Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-10
INSTRUCTIONS
ISSUED ABOUT
ARMY DISCHARGE
Home Service Bureau Gives
Much Information Con-
corning Soldiers,

Since the signing of the arn.istlce,
and the preparation that is now going
on in the military camps throughout
the United States. the local bureau Of
the Home Service department of the
Red Cross, has received time and
again. inquiries concelping the dis
charge of men from The army, by rel
ativ CT men in service.
j. r. Wineman, chairman of the blu
a has therefore deemed it advis-
able to inform the public in regard to
this matter n has collected infornia-
ton regarding the discharge Of en-
listed men, in the regular manner, for
special causes and discharge for dis
ability, and also furnishes informa-
ton regarding the travel pay on dis
charge.
The following information has been
obtained through the Army n Navy
Journal, and consists of excerpts of
ment.
Discharge of Enlisted Men.
/. (a) Only men who voluntarily
cy and those who We're drafted or in
Quoted to serve during the emergency
will be discharged. 90 No man will
be discharged who at the time of
physical examination prior to dis
charge is unfit for duty in the class
in which he was rated at the time of
entrance into the service (namely,
a higher class in case he has been sub
s%equently so rated. Co Men suffering
from venereal disease will not be dis
charged until cured. Intensive treat
ment of all venereals will be under
taken at once with a view to their cure
and discharge at the earliest possible
date.
2. Men from the same localities will
be discharged as far as possible on
the same date and only as they can be
nov by railroads. Ample advance
notice will be given to the local rep
resentatives Of the United States rail-
way administration of the number.
date of discharge, and destinations of
men to be discharged.
3. A weekly report as of Saturday
midnight will be made to the adjutant
general of the army, Attention Room
528, showing the number Of men dis
charged that week.
4. Attention is directed to Circulars
Nos. 10, rs and IS. War Dept, 1918.
Discharge for Special Causes.
The var department published the
following circular on Nov. 80 concern
ing the discharge of enlisted men for
relief of family or urgent need in in
dustrial work:
1. Department commanders within
the United States, commanders of
ports of embarkation. and command
ers of camps not under the j%urisdic-
ton of department commanders. or Of
chiefs of bureaus of the war depart
ment, are authorized to discharge en-
listed men upon their wv application
when there is sickness or other dis
tress in the soldiers family, or when
he is needed to resume employment
in an industry or occupation in which
there is urgent need of his service,
provided that such discharge will not
disrupt or cripple an existing organiza-
ton, and that the soldiers services
a be spared. Consideration will be
given to the fact that the machinery
of camps must be utilized in the de-
mobilization of the army and due re-
gard must be taken hat it is not re-
tarded by the discharge OF personnel
connected Herewith.
2. The Instructions contained herein
apply only to individual and excep-
tional cases and are not intended to
release men i. large groups or blocks