The sun., 1918-12-15
$4,000 MEN
GET RELEASES,
ARMY REPORTS
Discharges to Be Issued as
Quickly as Possible.
March Says.
$4,000 GOING OUT A DAY
Mail Sacks Shipped Across
Containing 2,248,OOO
Xmas Packages.
$4,000 GOING OUT A DAY
Special Despatch 70 Trr srs.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ii. - Almost a
million men have been released for
discharge from the army, according to
Gen. Peyton c. March. Chief of staff,
who pointed out that $4,000 have been
designated to return to civilian life as
soon as means can be found for pass
ing them out in the prescribed manner
The machinery for the discharge OF
the men so far as we can tell from
the rather incomplete reports we are
getting" Gen. March said. 'is turning
out about $4,000 day and we hope to
double this figure. The discharge of
officers has been going on very much
more rapidly than the discharge Of
men. We have honorably discharged
from the service since the signing of
the armistice 1903 officers.
THE number of organizations and
casuals who have actually sailed have
been given out from day to day as we
get them, so that prompt information
can be given to the press and the
numbers are 1873 officers, 30,750 men.
460 civilians and two prisoners. The
number OF organizations that have
been designated for early conveys
since last gave out the list has been
increased by a number of other assign
ments which l will now give out.
"The total number of officers and
men now designated for early con-
voy is $3.50 officers and 135,262 men,
up to and including December 12."
Troops to He Released.
Among the troops designated for
discharge or already discharged in the
United States are the following: Depot
brigades, development battalions and
replacement units. $4,000; Industrial
furloughs, $4,000; divisional troops,
Is, 900; corps and army troops, $4,000;
coast artillery, $4,000; engineers, A.
900; Medical Corps, 5000; ordnance,
1000; Quartermaster. 5000: United
States Guards. 10000; military aero
nautics, 10000; spruce production sec
ton, 80 1000; Tank Corps, 1000; chemi-
cal warfare, 1000; coal miners, 5000;
special service units, 10000; Student
Army Training Corps, 10000; officers
training schools. 10000: troops at
tached to local boards, 5000. and Porto
Rico troops, 10000.
Among the troops designated for dis
charge but not mentioned in the lists
previously given out Gen. March said
were the following:
Company E, 319th Engineers of the
Eighth Regular Division; the Second,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh heavy mo-
bile ordnance repair shop units; the
Fourth and Fifth Anti-aircraft Ma
chine Gun Battalions. and Companies
D, e, F, G, H, and X of the Second
Engineers, total of 125 officers and
4,013 men.
Christmas Mail Under Way.
In reference to Christmas packages
for soldiers abroad Gen. March said
I'VE have cleared up during the
week the question OF Christmas
packages for France. The steamships
Maui, with 10000 sacks, and the Poca-
! hontas, which sailed on December
with 10000 sackss completed ship,
ment of six ships. carrying $4,000
sacks, which contained 2,24S,00(
Christmas packages for our men ii
France, England and Italy. That
will give a Christmas package e
every one over there and a surplus
of some 200, 900 packages. This enor-
nous shipment was handled by Gen
! Hines in New York without the slight
est delay, everything going very
| ayn0OthIy"