Evening journal., 1918-11-16
NO MORE TROOPS
Will GO overseas
Instead Pershing Has Or
ders to Hurry Home All
Sick and Wounded
SOLDIERS TO MARCH
in MANY CITIES
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON, Nov. i6.-DemObIliza-
tlon orders, already issued. will care
for the discharge Of 100000 men within
the next two weeks in this country. As
the machinery develops the army can
discharge 10000 men a day. No more
troops will be sent overseas.
These facts developed from Chief Of
Staff MarchS press conference today.
March has ordered General Pershing
to return to- the United States as soon
as transports are available. all casual,
conyalescent, sick and wounded before
the steady flow OF the larger bodies be-
gins.
Demobllization orders already out.
contemplate demobllizing troops in this
order:
First-Development battalions. Il in
number, containing 9S.i99 men.
SecOnd-COnscientlOu ObjectOrs, not
under sentence.
Third-Spruce producers.
Fourth-Central training schools for
officers.
Fifth-United states guards, $4,000
on paper.
Sixth-RailrOad troops.
Seventh-Depot brlgades.
Eighth-Men In replacement camps.
Ninth-Men in combat divisions.
March said there are 100000 meQ in
the United States camps and that II
Will take some time 10 muster them
out, as physical examinations must be
made and records sent to the war risk
and other bureaus.
nvNav1 01raaI,~ f.~s.,a N,lr aawn
Of 100000. who, March added should
be out within the next two weeks.
In making the demObilizations, the
War Department is taking into account
the needs Of a regular army for the
future. Men will be offered an oppor-
tunity 10 re-enlist. The department will
ask Congress that every man honor
ably discharged shall get one months
pay as a bonus. All discharged sol
diers can wear their uniforms three
months after duty closes. This Is 10
meet the problem OF supplying civilian
clothing.
As for officers, the department Is max
ing provision 10 take care OF such as
care 10 go in the regular army or 10
commissions In the reserve corps.
Others will be discharged as they stand.
Orders have been Issued 10 all staff
corps TO keep up their discharges OF
officers step-by-step with the reduction
Of the line.
The return OF the division from
abroad Is not yet set. Insofar as pos
sble the department proposes to return
men TO camps nearest their home ter
ritory for muster out For Instance. the
Delaware troops would go to Camp Dix.
Parades will be held in the nearest big
city TO the camp.
The department ordered Pershing TO
cable, uncOded, the names Of all killed
and wounded Americans up TO NOvem-
Der fl. Gen. Pershing replied he would
expedite this.
The first and second American army
lines at the time the armistlce was
signed, covered 50 miles.
General March said the performance
OF the American army had reached the
highest point OF military excellence"
when the war ended. They are close
to the heart Of the American people,
he added.
March indicated that several Of the
large camps would be retained under a
program now being formulated for a
large, permanent army. The camps 30
be retained, however, have not been Sc
lected.
The order Of returning divisions from
France will be left entirely TO General
Pershing's Judgment. Meanwhile regu-
lar army units will be stationed at the
various camps in this country TO keep
the camps In order for the returning
troops.
Arrangements are being made to use
all Atlantic coast ports for receiving
expedltionary forces and the troops
will be put in at the ports nearest
their home stations. Among the ports
TO be used will be Boston, New York,
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Newport News
and Charleston. II is possible that
others will be utilized also.
Special plans are being made TO give
the Rainbow Division a reception when
II arrives in this country and it is prob
able that, because Of the fact that
troops from every State are in it, the
division will make a virtual tour Of the
country. March said.
A history Of the various divisions OF
the American army being compiled
will be made public as soon as pos
sible. Il
In answer 10 questions the General
located units as follows, according to
last reports:
35th Division In the line OF the
Woevre: 9lst Division, billetted NOvem-
ber after action in Flanders; 18th Di-
vision in action as late as November %;
i73rd Infantry Brigade did not reach
the lines.
On October i6. total American prison.
ers captured by German troops num-
bered 5,73s. General March could give
no figures on the number Of German
prisoners captured by Pershing's men.
but he said that large number Of
prisoners captured by English and
French troops had been turned over to
the American forces.