10 VOLPNAMAYBE ANOTHER FIUME PEACE PUZZLE Award to Italy Stirs Alban ians at Poaec Board to Protest /'>/ Associated Press. 1 May 1. —The town of Volp na. which President Wilson said should belong to Italy in his memo randum to Premier Orlando, is not on the Dalmatian coast, but is an Albanian port now occupied by Italians. The Albanian delegation here is mucjt exercised over this recommendation and say that a ncifture of Yolpna by Italy would start a movement which would threaten the dismemberment of Albania. * Premier Venlzelos has based on Italy's possession of Volpna a claim on the Albanian islands for Greece, and the Serbians, by this action, are making proposals which are said to be threatening Albania's existence. The text of the memorandum handed to Premier Orlando of Italy by President Wilson on April 14 was made public at Paris 011 Tues day night. Relative to Italian claims on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, President Wilson, among other things, said: "I believe there will be common agreement that the island of lAssa (thirty-three miles southwest of the port of Spalato, Dalmatia) should bo ceded to Italy and that she (should retain the port of Volpna." HARRISBURGMEN ARE ANXIOUS TO GET HOME [Continued from First Page.] would have to stay In camp two i weeks longer'." Officials In charge for plans for the parade, not letting up one in i tant In their efforts to further the arrangements, are. however, making every effort to overcome the feeling of the soldiers In the matter. Men from Harrlsburg. Philadelphia and other communities will be permitted to leturn home at once, a Camp Pix dispatch announces, on the condi tlor that they return to Philadel phia on the day of the parade at the State's expense. Au a result of conferences yester day. virtually the entire division will participate in the great pageant. The only exception now known, is that of the One Hundred and Elev enth Infantry, made up of Pitts burgh men, and now located In camp. It Is expected that this unit SEED OATS We still liavo a few hundred bushels of our "Big Yielder" Seed Oats This variety has been yielding from 70 to 80 bushels per acre for our customers about here on average soil. It will mean dollars added to your profits if you sow Big Yielder. Order quick If you want It What wo have will soon be sold. Walter S. Schell Quality Seeds 1307-1309 Market St. iiAimisßUßG. Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills conceded to be the best laxative ever compounded. They are the mildest, yet most effective laxative that medi 'jfll&f Compounded to gently stimulate the stomach, liver and bowels to per ■ They assist nature to help itself, a,,18■ ■ ■ If M Not a drug used that forces nature mi j Ai I J or forms unnatural habits. ' A valuable purgative in cases of liver complaint, jaundice, bilious affec tions, impurity of the blood, sick head ache, costiveness and constipation. Prepared to assist nature to culti vate the habit of regularity in the oper ation of the bowels. Sold by druggists in every civilized country in the world. Price, 30c a bottle. THURSDAY EVENING, . HAKRISBURG TEtEGRAPH MAY 1, 1919. Commander of Old Bth f I fjp r %£? i |U- —J COLONEL MAURICE E. FINNEY j Old National Guardsman Tells llis Own Story of the Heroic Exploits of the Pennsylvania Men I : will he demobilized at once. Pres- I ent plans provide for the sending of I 'the unit from Camp lJix and Camp Sherman, Ohio, for demobilization, •topping off in tbe meantime at Pittsburgh to take part in the pa- I rade in that city. J Major General Hugh 1.. Scott, com ! mander of Camp Dix, yesterday I made it certain that the great di visional procession will he held in I Philadelphia. This announcement was issued following a conference with Adjutant General Beary and lieutenant Colonel Pusey, division quartermaster. No deiinite date for the great pa rade has yet been set, pending word of the arrival of the other units. It has been announced, however, by Adjutant General Beary that the event will likely take place between May 10 and 15. The exact date will not be set, pending the receipt of news of the arrival of several artil lery units, including the One Hun •] dred and Eighth Field Artillery, I which includes practically all of the [ old Governor's Troop. It is fully ex ' pected that the entire division will I have returned to this country be j fore May 15. ! FIGHTING MEN OF OLD BTH IN CAMP J [Continued from First Page.] |be "shot to pieces" as one of the | committee said. j But the early arrival of the troop j ships brought about quickened ac- I tion in the big city and when the I boys reached Marcus Hook the crowds in Philadelphia were already ; on the job getting to the pier. Wives, mothers and sweethearts of | the men, together with city officials jand Philadelphians on the eommit | tee to greet the returning lads, went i down the river at 9 o'clock in the ; morning on the Ashbridge. The Po | cahontas was reached first and was escorted up the river. All along the. j Delaware and Jersey shores the peo ! pie had heard of the arrival of Penn i sylvania's Iron Division boys and | from morning until late afternoon {the soldiers heard little except ; cheers and the constant blowing of ' whistles. Early in the afternoon another small steamer, the Springfield, was sent down the Delaware with more relatives and friends of the boys. By the time this welcome committee of about 200 persons got well under way it was learned that the trans ports were coming up the river only ! a few hundred yards apart, still con tinuing their race to port, j Just opposite League Island the 1 Pocahontas was reached and the t greetings, cheers and tooting of j whistles were exchanged almost con-| jstantly from that point until the ship 'docked. A big hydroplane from the j Navy Yards llew out over the trans-' ! port circling it many times, then Hying up the river and returning, j Crews from the yards manned small boats and rowed out on the river close to the transports. The boys ap preciatcd this welcome from the navy hoys and hundreds of the sol .jdiers lined on the decks in a solid , i mass counted for the sailors keep ing time with the strokes of the . ; oars. 1 Riislicil to Camp Dix L It was just 2 o'clock when the . Pocahontas was passed at League . i Island and one hour later the boys j were at the dock where another 1 celebration was In store for them, j This was the best of all, for a big band, a committee of Philadelphia women ami many of the relatives and friends of the troops had crowded to the dock to catch a glimpse of the heroes. I After debarking and enjoying a . ; bite of luncheon the boys marched i quickly to waiting troop trains a short distance from the dock and were rushed to Camp Dix. | At 2.20 o'clock the Springfield, i! the last boat sent to meet the ' transports, met the Mercury just be i low League Island, and the boys on j board this big boat had their turn in exchanging welcoming cheers. , : Mrs. Minnie Millward, of New Cumberland, was aboard the Spring |! Held, hoping to see her sons, Pri ! vates Leroy and Harry Millward, at | tached to the Machine Gun unit of Mthe One Hundred and Twelfth In ' fantry Regiment. Many other rela "j tives from Central Pennsylvania r towns, were on board also, among ' them the wife of Lieutenant Colonel CM. 11. Taggert, attached to General ■ | Mnir's staff. ti As the transport Mercury and the ; Springfield were steaming up the ■ j river, a young woman on the latter II balled out during a lull in the cheer >j ing: "Bill, oh Bill." The ships were . less than one hundred feet apart. ' "Bill" heard the call and waved. It 1 was "Bill" flush, of Harrisburg, , I Company D, his friend said. [ I Colonel Finney on Board f ! Farther up the river Colonel Maurice E. Finney, commander of ..the old Eighth Regiment, answered j when his name was called across the ; I water and waved to friends on the ; Springfield. , Company D men wore scattered along the lower deck in the fore " j of the Mercury and when the unit ■ was called for cheers in response '| were given from half a dozen -| groups. One of 1 lie boys called out, "I'm from Ilarrisburg," and gave his name as "Bill" Burgoon. Susque s hanna street, that city. Beside him Heroes Who Honored Harrisburg on the Field of Battle Lcl't to right—Lieut. G. Wiestling, Capt. Robert D. Jenkins, Lieut. Charles W. Thomas, Charles Ryan, all of Harrisburg. Ryan was cited for bravery. Leaving the Dock For Camp Trains - . ' .;•> v ■' • • \ ■ U'e ft ■ •' ' V/" was George Graybill, also of that city. Colonel Rickards, the One Hun dred and Twelfth commander, from Oil City, told of some of the splen did work of his regiment abroad. First Across Veslc "The one Hundred and Twelfth had its first casualties on July fl, of last year," the colonel said. "'On that day 1 sent forward live men front each company and two extra platoons to help the French near Chateau-Thierry. Gas and shellfire killed one otticer and eight men and wounded forty-six men. Our regiment was the only one that got men across the Veslc river. The Roche artillery and machine guns had set up a lire over the river at Fismette. Two companies got over despite the terrific fire." Captain R. L>. Jenkins and Lieu tenant Charles W. Thomas, officers of Company 1, One Hundred and Twelfth, which cante over on the Pocahontas, both spoke in glowing terms of the excellent spirit of the boys from Harrisburg and Dauphin county, and said that their bravery and service was equal to that of any of the best soldiers. The bravest of the division was the proud term applied to the local boys by their commanding officers. Captain Jenkins quieted the fears of any Harrisburg sweethearts when he assured his questioners that the local boys had remained loyal and did not marry any French lassies. Boys of Company I do not seem to dislike service, at least not when it's getting after the Hun, and one of them declared he was coittident the whole outfit would enlist again if necessary. Finney in Command Major General Muir and part of his staff were aboard the Mercury, the second ship to dock at pier 78, at the foot of Snyder avenue. The troops aboard the Mercury were commanded by Col. Maurice E. Finney, of Harrisburg, and those on the Pocahontas by Col. G. C. Rick ards, commander of the 112 th in fantry, a regiment originally formed by combining the jCiglith and Six teenth regiments of the old National Guard of Pennsylvania. Col. ltickards formerly was commander of the Six teenth and led his regiment through out the war. General Muir, greatly pleased with the demonstration in honor of the 28th Division, refused to com ment on the proposed parade. Ho would talk about his iron men, how ever, and made it known in no un certain terms that he thinks them as fine as any soldiers anywhere. Here is what he had to say: "I was in command of the 28th Division from the time I went to France with it, either as divisional or corps commander, until the arm istice and, therefore, all of its fight ing was done under me. Its front work virtually began July 1. From that time until November 11, when the armistice was signed, it was in the front Ijne in whole or In part, with the exception of about three weeks. During these three weeks it changed its location from the Vesle river to the Argonne forest and then to the Woevre opposite Metz. Only a Third Returns I "Being in the front line for that I length of time and being at very critical parts of the front lino, its losses were necessarily heavy. There were only three divisions, the First, Second and Third regulars, which had heavier losses and they had arrived in France quite a time be fore the Twenty-eighth. "Naturally, I'm not an impartial judge of the work of the 28th Di-1 vision, but I believe 1 can safely sayj that the division is entitled to all praise. "It always acquitted itself in a 1 praiseworthy manner. I consider that! it improved constantly and at the; time the armistice went into effect i it can properly be said that it was! second to no division in France." Only about one-third of the men! who were original members of the] 112 th returned on the transports, j The others were either killed, orj wounded or are missing, and many j of the wounded who have recovered ' have been transferred to other; units. Company C, commanded by Cap- j tain Kriechbaum, of Ohambersburff, | and composed or iginally of National i Guard companies from Chambers-! burg and Bradford, returns with 124 of its original 250 members. Only ninety of the original men! of Company B are home again. This! company, corhmanded by Lieut. Cecil! Everett, of Meadville, was composed j of men from Meadville and Ta maqun. Captain C. G. Whitehill. of Oil City, is in command of Company D. Harrisburg and Oil City men, and I Lieut. Wallace Wellmans, of Corry, is in command of Company A. This' company was originally formed by] companies from Corry and York. I "Love and kisses," "God bless you. I boy," "Mother's here," "Bad's proud ! of vou," were some of the wig-wag ged messages. Those called over the rail from one boat to the other were I just as short, just ns full of emotion.! just as eneerlv received, and thevl varied in intelligibility from "There j he is," "Atta boy, Bob," to just! shrieks of "Here, here, here I am," j from mothers too upset with emotion] to "put over" anything more coher- ! ent. Two sons were welcomed by Mrs.] George TTirich, 77 North Seventeenth | street, Harrisburg. Francis and I George. Mrs. Robert McCullough j found her son, Francis. Miss Anna Miller, of Carlisle, found her soldier] sweetheart in the mass of khaki that lined the rail of the Pocahontas, and ' let everybody know, who had time! to learn, that his name and rate wasi First Lieutenant Ripley T. Shearer.! Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Shearer, mother! and father of the boy, were along, j too, but they weren't a bit happier than the bride-to-be. Ridley Park) was represented by the wife, mother] and father of Captain Llewellyn E. j Jones, of the staff headquarters,! 28th Division. The Machine Gun Company alone j of the 112 th was virtually replaced five times. Of 172 original Pennsyl vania men who composed that com pany, few are living. There were 134 casualties, all killed in action. Of the thirty-eight remaining twen ty were aboard the Pocahontas. They would talk but little, content alone with seeing their mothers. No grandiloquent narratives; no thril ling epi.sodes of their battles would they relate. They were home. Their work done—and done well. 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