The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-21
MANY IOWA BOYS
To Stay 4 YEAR
THOUSANDS WILL NOT BE HOME
unTlL CLOSE or 1878.
MILLION TO REMAIN N EUROPE
German, Russian ard Other Terri
tories Must BE Occupied ard
PoiiesS-No Fsyoritisrl N Any
Way WTn &c Shown.

Washington. Nov. ze-Insiezd Of be-
ing home for Christmas. thousands Of
Iowa boys viii remain IN Europe per
haps for the full year 1919. II the optn-
ION Of general staH ofacers Of the army
s. TO be beliVed- when they do come
home. however. they win be sent TO
Camp Dodge and there mustered oft,
and the zar departments wishes IL
that the relatives and friends Of the
heroic soldiers sin arrange 10 pay
them the proper homage b. series Of
paFades, or liberty pageants. as their
welcome home.
@Over one million American soldiers
EfIl remain IN Europe. on both sides
~ the German. empire and on German
soli itEelf. for ai least a year after the
Etxninx OF the peace terms" said wen
informed general star officer today.
While II ia impossible to make &C
eurate estimates. especially in view OF
the troubled conditions in the enemy
countries. f. IL safe 70 say that more
than y66e 900 men xIli be needed over
seas for a considerable time after
peaes comes. Russian soil VIII be oc'
capIed. German sol viii be occupied
and parts Of the nations that have
been giving battle to the allied coun
frfes since 1914 viii be patrolled By
American troops. Time must pass be
fore the number OF troops which mus
stay in Europe VIII be definitely
known, but Of the large ndmber tha'
rnust remain, II Is expected that some
win be sent TO Austrian territory and
even some into Turkey and the Balkan
states.
No FayoritIsn VIII Be Shown.
Contrary TO the general opinion
however, specific branches OF the serV
ice win not be singled out to be KEEP
in Europe and other branches be re
turned home. II had been expected
that the engineer corps troops. th'
medical eontingents and the supply di
visions. for example. would be the las
10 leave and that men in the gas sery
ice and the tank corps would be anon
the first 70 set foot again on American
soil. An army, however, is compose'
Of an elements and a part Of all eie
rnents viii stay in Europe and par
WIN be sent home. No fayoritisn
would be shown, but Of those who ar
permitted to come back the first vii
undoubtedly be the regulars and IN
national guard divisions who have seel
the longest service and have been u
the greatest number Of clashes wit
the enemy. As General March ar
nounced Saturday, General Pershin
has fun control over the men In tn
evolutionary forces. but he has bee
advised TO send back az many men
possible and as quickly as possible
The frat 70 be returned. however, wa
specifically stated TO be easuals an
injured and sick soldiers who conl
be moved. These will be sent to n
construction hospitals and an effoF
made to return them to usefulness be
fore their discharge from the army"
One OF the plans OF the war depar'
ment is to give special recognition 7
the units in the Rainbow division bt
cause OF the fact that several state
in the union are represented In u
composition. II is likely that this d
vision WIN be sent home among IN
first combatant troops to come bach
Efforts viii be made to have this outii
numbered among which are troop
from the District Of Columbia. com
70 washington and be reviewed b
President Wilson. This would proyid
the government with an opportunit
OF paying respect TO the valiant so
dlers who composed the division
among which are the men in the 1857
infantry, formerly the old Third low
ragiment Of national guardsmen