| Show RETURNING ardiff YANKS A HOMESICK LOT nover never want to look statue of liberty in tho the faco face again ARE ABE WILD TO GET ASHORE when I 1 qt got the th united states under my feet im going to stay there said oab homesick Home alck sol adler new york to understand the feel ings angs ot of tho americans americana boya boy released from tile war and pouring back into the lie united states ns as fast as can bring them thein from europe ono must lao have known vic tho pangs banga ot of acuto homo sickness they I 1 hoy are downright homesick you rend read it in tho the hungry eyes flint peer pee f from row the troops troopships hipa when tho gov cov ointment cutter with ith its little handful of americans americana in ill clothes runs alongside from every inch of 0 space along the gunwale from froin yardarms yun Yar larnia darms and rigging from tho the topmost pile of bilto rafts atts to the hottoian most porthole aro yearning faces they know tho the coming of tile lie cutter Is a sign ot of deliverance dell aranco after the transport at the threshold of homo home has been detained detal ned at overnight quarantine oil off fort Ua hamilton mllton now they will mill bo be ablo able to go on up tho ilia bay faint ee ea yow grows to wild yell at first it a faint ileo eo yowl yow 1 comes coines from one or two throats threats and then rip pies pica along tho the deck increasing lit in volume and shrillness till it becomes a wild mild whoop reverberating rever berating across ilia buy A month ago it would havo served for a battle cry today it la is it a shout of boyish delight of greeting for tho the little cutter load of elvIl civilians lans the first group of americans the soldiers have een teen t I 1 in it months mout lia somewhere lit in that shout thero IH 18 it plaintive note and you get its meaning if you lire are ono of those hose first civilian falls who board the transports is as the group on oil tho united states cutter lilt ni lgrant tul ernnt do scrambling up a ladder while ihfe boaen are under way for the troopships lose tic no alino in starting their wheels at at tho signal front from the customs officers does it feel good to get back you ask tho first boy who gratis grabs your hand on deck good lio lie repeats goslin nothing ever felt so BO good lit in tho the world you can call tell ell cm oil all when 1 I get tho the united states under my feet ua its going to stay there some soma bird said when lie got back from tile war lie ho never wanted to look the statue of liberty in the face again me ine in a little hit bit chos going to see ine coming coining homo for tile last time it was tom odonnell of chicago who made that long speech bleech ile ho was ono of tho the third constructional company abrial service who came lonio loine an on tho british boat orea orca and lio lie and more bore than other yonah Yank ft ro re turned from kurono this w ank aek arid tire now nt at camp mills L I 1 waiting to bo be mustered out As ali these troopships conic through the narrows into tile upper tipper bay tile sun bun Is rising like it huge red ball above ta tho to roofs of 0 brooklyn silhouetting its spit es anti towering buildings and glinting across tho the rippling bay gli in an avenue of bristling masts tho ilia duns port bears its ita soldier cargo on toward the north river till port hamilton has been blurred into tile morning mist and the masonry giants of at lower broadway stand out against tile northern sky glad im an american 11 and the sold soldiers lers oll cers ceis and men inen alike lenn lann tile inh and lit in the beauty ot of it nil all us its it if they hoy never could got get ena tigh an old time bark swings tit nt anchon close by her jour four musts till and square rigging in picturesque contrast to iw tho the crazy quilt of halt n 0 blozen oc e all barges moored near tier lier berries load ed cd with now bomers going to w work k curry by anve handkerchiefs and cheer tho ilia home ward bound soldiers an officer of ilia aviation corps these first troops to come back aro anro nearly nil all of tho ilia air service takes inkes it ft long deep breath tho the most wonderful roadstead lit in the world ity its glorious im glud glad im an american lie ho said bald you sold said something brother said it private wh wits leat keatting ting over thu tho tall rail tit nt his elbow WOUNDED IN ACTION J k uen anan AL Joh Joli tiRon of 6 tile ilio seventy seventh illusion alio was ans ke m arely verely in action johnson led it battalion of tile alio soven ty y lit in search sur cl of the nitwits boat which was vw ea d luring detring the fighting in ilia argonne orest forest Get abnor terril 7 lol niKon li Is a regular army nan man having enli tin ns a private ito is a it veteran of tile war pitr and tile |
