The Raymer enterprise., 1918-11-14
TASK COaFRONTs
AMERICAN ARMY
TO PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN
GUARDING THE ENEMY
MUCH WORK FOR OUR NAVY
Plan for oemobilizing 2,2oo 900 Sol.
diers Overseas Worked Out BY
Washington offieiaIs-AII Will Be
Furnished Employment

Washington, b. C.-Signing of the
. armlsiice with Germany does not
mean that the great American mill
tary machine will cease TO operate at
once. America must play an import
ant part in dlsarrning and guarding
the enemy. and until this work is com.
pleted, even the troop movement to
France will continue, although on a
greatly reduced scale
During the interval between the
cessation OF hostilties and the CON
cluslon Of the pease conference II is
assumed that the maojr portion Of
General Pershing's expedltionary
force In France must be retained
there. 1t Is possible. also. that for
reasons Of international politics some
American garrison may be kept In dis
puted territory even after actual
peace negotiations have been closed.
Troops which have seen the long.
est service In France probably will be
returned home soon to be replaced by
new men now in this country who will
perform guard or other duty overseas.
There are nearly 100000 men now
In camps In the United States.
Return home Of American naval
forces. battleships, destroyers. sub
marines, converted yachts. supply
ships and other craft. also will fol-
low the end Of the war. Definite
plans have not been revealed. but II
IS assumed that once disposition is
made Of the German high seas feet
and submarines In accordance with
terms OF the armistice, the American
dreadnaughts with .e British grand
fleet together with most Of the de-
stroyers and other submarine hunting
and conveying craft viii return.
Even with hostllities ended. how
ever, much other naval work. aside
from that Of taking over and guard
Ing German and Austrian navn! YES
sells, remains to be done Removal Of
thousands Of mines laid by the allied,
American and German navies will
form no small part Of this work and.
undoubtedly, the fleet Of mine
sweeping and laying craft sent over
seas by the United States will assist
In this gigantic task. The greatest
mine field is that put down In the
North sea as barrage against the
German submarines. /, The mines were
manufactured In this country and
were laid largely by American ships.
With the return OF all German sub
marines to their bases. allied and
American shipping once more may
sail the seven seas without fear Of
molestailon and in disregard OF the
regulations made necessary by Ger.
many's unrestricted warfare. There
Will be no more running at night
without lights. with Its attendant
dangers Of collisions and zigzagging
and deviation from established ship
ping routes.
Much of the shipping used for war
purposes will be freed for peace time
commerce and there will follow a
gradual relaxation of the restrictions
as to food and other necessities i'm
posed upon the peoples Of the allied
countries. These changes will not
come Immediately. however, for 1t is
the purpose Of the American and en-
tente governments TO cooperate with
Germany. Austria. Bulgaria, Serbia
and Roumana. In furnishing as far as
possible the food and other supplies
necessary for the civilian populations
Of those countries
These considerations OF world
peace, important as they are, must
be adjusted as they develop They
could not be planned In advance. ms
has been the breaking up Of the
military forces Of the United States,
Great Britain and France and the
orderly return Of millions Of those
soldiers to their civilian status.
In this country the problem has
been taken up with reference to its
two chief phases: The strictly mill
tary. having to do with the demobi-
lization Of the army and Its safe
return to America. and the indus
trial, which deals only with the In
filtration Of the soldiers into the
ranks Of labor after they have been
released from. the army. The third
problem of rehabilitation will deal
with the mobIlized Industries Of the
United States.
The military authorities have had
under consideration for some time
the subject Of rehabilitation Of the
army. but the plan which win be
used has not yet been officially ap-
proved. Breaking up Of the Ameri-
can expedItionary forces, now num-
herring 2.200.000 Of men, will begin
in France II this plan is adopted.
The program entails the gradual
breaking up Of the large military
units into segments governed solely
by the location of the home Of the