Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-17

i Washington Nov, Reinforcement of American troops across the Atlantic has stopped entirely and demobiiza- ton of troops in cantOnmentS and [ camps at home is under way General March, chief of staff made this announcement today, outlining the war departments plans in answer to the questions the country has been asking since the day the armstice was signed and it became apparent the war was over He said orders, al ready issued would send 200,OOO men back to civil life within two weeks, and that when the program was in full swing, about 30000 would quit the ar my daily.
 Fighting divisions of General Per shing's army in France, will be de- mObolized as far as possible in their home communities. The chief of staff would would make no prediction as to when the first divisions would start home. It appears probable, however, ; the flow of returning troops can be in ] full tide before February 1st. Quarters , will be available for them at the car- ! comments by that time.
 Some officers regard it as possible 1 certain divisions may be recalled in 1 advance of the general return move. ment. General March indicated that l the 42nd (rainbow) division, because it is composed of men from 26 states, and in recognition of the fighting rec ord it has made in France, would be marked for special treatment The 26th (New England I.tional guardD and the 41st (sunseD, divisions are in the same class, so it would not cause surprise, therefore, if these three or ganizatiOns should be designated by General Pershing as the the first to return with six weeks of 1918 left it is possible they may be home be- fore New Years day.
 Supplementing General March's statement, Secretary Baker said it would not be necessary to maintain all the existing cantonments for de- mobilization purposes and that a study was now being made of those desir- able for that purpose. The others with all the divisional camps, he indicated, will be abandoned as soon as the men now occupying them have heen mas. tered out
 The demobilization will he carried out in the following order:
 First, development battalions, n in number and comprising 98,199 men.
 Second, conscientious objects not under arrest.
 Third, spruce production division.
 Fourth, central training schools for officers with some notifications
 Fifth United States guards now numbering 5000 men.
 Sixth, railway units.
 Seventh, depot brigades.
 Eighth, replacement units.
 Ninth, combat divisions.
 We have in the United States now somethink like 100000 men and to muster out force of that kind, of course, will take some time," said Gen. eral March. Each man has to be ex- amined physically, his final accounts made, so that the men may get cOm- pensation they are entitled to. Blank forms are being shipped to the various camps for use as these orders go into effect.
 "In handling this problem of demob- ilizatiOn one of the features which had to be considered was the subsequent retaining of men for the regular army, or what will be the regular army, when congress passes laws re-organ- izing that army. When the war broke put there were only limited number of such men in the service, and the great number of men who filled out these units were men who voluntarily enlisted for the period of the war. So we have offered these men who came in for the period of the war the opt ion of re-enlisting if they cared to.
 "With reference to casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces, I cabled General Pershing to report in plain English and not in code, so as to save time, the name of every man killed. wounded and missing up to the time of the armistice not hitherto re- ported. I have had an answer this morning, saying he would expedite it in every way
 Arrangements for bringing home the troops in France are being work ed out rapidly from shipping point of view. the shipping board announced today, in issuing a call