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Show FIVE TRANSPORTS BRINGING 9,000 MEN FROM FRANCE BOSTON, June 6 Five transports bringing nearly 0,000 troops are expected ex-pected to reach nis norl i t li ! n the next few da.-. The battleship New Jersey with i,3o4 officer and men will arrive tomorrow. The Mongolia Is expected a few hours latei and the Ldgar 1 uckenbach Sunday. Th.' President ''.rant is due Monday and the Wlnifredlan Tuesday niiln . The New Jersey has on board the 313th and 314th machine gun battalions, battal-ions, 318th inafntry and special casual company $12. Brigadier-General L'lysses G. McAl-exandor, McAl-exandor, who commanded 'shock troops" of the 90th division, is returning return-ing on the Mongolia to report for duty at Camp Funston. Another ofTicer returning re-turning Is Brigadier General Joseph P. O'Neill to take command at Fort I A Russell, Wyoming. 6,000 Troops Arrive. NCW YORK. June 6 More than 6,000 returning soldiers arrived here today on the transports Santa Ana, Pannonia, Pretoria and Britannia. Tho largest unit to land was the 14lth infantry in-fantry This regiment belonging to the 36th division (former Texas and Oklahoma Okla-homa national guardsmen) arrived on u n..ii. nil.! 1. u , 72nd infantry brigade headquarters of tho same division. On board the Santa Ana was the Sti:;rd engineers, headquarter. detachment, detach-ment, medical detachment. The Pannonia carried two transportation transpor-tation companies and the 317th field signal battalion, in addition to a number num-ber of casuals. The Pannonia carried two transpnr tation companies and tho 317th field signal battalion, in addition to a number num-ber of casuals. Tho Britannia brought the 51th engineers en-gineers sendee battalion. The transport von Steuben also arrived ar-rived with the 514th engineer service battalion, 144th infantry (36th division) divi-sion) machine gun company, and the .'-'L'nd engineers. Tho Madawska followed tho von Steuben bringing 2,830 officers . and men. The principal unit on board was the 335th engineers, field, staff and train, medical and ordnance detach ments and headquarters company. This regiment belongs to the 88th division di-vision (Minnesota. Iowa. Nebraska, North and South Dakota). Another unit on board was the 343rd machine gun battalion, headquarters detach ment, medical, ordnance and denta! detachment. de-tachment. 90th dnision (Texas. Ari zona. New Mexico and Oklahoma). Among the offic ra was Brigadier Gen-eral Gen-eral Henry W. But ner, commander of the 165th field artillery brigade, 90th division. oo |