Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-30 | Page 7 | Public off Piers as Boys come Home

PUBLIC OFF PIERS AS BOYS COME HOME ' friends of th.e first Amerie;.t, ir"c,,;. i,(1,v 1 returning from Kngland will te-t l.e per-I per-I nii t ted I o meet tiie I ra ns,oi ts wh' n u;i.,- ! it-;c ;i IPmoken, aer-ording i, a s';it.':i-(-ni inside by Urindier General ,Me.i ;, , , v. eM,hark:;'J''il offh-er a; the port of .cw York, at a confer-ti '" !:e to.hi.- with i-w --tjn tr mr.n. St- did not ' s!a t whether this policy would apply to other troops returning later to America. While accredited newspaper men may board the ships, he said that the public would not be allowed on the pie is, iiist, I because of the congestion that would ro-! ro-! suit, and, second, because of a desire to ! safeguard public health bv making pos-' pos-' sible a physical examination of the sol- diers before they were welcomed by their 1 relatives, in order to make sure they , had contracted no illness on the voyage. The first contingent to return, com-1 com-1 prising chiefly men In the air service, will proceed directly from the docks to the camps, at which they will be examined ex-amined and discharged, according- to hri-gadicr hri-gadicr General McManus.