The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-04
MORE Men Home
General Pershing Designates
Three Divisions for Return.
3Oth, 37th and 91st Are the
Next Ones To Come Back.
N nm liEM AnE IM0I IInEn
$4,000 MEN ARE INCLUDED
Deaths in u. s. Forces in Russia
Were SO to November %.
Army Bill Will Care for Officers
Who Have Made Good. ~.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Three COM
bat divisions, the Thirtieth, Thirty
seventh and Ninety-first, have been
designated by General Pershing for
early return home frem France, Gen
eral March announced today.
The Thirtieth includes national
guard troops from Tennessee, North
Carolina and South Carolina. the Thir-
ty-seventh, Ohio and West Virginia
guardsmen, and the Ninety-firs
Washington. Oregon. California. idaho.
Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and
Alaska troops.
$1,000 Men in Them.
These three entire divisions and the
second corps headquarters which
operated with the British army in
Flanders under Maj. Gen. George w.
Reed have been added to priority list
and will be returned home as ship
ping becomes available.
The three divisions and the head
quarters comprise about $4,000 men.
EiShty-Six Deaths in Russia.
An official report received from the
American military attache with Am
bassador Francis in Russia, announced
today by General March, shows total
deaths from all causes in the Ameri-
can forces in the Archangel region up
to November 25 to be eighty-six. OF
these nine were killed in action, seven
died of wounds, three were drowned
and two died as a result of accidents
and sixty-five from disease. Later
official reports, General March said
showed that the military situation al
Archangel is entirely in hand and that
the troops are adequately fed and
clothed for winter campaigning in that
section.
292, 900 Men In All.
Units abroad assigned to early con-
voy in addition to those already en-
the United States and abroad desig-
mated for demobilization, General
March said, would total 1,37s,o00.
Demobilization Of the army at home
has now reached the last class, the
combatant divisions. Orders for the
have been sent out and the task viii
proceed gradually, under week tC
week designations of the number to bt
let out. The progress of demobiliza-
ton is being maintained official re
ports show, an incomplete total civ
ing 630,369 men and 0,491 Officers
discharged up to January 3.
Care for Officers.
The army reorganization bill to be
presented to congress early next weet
will contain provisions giving authority
to the war department to incorporate
in the new regular forces those tenn
porary officers who made good in the
war, General March said. In the ole
regular army, it was said, every com
missioned grade is filled.
Officers who have indicated thell
desire to maintain their connection
with the permanent forces are being
held in camp and not discharged as
their turn is reached General Perish
ing has been instructed to use in the
army of occupation officers in simi-
lar status abroad.
In reply to an inquiry regarding per-
sistent reports that Batteries 3 and
d, 150th field artillery, Forty-second
division, had been practically wiped
out in action, General March said Maj
Gen. Charles T. Menoher, former COM
mander of the Forty-second, who Is
now in Washington. had stated spe-
officially that such reports were un-
founded These units, he said, had moi
suffered any unusually heavy losses.
General March requested that atten-
ton be called to the fact that the wal
risk insurance bureau is an adjunct o1
the treasury department and does not
come under the war department. He
said his personal mail was flooded
with inquiries regarding insurance.
Combat troops at home already or
dered discharged number about 40, 500
Other units on the list of those desig-
mated for early discharge include
10000 overseas casua1s and 1900 Ha-
waiian national guardsmen.