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Show the war department had ordered concentration con-centration of his entire division in camps near New York for a parade, which probably will bo held August 12. Andre Tardieu, formerly head of the French mission to the United States, sent a special letter to the marines before be-fore they departed, declaring that "the fame of Belleau wood and the marines will never die." Forty-eight of the "devil dogs" brought home war brides. The transport Santa Clara also arrived ar-rived from Brest with 730 infantry officers of-ficers and men of the Second division. I1K1 Vanguard of Valiant Fighters Fight-ers With Fine Record Reaches New York. NEW YORK, A Tiff. 3. Approximately Approximate-ly 5000 marines, vanguard of 16,000 "devil dogs" whose exploits in Belleau wood, at Chateau Thierry, Soissons and other famous battlefields make up a part of the record of the second (regular) (regu-lar) division to which they were attached, at-tached, arrived today on the transport George Washington. Led by Major 'General John A. Lejeune, the marine officer of-ficer who commanded the Second division, di-vision, the troops came into port to a tremendous ovation. Contingents aboard the transport in- ; eluded the entire Fifth regiment of marines and the Second battalion and supply company of the Sixth regiment. 1 General uejeune was informed that |