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Show I agmimi IIIBa I British Ships Convey I , U. S. Contingents From England and France. 1 I TORPEDO BOATS SAIL Fleet of Twelve Leave Queenstown From Home Waters. I NEW YORK, Dec. 17 The British steampships Princess Julianta and Caronia, bringing small contingents of American military, naval and civilians from England and France, came into i port today. I On the former were several groups of army and navy aviators. The Car-onia's Car-onia's passengers were largely Ameri- , can, Canadian and Australian officers. ' Among them was Naval Lieutenant F. ' L. Muller of Oakland, Cal., who spent 15 days as prisoner aboard the German Ger-man submarine Deutschland. Civilian passengers on the Coronia included D. Kalopothatfs, a Greek diplomat dip-lomat on a special mission to the Uni- , ted States. I . The troop ship Maui, from Brest with 64 ofifcers and 2,161 men, two days late on account of heavy weather, ilso arrived. , Igf WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 General ! mm ' Pershing notified the war department Ijijj ;oday that he had designated for early llS convoy home a number of additional t mm units, including the 27th engineers and tm the 346th field artillery; in all about I Ik 1500 officers and men. Ih Other units named are 143rd, 491st, mm 97th and 102nd aero squadron; second lu trench mortar battalion; ICth com-1 Iff pany of the Fourth merchants rcgi-, jl' ment and British replacement draft . HK No. 1, air service. i( K QUEENSTOWN, Monday, Dec. 16!! Bfl Great crowds thronged the short hcre'j H today to bid farewell to the fleet of i H I twelve American torpedo boats which 4 sailed for home. j n j It was a pretty picture when the I ' Wm, American warships moved from their ' i HK anchorage. The Stevens, the senior, HI ship of the squadron, led the way, fol- I Mm lowed by the Jenkins, Balch, Cassin, Wm Terry, Paulding. Ammen, Caldwell, i ft! Conygham, McCall, Sterett and Trippe. B The destrojers will go first to thej! lit) Azores where they will join the tender, Ui 3hip Dixie which sailed yesterday. Af- Hfjl tej a short stay at the Azores they! HJKj will complete their voyage to America. H Rear Admiral Thomas B. Howard I Id! still has several destroyers here and Bi It Is reported that they, with the guard 1! ship Melville, will leave by December E 23. Other destroyers of the American 1 navy are attached to this base, but! I thoy are cruising in different parts of MB the seas surrounding Great Britain or mm are In French waters. B WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 The Amer-Jean Amer-Jean battle squadron returning from Europe may not reach Now York un-til un-til Christmas Eve because of delay in i departing fjpm the British base. Secretary Daniels said he would know definitely by Friday exactly when the ships might be expected at jj New York. -v |