Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19
10000 MEN PER DAY
TO Be MUSTEREDOUT
BEGINNING At ONCE
Development BattaIiOnS Go
First to Be Followed by
Other Organization ms,
100000 Home in 2 Weeks

mobilization orders already issued,
will care for the discharge of 2O0,-
600 mon within the next two weeks
in this country.
As the machinery develops the ar
my can discharge $4,000 men day.
No more troops will be sent over
seas.
These facts developed from Chief
of staff March's press conference
today.
March has ordered General Perish
ing to return to the United States
as transports are available, casual,
eonvalescent, sick and wounded be-
fore the steady flow Of the larger
bodies begins.
DemobiIization orders already out,
contemplate dhmobilizing troops IN
this country in this order:
First. development battalions, Il
in number, containing 9S,199 men;
second. conscientious DIRECTORS not
under sentence; third, spruce produc-
ers; fourth, central training schools
for officers; fifth, United states
guards. $4,000 on paper; sixth, rail-
road troops: seventh, depot brlgadeS'
eighth. men in replacement camps,
and ninth, men in combat divisions
General March said there are l.
700 600 men in the United states
camps, and that il will take some
time TO muste~ them out, as phys
icai examina lions must be MADE
and records sent to the war FISK and
other bureaus.
care of 20O, 600, who, General March
added. should be out within the next
In making the demobilizaticns the
war department is taking into ac-
count the needs of reg lar a 'my
for the future. Men will be Offered
an opportunity to re- enlist- The de-
partment will ask congress that ey-
ery man honorably discharged shall
get a one months pay bonus. All
discharged soldiers can wear their
uniforms three months after duty
closes. This is to meet the problem
of supplying civilian clothing.
As for officers, the department is
making provision to take care OF
such as care to go TO the regular
army or to commission in the reserve
corps.
others will be discharged as they
Orders have been issued to all
staff corps to keep up their as
charges of officers, step by step,
with the reduction of the line.
The return of the divisions from
abroad is not yet sen. In so far as
possible the department proposes to
return men to camps nearest their
home territory for muster out. For
instance, the New England men
would go to Camp Devens. Parades
will be held and in the case of the
New England men, the nearest big
city, Boston, will be the place Sc
lected for the celebration.
The department ordered Pershing
to cable, uncoded, the names of all
killed and wounded Americans up to
November IL. General Pershing re-
piled he would expedite this.
The first and second American
army lines at the time the armi-
stice was signed covered 50 miles.
General March said the perform
ance of the American army had
reached the highest point of mill
tary excellence when the war end
ed. They are close to the heart Oh
the American people, he added.
General March indicated that sew
eral of the large camps would be
retained under a program now be-
ing formulated for a large perma-
nent army. The camps to be retain
ed. however, have not been selected.
The order of returning divisions
from France will be left entirely to
General Pershing's judgment. Mean
while regular 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 re-
ceiving the returning eXpeditiOnary
forces and the troops will be put in
at the ports nearest their home sta
tions. Among the ports to be used
will be Boston, New York, Philadel-
~. nd
Charleston. 1t is possible that 9TH
ers will be utilized also.
Special plans are being made to
give the Rainbow division "A special
reception when il arrives in this
country, and il is probable that, be-
cause Of the fact that troops from
practically every state are in it. the
division will make a virtual tour of
the country, General March said. A
history of the various divisions of
/ the American army is being compil-
ed and will be made public as soon
as possible.
In answer to questions, General
March located units as follows, ac-
cOrding to last reports:
Thirty-fifth division in the line on
the WoevTe; Ninety-first division
bileted November after action in
Flanders; Seventy-ninth division i'm
action as late as November 8; One
Hundred and SeYenty-third infantry
| brigade did not reach the line.
On October &c the American pris-
oncrs captured by German troops
numbered 5.738. General March
| could give no figures on the num-
| her of German prisoners captuI ed
/ by Pershing's men, but he said that
| large numbers of prisoners captured
/ by Enslish and French troops have
] been turned over to the American
forces.