New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Seventh-Depot brigades.
EightIs-Replacement units
Ninth-Combat divisions.
100000 Already Affected

We xPave in the United States now
something like 100000 men, and to
muster oat force of that kind, of
course, will take some time" said Cen
cral March Each man has to be eX-
amned physically, his final accounts
,aadc, so that the men may get the com
pensation they are entitled to. Blank
forms are being shipped to the various
camps for use as these orders go into
effect
"The orders that already have been
issued affect some 100000 men. OK
pect to muster them out in two weeks.
When the machine is in full operation
we expect to release 10000 men day
I'm handling this problem of demob-
ilzation one of the features which
had to be considered was the subse-
uuent retaining of men for the regular
army, or what Will be the regular army,
when Congress passes laws reorganlz-
ing that army.
"When the war broke out there were
ONLY q limited number of such men IN
the service, and the great number of
men who filed out these units were
men who voluntarily enlisted for the
period of the war. SO we have offered
these men who came in for the period
of the war the option of recnlisIng If
they care to.
Soldiers Bonus Planned
I'VE have offered an immediate hon
orable discharge, with furlough OF
one month upon reenlistment, and we
purpose to ask Congress TO give every
single man who has been honorably dis
charged enc months pay whatever his
grade is, as a bonus. Every man who
is discharged from the army is entitled
to wear his uniform for Il period of
three months. That is very neces-
sary thing, because the releasing to
civil life of three or four million men
makes it impossible to clothe in civil
ian clothes so great number
GAS men are discharged we take up
the question of the officers. Officers
who want to apply for commissions in
the regular army will be considercd
Officers who want to put themselves in
a class where they can be used for fut-
ure military operations will be offered
commissions in the reserve corps. The
rest of them will be discharged.
81 have cabled General Pershing to
return to the United States on troop
transports all the men who are casuals
or convalescents, sick and wounded,
who are able to be moved, and these
men will come in steady flow across
the Atlantic before the larger number
come back as units.
To Reach Home Camps
I'VE propose when the divisions
come back from France to have them
mustered out in the vicinity of their
homes. The men from New England will
be put in Camp Devens, for instance,
and we intend to have these men pa
rade in the nearest adjacent town, so
that the home people can see their own
soldiers. This scheme calls for the
clearing out of the camps at home, and
I will leave in each one of these camps
n unit of the regular army, which will
police it and take care of it and make
it ready for the troops as they come
back from France.
"With reference to casualties in the
American expedtonary forces, cabled
General Pershing to report in plain
English and not in code, so as to save
time, the name of every man killed,
wounded and missing up to the time
of the armistice not hitherto reported.
! have had an answer this morning say
ing he would expedite this matter in
every way"
Describes American Line
In his closing military review of the
war General March said the front helC
by the American First and Second Army
when hostilities ceased VISA fifty-twt
miles in extent.
"The performance of the American
army" he added, con the conclusion
of the armistice had reached the high
est point OF military excellence. They
are close to the hearts of the American
people.
''At the beginning of the armistice
the final line on the Belgian, British
and French fronts was approximately
as follows: Along the west bank Of the
Scheldt from the Dtuch frontier to
Ecke, thence to the Dendre River at
Grammont, along the west bank of the
Dendre River to Ath thence to point
four miles east of Mons. thence one
to three miles east of the Belgian bor-
der to the vicinity of Rocroi, through
Rocroi to Mezieres, along the Meuse
10 Sedan and Bazeilles.
First Army's Position
THE American front can be giver
exactly, The front of the First Army
beginning at Bazeiles. followed tn,
west bank of the Meuse to a point on,
mile southeast of Mouzon. crossed
there to the east bank, cut the bend tc
1nor, and followed the east bank t
Stenay.
Thence it ran to Baalon, the north
ern and eastern outskirts Of the Fores
of Woevre, Remoirville, one mile north
east of Jametz, the eastern edge of tn,
Bois de Jametz, Damvilers, inclusive
one mile northeast of Chaumont-D De
want -Damvilers, then through Villers
Bois Herbebos, west of Orncs, one-hal
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