The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-21
EARLY RETURN Or
FIGHTING MEN
FROM ABROAD AND CANTON.
MENTs is PLANNED.
SICK AND WOUNDED OVERSEAS
Together With Rainbow, New England
and Perhaps Sunset Divisions
With Others Expected to BE
First Home.
(By Carl d. Groat.)

First Home.
(By Garl ID. Groat.)
Washington, Nov. 16. --Demobiliza.
ton orders which have already been
issued win care for the discharge of
two hundred thousand men within the
next two weeks in this country.
AS the machinery develops the army
can be discharged at the rate of thir
ty thousand men day.
These figures developed from facts
of General Staff March's press con-.
ference today
The orders already issued will take
care OF two hundred thousand, whom,
March said, would be discharged with
in the next two weeks
No More Men Overseas.
No-more men viii be sent overseas,
March announced.
March ordered General Pershing to
return TO the United States as soon
as transportation will permit all the
available eonyalescent casualties, the
sick. and the wounded, until steady
flows of the large bodies begin.
Rehabilitation orders already out
Contemplate the demobilizing of
troops in this country In the follow
ing order:
Those To Be Demobiiized.
!. Development Battalions in mum.
bers containing ninety-eight thousand
one hundred and eighty-nine men.
g.. Spruce producers.
3. General schools for officers.
4. United States Guardsmen.
8. Railroad troops.
6. Depot Brigade.
Z. Men in the replacement camps,
s. Men in the combatant divisions.
March said that there were one mil.
lion seven hundred thousand men in
United States camps today and 1t
will take some time to muster them
out, as physical examinations must
be made and a record sent to the War
Risk and other Bureaus.
r. {, Men May Re-EnIist.
In making the rehabilitation the.
War Department is taking into con-.
sideration and account the needs for
the regular army in the future. 4.
Men will be given an opportunity to
rerenlist. The War Department has
asked Congress that every man hon
orably discharged shall get one
months pay as a bonus.
All discharged soldiers will be al
lowed to wear their uniforms for three
months after duty closes. This is
to meet the problem of supplying civ
ilian clothing.
No further plans for the demobiI-
ization of the soldiers abroad has been
worked 9ut yet other than that the
men will be brought back to the larg.
est camp in their home territory for
mastering out
The First To Come Home.
BY Carl D. Groat. Washington, Noy
.l6.-Early rehabilitation OF the "diz.
Ey Observation-Disclosures battalions
lin some environments and the quick
return home of the sick and wounded
from overseas are the sole immediate
/ home coming plans of the War De.
partment
However the schemes are rapidly
shaping themselves, whereby the
westward bound movement of troops
can be started soon. n
The trip of Chairman Hurley of the
United States Shipping Board abroad
deals mainly with the problem of re.
turning OF United States soldiers to
this country. -a|.r
100000 Men Monthly.
New York reports quote him as
! saying that three hundred thousand
men would be returned monthly. How.
ever the Department has not as yet
t decided Rn SO pronounced flow as
However the General Staff indicates
that the New England, Rainbow and
perhaps the Sunset Division will be
back In the states by Christmas and
peraps a few more. - =
inuusral RuaPtaptitty.
There Is disposition to return the
men according to the length of service
but a more practical way is on the
basis OF industrial adaptability.
Hence. supply men, mechanics,
electricians and the like will be called
first for their return home.
The plan is being worked out where
by some idle German and Austrian
tonnage can be utilized for troop
transportation. England already has
Withdrawn some Of her ships from the
United States service and this process
will increase rs England needs her
ships for her own transportation
problems.
Industry 10 Interested.
The Indebtedness of the troop