Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-21
DETAILS OF BRITISH
ARMY REHABILITATION
Rate of Discharge OF Soldiers Large.
~ Dependent Upon Transports
ton Facilities Available.
CARRY HOME MUCH BAGGAGE
Officer Badly Stung When BEEHIVE Is
Ovcrturned-Discha Men Re-
tain Uniforms, but Give Back
OycrcoatS.

LONDON, January 20.-(Special)-
Demooilization of the British army is
now In full swing. Up TO the present
time total of 10000 men have passed
through the six dispersal stations in
England and Scotland, and skilled
workers are being returned to indus
try in rapidly increasing numbers.
Soon hftecn dispersal stations will be
in operation. each OF which will be
capable of dealing with 1000 men every
twenty-four hours.
According to Major General B. T..
Observation-Disclosures, dircctor-general Of
demobilization. who at Camp Wimble-
don explained to Il representative Of
tho Associated Press the details OF the
work, 1t will be Il long time before
tho liZation limit has been
reached. The question OF the number
OF men each Of the associated govern
ments. Is to leave in the enemy coun-
tries for occupation purposes will be
determined a the peace conference
The following classes are being de-
modified en- bloc here:
Miners sick and wounded soldiers.
convalescents. men over forty one who
were called up in the last draft, "piv-
otar' or leading men in industry, stu
dents and teachers.
TRANSPORTATION MEN
WILL BE RETAINED
Those that will not be demobilized
for the present are the railway per-
sonnet in France, men having to do
with transportation generally and
those In charge Of horses.
Many physicians have been released.
but sufficient force will be retained
10 care for The 100000 sick and wound
cd now under treatment.
DEM CIVILIZATION PLANS ARE
BASED on JAPANESE EXPERIENCE
General Hitchcock had been working
on demobilization plans for eighteen
months prior to the signing of the
! afCt tNn 1, l..
nearly ready for It's work as the ext
gencies of war permitted. The main
outlines of his scheme were borrowed
from the measures taken by the Jap
anesc after their war with Russia.
The actual number of units to be
got ready for demobilization," said
General Hitchcock, lis 1900. There
are nineteen categories OF men, each
! category having different legal rights
| to be safeguarded.
! TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
MINERS RELEASED
The rate of Decentralization depends
upon transportation facilities. More
and more ships are being converted
| into transports and they soon will ex-
coed berth accommodation at the va
riouS ports from which the men are be-
/ ing sent home. Every ship from France
is now bringing over troops, some from
the front The bulk OF them are min
ers, $4,000 having been releas I'd from
the army to date"
Conditions Of rail and road trans
portation in France are extremely bad,
he pointed out, and the question of
supplying the army of occupation in
Germany was paramount.
| COMMANDING OFFICERS DO NOT
CHOOSE MEN FOR DISCHARGE
/ just because man Is on leave at
home doesn't entitlc him, said General
| Hitchcock. to be mustered out OF SER
! vice before a soldier in the field. Nor
| is tho question of a mans discharge
| left in the hands of commanding offi =
GERS. "A commanding officer can't
say" the general continued. Well, this
man makes good waiter at the mess
and we won't let him co."
Compassionate cases." that is. where
the wife of n soldier is seriously Ill or