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Show WOUNDED MEN . FORGOT INJURIES AT RECEPTION NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Wounded American soldiers arriving here today from overseas on the steamer Kroon land, forgot their injuries In their joy at the reception New York accorded them. When tho police band on the patrol boat bearing tho mayor's welcoming committee struck up "Keep tho Home Fires Burning," and' "Home, Sweet Home,"' as It came alongside the Kroonland, caps, crutches and canes were thrown Into tho air and the maimed and wounded, vleing with tho well and strong, danced and cheered. Tho Kroonland brought sixty-threo officers, 1.1S0 enlisted men and 106 civilians. The Empress of Britain, which also Arrived today, brought 2,450 soldiers. The men will be debarked tomorrow. Among tho arrivals was the 304th ambulance company. n n |