The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-08
100000 men IN
|. UNCLE SANS ARMY
OF OCCUPATION
Stay in Europe Indefinite
According to An
nouncement.
MANY TO RETURN
Preference for Discharge
Given College Man at
Student Officers
Training Camps.
MANY TO RETURN

Washington. Dec. 1.-The en-
tire list of divisions forming the
American army OF occupation in
Guiding those added recently was
announced to-day by General
March chief Of staff.
The divisions arc the first second.
third. fourth, fifth. seventh. TWEEN
ty-eighth thirty-sesond, thirtv-
thiri. forty second: seventy
ninth. eight ninth and ninticth.
in all approyfmating 400. 900 men
OF the divisions named the
eocord. seventh twenty eighth.
thirty-third and seventy ninth
win occupy Lcmburg and the re-
gfon OF Montmetiy. TlonErIyon,
Etain and S. Mihiel These
troops. says General March will
he held available ITO reinforce
the others should such action be-
come necessary"
The twcnty-eighth division is
composed 81 Pennsylvania troops
the thirty-third is from Illinois:
the forty-srcond IL the rainbow
division; the seventy ninth IL
from Pennsylvania. Maryland and
the District OF Columbia; the
eighty-ninth from Kansas and
Missouri and the nineteenth from
Texas and Oklahoma.
Soon Coming Home
n was announced by General
March that the total number of Of
Scers and men assigned for early con-
voys is:
Officers 5,325: men le5.51s.
New saflings from France were an
rounced The Susauehanna sailed No
verher 8, probable date arrival in
New York December ta---She carries
casual company t01, two officers and
lao men and other casuals. two Of
fcers and 7s5 r,en.
The Santa Anna sailed December
?. probable date OF arrival in New
York Decenibe II. IS officers. 81
enlisted men and - civilians.
The DeKalh sailed December 2
proba Bile date OF arrival at New York
IL. thirtv-three officers and
one man of army. and eleven naval
officers and 5s4 naval enlisted men.
General March said that the grand
total OF men who have been actually
shipped from abroad is s54 officers.
1862 men. lS5 civilians, seventeen
nurses ard two. prisoners.
Tho .zrr t,er Of t-raer r,,S att7reys Ass-
IN the United States 10 date
IS 1858 officers and over coo 900 men.
ii MIS- announced ttl8' 49, SRpI az
perehing advises fhe depart
ment OF the sailing of divisions for
the United States, General March wiz
announce their destinations here.
EIigihles tn Discharge
In reference to young rlen who left
college to enter the service Genera,
March said that preference would be
given In the discharge 10 that class
Of men who entered The officers train
ing camps IN one artillery training
camp 1000 had already been returns
ed
All the national army mon and vol
untary enlisted men are entitled to
discharge four months after the de-
claratinn of peace.
General March said that he would
have no ditacu'ty in bringing these
classes within the four months period
A hill is now hefng prepared by the
acting judge advocate general, Gem
eral March said which you'd cover al,
questions as 10 terms Nof enlistment
and their exptrauons.
1T Is entirely possible" he said,
that we viii have TO ask congress
for some modification of the law 10
provide a longer period for the units
which will remain in Europe
During the week two adtfi tional
ships loaded with Christmas parcels
for the soldiers abroad have sailed.
the Mongolia with 1000 sacks AMI
the Acolus with 10000 sacks