Show u. u OF 66 WEDS TURKISH MAID AGED 20 Eighteen Members i of Gunboat Gunboat Gun Gun- boat lOat Crew rew Succumb to Wiles of Ottoman Belles Beiles 0 New ew York Feb 17 Eighteen Eighteen of or the six fifty members of tho the crew of oC th tho U. U S. S Gunboat Scorpion Interned at ai Constantinople from April 11 1917 until last November married Turkish omen Cornell and havo have been left be behind lind the there e according to LI Lieutenant Comma Commander i E Herbert S S. S Babbitt ot of Houghton N. N 1 1 Y former commander of ot the Scorpion wh who arrived r ed hero here today today with tort j of ot the the- gunboats gunboat's crow on the tho Italian steamer Dante A new crow was as sent to relieve the Interned men soon Boon after otter the armistice was signed ned One of the crews crew's benedicts was Joseph JoI Joseph Jo Jo- seph Darl Darley y commanders commander's yeoman I aged 66 who requested permission to I remain In Tur Turkey ey because he wanted to marry marn a beautiful Turkish girl Irl I about 20 20 years old His request was wa wasI I granted and an effort will be made t to obtain his discharge and a a. pension pensionS During the tho first three months o otheir of ot their Internment the men were allowed allowe ma many n y I liberties I bert ics I including n ci u d i n g frequent U en shore leaves lea but later an armed TurkIsh Turkish Turk Turk- ish lali guard gUl was placed on board Tho Th officers then restricted to On ono ona visit Isit to shore overy err two weeks and Ui tho thomen I men one ono visit every two months al always always nl- nl ways Wl'S accompanied by br Turkish guards 0 LivIng Cost high Illch Prices of ot necessities were excessively excessive excessIve- I ly 11 high In Constantinople the officers officer said The men mn reported being charged 1 O for a pair of ot shoes h oel and fo foa for tor tora a suit of or clothes while be beer r retailed a at al ali ati i i 3 3 a a a. bottle The Tue a average e dally daily dati co cost costI os osof t I of or feeding each cachi member of or the sunI gunboats gunboat's gun sun boats boat's crew Just prior to lo the signing I of ot the armistice was estimated at 12 I Tho Americans Americana managed mana-ed to ge get I 0 enough to cat eat the they said because o of ot mone money received b by them through h th the Swedish consulate but bul It was reported that British sailors Interned there were not nol so RO fortunate and many 0 ot thorn them died of or Insufficient nourishment The general health of or the he Scorpions Scorpion's crew during their Internment was re reported reported re- re ported us as satisfactory b by the tho chips chip's medical officer Lieutenant Commander J J. J 0 O. of oC Delphi IndI Ind thU Men I n Hurt In Tho Tito sixty first coast artillery regiment regi ment aboard the Dante lante Alighieri was commanded b by MaJ Austin Frick of or Sl annu h Ga It was stationed to for four months In a French training camp but tho the armistice was signed before It could reach the rant Three soldiers Harry Valencia and Amos Araos B B. both of or Ne Now New Orleans and James S. S Coff Coffey y of ot Boston received broken limbs In thrown about tho the ships ship's deck clock durinG dining a n. storm The steamship Rotterdam 1 arrived e hero here from Brest today with troops I Including thirteen French enlisted men Among the tho troops were units of the tho d negro division a cJ detachment of ot company compan D of at the tho Infantry of ot tho tho Ito division dl national guard troops of ot Washington ton Oregon Mon Ion tana Idaho an and Wyoming and casuals The SI brought 47 H casual officers officers of ot and anti men 19 of or whom were sick or wounded The Tho vessel left lect Bordeaux February 2 Nineteen sick and wounded men were on hoard board the hue steamer The They Included in included In- In eluded Col Ernest R R. Belt of ot De DeMoines Des Moines la Ia Ulula Coming Coining With rith I One Thousand Men l I 1 Washington lon Feb Fob 17 The 17 Tho transport Ulula is due at New ew eW York February 27 7 with about 1000 men of the tho supply train the tho trench mor mortar balt battery r and ond the field signal battalion of ot tho the negro division Tho The troops are arc to be scattered lo to arlous va various is i's rious camps for tor The war d department also announced tonight that the tho battleships New Mexico Mex leo ico o which Is convoying con the tho presidential ship George Washington has aboard fourteen casual army officers She Is duo cIllO at New Ne' York February 26 6 Four Foul other transports each carrying casual from two to twenty five and men have havo sailed from Franco France The Tho Sewalls Sewall's p point nt and are arc due at New n. e-n. York lorl February an and tho and the Vest cst i at t. t Newport J March 2 2 J |