The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-14
ARTILLERY UNIT
TO COME HOME.
51st Regiment Largest Group
Among Additional 5,017
Men Designated.
oFFlcL~ EAST RELEASED
More Rapidly -, Enlisted
Men-Total 824,s. Now
Scheduled for Discha II.
oFFIcL~ EAST RELEASED

SSASAS4S0 ave IT.
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE designa-
ton Of 172 additional officers and
l,S45 men by Gen. Pershing for early
return home was announced today
by the war department. The largest
unit included is the Fifty-hrst regi-
ment. coast artillery. with 10 officers
and 1.77omen.
Other units are the Twenty-t third.
176th, 247th, and 264th aero squad
rons; and the Nineteenth, Twentieth.
Twenty first, Twenty-second, Twen-
ty-fourth and Twenty sixth photo
sections. air service; Company F..
Twenty ninth engineers, the First
trench mortar battalion and the Fiji
ty-second and Fifty-third ammuni-
ton trains.
The war department has now des-
ignated a total of $4,000 men in
the United States for discharge, an
|, increase of nearly 100000 during the
last week. Gen. March made 1t
clear, however, that designation of
troops does not mean immediate dis
charge, but severance from the ser
vice as their turn Is reached In de-
mobilization.
Among the new branches of the
army to be included in the demobili-
zation orders are 10000 Porto Rican
troops ordered discharged. OF the
total of $4,000 men designated,
$4,000 are in depot and development
battalions and similar limited units.
In addition, $4,000 men on industrial
furlough have been ordered released.
Demobilization Of officers Is pro-
ceeding more rapidly than is the case
with the men. Gen. March said a
total of 17,203 officers had been hon
orably discharged since the armistice
was signed.
Summarizing the how Of returning
troops from France, Gen. March said
total of 1858 officers and 135,262
men had been designated for return
by Gen. Pershing UP to Dec. IL. OF
that number 1878 officers and 30703
men have actually sailed from
France. y
Tho chief of staff set at rest
rumors that the Eighty-second
Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee)
had suffered unusually heavy cas-
ualties, one report having been that
co per cent of it's personnel had been
killed, wounded or captured.
A report from the division dated
Nov. IS. two days after the fighting
ended, Gen. March said. recorded than
224 officers and 5.253 men were
needed to flll the organization to its
full strength of approximately $1,000
officers and men,. The record of this
division shows that it entered the
line in the Argonne forest Oct. 6,
pressing across the Aire river until
Oct. 20. after which date there is
nothing in the war department to
indicate that it was in action.
The Eighty second includes the
drafted men from Tennessee, Ala
bama and Georgia.
Americans Crossed Rhine. -
Washington. Dec. 14.-The Amer
ican Third army yesterday crossed
the Rhine and occupied the Coblenz
bridgehead, Gen. Pershing informed
the war department today in an Of
ficial communidue.
Infantry With Third Army.
The chief Of staff also announced
the infantry units that make up the
American Third army, or the army
Of occupation. These are: First
division: Sixteenth, Eighteenth,
} kTwenty- sixth and Twenty eighth in
fantry regiments; Second division:
Ninth and Twenty third infantry
regiments and Fifth and Sixth ma :
rines; Third division: Fourth,
Seventh. Thirtieth ana Thirty eighth
regiments; Fourth division: Thirty
ninth. Forty Fifty eighth
and Fifty-ninth regiments; Fifth
division: Tenth. Eleventh. Sixtieth
and Sixty-first regiments; Thirty
third division: Nineteenth, 13Oth,
131st and 132nd regiments; Forty
seond division: 165th, 166th, 167th
and 16Sth regiments; Seventy ninth
division: 313th. 314th, 315th and S16th
regiments; Eighty-ninth division:
25Srd, 354th. 355th and 356th regi-
nients. 1