Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-17
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he indicated. will be abandoned as
soon as the men now occupying them
have been mustered out.
Order OF Discharge.
The rehabilitation will be carried
out in the following order.
First, development battalions, III In
number and comprising sS,l99 men.
Second, conscientious objectors not
under arrest.
Third, spruce production division.
Fourth, central training schools for
officers with some notifications.
Fifth, United States guards. now
numbering $4,000 men.
Sixth, railway units.
seventh. depot brigades
Eighth, replacement units.
Ninth, combat divisions.
'fWe have in the United States now
something IKE 1,fC0 900 men and to
muster out force OF that kind, of
course, will take some time" said
General March. Each man has to
be examined physically, hts final ac-
counts made, so that the men may
get compensation they are entitled
to. Blank forms are being shipped to
the various camps for use as these
ORDERS go into erect.
"Orders already issued affect 200,-
600 men. / expect to muster them
out in two weeks. When the machine
is in full operation, we expect to re-
lease 10000 men a day
In handling this problem of de-
mobilization one of the features which
had to be considered was the subse-
quent retaining of men for the regu-
lar army, or what will be the regular
army when congress passes laws re-
organizing that army. When the war
broke out there were only a limited
number of such men In the service,
and the great number of men who
filled out these units were men who
voluntarily enlisted for the period OF
the war. So we have offered these
men who came in for the period OF
the war the option of re-enlisting If
they care to.
I'VE have offered an immediate
honorable discharge with a furlough
Of one month on re-enlistment, and we
propose to ask congress to give every
single man who has been honorably
DISCHARGED one months pay, whatever
his grade is. as a bonus. Every man
who is discharged from the army Is
entitled to wear his uniform for Pc
riod of three months; that Is very
necessary thing, because the releasing
to civil life of three or four million
men makes 1t impossible to clothe in
civilian clothes so great a number.
Question of Officers.
"As men are discharged, we take
up the question of the officers. Off
GERS who want to apply for commits
sions in the regular army will be con-
sidered; officers who want to put
themselves in class where they can
be used for future military operations,
will be offered commissions in the re-
serve corps. The rest of them will be
discharged,
II have cabled General Pershing to
return to the United states on troop
transports all the men who are cas-
uals or convalescents. sick and wound
ed who are able to be moved; and
these men will come in a steady flow
across the Atlantic before the larger
number come back as units.
I'VE propose when the divisions
come back from France to have them
mustered out in the vicinity of their
homes. The men from New England
will be put in Camp Devens, for in
stance, and we intend to have these
men parade in the nearest adjacent
towns. so that the home people can
see their own soldiers. This scheme
calls for the clearing out of the camps
at home, and will leave in each one
of these camps a unit of the regular
army to police it and take care of it
and make It ready for the troops as
they come back from France.
with reference to casualties In the
American expeditionary forces, ca
bled General Pershing to report In
plain English and not in code, SO as to
save time, the name of every man.
killed, wounded and missing up to the
time Of the armistice not hitherto re-
ported. l have had an answer this
morning saying he would expedite 1t
in every way"
In his closing military review Of the
war, General March said the front
held by the American first and second
armies when hostilities ceased was fiji
ty-twe miles in extent.
"The performance of the American
armv," ne added, ''at the conclusion
of the armistice had reached the high
est point of military excellence. They
are close to the hearts of the Ameri-
can people
Final American Line.
General March gave the following