The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-11
Big US. FORCE
TO BE KEPT
Our Army Will Not Return
to Home Shores at
Once
MUST AID ALLIES
TO ENFORCE TERMS
New England Troops Likely
to Be Among Those
Returning Early

Washington, D. c., Nov. ll.-Signing
the armistice with Germany, which
brings the world war to an end, does not
mean that the great American military
machine win cease to operate at once
America must play an important part in
disarming and guarding the enemy and
until this work is completed, even the
movement of troops to France will be
continued, although on a greatly re-
duoed scale
During the interval between the ees-
sation of hostilities and the conclusion
of the peace conference, it is assumed
that the major portion of General Perish
ings expeditionary forces in France
must be retained there It is possible
also that for reasons Of international
politics some American garrisons may be
kept in disputed territory even after the
actual peace negotiations have been
brought to close.
Troops which have seen the longest
service in France probably will be re.
turned home soon to be replaced by new
wen now in this country who viii per-
form guard or other duty overseas.
There are more than one million men
now in camps in the United States.
The United States will be divided into
districts, each Of which ii to be fed by
one or more Atlantic ports from Calves
ton to Bangor Commanding officers of
divisions will be instructed to detaci,
for instance, men from the "frst demo
bilization district" which might include
men from Maine and Massachusetts and
entrain them for a specified French port,
where adequate shipping would be wait
ing. These vessels will proceed direct
~ to the ports selected for the first dis
trict and disembsrking their passengers,
will return on routine schedule to
meet the next detachment of soldiers for
that territory.
BY carefully controlling the returning
shipments, military authorities believe
they can, to a great degree, regulate the
food Of discharged soldiers so that no
single section of the country will be
swamped.
The work of returning the soldiers TO
their former civilian status in the indus
trial life of the nation has been turned
over to the department of labor and is
being handled by a special committee
head by Felix Frankfurter.
An organization is ready for the use
of the authorities in the same machinery
which has carried out the provision of
the work or fight" order, and it is under
stood this would be used largely in the
task Of finding positions for the men.
Under this plan, each local draft board
will be constituted a central labor Office
for the district in which it is situated
and will place the men who were sent by
it to the army TO the positions found
vacant.
Officials here expect that Congress will
be called upon soon to consider a demo
bilization bill" which win deal with this
and kindred problems.
Return home of American naval forces
battleships, destroyers, submarines,
converted yachts, supply ships and other
craft-also win follow the end of the
war. Definite plans have not been re-
vealed, but it is assumed here that once
disposition is made Of the German high
seas fleet and submarines in accordance
with the terms Of the armistiee, the
American dreadnoughts with the British
grand fleet together with most of the
destroyers and other submarine hunting
and conveying craft will return.
Even with hostilities ended, however,
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