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Show uu NINE TRANSPORTS SAIL FOR HOME American Headquarters Band Coming to Aid Victory Liberty Lib-erty Loan Campaign. WASHINGTON, April H Sailing ol nine transports from France was an-1 nounced today by the war department.' The Von Steuben due at New York April 19. has aboard the beadquartt i band of 'he Victory liberty loan cam paign. Aboard the Han it-burg, due al New York April 2u, Is a detachment of the 165th infantry, formerly the 69th New York national guard, of the Rainbow dn ision. The Yon Steuben carries also the; 6oth field artillery brigade headquarters. headquar-ters. 35th division and a detachment of the 128th artillery of that brigade; 1 the 110th engineers, complete, also of I the 35th division; the 110th engineer train; the 102nd aero squadron and three casual coin pan i The transport. Vedic is due at Bos ! ton April 21, with the remainder of the 128th field artillerv, a detachmi nl of the 103rd field artillery of the 26th I division; Baker company No. 304 and i four casual companies. The transport Santa Teresa from i Bordeaux for New York, April 24th, has aboard headquarters and companies compan-ies B and C of the 11th engineers and a large number of casuals, including in-cluding fourteen convalescent groups from the Bordeaux center. The transpoit Cohasst, due at Eos-ton Eos-ton April 26th. has aboard seven casual cas-ual soldiers and civilians. The detachment of the 165th infantry infan-try aboard tho Harrisbuig ia compost d of 82 officers and 1680 men. The Har- j rlsburg carries a lare: number of I scattering casuals. The transport Great Northern, duel at New York April 20, with the UOtb ammunition train, four casual com panies, the band of the 329th infantry, infan-try, and a score of ambulance service serv-ice sections. The transport Nalwa is due at Newport New-port News April 28 with one officer and 11 men as casuals and the transport trans-port Atanas is en routo to Now York with about, 100 casual officers belonging belong-ing to units that have already come home. The war department today corrected an announcement issued Saturday Ol the troops aboard the transport Walter Wal-ter A Luckenbach. which sailed from St. Nazalre for New York April 9. making it the 117th trench mortar battery bat-tery aboard the vessel instead of ihc 112th trench mortar battery as pre viously announced, |