Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-17
MASTERING OUT
Of TROOPS WILL
BEGIN QUICKLY
Men to Be Released from
Army at rate of 10000 a
Day; Rainbow Division
Specially Honored.

senator's at their weekly conference
today War department officials said
Secretary Baker planned to stop all
movement of additional troops to
Europe with the exception of surgi-
cal units.
Orders have been issued, General
March announced for the gradual
rehabilitation of all troops now in
this country.
Demobiliation will be in the fol-
lowing order:
First-Development battalions, II
in number and comprising 98,199
men.
Observation-Disclosures directors
not under arrest.
Third-Spruce production d.
vision.
Fourth-Central training schools
for officers, with some notifications.
Fifth-United States guards, now
numbering $4,000 men
Sixth-Railway units. Z.
oeVeHlH-DepOt DrlgadeS.
acknowledgements units.
Nlnth-Combat divisions.
100000 in United States.
There are now in the United
States 100000 men under arms,
General March said. Orders which
will result in the immediate demo-
bilization OF 100000 men are already
issued, and these men will be at
their homes in the next two weeks.
When the reduction plan is under
full operation, the chief of staff ex-
planned, $4,000 men each day will
be released from the army
Regarding the return of troops in
France General March said the or
der in which the divisions will be
withdrawn is being left to General
Pershing. 1t is the intention of the
War department, however, so far as
is practicable, to return each d.
vision to the locality from which the !
majority of its men came and to |
parade the division in adjacent cities
SO that the people may have
chance to give fitting welcomes.
Return Sick at Once.
Orders have been cabled to GEN
eral Pershing to begin the return at
once of all sick and wounded, who
can be moved, and convalescents. A
steady stream of these men should
begin Immediately to cross the At
lantic.
Camps at home will be cleared out
to prepare for the return of the ex-
peditionary forces, and the general
indicated that the process would be
A unit of regular troops
will be left at each camp to guard
and police it in preparation for the
arrival of the overseas unit.
Tribute to Rainbow.
Because of its unusual compost
ton, General March said, and its
brilliant record at the front, the And
Rainbow division will be given
special consideration in the demob-
lization plans. The purpose of the
was not outlined specih-
ally, but the impression was gained
hat the division will be paraded in
before it is mustered
out.
Steps already have been taken to-
ward the organization of the perma-
lent army. All men now in the
lrmy have been or will be offered
IN honorable dischasge from the
enlistment and an i'm
Mediate re-enlistment in the new
orces. A furlough of one month
rill be given as an incentive to re- I
Wants Bonus Given.
1t was announced that congress
will be asked to give each man dis
harged from the army, regardless |
# whether he reinlists, bonus of
me months salary. General March )
'ointed out, also, that all soldiers
re entitled under law, to wear their
informs for three months after dis
barge. This will make less diff
ult the immediate task of supply
ng civilian clothing to the demobil- :
zed army. :
Regarding Officers. /
The return of commissioned per- S
onnel of the army to civilian life,
General March said, would be at :
ected by dividing the present list {
f officers into three classes, those s
Who desire commissions in the regu- V
ar army, those who are willing to '
old themselves available for future -,
ervice as reserve officers, and those !
Tho desire honorable discharge from :
he service. /
Instructions have been issued to r
he army staff corps to carry out /
eduction in their commissioned and
nlisted personnel lists, keeping I
ace with the reduction of the line
orces.
General Pershing has been direct 2
d to expedite complete casualty +
SITS of his forces, showing the +
ames of every man killed or wound {
d or missing up to II a. m, Novem-
CT IL. GtHtIdl MdllH WOulu Hol
azard an estimate as to what the 8
NAL total would be. il
Replying to a question as to the c
lumber of American prisoners in G
Germany he said official records up G
o October IS gave the total as =
,73S. :
General March sketched the Off
ial line held by the allied armies @
nd the Americans along the west /
ront when the fighting stopped. t
The front held by the First and /,
second American armies at that
Jour measured 81 miles. Of the .
American force General March said: i
at had reached it's highest point
If military excellence on the day the !
lighting stopped and had endeared :
tself to the hearts of the American $
people," \
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