Arizona republican., 1918-11-17
JOHNNY SO0N WILL
 bE MARCHING HOME
Rainbow and Sunset Divisions to Get Special Treatment Existing Camps
 to Be Prepared -Convalescent, Sick and Wounded to Be Hurried Much Time to Be Required-O Officers May Apply For Commissions In Army.

nmissions In Army. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Movemenfs of American troops across the Atlantic has stopped entirely and demobiliZa- ton of troops in cantonments and camps at home is under way.
 General March, chief of staff, made this announcement today, outlining the war departments plans in answer to the questions the country has been ask ing since the day the armiStice was. signed, and it became apparent that the war was over. He said orders already issued would send 0,000 men back to civil life within two weeks, and that when the program was in full swing about 900 would quit the army daily.
 Fighting divisions of General Per shings army in France will be demo- bilZad as far as possible in their home communities. The chief of staff would make no prediction as to when the first divisions would start home. It appears probable, however, that the flow of re- turning troops can be in full tide before February 1. Quarters will be available for them at the cantonments by that time.
 haiHOOW 0GtS FhCeO9hikioIls
 Some officers regard it as possible that certain divisions may be recalled in advance of the general return move ment General March indicated that the And (Rainbow divsion), because it is composed of men from 26 states and in recognition of the fighting rec ord it has made in France, would be marked for special treatment. The 18th CNew England national guard) and the fist (SunseD divisions are in same class. so it would not cause surprise. therefore, if these three organizations should be designated by General Per shing as the first to return. With six weeks of 1918 left, it is possible they may be home before New Years day.
 Supplementing General March's state ment Secretary Baker said it would not be necessary to maintain all the exist ing cantonments for demobilization purposes, and that a study was now be- e ing made of those desira ble for that D purpose. The others, with all the di- visional camps, he indicated will be abandoned as soon as the men now oc- cupying them have been mustered out.
 Order of Consolidation
 The demobilization will be carried out in the following order:
 First, development battaIions, 71
 m number. and comprising eS,199
 men.
 Second, conscientious obectors
 not under arrest.
 Third, spruce production division.
 Fourth, central training school for
 officers, with some notifications.
 Fifth. United States guards, now
 numbering 135,0o0 men.
 Sixth, railway units.
 Seventh, depot briqades.
 Eighth, replacement units
 Ninth. combat divisions.
 Regarding the return of troops in France, General March said the ord r- in which the divisions will be with drawn is being left to General PershinG. It is the intention of the war depart ment, however, so far as is practica blc. to return each division to the locality from which the majority of it's men came and to parade the division in ad- Jacent cities so that the people may have chance to give fitting welcomes.
 Orders have been cabled to General PershlnG to begin the return at once of S. all sick and wounded who can he moved, and convalescents. A steady stream of these men should begin i'm medlately to cross the Atlantic
 Going To Take Some Time
 We have in the United States now something like 100000 men and to muster out d force of that kind. of course, will take some time" said Gem IC eral March. Each man has to be ex- 'S amined physically, his final accounts made, so that the men may get com pensation they are entitled to- Blank mt forms are being shipped to the various o, camps for use as these orders go into n on effect
 ,r Orders already issued affect 200 O0o nd men. 1 expect to muster them out in Tor two weeks. When the machine is in 1uli operation. we expect to release 30. = ia 900 men day
 ith Tn handling this problem of de- no moDlllzation. one of the features which ne had to be considered was the subse ro, quent retaining of men for the regular Ia, army, or what will be the regular army ' when congress pasSes laws re -orsaniz-
 ing that army. When the war broke ,o out. there were only a limited number s of such men in the service and the ,1 aU great number of men who filled out ,n , these units were men who voluntarily 'Tr enlisted for the period of the war Sc ,ne ,i,e we have offered these men who came @ ne in for the period of the war the option -ea of re-enlisting if they care to- us ~ We have offered immediate hon ' oraole discharge. with a furlough ot
 one month on enlistment, and we
 propose to ask congress to give every
 single man who has been honorabl,
 discharged one months pay. whatever ro i'' Sioup lo- dS d pOluS. ENSrV ma ,er who is discharged from the army i, ,os entitled 10 wear his uniform for q per. .;ea iod of three months; that is yer, as, necessary thing. because the releasin. Ni to civil life. of three or four million mer .r makes it impossible to clothe in Civ srs' s.s ilian clothes so great a number elsS, Officers May Remain anu "As men are discharged. we take u, the question of the officers. Officer S Sns who want to apply for commissions il heu the regular army will be considered
 officers who want to put themselves il >. a class where they can be used for fu siA ture military operations, will be offere ore commissions in the reserve corps. Tn ls' rest of them will be discharged Ter q have cabled General Pershing t was return to the United States on troo 'es- transports all the men who are casual
 or convalescents. sick and wounded at who are able to be moved: and thes ub- men will come in a steady flow acros in the Atlantic. before the larger numbe
 come back as units
 Q of We propose when the division car come back from France to have ther 1000 mustered out in the vicinity of the ,s a homes. The men from New Engian
 will be put in Camp Devens. for ir |