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Show tlvv Uo Q n -sPyPIti' fjJIib if till Illfllllt . ii , . . -... ....... . First Units of Expedi-! Expedi-! tionary Forces Return- ing From Overseas to Arrive End of Week. Initial Detachment to Embark for America Mostly Men From Air Service Detachments. QUEEKSTOWN, Nov. 25. A number of American submarine chasers, accompanied by the parent ship, Eucknell, loft today for the United. States. WASHINGTON, Nov. -5. First units of the American expeditionary forces to return from overseas are expected to arrive ar-rive in New York about the end of the present week. . ' ! General march, chit t bi starf, announced tonight that ZS'2 officers and Mil men I of the air tervice and other detachments 1 training in Kugland now are homeward j bound on the Minuekahda. Lapland and I Orca, British liners. The first two ships left Liverpool last Friday and the Orca sailed on Saturday.. MAJORITY ARE IN AIR SERVICE DETACHMENTS. This announcement means that the movement of the American troops now In England, the majority of whom are in air service detachments, will continue steadily until all of -them, some "0,000. have returned to this country. There are no regiments or other units of line troops in Great Britain. The r'ijn iuoe-ment iuoe-ment of the larger units, such as Luiadcs and divisions, will come from French porta, it is assumed, as the British cross channel service undoubtedly is completely occupied with the transportation of returning re-turning British forces. The units now en roule to New York, and the ships on which they sailed, was announced by Genera! March as follows: The Minnekahda is bringing ninety-one officers and 2043 men and the Lapland officers, four nurses and 1707 men. They left Liverpool, November :h UNITS SAILING ON STEAMER MINNEKAIIDA. The units on the ilinnekahda are: Second aircraft acceptance parks, twenty-nine officers and Z'ol men; 2J0th aero squadron, three officers and men; L'lPth aero squadron, three officers, 120 j men; -."4th squadron, two officers, j men; eighteenth construction company, j air service, si.N officers, 2-12 men; nineteenth nine-teenth construction company, seven of- i fleers, -S men; fifteenth construction company, live officers, 2 US men; ninety- i second aero Buadron. twenty-four officers, j '201 men; 117th squadron, two officers, 2;;o ; men ; -i 0th squadron, two officers, j men; S-rd squadron, tour ofiicers. U;j mcrf; Sc'-E'th squadron, three officer.", j ninety men; 2-"!th squadron, three of- j licera", 1-7 men; casual incdicol detach- mcnt, six officers, eighteen eniil"d m.i. i Tola! aboard, ninety-nine officers, KJ men. j HANDLE Y-PAGE I TRAINING SECTION. 1 On the Lapland a: e ti.e-e units ;;pd ! casuals: ! Fust lindloy-Paqe tra'ninq seion. j officers, -tifi men; sity-ninth phuto s'--tion. one officer, thirty men; seuth-th j photo section, one officer, ihiity mt-n;l seventy-first photo section, crm o'ti'-i-r. ! In'.riy men: seveij ty-sec-.-i.d un ot'T-cer, twenly-nii;e men: II makers' ic- taclirncnt, ov.c nfilcer, P"l' nvn: i'- p.-iVO Equadror:. t wo officers. i I ' nr n ; '.'S;:r,l :.;iLiii.-:. two ol ih-e.-:-;. " ir.;.:; 2oli! sqi:ndro;i. twu o". r'icers. l .V0th rquadron. I'lr-'-e off'' -c. ! ; ' ,;i4fh, air squiii. ro:i. two : :';.-tv. f : i !,!.:: . r, ; th squadron, t ui'i ice rs, "i i ". ! o.'.Ot i squad ro:i, th or- of "iiers. ; l'1 :-f:i : I si ?th x 1 iiS' iron, t hrec officer.-'. I ; air kctvI-'o ci.;i-;:ni :"or; -fo u' -'f' ( . ; n.ived casuai--. eicven nf:h-er . i.:. i ':s?e.1 tvf. r,. o"!C rormcr rirfi-; :-::'. sh k and woundrd. sve-i offi e- :-. r- ' teen rcn n-"t re'Hiir'.TiiC special m i.'n(o-; i enlisted men attached i o v o j ; . ( f , ; r . ! ficer.-. i: nurses. t;-.ree: csnnl mtdi-a!; detachment, five 01 fier.", twt l c n.'::i ; j total. 2ZH officers, four nurses, 170 7 other I ranks. ( On the steamer Orijn. wiv;.-'-, sj;d m Liverpool for New York. Nnvc;if ( r : . i ar: , 470;:- aero sq'.';' t'i ":.. : M-n t . r' , mc.: 47-tf s.;:ati . f T-e r"if 'i' mer. : 47;,:c s :'.:n':fi; . ?i r.'fh : (Continued cn T?c Three.) ' 1EH SOLDIERS . BOH FOB HOMES (Continued From Page One.) men; 470th squadron, four officers, 140 men; 124 th squadion. two officers, 223 men; 2;0th squadron, two officers, 126 men; 2tilst squadron, three officers. 144 men; SOtith squadron, two officers, forty-one forty-one men; 8'2;!rd squadron, three officers. 119 men; $24th squadron, four officers, ninety-nine men- SSlst squadron, three officers,' of-ficers,' 106 men; S36th squadron, four officers, of-ficers, 10!i men; x.V'nd squadron, four officers, 125 men; third construction company, com-pany, air service, four officers. 235 men; casuals, medical department, lour officers, twelve men. Total, fifty officers, 1S74 men. General March announced that the three vessels were expected to arrive in New York about the end of this month. Troops From Fiance. Before General March's announcement, Secretary Paker discussed with newspaper newspa-per correspondents the return of American Ameri-can troops from France. Their bopie-ward bopie-ward movements, he said, is dependent almost entirely upon the limitation of transportation facilities both at sea and in France. Besides employing in this work the German Ger-man liners seized In this country, Dutch vessels taken over and all other avail- able transports. Mr. Baker said some part of the British transport tonnage employed in carrying troops to France will cun-tinue cun-tinue to be used in getting . the men home. lie pointed out. however, that Great lliitain will need many of her ships to carry home Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and other colonial forces 1 which have been in France longer than the American armies. 1 The secretary said' the great British liners Muuret ania. Olympic and Aqiti-tania Aqiti-tania have been in the American transport trans-port service for a. year, and that the Mauritania still is so engaged. Uvse German Vessels. lie could not say whether the other two had been withdrawn. German liners now in German ports. Mr. Baker said, may offer a means of ext. editing the return of the American forces. Present plans are to use these vessels to tarry food to Germany, and the secretary said it might be found possible to make some arrangement under which some of General Pershing's men j could be sent home on them. Before sailing l"i" Europe to arrange for the I return of the troops. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board said it was the purpose pur-pose to use ships now idle in German ports. Mr. Baker, however, did not ir.di- ' cale today that any definite ster s to that ! end have yet been taken. In Cargo Steamersy : With tiie removal of the submarine menace, the war secretary said it will be I possible to bring home many soldiers in ' cargo vessels. The shipping board is commissioning many such vessels from day to day, and they will be added to the ' fleet available for the return of the army. For the net several weeks Mr. Baker expects returning troopships to be laden entirely with sick and wounded men and those not immediately available for mili-j mili-j tary service, such as the men who have i been discharged from hospitals In Prance. I hut who have not fully recovered their i strength. They will be organized for put -roses of transportation into provisional companies of from 1 On to 150 men, with the, requisite number of officers, atid will i bo sentto designated ramus to be mus- ! I tnred out. 1: is assumed that efforts ' will be made b: France to put Into each 'provisional company men lrom the same, general locality in tire T'nited States, in order to ease the demobilization lians-porlatinn lians-porlatinn problem on .this side. Secretary Raker also revealed today that a general principle to goyorn the payment to be made to Great Britain for servu-es tendered for her transport fleet or cargo fleet in iransrortinc or supplying American forces had been leached. He eaid that in conference with Lord Heading, tiie British ambassador, it bad been agreed that payment to be made by either government to the other tor such service would be made on the I a cis t Mat tio profit was to a ecru1 to either Great Britain or the United States. ' |