New Britain herald., 1919-05-03
TROOPS ARE Being
HURRIED BACK HOME
all in United States by September
Is Promise

Washington May 3,--Determlna-
ton OF PreStdent Wilson, indicated III
press advicos from Paris, that no
American troops shall continue OH
GERMAN soil for a, longer period after
the signing of the peace treaty than
may be necessary to embark them for
nome, is borne out by present plans
or the war department, which con-
template the return Of the entire
American expeditionary forces by
September. Because of this General
March, chief of staff, is making every
effort to speed up the rehabilitation
in this country.
An official announcement issued
yesterday as to the accumulation Of
surplus clothing for the troops stated
that the estimates were based on
troop Withdrawal to be completed in
September The statement also said
that eff an army of occupation is
maintained after September, y por-
ton Of this surplus will be needed"
This computation was taken to re-
fleet exactly the present information
Of the department as to future troop
nloveri ents.
When the president declares that
dem mobilization has been completed
becomes ineffective, inasnuch as it
specifically states that it is in force
for the period Of demobili1atlon only,
and there is at present no law to
prevent the 1llanufa cture. importation
and sale OF liquor between that time
and January IS, 1920, when the con-
stitutional amendment becomes eff
feetive. If President Wilson decides
that the armies have been disbanded
by September IS, then the country
will be wet SO far as laws are con-
cerned at least, until the prohibit
| ton amendment goes into force. In
! any event, # the armies are demo-
| bl:zed before January 16 of next
| year the country will have q, short
| period of ''Wetness'' before the long
! dry. spell.
Movement Schedule Exceeded.
| tche Septenlb Der date represents es-
! Inmates by an barkation officials as to
| the maximum possible speed in with
drawing the entire force in Europe,
including tire troops holding the Co.
| blenz bridgehead sector on the
Rhine. If anything, officers anticipate
! that the moVem ent will be acceler-
ated rathe" than retarded. The
| schedule has been exceeded recently
| and In increasing measure from week
! to week. with an indicated month
/ ly movement of 100000 men, The
| best predictions of General March and
his aides bid fair, it was said; to be
| moro than realized. .,s.-ss. - .-'+- r..
i General March returned yesterday
| from a personal inspection of demo-
| bilization c9nters in the Southeastern
| department. com pleting the personal
| survey he began with Secretary Bak-
| er before the latter sailed for France,
| AT each of the campS visited the chief
| of staff Ue1t over the demobilization
! machinery with the camp commander
| in detail, Insisting that the forty
eight hour period for the passage
of troops from the camps into civil
life be maintained and also checking
up the eu>i-permanent dernobiliza-
ton personnel at the camps In an eff
fort to reduce the number who are
being held in the service for this
work.
II is believed that General March
will be able in his Interview with
newspaper correspondents today to
furnish new figures showing the speed
with which the breaking up the army
at home is being accomplished
Works in Camps Is Expedited.
officers recently returned from
| France say that the 1.-TWO bottle
necks' through which practically the
entire movement must pass the en-
barkation camp at Brest and the de-
barkation station at Hoboken, are
now operating at a remarkable speed.
The system is said 10 be SO precise
that a uni or even an individual Of
fcer or maa who loses step with the
systems stride has q difficult time
AMI proba ply never succeeds in
catching Up with the u,ain flow.
An instance Of the .rapidity with
which the machine is working. was
shown yesterday by the fact that
among the officers reporting to Gem
erGl March en- his return were some
who started from their sectors on the