking place, seemingly a monstrous hangover 
 from the false peace of two days before. 
 
 GETTING THEM BACK 
 
 The next day the reconstruction period began. Wash- 
 ington issued orders right and left covering the various 
 phases of the work at the port. Hoboken literally 
 changed overnight from the greatest jumping off place 
 of American soldiers to the greatest landing point. New 
 regulations were drawn up, new guard orders issued. 
 The general order of events as we have known them werj 
 entirely reversed in readiness for the big return of ship- 
 ments. 
 
 On December 2, 1918, just twenty-two days from the 
 signing of the armistice, the first returning troops reached 
 America on the S.S. "Mauretania." Everyone cut loose 
 again and honored the returning troops, even though 
 practically all those on the ship had never been nearer 
 the firing line than England, some of them having spent 
 but thirteen days in that country. Everything was en- 
 thusiasm, delight and happiness yet those of us who had 
 fought the war at Hoboken could not but feel that a 
 corking good war had been literally drawn from under 
 us. 
 
 Since that date the line of returning troopships has 
 increased with each week until at the present time nearly 
 three hundred thousand men are returning monthly. In 
 time they will all be back, but until such time Hoboken 
 will remain as a United States Government port and con- 
 tinue to efficiently discharge the gigantic tasks which is 
 only the ending of the job of jobs which she undertook 
 early in the war. 
 
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 THE HOBOKEN FRONT 
 
 While it is a source of deep regret to have done your 
 fighting in the United States, it may be here stated that 
 in fully ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the officers and 
 men who were detailed for embarkation service would 
 much rather have taken their chances among their 
 brothers in the trenches of Flanders. In fact, so many 
 applications for overseas service were made by officers 
 at Hoboken, that an official order from headquarters was 
 necessary to put a stop to it. 
 
 To many ill-informed people our service was mediocre 
 and it was if bullets and machine guns and cannons 
 and battlefields and many other sides of actual combat 
 concert to make a war, but to one who makes an intelli- 
 gent analysis of the conflict it is clear that this war could 
 be likened to a great spectacle in which all the armies 
 with their millions of soldiers were the players, each 
 assigned his part, and in this great drama the Port of 
 Embarkation cannot but be assigned to a principal role. 
 
 Especially critical has been the public in relation to 
 the officers of the Staff Corps assigned here for duty and 
 in answer it is my desire to pay a tribute to the Quarter 
 master, A. G. O., Medical and other Staff Officers as- 
 signed to this port. A great many of these were men who, 
 in civil life were prominent in business, science and let- 
 ters, and who through their particular executive ability 
 were commissioned in the staff. With few exceptions the 
 men so commissioned and detailed for duty here are gen- 
 tlemen whom I have considered it an honor to know and 
 of whom I shall always retain pleasant recollections. 
 They did their work well and efficiently as the records 
 in Washington eloquently attest, and if they lacked in 
 some of the elements of military training it failed to 
 detract from their efficiency at this port. A well known 
 regular army officer once paid a tribute to officers of the 
 staff in the following words: "To the man behind the 
 desk, who, being away from the excitement of battle, is 
 usually denied popular favor, yet who clothes, feeds, pays, 
 shelters, transports and otherwise looks after the man 
 
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 behind the gun, whose health, comfort, contentment and 
 success often depend on the less spectacular though no 
 less important work of 'The man behind the desk.' ' That 
 quotation briefly tells the story of the staff officers and 
 every fair minded man will concur in tribute. 
 
 It was very much against their wishes to be "in- 
 terned" in the United States when their friends were real- 
 ty in the big show over in France, but those who served 
 at the greatest port of embarkation, may well be proud 
 of the record of their office; and although they will have 
 little of the glamour and excitement of real warfare to 
 tell their grandchildren in the vears to come, they can 
 speak up without shame and say, "I was one of those 
 who helped to ship them over in 1917-1918 and bring 
 them back when the war was won." 
 
 THE FIRST TROOPS TO GO 
 
 Among those who witnessed the embarkation of the first 
 troops from the Port of New York after the Declaration 
 of War in 1917, was Lieutenant A. Riedell, Jr., Q. M. C., 
 who has written the following excellent story concerning 
 ihat historic movement. Lieutenant Riedell is still a 
 member of this command and consequently knows where- 
 of he speaks. 
 
 "Philosophers have said that the wise man is the one 
 who can change his mind when he finds that he has made 
 a mistake. 
 
 "In a castle in Amerongen, Holland, there's a man who 
 has changed his mind about a lot of things lately. He 
 has found that he made a number of serious mistakes 
 that things didn't turn out quite the way he expected them 
 to. He's changed his mind about most everything, but 
 that doesn't prove that he is a wise man. 
 
 "For example, Kaiser William thought that the United 
 States would not go into the war. He thought that we 
 did not have an army and that we could not raise one. 
 Then, again, he thought that if we did raise an army, we 
 could not get it across the seas and through his line of 
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 men who saw to it that that army arrived in France. 
 
 "William had said thatwe wouldn'tdare todeclare war, 
 but on April 6, 1917, war was declared. That same day 
 the German Imperial Government felt our first blow. 
 Lying at Hoboken, New Jersey, were the interned ships 
 that had been built by Germany against that 'Day' when 
 those ships would carry millions of troops to British 
 shores. Had they been successful there, those same ships 
 would have set their courses for America, to land the 
 gray uniformed Prussians in America. There was the 
 great Vaterland built by Germany to transport 12,000 
 troops. German plans now in the possession of our Gov- 
 ernment show that these troops would have slept in relays 
 of 8,000 working four shifts while at sea. Other ships, 
 the Neckar, Von Steuben, Martha Washington, George 
 Washington, President Lincoln, Prinz Eitel Friederich, 
 Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse lay interned in American 
 ports. 
 
 "Within a few hours after the word of war had been 
 flashed from Washington, a detachment of troops had left 
 the Headquarters of the Department of the East at Gov- 
 ernor's Island to take over these vessels. The great docks 
 of the Hamburg-American Line, the Norde Deutsche 
 Lloyde at Hoboken had always been a hotbed of sedition 
 and of Prussianism. The interned German sailors, idle 
 on their ships, had led plots against this country. But a 
 few hours changed all this. The German crews were 
 seized as enemy aliens, and shipped to Ellis Island, 
 whence they were taken, as prisoners of war, to a Southern 
 camp. Officers inspecting the ships found that, in the 
 attempt to prevent us from using their vessels they had 
 practically wrecked the ships. Boilers were smashed, 
 tubes salted. Feed lines were changed about the vast 
 complicated machinery was apparently hopelessly dis- 
 torted. A few hours more and the greatest engineers of 
 the country were at work on these same engines, trans- 
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 Personnel Staff, Effects Bureau, Mr. E. L. Johnson, Chief Clerk 
 
Disposition of Remains Section. Lieut. A. K. Wrenshall in Charge 
 
 Inventory and Receipt Dept., Effects Bureau. Lieut. Berger in Charge 
 
 Female Clerks, Filing Division 
 
Office Assistants, Transportation Office 
 
 Lieut. Colonel R. E. Shannon and Office Staff 
 
 Colonel Frank H. Phipps, Jr., and Staff 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 the alterations that they were able to make better speed 
 than under their German command. 
 
 "Within two months these ships were ready to sail for 
 Germany, bearing the first convoy of American troops 
 abroad. 
 
 "The story of the A. E. F. and the convoying of over 
 2,000,000 men to Europe is the story of another and a 
 greater crusade than that of Richard Coeur de Leon or 
 his Knights who went Eastward to the Holy Land five 
 hundred years ago. It is the story of a crusade of democ- 
 racy a crusade that will stand as the greatest in history. 
 But back of the story of the 2,000,000 fighters, back of 
 the transports and the convoying destroyers, is the story 
 of the men who put them through. There is little of the 
 glamour of war here, and little of the music and the 
 cheers. But there is a great romance, the romance that we 
 find in every great work well done. It is routine, endless 
 labor, reports, papers and drudgery but without it the 
 fine organization and the fine work of the A. E. F. fighters 
 would have been impossible. 
 
 "The first step in the organization of the Port of Debar- 
 kation forces was on Saturday, June 9, 1917. On this day, 
 Colonel Carson, Captain Cabell, Captain Shelton, Cap- 
 tain Powers, Captain Ruddell and Mr. Frank Czieslik 
 came to Hoboken to make arrangements for the first 
 convoy. It was a new job, and a big job. No one quite 
 knew what the work would be, or how it would be done. 
 There was just one motto 'Do it.' Early in the after- 
 noon the detail came over on a tug and landed at Pier No. 
 i, beginning work immediately. Almost simultaneously 
 the first of the troops arrived. Hoboken, a few days 
 before the first German city in America, became a great 
 army camp. Khaki-clad regulars overran the town. 
 Veterans of the Border, the Filipino campaigns and the 
 days in Cuba oiled their Springfields and talked of the 
 big scrap that was coming 'over there.' In their summer 
 O. D., their now old fashioned campaign hats, their trim 
 leggins and sharp regulation appearance, they bore little 
 resemblance to the newly equipped men who later 
 
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Capt. J. G. McGrath and Freight Handlers, Subsistance Division 
 
 Storeroom Staff, Effects Bureau, Lieut. E. C. Thornton in Charge 
 
 Lost Baggage Dept., Lieut. W. B. Wagner in Charge 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 came through the Port. They were sent at once into rest 
 billets to prepare for the voyage. There were the men 
 of the 1 6th, 1 8th, 26th and 28th Infantry Regiments of the 
 Regular Army. Their Senior Officer was Major General 
 Siebert who has since established the record of his fight- 
 ing forces. 
 
 "Along River Street, where the old Bock beer signs of 
 the German. occupation still marked the Deutsche Gar- 
 tens and Kursaals, tramped the men of San Antonio and 
 the Rio Grande. Fat German saloonkeepers and the 
 fraus and frauleins looked askance at this new invasion. 
 Their Kaiser had said that America would never enter 
 the war that troops would never sail the seas; and now, 
 only a few weeks after our declaration of hostilities, an 
 army was in motion. Something was wrong in the firm 
 of 'Me and Gott.' At first the men were held in their 
 troops trains at the Jersey City yards, but they were soon 
 brought into town. So silently and so efficiently was the 
 work done that few of the millions across the river knew 
 that the Eastward tide of American soldiers had begun. 
 
 "It was a new game, and the rules were not yet made. 
 There was just one order of the day 'get the troops on. 1 
 Alongside the dock of the Hamburg Americkaner Line 
 lay the transports. Jamming the gangway, burdened 
 with overseas gear, strange new weapons and accoutre- 
 ments, tired after their long trans-continental ride on hot 
 troop trains, the regulars arrived. They were shoved into 
 below deck compartments, berths were hastily assigned 
 and with the out-tide the vessels put to sea. 
 
 "There was none of the glamour and the glory of war 
 in their going. No crowds lined the Battery Sea and no 
 bands and Citizen's Committees sped them on their way. 
 These men were the Regulars the U. S. A. they were 
 fighting men, and they were going to fight. Silently the 
 big transports were warped out of their docks, and silently 
 they put to sea. Perhaps along the Staten Island Hills 
 home-coming commuters wondered as the big gray ships 
 
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COLONEL V. LaS. ROCKWELL, CAV. 
 Inspector Guard and Fire Units 
 
Major E. A. Robbins, A. G. O., Asst. Port Adjutant 
 Lieut. Col. R. E. Shannon, Q. M. C., Transportation Office 
 
Lieut. Col. D. A. Watt, A. G. O., Port Adjutant 
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 boat captains wondered as a line of lightless ships dropped 
 down the long causeway of Ambrose Channel and put off 
 their pilots at the lightship. Perhaps the next morning, 
 far at sea, the off-shore fishing boats drew up their nets 
 to watch as the great convoy, guarded by destroyers, came 
 up over the western rim of the sea. 
 
 "But back in the city none knew of their going. The 
 6,000,000 people of New York little guessed that Amer- 
 ica's job of smashing the Imperial Government of Ger- 
 many had already begun. 
 
 "Possibly that's the waythatthebestwork in their world 
 is done, after all is said and over with. It isn't the cheer- 
 ing or the bands and street parades that win a war it 
 isn't the songs, or the martial music or the waving of flags 
 in club windows it's just the silent, steady relentless 
 drive of men who are determined that when they have 
 begun a job they will finish that job or die. 
 
 "That was the spirit of the American soldier. He had 
 begun a dirty job and he was going to see it through: he 
 wasn't going to yell, or cheer or boast he was going to 
 settle down to the job, and stay with it till the job was 
 finished. 
 
 "And perhaps, too, that has been the spirit of the men of 
 the Port of Debarkation, who, for two years, have stuck by 
 the job of getting the troops across. There were jobs that 
 had more glory, and jobs that got more praise. There was 
 fun and excitement and the job of battle to those who 
 fought along the Flanders line, but behind them stood the 
 array of communications the men who kept the railheads 
 going forward, the troop trains moving on. 
 
 "This is the story of the first convoy. They are the men 
 who began the job, and those who came after finished it. 
 And now that the war is over and the men are coming 
 home it's the Port of Debarkation but the job is just 
 the same. Names may come and names may go, but the 
 work goes on forever." 
 
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Col. John Robertson, Inf., Troop Movement Office 
 Capt. J. E. Williams, Inf., Troop Movement Office 
 
Capt. H. M. Black, C. A. C., Troop Movement Office 
 Lieut. Col. G. Bartlett, C. A. C., Troop Movement Office 
 
Lieut. Hubert Teer, Inf., D. S. C., Troop Movement Office 
 Capt. R. C. Van Vliet, Inf., Troop Movement Office 
 
Major John G. McDonnell, Cav., Troop Movement Office 
 Capt. King W. Snell, Inf., Troop Movement Office 
 
Major Richard Stockton, Inf., Troop Movement Office 
 Capt. Howard Jopling, Inf., Troop Movement Office 
 
"ONE OF LIFE'S BRIGHTEST MOMENTS" 
 Doughboys Just Before Debarking at Hoboken 
 
Capt. C. F. Murray, F. A., Troop Movement Office 
 apt. H. M. Black, C. A. C., Troop Movement Office 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 A TRIBUTE FROM THE PRESS 
 
 After the signing of the Armistice the censorship on 
 pictures and news relating to the activities at the Port of 
 Embarkation was lifted, and many are the excellent news 
 stories which have appeared in the public prints concern- 
 ing this port since that date. Lack of space prohibits the 
 publication of these fine tributes, but with a view to giv- 
 ing a general idea of the excellence of some of them, 
 the following is reprinted from the New York Evening 
 World. This story was also published in The Literary 
 Digest of March. 
 
 "SILVER STRIPERS" WON WAR IN HOBOKEN BY 
 
 SENDING OVER TWO MILLION FIGHTERS TO 
 
 BEND AND BREAK THE HINDENBURG LINE 
 
 Bovs WITH GOLD CHEVRONS MAY LAUGH, BUT MEN OF 
 
 KMIJAKKATIOX SERVICE, UNSUNG AND UNDECORATED, 
 
 PERFORMED MARVELS AND EARNED RIGHT To 
 
 BE ACCLAIMED WAR HEROES. 
 
 From the New York Evening World. 
 
 Oh, we're only silver-stripers, 
 And we never fought at Wipers, 
 And we never heard the roaring of the guns; 
 With a desk and phone and chair 
 We couldn't win the Croix de Guerre, 
 But we shipped two million men to beat the Huns. 
 Songs of the Swivel Chair. 
 
 The boys with the golden chevrons give them the laugh 
 -these officers and men who go about sporting the color- 
 less silver stripes. 
 
 They think they're "bunk" heroes, rocking-chair sol- 
 diers, too proud to fight and a lot of other things. 
 
 Over in Hoboken these silver stripers abound, most of 
 them officers and practically all physically fit for service 
 overseas. All but few of them wear three chevrons 
 (silver) denoting a year and a half in service. 
 
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MAJ. JOHN J. DEEMING 
 Subsistence Branch, P. U. O. 
 
 COL. GEO. H. ESTES, INF. 
 Port Utilities Officer 
 
CHAPLAINS J. T. AND J. V. AXTON 
 
 This Is the Only Case In the Entire U. S. Army Where Father and Son 
 
 Are Both Chaplains 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 They are the men of Uncle Sam's Embarkation Serv- 
 ice, unsung, uncheered and undecorated. 
 
 When the men of the A. E. F. were winning undying 
 glory at the Marne, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and the 
 Argonne, these silver-stripers were interned on the Hobo- 
 ken shores. 
 
 Instead of kicking holes in the Hindenburg Line, they 
 were home manipulating troop trains, ships and men, 
 often working twenty-four hours a day in order to keep 
 unbroken the khaki stream that flowed eastward to the 
 coast of France. 
 
 The war record of the Embarkation Service is some- 
 thing one seldom hears about. The names of its members 
 seldom got into the papers, they never killed Germans, no 
 brilliant war medals dangled from their obscure bosoms 
 and they wore silver chevrons. 
 
 Now what romance can one possibly attach to a silver 
 chevron? 
 
 Answer: None whatever. 
 
 However, the achievements of this invisible and unsung 
 a-rmy are slowly winning recognition and approval in 
 Washington. 
 
 Recognition From the Secretary of War 
 
 The first sign of this came a few days ago when Secre- 
 tary of War Baker announced that Major Gen. David C. 
 Shanks, commanding officer of the Port of Embarkation, 
 had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. 
 
 The official citation reached the Port of Embarkation 
 or debarkation, as it is now called in Hoboken last 
 night. It read as follows: 
 
 Major Gen. D. C. Shanks, U. S. A., is awarded the 
 Distinguished Service Medal for especially meritorious 
 and conspicuous service in the administration of the Port 
 of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., in connection with the 
 shipment of troops overseas. 
 
 The Evening World learned today from a reliable 
 source that other decorations will soon be filtering 
 
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CHAPLAIN J. V. AXTON 
 CHAPLAIN J. J. CAMPBELL 
 
 CHAPLAIN THOMAS B. GRICE 
 CHAPLAIN W. E. JONES 
 
LT. BEVERLY ESKRIDGE 
 Enlisted Casuals 
 
 LT. THOMAS RYAN 
 Prison Officer 
 
 CAPT. C. R. WILKINS 
 Adjt. 13th Inf. 
 
 CAPT. H. PAUL SMITH 
 Evacuation Sick and Wounded 
 
LT. FRED KING, A. D. C. 
 
 CAPT. G. E. MALONE 
 Transportation Division 
 
 LT. F. S. CHALLENGER 
 Transportation Division 
 
 CAPT. C. K. BOYER 
 Ass't Personnel Adjutant 
 
LT.-COL. EZRA M. DAVIS 
 Port Utilities Office 
 
 COL. FRANK H. PHIPPS, JR. 
 Water Transportation Office 
 
"JUST BACK" 
 Troops In Yard At Hoboken 
 
WITH T H E'ARMY AT HOBO KEN 
 
 through from Washington in the general direction of 
 Hoboken. A wireless runner to this effect had reached 
 the Embarkation Service yesterday, but no one could be 
 found who would admit that he knew where it came from. 
 
 The men of the Embarkation Service, from Major Gen. 
 Shanks and Brigadier Gen. McManus down to the sol- 
 diers who guard the gates to the piers, are slow to admit 
 that they have played a great part in the war, but they 
 cheerfully admit that they got no nearer the fighting front 
 than the gangway of a transport. 
 
 "The work had to be done by somebody, I suppose," 
 said Captain King W. Snell, aide to Gen. McManus, who 
 is troop movement officer. "Otherwise the 1.795.411 
 officers, men and nurses shipped to France by the Em- 
 barkation Service might still be waiting for transporta- 
 tion. But hell, who wants to be interned in Hoboken 
 when the main show is three or four thousand miles away? 
 It was like standing outside the big tent and punching 
 tickets to a three-ringed circus. We worked like dogs and 
 never got a chance to see the main performance." 
 
 This attitude would probably be found to be that of 
 the 2,400 officers and 24,000 enlisted men engaged in the 
 Embarkation Service. 
 
 They are all glad to have been able to do their bit, but 
 most of them look at their silver chevrons and feel that 
 they've been cheated out of something. 
 
 Some of the Figures of a Proud Record 
 
 During the entire period of embarkation from May, 
 1917, to November, 1918, the average number of Amer- 
 ican soldiers placed daily on French soil was 3,500. 
 
 In a single day the last day of August, 1918 46,214 
 doughboys were shipped out of the Port of New York. 
 This is claimed as the world's record for a single day's 
 shipment of troops. 
 
 The figures for the previous month, July, are held by 
 the Port of Embarkation Service to constitute another 
 world's record in troop transportation, In this month 
 
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CAPTAIN C. F. ITZEN 
 Personnel Adjutant 
 
 CAPTAIN J. J. WILKINS 
 Sales Commissary 
 
 CAPTAIN SEELY DUNN 
 Baggage Division 
 
 CAPTAIN OWEN DONNELLY 
 Equipment Liaison 
 
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 268,117 officers and men were put aboard vessels and sent 
 overseas by the Embarkation Service. 
 
 This was the highest number reached during the period 
 of the war. The number of men shipped to France had 
 steadily increased from May, 1917, when the figures for 
 the month were only 1,543. 
 
 It required 936 sailings to transport a sufficient number 
 of troops to France to win the war. These sailings were 
 carried out by 307 vessels, 108 of them being naval, 182 
 commercial and 17 Allied transports. 
 
 At the Port of Embarkation in Hoboken it is declared 
 that the work of fitting these vessels out as transports was 
 done entirely by the army instead of by the navy, as has 
 been generally believed. 
 
 The Embarkation Service points with pride to the work 
 done by the army in building up a transport fleet. 
 
 Major Gen. Shanks has served as commanding officer 
 of the port of embarkation practically through the war. 
 The officers who have served with him and with Brigadier 
 Gen. McManus are men who have grown up with the 
 Embarkaion Service, the personnel having changed very 
 little since the declaration of the war. 
 
 Brigadier Gen. McManus and Col. John Robertson 
 are heads of the Troop Movement Office of the port of 
 embarkation, under them being thirty line officers, sev- 
 eral of whom are West Point graduates. 
 
 The same efficiency that marked the shipment of the 
 A. E. F. overseas is characterizing its return. Three hun- 
 dred thousand doughboys have already been landed from 
 "over there." 
 
 The .smoothness and rapidity with \vhich the debarka- 
 tion officers work were demonstrated a few days ago when 
 the naval transport Leviathan docked in Hoboken with 
 12,500 troops and equipment. 
 
 In less than three hours after this giant liner tied up 
 there wasn't a doughboy or scrap of equipment in sight. 
 The entire outfit had been entrained and was on its way 
 to camp. 
 
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MAJOR T. B. GLOVER, M. H. 
 Ass't Port Utility Officer 
 
 CAPTAIN OSCAR REYNOLDS, INF. 
 Troop Movement Office 
 
MAJOR MORTIMER REMINGTON, Q. M. C. 
 Transport Officer 
 
 LT.-COL. F. II. SCHOEFFEL, I. G. 
 Former Port Inspector 
 
MAJOR R. N. NELSON, Q. M. C. 
 Port Utilities Office 
 
 R. F. DICKERSON 
 Dept. Agent, American Railway Commission 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 Roster of Officers on Duty in the Office of the Com- 
 manding General and Port Adjutant, Headquarters, 
 Port of Embarkation, Hobo ken, N. J., 
 Midnight, October 31, 1919 
 
 MAJOR GENERALS 
 
 1. Shanks, David E., DSM Commanding General. 
 
 BRIGADIER GENERALS 
 
 2. McManus, G. H., DSM .......Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 3. P. W. Davison.. ..Executive Officer. 
 
 COLONELS 
 
 1. Appel, Aaron H., USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 2. Blunt, A. C., USA Officer in Charge Military P. O. 
 
 3. Chatfield, Walter A., USA, Rtd. ... Survey Officer. 
 
 4. Eskridge, Oliver S., Inf Assistant to Acting Chief of Staff. 
 
 5. Marmon, Joseph A., Inf Assistant to Acting Chief of Staff. 
 
 6. Murray, Cunliffe H., USA, Rtd. .. .General Court Martial. 
 
 7. Nance, J. T., USA, Rtd Assistant to Port Inspector. 
 
 8. Robertson, John, Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 9. Rockwell, V. LaS., Cav Inspector of Guard and Fire Units. 
 
 10. Steedman, R. R., USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 11. Taylor, Charles W., USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 LIEUTENANT COLONELS 
 
 1. Cassatt, E. E., IGD Assistant to Port Inspector. 
 
 2. Corbusier, William H., USA, Rtd.. General Court Martial. 
 
 3. Cronkhite, Henry M., USA, Rtd. . .General Court Martial. 
 
 4. Martin, Medad C, USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 5. Neely, William S., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 6. Paddock, Geo. H., USA, Rtd Assistant to Survey Officer. 
 
 7. Schoeffel, F. H., USA Port Inspector. 
 
 8. Wyeth, Marlborough C., USA, Rtd. General Court Martial. 
 
 MAJORS 
 
 1. Dayhuff, Charles H., AGD Officer in Charge Identification and 
 
 Transportation of Casuals. 
 
 2. Drake, Frank H., CAC Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 3. Dunham, Lawrence B., USA Intelligence Officer. 
 
 4. Farr, Charles W., USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 5. Haff, C. B., FA Assistant to Port Inspector, 
 
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 LT.-COL. M. E. HUGHES 
 
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 6. Hewes, H. P., Inf Assistant to Port Inspector. 
 
 7. Lawes, H. J., MTC Motor Transport ( )ilicer. 
 
 8. Maginnis, T. F., Inf .Assistant to Acting Chief of Staff. 
 
 9. Moore, J. Perry, AGD Personnel Adjutant. 
 
 10. Phelps, Frederick N., USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 11. Robbins, E. A., AGD Port Adjutant. 
 
 12. Scholle, William D., FA Executive Officer, Camp Upton, L. I. 
 
 13. Walker, John C., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 CAPTAINS 
 
 1. Anderson, Alden, FA Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 2. Appleton, Daniel S., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 3. Banting, Frank F., QMC Assistant to Information Officer. 
 
 4: Boyer, C. K., AGD Assistant to Personnel Adjutant. 
 
 5. Carroll, Charles A., AGD Assistant to Personnel Adjutant and 
 
 Statistical Officer. 
 
 6. Gilliam Thomas M., FA Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 7. Glasson, Samuel, USA, Rtd General Court Martial. 
 
 8. Goodale, J. R., USA, Rtd Assistant to Port Adjutant. 
 
 9. Itzen, Charles F.,. AGD Assistant to Port Adjutant. 
 
 10. Jopling, Howard S., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officei. 
 
 11. Kiernan, Paul L., MIB Assistant to Intelligence Officer. 
 
 12. Kimball, William A., USA, Rtd. .. .General Court Martial. 
 
 13. McKinstray, Arthur P., USA Assistant to Intelligence Officer. 
 
 14. McLean, James D., JAGD Assistant to Judge Advocate. 
 
 15. Malone, Kemp, AGD Assistant to Personnel Adjuant. 
 
 16. Marino, Joseph J., Inf Assistant to Intelligence Officer. 
 
 17. Moffatt, Donald, Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 18. Montgomery, Benj. F., USA, Rtd.. General Court Martial. 
 
 19. Murray, Clarence F., FA .Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 20. Nicoll, Courtland, USA Assistant to Intelligence Officer. 
 
 21. Reid, Archibald, IGD Assistant to Port Inspector. 
 
 22. Reynolds, Oscar J., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement ( )fficer. 
 
 23. Roy, Frederick F., AGD Officer in charge of Transportation 
 
 of Organizations Overseas. 
 
 24. Snell, King W., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 25. Stevenson, Charles D., JAGD Assisant to Judge Advocate. 
 
 26. Wales, Orval A., AGD Assistant to Personnel Adjutant. 
 
 27. Williams, Jay E., Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
 28. Wyles, C. C. L. B., AGD Assistant to Acting Chief of Staff. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Bach, Julian S., AGD Assistant to Officer in Charge of 
 
 Military Post Office. 
 
 2. Baker, Stanley H., AGD .Assistant to Officer in Charge of 
 
 Transportation of Organizations 
 Overseas. 
 
 3. Barley, Leon C., Inf Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 4. Barnell, Joseph G., AGD Assistant to Port Adjutant. 
 
 5. Brundage, Albert E., Inf Assistant to Port Adjutant. 
 
 6. Bryan, Harry M., AGD Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 7. Butterbaugh, Wayne E., AGD Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 8. Cunningham, James M., AGD Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 -9. Foster, George A., AGD Assistant to the Port Adjutant. 
 
 10. Johnson, Norman, Inf Assistant to Troop Movement Officer. 
 
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LIEUT. EKMAN CAPT. F. E. THUMEY, San C. 
 
 MAJ. A. R. GREEN, M. C, LT. H. S. ROBERTSON 
 
Office Personnel Transportation for Sick and Wounded 
 Official Correspondence Dept., Effects Bureau, Lieut. W. F. Read In Charge 
 Motor Transport Corps, Hoboken, Captain H. M. Thatcher In Charge 
 
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WITH THE ARMY AT H O B O K E N 
 
 11. Mills, L. S., AGO Assistant to Officer in Charge of 
 
 Transportation of Organizations 
 Overseas. 
 
 12. Metzger, LeRoy, FA Assistant to the Port Inspector. 
 
 13. Rabbitt, Harry F., AGD Assistant to the Statistical Officer. 
 
 14. Sewall, Willis F., AGD Assistant to Port Adjutant. 
 
 15. Shaffer, Rexford R., AGD On duty at Camp Upton, L. I., New 
 
 York, as representative of the 
 Adjutants. """-*-. 
 
 16. Sleppin, Benjamin, Inf Assistant Instructor on Censorship. 
 
 17. Taylor, Lloyd C., FA Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 18. Trainer, Peter, FA Port Veterinarian. 
 
 19. Wardin, Edward W., CWS Chemical Warfare Service Officer.- 
 
 20. Willcox, H. P., Eng Assistant to Port Inspector. 
 
 . SECOND LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Bishop; Charles E., AGD .'.Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 2. Blake, John M.-, Inf., .../.. Assistant to Information Officer. 
 
 '3. Cunningham, Francis Del., Inf". ;'.. .Assistant to Information Officer. 
 
 4. Doggett, S. H., MTC Assistant to Motor Transport Officer. 
 
 5. Eichelberger, Louis E., Inf Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 6. Fuller, Wyman A., Inf Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 7. Gunderson, Le Roy A., Inf ......... .Assistant to Information Officer. 
 
 8. Hann, Francis, Inf Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 9. Hinson, M. T., Inf Aide-de-Camp. 
 
 10. Hutchins, Will M., AGD Assistant to the Port Adjutant. 
 
 11. Jones, Austin S., MTC Assistant to Motor Transport Officer. 
 
 12. Kelleher, William A., AGD Assistant to Personnel Adjutant. 
 
 13. Lehmaier, Martin, AGD Assistant to Information Officer. 
 
 14. Lynch, William Hyan, Inf Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 15. Lyon, George H., SC Assistant to Port Adjutant. 
 
 16. Mallory, W. W., Inf Assistant to Information Officer. 
 
 17. Morrison, R. S., Cav Assistant Instructor on Censorship. 
 
 18. Rhoads, George A., Inf Assistant to Perspnnel Adjutant. 
 
 19. Richards, Eben, Jr., Inf Aide-de-Camp. 
 
 20. Seaman, Philip H., USA Assistant to Intelligence Officer. 
 
 21. Simmons, John A., Inf Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 22. Theise, William J., AGD Assistant to Statistical Officer. 
 
 QUARTERMASTERS CORPS 
 MAJORS 
 
 1. Remington, Mortimer, QMC Transport Officer. 
 
 2. Rhodes, E. V., QMC On duty with Depot Quartermaster 
 
 at Boston, Mass. 
 
 3. Shelton, Nathan J., QMC Supply Officer and Commanding Of- 
 
 ficer, U. S. Troops at Montreal, 
 Can. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Barber, S. Lyman, QMC .....Assistant to Transport Officer. 
 
 2. Murphy, Edward ~S.,~ QMC. . .~".T.T7~ Information Officer. 
 
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LT. JOHN B. OVERALL 
 MAJ. MCDONALD 
 
 CAPT. W. S. BLACK 
 CAPT. C. P. WILSON 
 
CAPT. SACHUNS 
 MAJ. E. N. SCHORER, M. C. 
 
 LT. BAYARD TAYLOR 
 CAPT. RUPERT, S. C. 
 
MAJ. S. C. BALDWIN, M. C. 
 LT.-COL. SCOTT, D. C. 
 
 MAJ. H. N. KEARNS 
 CAPT. J. J. DONOHUE 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT H O B O K E N 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANTS 
 1. Ormsby, William J., QMC Assistant to Transport Officer. 
 
 CHAPLAINS 
 
 MAJOR 
 1. Axton, John T Port Chaplain. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Beebe, Milton O Chaplain (Asst. to Port Chaplain). 
 
 2. Burkhalter, L. L Chaplain. 
 
 3. Catterlin, Armsted H Chaplain. 
 
 4. Cox, Gordon Dale Chaplain. 
 
 5. Dalton, Hugh A Chaplain. 
 
 6. Fossulman, I. F Chaplain. 
 
 7. McLaughlin, Richard H Chaplain. 
 
 8. Conboy, Thomas G Chaplain. 
 
 Roster of Army Field Clerks, Headquarters, Port of 
 
 Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., at Midnight, 
 
 April 30, 1919 
 
 1. Abert, George R. 
 
 2. Akerstrom, Louis -O. A. 
 
 3. Alexander, Curt 
 
 4. Allen, Edward J. 
 
 5. Allen, William J. 
 
 6. Anderson, Percy S. 
 
 7. Anderson, Segurd A. C. 
 
 8. Anone, Emile W. 
 
 9. Apgar, Francis R. 
 
 10. Arens, Arthur W. 
 
 11. Auer, Louis C. 
 
 12. Bacigal, Emil A. 
 
 13. Baldwin, Walter W. 
 
 14. Barnes, John F. 
 
 15. Beardsall, William V. 
 
 16. Beck, Henry C. 
 
 17. Beckett, Hugh 
 
 18. Benon, Herbert 
 
 19. Bensman, Louis 
 
 20. Beresford, Edward J. 
 
 21. Bergman, William 
 
 22. Bird, William H. 
 
 23. Birnhaum, Philip Stanley 
 
 24. Blackmail, Harry R. 
 
 25. Blackman, Samuel 
 
 26. Blaser, Herman J. 
 
 27. Blunt, Matthew M. 
 
 28. Bodne, Joseph J. 
 
 29. Bowcn, Edison 
 
 30. Boyd, James F. 
 
 31. Brady, Matthias J. 
 
 32. Brauer, William T. 
 
 33. Brophy, Joseph P. 
 
 34. Browne, Benjamin T. 
 
 35. Brown, George R. 
 
 36. Brown, John Harvey 
 
 37. Bryan, Charles M. 
 
 38. Buchmiller, Clarence C 
 
 39. Buehne, Ollie F. 
 
 40. Bull, Nathaniel, Jr. 
 
 41. Burgess, George W. 
 
 42. Burnett, Charles S. 
 
 43. Burns, Thomas J. 
 
 44. Burricelli, Thomas R. 
 
 45. Bush, John E. 
 
 46. Byrne, John J. 
 
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LT. THOMAS J. CRONIN 
 Overseas Express Officer 
 
 CAPT. C. C. WILE, A. G. 
 Office of Chief of Staff 
 
 CAPT. F. F. ROY 
 Dispatch Office 
 
 CAPT. P. E. WALKER 
 Transportation Office 
 
WITH 
 
 THE 
 
 ARMY 
 
 A T 
 
 H Q B O K K N 
 
 47. Cahill, Thomas J. 
 
 106. Driscoll, Edwin J. 
 
 48. Campbell, James A. 
 
 107. Eardman, Edward G. 
 
 49. Carbone, William E. 
 
 108. Eckhart, Frank V. 
 
 50. Cardwell, Robert W. 
 
 109. Eiscnstat, Abraham 
 
 51. Carter, John O. 
 
 110. Ellsworth, Harry M. 
 
 52. Cavanaugh, Martin H. 
 
 111. Englander, Irving 
 
 53. Chagnon, Antonio A. 
 
 112. Ephraim, Belmont 
 
 54. Chauncey, Depew T. 
 
 113. Epstein, Harvey H. 
 
 55. Chirco, Frank B. 
 
 114. Fagan, Francis 
 
 56. Claar, John L. 
 
 115. Fagan, Vincent J. 
 
 57. Clark, Charles S., Jr. 
 
 116. Farrell, Matthew F. 
 
 58. Clemency, William Edward 
 
 117. Fass, William 
 
 59. Clifford, William, Jr. 
 
 118. Fatscher, Amandus 
 
 60. Cochrane, Raymond W. 
 
 119. Feldman, David 
 
 61. Condon, John A. 
 
 120. Fenn, Stanley W. 
 
 62. Connors, Joseph M. 
 
 121. Ferris, Archibald W. 
 
 63. Cook, Charles F. 
 
 122. Ferris, Elvin F. 
 
 64. Cook, John E. 
 
 123. Finklestein, Louis 
 
 65. Cooke, Martin E. 
 
 124. Fitzgerald, Edward A., jr. 
 
 66. Coppinger, Harry A. 
 
 125. Fitzpatrick, Frank J. 
 
 67. Corcoran, George D. 
 
 126. Fitzpatrick Thomas J. 
 
 68. Costanza, Anthony 
 
 127. Flannery, James T. 
 
 69. Coughlin, Eugene W. 
 
 128. Flautt, Logan J. 
 
 70. Cowit, Max W. 
 
 129. Flor, Albert 
 
 71. Cramer, Charles W. 
 
 130. Flynn, Richard J. 
 
 72. Crampton, Paul G. 
 
 131. Gaffney, Richard F. 
 
 73. Crandall, Joseph N. 
 
 132. Gannon, Charles F. 
 
 74. Crandall, S. Lewis 
 
 133. Gannon, John J. 
 
 75. Cribbin, James J. 
 
 134. Ganzkow, George F. 
 
 76. Crook, Harry 
 
 135. Gargan, Andrew L. 
 
 77. Crook, Hesse 
 
 136. Garrett, William R., Jr. 
 
 78. Curran, Stanford W. 
 
 137. Gatchell, Raymond 
 
 79. Cusack, James J. 
 
 138. Gaynor, James F. 
 
 80. Cushman, Spencer R. 
 
 139. Geller, Aloe 
 
 81. Cuthbert, Edward B. 
 
 140. Gellman, David 
 
 82. Daines, Carleton W. 
 
 141. Geroldsen, George 
 
 83. Daly, James Patrick 
 
 142. Gilliland, James L. 
 
 84. Damrell, Henry P. 
 
 143. Ginsberg, Carl 
 
 85. Danenberg, Nathan 
 
 144. Gladstone, Newton A. 
 
 86. Davison, Arnold B. 
 
 145. Glass, Driver H. 
 
 87. Day, Soule B. 
 
 146. Glennon, Clarence J. 
 
 88. Dena, George E. 
 
 147. Goodman, James J. 
 
 89. Dean, George E. 
 
 148. Grant, Joseph P. * 
 
 89a De Fazio, Sebastian 
 
 149. Grimshaw, John C. 
 
 90. Deitel, Edward 
 
 150. Guilibault, Mason T. 
 
 91. De Nike, William E. 
 
 151. Guernsey, Harold A. 
 
 92. De Roze, Charles Anthony 
 
 152. Haft, Jules G. 
 
 93. Detroy, Peter John, Jr. 
 
 153. Haggerty, Daniel A. 
 
 94. De Zazala, Lorenzo 
 
 154. Hagstrom, Paul H. 
 
 95. Dieckman, Charles J. 
 
 155. Halligan, Thomas F. 
 
 96. Dobbs, Franklin M. 
 
 156. Halpin, Thomas A. 
 
 97. Dobbs, Bligh A. 
 
 157. Hamilton, Charles L. 
 
 98. Doherty, William T. 
 
 158. Hannan, Francis M. 
 
 99. Donaghy, William H. 
 
 159. Harris, Joseph R. 
 
 100. Donlon, Michael J. 
 
 160. Harris, Harry J. 
 
 101. Donnelly, Charles E. 
 
 161. Harvey, Ralph C. 
 
 102. Doobin, Herman C. 
 
 162. Harwitz, Samuel E. 
 
 103. Dorland, Joseph W. 
 
 163. Hayes, Edward W. 
 
 104. Dowd, John H. 
 
 164. Heavey, John J. 
 
 105. Drew, Roy Dunning 
 
 165. Herb, Franklin B. 
 
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ITw> 
 
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WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 166. Herschfield, Harold L. 
 
 167. Hewison, Charles B. 
 
 168. Hilliard, Benjamin C, Jr. 
 
 169. Hoffman, Leo C. 
 
 170. Hogan, Edward F. 
 
 171. Hogan, James A. 
 
 172. Hoolabird, Harlowe C., Jr. 
 
 173. Honour, J. H., Jr. 
 
 174. Hopkins, George A. 
 
 175. Hosmer, Paul H. 
 
 176. Howe, Henry E. 
 
 177. Hoyt, Charles R. 
 
 178. Hudson, Edward R. 
 
 179. Hughes, George Morris 
 
 180. Hyde, William A. 
 
 181. Ingram, Cardinal W. 
 
 182. Izenberg, Harry 
 
 183. Tacobs, David 
 
 184. Jeffers, Ulie H. 
 
 185. Johnson, Edward M. 
 
 186. Jones, Marion A. 
 
 187. Jurginsori, Andrew C. 
 
 188. Kearney, Edmund DeSalles 
 
 189. Keefe, Harry S. 
 
 190. Kelly, George H. 
 
 191. Keiton, Frank B. 
 
 192. Kenney, Thomas J. 
 
 193. Kettelf, Lawrence F. 
 
 194. King, Samuel R. 
 
 195. Kinzler, Herman 
 
 196. Klein, David 
 
 197. Kleinfelder, Richard A. 
 
 198. Kopp, Louis L. 
 
 199. Kossar, Hyman 
 
 200. Kovac, Emil V. 
 
 201. Kotz, John W. 
 
 202. Kreger, Maurice C. 
 
 203. Kroth, Joseph A. 
 
 204. Kurz, Philip W. 
 
 205. Laidlaw, Fred S. 
 
 206. Lankenau, Richard 
 
 207. Larkin, Paul C. 
 
 208. Larsen, Henry A. 
 
 209. Latauer, Harry 
 
 210. Larents, Alfred L. 
 
 211. Lederer, Barney O. 
 
 212. Lefkow, Alfred 
 
 213. Lehman, Gustav C. 
 
 214. Leins, Ernest 
 
 215. Leonard, William F. 
 
 216. Le Strange, August J. 
 
 217. Levy, Harry 
 
 218. Levy, Ralph E. 
 
 219. Lewis, Albert C. 
 
 220. Lips, John G. 
 
 221. Lithgow, Eugene A. 
 
 222. Litwin, Samuel 
 
 223. Louprette, Frank A. 
 
 224. Louttit, James H. 
 
 225. Lowden, James E. 
 
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 Lowitz, Louis D. 
 Lurie, Edwin S. 
 Lyons, Timothy J. 
 McCabe, Robert J. 
 McCarthy, Thomas A. 
 McCloskey, Felix L. 
 McGarry, David A. 
 Mclnerney, William C. 
 Mclntyre, Wm. P. 
 McLaughlin, Francis X. 
 McMahon, James J. 
 McMinn, Albert J. 
 McNamara, Daniel E. 
 McNamara, Lot F. 
 McNulty, John G. 
 McNulty, Thomas 
 MacCombic, Herbert E. 
 Mackenzie, Frank B. 
 Magill, James A. 
 Mahoney, George V. 
 Malone, Arthur C. 
 Mara, Cornelius J. 
 Markowitz, Samuel A. 
 Marnell, John F. 
 Marsilie, John R. 
 Marvin, W. Roy 
 Mason, William E. 
 Matthews, Ambrose R. 
 Meadcr, Monroe H. 
 Meloski, John F. 
 Merendine, Anthony T. 
 Mertens, Walter 
 Meyding, George W. 
 Meyer, Fred A. 
 Meyer, William B. 
 Myers, Jack 
 Michaelson, Samuel H. 
 Miller, Fred R. 
 Monroe, George H. 
 Morris, H. Preston 
 Morrison, Clifford P. 
 Mullins, Ivan B. 
 Murray, Thomas J. 
 Musil, William J. 
 Newman, Carl T. 
 Neylan, John F. 
 Nieman, David 
 Nieman, Louis 
 Noack, Charles F. 
 Nortz, Gerald A. 
 O'Brien, J. Harry 
 O'Brien, Thomas 
 Oehmann, Andrew LeRoy 
 Oertel, Ferdinand R. 
 O'Loughlin, Henry G. 
 O'Neill, Francis G. 
 O'Neill, Charles V. 
 O'Neill, William A. 
 Outwater, William S. 
 Ownes, John T., Jr. 
 
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ELEVATOR OPERATORS AND HEADQUARTERS CHAUFFEURS 
 ATTENDING SURGEON AND OFFICE STAFF 
 
Requisition Section, P. U. O., Lt. A. Clay In Charge 
 
 Legal Form Dept. Effects Bureau, Miss D. V. Cleveland In Charge 
 
 File Dept. Effects Bureau, Lt. D. M. Stratton In Charge 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 286. Pabian, Frank, Jr. 
 
 287. Peck, Samuel E. 
 
 288. Posin, Samuel 
 
 289. Phelan, Francis A. 
 
 290. Pintel, James J. 
 
 291. Post, Harold E. 
 
 292. Power, George E. 
 
 293. Prink, Lester 
 
 294. Prout, John L. 
 
 295. Purcell, Bernard J. 
 
 296. Rabinowitz, Henry 
 
 297. Rabinowitz, Morris 
 
 298. Rainsford, Francis H. 
 
 299. Rodman, Morris A. 
 
 300. Ratcliff, Jesse C. 
 
 301. Rea, Floyd G. 
 
 302. Reichart, Robert R. 
 
 303. Reimer, Clayton 
 
 304. Repke, John E. 
 
 305. Reynolds, Thomas P. 
 
 306. Richeimer, Terome 
 
 307. Richter, Robert H. 
 
 308. Robins, Bartholomew 
 
 309. Rogers, William E. 
 
 310. Rooney, James J. 
 
 311. Root, Benjamin 
 
 312. Root, M. Aaron 
 
 313. Rosenthal, Max 
 
 314. Roy, Frederick J. 
 
 315. Ruth, Joseph F. 
 
 316. Ryan, John A. 
 
 317. Ryan, Matthew 
 
 318. Ryan, Timothy L. 
 
 319. Safran, Solomon 
 
 320. Saiewitz, Louis W. 
 
 321. Salvatore, Nicholas 
 
 322. Schaechter, Herman 
 
 323. Schecker, Cleveland A. 
 
 324. Schultz, Michael 
 
 325. Schwartz, Bennet H. 
 
 326. Sealey, F. H. 
 
 327. Seitz, Corwin R. 
 
 328. Semmig, William G. 
 
 329. Sewell, Walton 
 
 330. Sherwood, Edgar Wesley 
 
 331. Shields, William J. 
 
 332. Siegel, Herman 
 
 333. Siegert, George 
 
 334. Silon, Irving 
 
 335. Simpson, Wallace Norvell 
 
 336. Slick, Wilbur I. 
 
 337. Sloyik, Harry 
 
 338. Smith, Compton H. 
 
 339. Smith, Hartley G. 
 
 340. Stam, Allan Conrad 
 
 341. Stam, Jacob 
 
 342. Stark, Siegfried 
 
 343. Steil, William Penn 
 
 344. Stephansen, Carl F. 
 
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 Stephens, George F. 
 Stilson, Warren M. 
 Strauch, Arthur B. 
 Strong, William M. 
 Stumpf, Edward Le Roy 
 Sturges, John Louis 
 Subers, Frank W., Jr. 
 Subin, Louis 
 Sullivan, William J. 
 Sully, George, Jr. 
 Sully, William 
 Suminsby, John E. 
 Sweeney, John A. 
 Track, William E. 
 Talvenesaari, Ed wan 1 
 Taub, Leo 
 Taylor, Harold E. 
 Teller, Franklin W., Jr. 
 Thompson, George S. 
 Thompson, William J. 
 Thornton, Milo J. 
 Tiernan, David James 
 Timbario, Joseph 
 Toepfer, John A. 
 Tryon, Justus E. A. 
 Turner, William S. 
 Tyrrell, John H. 
 Tyson, Dorsey P. 
 Valentine, John W. 
 Vollaro, Charles 
 Walil, Herbert J. 
 Walker, James 
 Walker, William O. 
 Walsh, John A. 
 Wanderman, Morris M. 
 Ward, La Mert A. 
 Warren, Harry Lee 
 Wasserman, Benjamin 
 Waters, Vincent J. 
 Weinberg, Leon E. 
 Weinberger, Isadorc 
 Weiss, Solomon 
 Welch, George J. 
 Wertenbakcr, Clark I. 
 Westhoff, Frank 
 Weymann, Covert 
 Whclan, Harry J. 
 White, Emil 
 Whitehead, William C. 
 Whitmore, Robert A. 
 Wien, Louis 
 Wineberg, Lloyd W. 
 Winters, Irving B. 
 Wolfe, Raymond Charles 
 Wolfman, Nathan 
 Wood, Arthur B. 
 Wood, Clyde K. 
 Worms, Alexander S. 
 
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WITH THE ARMY AT H O B O K E N 
 
 Office of the Port Utilities Officer, New York City, N. Y. 
 Roster of Officers at Midnight, October 31, 1918 
 
 COLONEL 
 Cole, Hayden S. 
 
 LIEUTENANT COLONELS, QMC 
 
 Baker W. E. Jackson, F. P. 
 
 Chamberlm, D. W. McCabe, R A 
 
 Davis, Ezra Shannon, R. E. 
 
 MAJORS, QMC 
 
 Armitage, G. W. Laurence, F. S. 
 
 Close, Edward B. Nelson, John J. 
 
 Donnelly, Walter M. Neustadt, M W 
 
 Downing, Charles O'Brien, D A 
 
 Gerhardt, P. L., USA Pratt, Stewart C 
 
 Gerry, R^ J Teinhard, Frank A. 
 
 Glover, T. B. Ttirnhull, L. M. 
 
 Keating, Cletus Van Sinderen, Adrian 
 
 Yoemans, C. W. 
 
 CAPTAINS 
 
 Aikman, Robert Gibson, Francis M. 
 
 Bell, Clair H. Graff, Horace M. 
 
 Bergman, D. E. Greager, O. A 
 
 Bowman Frank Hamlin, Ewing W., USA 
 
 yce ' 4; L ' Hammond, Orlande 1) 
 
 S nXey ; Sv^ T. Hargrove, Hardy 
 
 Bryant, Willis R. Hebblethwaitc, Joseph 
 
 Buckler George A. Hooper, Charles E 
 
 Campbell, Louis J. Jabelonsky, Carl H 
 
 Carpenter George S. Jenkins, M. E., USA 
 
 Carter, Charles E., Jr. Kelly, John F. 
 
 Chaplain, George King, William T. 
 
 Barters, David J Knight, George W. 
 
 Clayton, William L. Kuwhns, R J 
 
 Coggswell, John F. Langston, fohn S. 
 
 olt ' J- H; Lynch, Charles D. 
 
 Coombs, Edward E. Lynch, Charles I) 
 
 Cox A. B McDermott, Charles 
 
 Cushing John E. McKay, Charles F. 
 
 De Hughes, G. C. MacDonald, W. J. 
 
 Dunn, Seely MacQuillan, W. L. 
 
 Eddy, Richard T. Madsen, Hans A. 
 
 Elliott, Charles P. Magee, Charles H. 
 
 Evans, Frank J. Malone, George E 
 
 Ey, Frank F. Mullings, Robert Al 
 
 &7tr J ??V- TI Olhaber, William M. 
 
 Fletcher, F. T., USA O'Brien, William N. 
 
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WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 Overheiser, Franklin 
 Pavvla, Fred A. 
 Pedrick, Charles D. 
 Petite, Albert M. 
 Peyton, P. B., Jr. 
 Phillips, Charles L. 
 Pierson, I. R. 
 Powers, M. J. 
 Rahilly, David A. 
 Ratncr, I. R. 
 Reynor, Harry 
 Rideout, Parker E. 
 Riter, William F. 
 Robinson, F. H. 
 
 Sacknus, Henry W. 
 Sandford, Lawson 
 Sedweek, Charles E. 
 Stewart, Charles 
 Spaulding, H. C. 
 Thomson, Frank K. 
 Townsend, A. C, USA 
 Tremaine, W. C. 
 Virgin, Ira H. 
 Wilcox, D. A. 
 Wilkins, John J. 
 Willis, L. B. 
 Wilson, Lydon F. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS, QMC 
 
 Addoms, M. C. 
 Anderson, Edwin M. 
 Applegate, Bayard C. 
 Armstrong, Buron N. 
 Arnof, Joseph N. 
 Arnold, J. H. 
 Axelson, Carl A. 
 Babcock, Woodward 
 Barmun, Robert C. 
 Bassett, John A. 
 Bates, Earle W. 
 Beaton, Donald J. 
 Bennett, E. H. 
 Bernard, Frederick 
 Bissell, Leonard A. 
 Black, Barnard C. 
 Blewett, Charles H. 
 Bostwick, S. F. 
 Bowers, Richard D. 
 Brack, Raymond H. 
 Brian, Jesse J. 
 Brink, Floyd E. 
 Bryan, Frantz M. 
 Buck, George G. 
 Bulloch, David N. 
 Bushey, F. P. 
 Butler, Gerald M. 
 Butterworth, Lester B. 
 Carlough, Howard W. 
 Cavendish, Harry 
 Clayton, F. P. 
 Colton, Asa 
 Cooper, Raymond 
 Crow, Warder 
 Danner, Norman B. 
 Dempsey, R. J. 
 Dinsmore, Alvin L. 
 Ellis, Paul R. 
 Flertzheim, Henry A. 
 Ferguson, J. A. 
 Franklin, L. I. 
 Fraser, William A. 
 
 Gahn, Rolf E. 
 Greenwood, Harold J. 
 Griffin, Charles W. 
 Hamilton, A. E. 
 Harned, Pomeroy 
 Heeley, Eugene S. 
 Hill, Frederick W. 
 Hindle, John C. 
 Hummers, William S. 
 Hutcheson, John C. 
 Johnson, Wilbur S. 
 lonas, Adore L. 
 Kelly, Thomas W. 
 Ketchum, Frank B. 
 Killoran, Sylvester A. 
 Kip, Garrett B. 
 Knott, Lewis A. 
 Krueger, M. M. 
 Landon, Howare L. 
 Landon, Howard L. 
 Lawrence, Paul T. 
 Lisle, Herbert 
 McAllister, H. C. 
 McClain, Elmer 
 McCormick, John E. 
 McMullan, Patrick 
 Mallory, Arthur 
 Marshall, Irving 
 Martin, John B. 
 Matthews, J. W. 
 Matthews, W. W. 
 Mayer, Otto H. 
 Mett, Charles 
 Middlebrook, William T. 
 Moffat, David 
 Moulton, Parker N. 
 Murray, Matthew T. 
 Noel, R. C. 
 Norton, Brayton S. 
 O'Brien, R. A. 
 Phelps, E. H. 
 Schneider, T. I. 
 
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 Schuman, Paul G. 
 Segrave, John K. 
 Sewall, Benjamin B. 
 Sheldon, Charles D. 
 Smott, Harlow E. 
 Spotswood, M. W. 
 Strauss, Harry B. 
 Sylvester, Robert E. 
 Tandler, Richard 
 Taylor, Verne A. 
 Thalman, Sigmond 
 
 Thomas, James R. 
 Thompson, Raymond L. 
 Thornton, Emslie C. 
 Titus, Peter R. 
 Towle, Albert L. 
 Trilling, Frank A. 
 Wile, Lee 
 Wilkins, Ray C. 
 Wilson, Francis J. 
 Wrenshall, Abraham K. 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANTS, QMC 
 
 Angier, Harold 
 Armstrong, J. T. H. 
 Barrows, Daniel H. 
 Barry, Walter X. 
 Bass, Emory P. 
 Beckman, Albert J. 
 Bell, Edwin H. 
 Bell, James C. 
 Ball, Walker E. 
 Bender, William D. 
 Biberman, Charles 
 Blangenship, Glenn 
 Brooks, George C. 
 Butler, George P. 
 Campbell, Stanley B. 
 Cauthers, James D. 
 Challenger, Francis S. 
 Chandler, Henry G. 
 Clark, Lester P. 
 Cleeve, Frederick W. 
 Cooke, William H. 
 Cooney, Raymond A. 
 Corbett, Ralph E. 
 Cown, John A. 
 Craig, Herbert W. 
 Cronin, Thomas 
 Crimmins, Joseph A. 
 Daly, John J. 
 Dalzell, George H. 
 Davidson, J. J. 
 Dawkins, Joseph D. 
 Deming, Joseph G. 
 Devine, James J. 
 Elms, James C. 
 Eryin, Ralph W. 
 Failing, John C. 
 Feloi, Leonard F. 
 Fisher, Fred M. 
 Flannery, Harold 
 Flume, L. T. 
 Fobes, T. B. 
 Garvey, John J. 
 Glaccum, John J. 
 Godfrey, Freeman A. 
 Golembe, Charles 
 
 Grace, Earl J. 
 Grady, Thomas A. 
 Grande, Joseph E. 
 Haines, Franklin M. 
 Handley, James T. 
 Hanley, Owen A. 
 Harding, Orman W. 
 Hawk, Henry C. 
 Hayes, Victor E. 
 Hensel, Orville C. 
 Kaufman, Gerald M. 
 Keefe, David R. 
 Kilpatrick, John 
 Klump, Karl J. 
 Knobloch, P. G. 
 Lese, Joseph L. 
 Lind, John A. 
 Young, Harlow W. 
 Long, Lawrence D. 
 Lundberg, Charles 
 McCarthy, William V. 
 McConnell, Frank H. 
 McDade, George C. 
 McDonough, Justin F. 
 Mcllwain, Morris H. 
 McNulty, James 
 McNulty, John J. 
 McRae, Alexander 
 Maddox, Giles A. 
 Mathews, Chauncey W. 
 Mehrer, Harry E. 
 Metzer, Albert 
 Miedel, Russell J. 
 Miller, Henry W. 
 Miller, John F. 
 Mitchell. D. E. 
 Moore, John A. 
 Morris, Raymond 
 Mulcahey, James 
 Mulvaney, Frederick 
 Naylor, Arthur L 
 Neville, Walter J. 
 Nichols, S. E. 
 Nordell, Edward F. 
 North, William H. 
 
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 Legal Department, Effects Bureau, Mr. E. M. Gregory In Charge 
 
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 O'Donnell, Walter B. Snider, Floyd L. 
 
 O'Grady, Robert E. Snider, J. E. 
 
 O'Keefe, Neil F. Sniffen, Frederick 
 
 O'Rourke, John J. Sommers, W. G. 
 
 Pierce, Edward A. Thomas, Anthony B. 
 
 Pierre, Ernest C Traub, Victor A. 
 
 Reiss, Norman J. Vidulich, Mathew 
 
 Riedell, Andrew, Jr. Wallach, Jacques G. 
 
 Roberts, Jacob Ward, John C, Jr. 
 
 Roddy, George G. Watkins, William R. 
 
 Ryan, James W. Wheelright, Maus S. 
 
 Schwab, Alwin J. Whelan, Andrews J. 
 
 Schwartz, C. E. Whidden, Elred V. 
 
 Scott, Thomas S. White, A. S. 
 
 Seid, Harry Williams, James M. 
 
 Shewbert, Victor M. Wilsey, Walter T. 
 
 Shreves, A. L. Young, Edwin F. 
 Siegel, Murray R. 
 
 Roster of the Officers of the First Prov. BN. Guard and 
 Fire Companies at Midnight, October)31, 1918 
 
 MAJOR 
 1. Craig, Harry C., Inf. 
 
 CAPTAINS 
 
 1. O'Connor, Daniel, QMC 4. Bowers, George B., USA 
 
 2. Fabri, Fred C., USA 5. Vickers, W. O., QMC 
 
 3. Worm, Alex G., USA 6. Wilkins, Cecil R., Inf. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Dowdy, Joseph A., USA 8. Bennett, Joseph, QMC 
 
 2. Poggi, Nicholas A., QMC 9. Hill, Frederick A., QMC 
 
 3. McCarthy, John J., QMC 10. McGoey, James F., QMC 
 
 4. Brennan, Thomas J., QMC 11. Tauckus, John J., QMC 
 
 5. Carpenter, Harvey A., QMC 12. White, Clarence A., QMC 
 
 6. Rich, George A., QMC 13. Flanigan, James L, QMC 
 
 7. McWilliams, James H, QMC 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. O'Neil, Arthur O., QMC 7. Bennett, George T., QMC 
 
 2. Heney, John M.P., QMC 8. Bissell, Gaylord N., QMC 
 
 3. O'Brien, William P., QMC 9. Wiley, William, QMC 
 
 4. Atkinson, Hamilton R., QMC 10. Arnold, Howard E., QMC 
 
 5. Brown, Thomas P., QMC 11. Albrecht, Gus F., QMC 
 
 6. Barden, Frederick E., QMC 12. Ryan, Thomas B., QMC 
 
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 13. Sisson, John E., QMC 
 
 14. Hagerty, Timothy J., QMC 
 
 15. Zilm, George A., QMC 
 
 16. Frasier, William H., QMC 
 
 17. Holly, William J., QMC 
 
 18. Gilmore, John F., QMC 
 
 19. O'Brien, Edward J., QMC 
 
 20. Hinnershots, Henry W, QMC 
 
 (Attached) 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Rooney, George Lee, Inf. 
 
 2. Appleton, Frederick P., Inf. 
 
 3. Mercer, Edwin J., Inf. 
 
 4. Eggers, Henry, Jr., Inf. 
 
 5. Doyle, John E., Inf. 
 
 6. Harris, George B., Inf. 
 
 7. Corwin, Alfred H., QMC 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANTS 
 
 1. Goedecke, Walter S., Inf. 3. Scott, Walter F., QMC 
 
 2. Mulhern, Thomas J., QMC 
 
 Roster of Officers of the Office of the Surgeon, Port of 
 Embarkation, at Midnight, October 31, 1918 
 
 Kennedy, James M. 
 
 COLONELS, M.C. 
 
 Peck, Charles H. 
 
 King, Charles T. 
 Hughes, Michael E. 
 Peirce, Frederic J. 
 
 LIEUTENANT COLONELS 
 
 Chase, Chauncey L. 
 Brewer, George E. 
 
 MAJORS, M.C. 
 
 Harrold, Charles C. 
 Barrett, Edward J. 
 Tarleton, Leeson O. 
 Winders, Frank 
 Hagood, Rufus H. 
 Gregory, Menas S. 
 Townsend, William W. 
 Thomas, Calvin M. 
 
 Schorer, Edwin H. 
 Quinan, Clarence 
 Clark, William A. 
 Green, Arthur R. 
 Strauss, Simon 
 Pratt, George N. 
 Aylen, James P. 
 
 Caldwell, Robert E. 
 Kennard, Henry W. 
 Pedrick, Charles D. 
 Lee, Elbert J., Jr. 
 
 CAPTAINS, M.C. 
 
 Todd, Frank P. 
 Dudley, Clifton R. 
 Atwood, George E. 
 Savage, Francis J. 
 
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 Lemaire, William F. 
 Prichard, Lucius W. 
 Green, Edward E. 
 Woodworth, John d. R. 
 Woodworth, John D. R. 
 Putney, George H. 
 Breck, Theodore 
 Gowen, Francis V. 
 Henderson, Walter L. 
 Wilson, Constant P., Jr. 
 Sharp, William L. 
 Lobb, Frederick A. 
 Lang, Walter E. 
 Mitchell, James H., Jr, 
 Walker, Harold G. 
 Francis, Robin W. C. 
 Lawler, Charles A. 
 Howell, Harrison 
 
 Purves, Arthur M. 
 Comegys, Joseph F. 
 Kernel, Richard L. J. 
 Orsor, Thomas H. 
 Davis, Arthur T. 
 Sharp, Earl L. 
 Meister, Henry J. 
 Herrick, Henry J. 
 Hale, Frank M. 
 Atkins, George L. 
 Clack, Walter S. 
 Molloy, William I. 
 Bryant, Carl H. 
 Stearns, Robert T. 
 Carmichael, Frank E. 
 Scanlon, William J. 
 Swearingen, John A. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS, M.C. 
 
 McSweeney, George W. 
 Rodman, Nathaniel F. 
 Edlavitch, Baruch M. 
 Flynn, John J. 
 Dennin, Joseph W, 
 Darby, John D. 
 Miller, Edgar J. 
 Wolfe, Charles H. 
 Hoyt, Francis R. 
 Read, Harry M. 
 Azzari, Renato J. 
 Condit, George S. 
 Holmes, Albert E. 
 Ransom, Herbert L. 
 Smith, Groves B. 
 Hiltpold, Werner 
 Gott, Ernest F. 
 Clark, Albert B. 
 Gillette, John M. 
 Hawes, Frederick S. 
 Nystrom, Elmer E. 
 Welborn, Orange E. 
 Zobrist, Benjamin F. 
 Goldman, Isaac H. 
 Doty, Clarence H. 
 Murrin, Connell E. 
 Toporoff, Jacob 
 Hunt, Charles 
 Salerno, Louis F. 
 Spears, Alexander W. 
 Tilton, Welcome B. 
 Liebmann, Walter C. 
 Berlucci, William G. 
 Cowdrick, Arthur D. 
 Johnston, Harry I. 
 Ross, John G. 
 Cohn, Maurice H. 
 Boyd, Thomas M. 
 
 Hall, George W. 
 King, Aubin T. 
 Richards, Robert W. 
 Bullard, John B. 
 Nutt, George S. 
 Kibby, Sydney V. 
 Wetherill, J. Cliff 
 Nocilla, Benjamin 
 Claypool, Harlan G. 
 Schlesinger, Henry W. 
 Day, Clinton 
 Klaus, Henry 
 Houghton, Percy 
 Black, Marmion S. 
 Rambo, Harry M. 
 Parson, Andrew D. 
 Armstrong, Fred F. 
 Schoonmaker, James 1. 
 Wilson, William 
 Craven, Thomas 
 Cochrane, Robert AI. 
 Long, Miles T. 
 Martin, Walter D. 
 Collins, Charles D. 
 Purdy, Frederick P. 
 Putski, Paul S. 
 Lieberman, William 
 Stewart, James D. 
 Colsen, John D. 
 Morgan, James O. 
 Smith, Alba L. 
 Crimmin, Leo P. 
 Burns, Coleman C. 
 Johnson, Allen 
 Rentz, Lawson S. 
 Farmer, Frank C. 
 Jennings, George 
 Leviats, Matthew S. 
 
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 A FEW RANDOM SHOTS AT THE PORT 
 
WITH THE ARMY AT HOBOKEN 
 
 Brewster, David J., Jr. Rutherford, Cyrus W. 
 
 Lee, Frederick P. Sharp, William H. 
 
 Holtz, John F. Johnson, Isaac B. 
 
 Edmunson, Harry C. Clutter, Bradford F. 
 
 Teresi, Charles C. Rhine, Thomas E. 
 
 Waits, Charles E. Wall, Enoch D. 
 
 Buettner, Henry F. J. Middleton, Harry E. 
 
 Handleman, William M. Horton, Barney E. 
 
 Kell, Wylie L. Kudlich, Manfred H. 
 
 May, Earl W. Crook, Charles S. 
 
 Bilby, George N. Roe, John B. 
 
 Freeman, Joseph M. Taylor, Roy A. 
 
 Hall, George G. Luse, Horatio D. 
 
 McDonell, Charles L. Piquet, Samuel D. 
 
 Berninger, William B. Thompson, Marshall McC. 
 
 Wilson, Uthie H. Skaggs, Peter T. 
 
 Davin, Charles C. Ahern, John F. 
 
 Johnson, Chester H. Dore, Guy E. 
 
 Kunkler, William C. Thompson, Theodore 
 
 Cowper, William L. Grant, Henry C. 
 
 Hanson, William S. Seidner, Maurice P. 
 
 Atkins, Leslie J. Sidle, Charles D. 
 
 Collier, Casa Mclntosh, John J. 
 
 Beard, Henry L. Woltmann, Frederick 
 
 King, Jesse A. Gross, Benjamin D. 
 
 Kiketta, Frank H. Campbell, Joseph H. 
 
 Werner, Edward R. Compton, Charles B. 
 
 Dodson, Richard C. Doyle, Stanley B. 
 
 Hailey, Eugene L. Rosenberg, Maximilian 
 Kropacek, John A. 
 
 LIEUTENANT COLONEL, D.C. 
 Gunckel, George I. 
 
 CAPTAIN, D.C 
 Doran, Richard F. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANTS, D.C. 
 
 Hartnett, Patrick S. Lacey, Glenn D. 
 
 Kaplan, Herman H. Wooley, Wayne W. 
 
 Meaney, Vincent T. 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANTS, D.C. 
 McAuslin, David Ingram, Lester W. 
 
 CAPTAINS, SAN C. 
 
 Thuney, Francis E. Young, George C. 
 
 Foley, John D. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT, SAN C. 
 
 Wise, Clifton D. 
 
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