The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-22
CAMPS START
DEMOBILIZING
Gen. March and Secretary
Baker Address Men at
Camp Dix.
BEGIN ON 1000 A DAY
Those. in Limited Service
Class First to Be Mus
tered Out.
BEGIN ON 1000 A DAY

Demobilization OF the Army OF Free
dom began yesterday. Men called un-
der the selective draft law to take part
in the world war went through the first
stages OF demobilizati6n at Camp Dix.
N. j.. and Camp Devens. Mass. Two
hundred men, called for limited service.
received their physical examinations at
Camp Devens and approximately as
many at Dix. The process OF paying
them and mastering them from the Gov
ernment service will be completed to-
day.
The first of the hohorably discharged
soldiers will be in their own homes by
tonight. It Is the plan In each camp
TO examine 1000 more men to-day, and
from that start the rehabilitation will
go on with as much speed as army doc
tors and the clerical and pay machinery
of the army can make.
Baker ana March Present.
Secretary Of War Newton u. Baker
and Gen. Peyton c. March, Chief Of
Stan. were present at Camp Dix when
the beginning OF the great thaw came.
They came primarily to be present when
the Salvation Army's big 100000 mill
tary hotel was dedicated, but their arrival
squared with the hour when the frSt
batch OF limited service men were called
to bow themselves out of the army.
I'VE are going to send you back to
civil life just as fast as we can" said
Gen. March. IAN OF you have come here
for the purpose OF service. The for
tunes of war have kept you on this side,
but you deserve the thanks of your
country with your fellows over there"
Two hundred men received their final
papers and were formally mustered from
the service at Camp Dix before the Of
flcers called II n day. BY Saturday night
1000 will have gone, and next week will
see from 500 to 1000 day on their
way.
/, George III. Daer. a private OF Com
pany / OF the 1891 Depot Brigade. Won
the honor OF being the first man 10
get his Anal papers and pay and to kiss
the camp good-by. Baer lives at Nil
ford, n. j. With five other members II
his company ne was picked to lead the
van of the thawing army. He was
called TO the pay officer and received
his papers and S416, which included
s1.s6 for railroad fare to his home point
The men get three and n half cents
a mile for railway transportation TO the
point Of their enlistment, and the differ
ence between the rate and the regular
fare for soldiers is intended for their
food en- route.
Cheered by Comrades.
When Baer and his five grinnirg and
happy companions marched away from
the camp th9y were cheered by the men
left behind. In return they cheered the
fellows who are soon to follow them.
We'll soon be with you. old topl
shouted the bunch that formed the khaki
background for the leavetakers.
you're not the Nnly ones that will
have Thanksgiving dinner at home :"
called one OF the enthusiastic rooters.
With Baer when he left the camp
were Robert II. Campbell Of Hamilton,
Ontario, formerly a private in the same
company and Albert e. Butler OF East
glastonbury. N. Y; Ernest s. Huber
man Of Morristown, n, j.; George A,
Hoyt, Kingston. n. Y, and f. $. Thomas
of Midland Park. y. ].
Lot none of ;;ie lustrc wear of Of
this honor" Mr. Baker said. I'm not so
much concerned with what the United
States or any other nation gets out Of
It," the Secretary said. but with what
YOU get out OF it. OF course what the
United States gets out OF 1t is in the end
what you get out Of IL, for you are the
United States The' biggest thing that
has come to you Is the aggregate growth
of character and manhood and this char
acter and manhood are to be reflected
through you upon the Government In the
next generation"