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Show oo IDAHO TROOPS ARRIVE ON TWO BATTLESHIPS NEW PORT NEWS, Va.. April 8 The battleships Virginia and Rhode-Island Rhode-Island which docked here this ruorn-nc ruorn-nc carried casual companies of Idahq troops on board. Troops Sail from France WASHINGTON, April s Troop organizations or-ganizations announced today by the war department as limine -ailed from Prance included detachments of the! lOSth infantry' and the 15Sth Sanitary train, headquarters company, ambulance ambu-lance company No. 160, medical supply sup-ply depot unit, and sanitary squadrons Nos. 61 and 62 of the 40th divslon. These troops are on hoard the transport trans-port Ob loan due from Bordeaux April Ap-ril 16. The transport Otsego also bound from Bordeaux for Now York carries the 20th, 30th, 35th. 36th and 45th j balloon companies and a detachment I of the 19th balloon company; Bor-j deaux convalescent detachments Nos 114, 1.54. 229 and 230. The date of the arrival of this vessel was not riven. riv-en. The transport West Duitee is due at .W York from St Nazaire April 19 with a-casual company for Washington Washing-ton and a few casuals. The transport Ocean also has aboard I I pigeon company No. 1 and a special company of casual discharges Troops Pass Capes. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. April 7 The battleships Virginia and Rhode Island with more than 2.000 officers and men, from France on board, pa -ed In the capes tonight. The troop--, composed largely of units from the 85th (Michigan and Wisconsin) division, di-vision, will debark here tomorrow The Rhode Island has aboard the 329th machine gun battalion, t op casual cas-ual officers, an Ohio casual conpany, a New York casual company and a company of scattered casuals. Thej Virginia is bnnplng the 337th infantry, la convalescent detachment and Idaho casual company and fifteen cqteual officer- The 337th infantry detAchment will be mustered out at Camp Travis, I Texas. |