The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24
MILLION TROOPS
ORDERED HOME;
SOME ON-OCEAN
Pershing Tells Gen. March
of Units Not Needed
for Occupation.
WILL KEEP 30 DIVISIONS
Camp Dix and Camp Devens
Drafted Men Among Those
to Be Returned.
WILL KEEP 30 DIVISIONS
Special pespatch to TnE Sun.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.--Orders have
teen cabled to Gen. Pershing giving
him authority to begin the return
of approximately 100000 American
troops from overseas. This will in
clude all such troops as would not or
dinarily be used in an army of occupa-
tion, according to Secretary OF War
Baker and Gen. March. Chief of STAFF.
The number of troops which will be
needed to occupy hostile territory. Sec
retary Baker said. had not yet been
definitely determined. While declining
to confirm definitely the report that
the army of occupation would consist
of thirty divisions Of 100000 men, Mr..
Baker said II might be around that fig
ure.
Gen. March in explaining the de-
mobilization of overseas forces indi-
Gated that the following troops would
be sent home first: Railroad artillery,
army artillery, gas troops, tank troops.
and the skeletons Of certain divisions
. the men OF which have been used as
replacement troops.
Troops Now Under Orders.
Gen Pershing has designated to return
10 the United States the following
organizations as rapidly as transpor-
portation becomes available: Thirty
first Division Georgia. Alabama.
Florida National Guard); Thirty-fourth
Division Nebraska, Iowa, South Da-
kota and Minnesota National Guard /;
Thirty-eighth Division (Indiana. Ken
lucky and West Virginia National
Guard) Seventy-sixth Division (New
England National ARMY; Seventy
eighth Division (western New York.
New Jersey and Delaware National
Army. Trained at Camp Dlx.)
In addition to these divisions the list
includes the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh.
Forty-eighth. Forty-ninth. F1ftieth.
Sevsnty-trird and seventy-nfth regi-
ments OF Coast Artillery and Sixty-ffth.
1880 Field Artillery brigades and eighty
Two aero squadrons. numbers 90. 14o,
156. 167, 1T, 1875, 210-11. 216. 1890.
225-s. 22s, 234. e54. 25s, 25s-6o-61-62-
-, a65. 2s7-sS, 2s2, 500 to $40 inclu-
sIve, s14 to 32l inclusive. 325, 329 to 33S
inclusive. $40. 34s, 356. 36l, al. 377-7s.
470 to 473 inclusive, ATS to 41s inclu-
sivs. sl2. s2s-24. s31 to S34 inclusive.
Sss TO $40 inclusive, $50. s6s. 9o6 and
1iof.
The American troops captured In
round numbers $4,000 German prisoners
more than twenty times as many. as
the Germans captured-and l.40o guns,
including howitzers and trench mortars.
In his talk to-day to the newspaper
men Gen. March said:
"In Its advance through Luxembourg
and Germany the American army. as
you see from the way 1t is indicated
on the map, apparently Is making for
Coblenz. The French are occupying the
sector to the east and the British the
sector to the north. Our latest report
from the army shows that we have ad-
vanced fifty miles during the six days
from November II to November 20 and
we still have seventy miles to- 90 before
reaching the Rhine at Coblenz. At the
present rate It should take US to Decem-
ber 1 to reach that Anal position.
where Troops Are in Adriatic.
I'VE have a report from Italy show
ing that one battalion OF an American
regiment is now at Cattaro and one bat
talon at Fiume and the third probably
will take station at Trieste.
The rehabilitation on this side has
been going on steadily during the week.
ON Thursday I went up to Camp DIX
20 see how things were going there and
they had reached the point where they
we're turning out some 200 mon day.
That comprises everything. the turning
IN OF guns equipment, etc. and charg-
lEg each man up with such articles as
ne has lost. physical examination and
furnishing them with money and trans
portatlon from the.scamp to their homes
In preparing for the demobilization the
commanding general had asked all the
men where they proposed to go, SO as
TO make the proper arrangements with
The railroads to take them TO the proper
destination. and practically the entire
command wanted TO go back home
The Railroad Administration, at the
request OF the War Department. has
during the week reduced the expense
home OF the soldier to cents n mile
instead OF cents. 80 that the men are
Tow in better shape financially 10 reach
the State from which they came.
Cutting Down on Supplies.
''1n connection with the return of the
: Evolutionary forces to America. which
VIII be expedited IN every way. / sent
zen. Pershing the day the armistice was
-.gned instructions to report to us as
con as he should make a study of the
'tIation just what could be dispensed
nth In the way OF supplies which had
en- ordered to carry on the big Ameri-
an programme or eighty divisions in
rance, and during the week we have
received a number of cablegrams bear
,ng on the vast supplies and supply
oepots which are In France for the pur-
oso Of furnishing our army. AS these
rtports come In we are not only cutting
II the sending Of supplies abroad, but
Pe stop contracts which would be neces-
sary TO carry out the large scheme at
he same tine.
AS an example. just before the armis-
'ice was signed Gen. Penshlng wanted
....sss rha atinrlv of horses which he