369TH'S DUSKY HEROES DANCE CAKEWALK AS SHIP SAILS UP NEW YORK Pittsburgh Marine Captain Wears Croix De Guerre. PENNSYLVANIA CASUALS ARRIVE NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The great hull of the big liner France, unofficially rechristened. "Ship of Mirth," shivered In response to the -iakewalk steps of more than a thousand dusky American heroes a3 the vessel made her way slowly up New York harbor today to the ragtime blare of welcoming bands and the hand-clapping and cheers of relatives and friends. The Third Battalion of "Hell-Man" Colonel William Ilayward's famous fighting Negro regiment, the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth, the old Fifteenth New York National Guard, covered with priory and medals, were the noisiest and most mirthful scrappers yet to reach home. The France brought 495 officers and l.uo men, including the Three Hundred and Seventieth Infantry Regiment, complete; the machine pun company of the Three Hundred and Sixty-Eighth Regiment; 278 casual officers; 300 enlisted men and the third battalion, Companies IC, I.. M and I of the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth. Colonel T. A. Roberta of Spring-field. III., cavalry officer of the 1'niteil States regulars, was In command. The unita returning on the North Carolina, which also docked today, included two officers and 116 men of the Eleventh, and 15 officers and 726 men of the Twelfth battalions. Twentieth Einglnecrs, three officers and 146 men of the Four Hundred and Sixty-ninth Casual Company, Georgians; two officers and 116 men of the Three Hundred and Thirty-third Casual Company, Pennsylvanians; two officers and 17S air .service casuals trained at camps Kearney and Meade and one officer and r men' of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments, marines.