The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-16
MOVE TO FUNSTON
Kansas Camp Now Great De-
mobilization Center.
Transportation Problem L
Greater Than in the Draft.

rBv Union Pacific r. R. Press Bureau)
Camp Funston, Dec 16--Wrtn
Cau1p Funston announced as one OF
the great ceutsrs for the demobiliza-
ttou OF troops. much activity Is e1-
pected there during the next rev
months Men from .nsaS Missouri,
Nebraska Colorado. wyoming. SouLn
Dakota Oklahoma and adjoining
states viii pour in as soldiers anu
men from organizations at Camp Cody,
camp Merritt. Detroit and other por-
tons of the east and south have oeen
received and mustered out
When the armistice was signed
Funston had the Tenth division Of the
-ay,,iar army. the 18th depot bri-
rnde and Q development battalion Ii
training.
OF these. the depot brigade and the
development battalion nave psea
, mustered out with the exception OF
from sKeIetonized depot brigade PAT
taIiors onIy officers. noncons and q
few men are being held 1t Is TO these
rba+ men from other points are tenn
norariIv attached while waiting the
necessary formaIities for their ols-
charge
20 leave for the front when word or
the arrnistice was received. Is still IN
TACT and no official word has been re-
cefved at camp headquarters regard
trr its final disposition While IL Is q
regular army division It Is composeo
IarraIv of drafted men from the mid
sT. vest with a nucleus Of regulars
SpscuIariou is rife but no one attempts
10 predict at this time when these men
will be released
TRANSFORMATION Problems.
The Twentieth infantry, one of the
Tenth division organizatlons' was spLns
mn last week and assigned TO guard
di1tv az various points. The head
s,11rtars supply, @ and H companies
went TO Leavenwcrth- c and ID ma
chine gun com anies were detailed 10
Fort Eiley while Companies ana =
went to Fort Sheridan. Ill ana =
were assigned 10 Fort Brady. Mlcn,
= and + 70 Fort Nitro. w Va. ana
= ~ Rock Island. Ill, while 150 men
y-ers sent to Chicago and TOO TO Den
yer for military police duty MANY
consider this an Indication or the
future work OF the division:
ire transportation problems pre-
zentsd in this rehabilitation work are
- yrea,er Than those involved in
ordf11r,y draft and troop movement
heretofore encountered by the rail-
roads.
In the usual movement an entire
body Of troops moves as one from the
san1e point to the same destlraIon
usually in special trains
Wha-a the soldiers are being re-
turned to their homes. however eacn
man represents an individual move
r1cut and his route must be figured
separately over the various cities from
Funston a his home before q ticket
can be sold him for the trip
The handling Of this treusIdous
work has been organized and carried
on under the direction Of J. O. Good
SELL assistant district passenger agent
Of the Union Pacific, who has had
charge Of troop movement since the
camp was first opened A speciaf
corps OF train men under Mr.. Good
sell receives the names and destird-
tons of all discharged men twenty
four hours before they entrain- As
these come in by the thousand it il
big Job, often an all night one, even
for tneAskfI1ed corps. When the men
line up at the ticket windows, how
ever. they give their names and find
their fares and rates figured. tickets
ready and are off without a hitch or
lellv