Show SHIP RHINE SOLDIERS REACHES PORT PURT Voyagers Kept in Ignorance of Danger Learn of f Mishap Mishap Mishap Mis Mis- hap for First Time in New York Newspapers NEW YORK Jan 14 By Dy the thov Associated As As- Press Press Press-A A thousand doughboys doughboys dough dough- boys returning from Germany on the transport Crook learned today for the first time tinte that their ship had sprung a leak last Tuesday and had been in danger during great gales that swept tho North Atlantic Not a 3 crap game stopp stopped d was the smiling comment of Captain Captain Frank Fran It Reppa as the Crook was being lashed to her pier at the transport base in Brooklyn The transport St. St Mihiel which had been dispatched to her heras as as- as assistance assistance assIstance accompanied her up the bay I The doughboys eagerly scanned th the newspapers giving accounts of th the plight of tho Crook and then remarked that seasickness gave them more concern concern con con- cern than anything else Captain Reppa said that most of tho the crew of were sent below decks to toI I plug up open seams Some water leaked in and it was necessary to re remove remove remove re- re move baggage Care was taken to see that the water did not reach the cofI coffins coffins cof cof- I fins of 6 62 2 bodies of American soldiers which were transported from French cemeteries for in their native native native na na- na- na tive soil The Crooks Crook's skipper was inclined to belittle the experience He said some of the rivets had away causing cats caus ing the seams beams to open but that at no notime notime notime time was vas there great danger In addition to the enlisted men and fifty cas casuals als the Crook brought fourteen German brides and eight ba babies babies ba- ba bies Most of the enlisted men had been engaged in policing the Rhine Many of ot them had seen hard fighting in the war They were wee to Fort Foit Hancock and soon will wilt be sent to various parts of the country for dc- dc mobilization Red Cross and welfare workers were qt t the dock and distributed coffee and sandwiches to the soldiers and crew |