The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-24

ARE TO SAIL
FOR HOME IN
THREE WEEKS
American Troops Except
Those Of Regular Division
Will Leave France by June
IL, March Announces.
MANY HOME THIS WEEK
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 24.-Revised
plans for the return of the overseas
forces provides for the sailing from
France of all troops except those in
the regular division by June12, Cen
eral March, chief of staff, announced
today. Units now in the service of
supply are scheduled to sail 100000
In May, 100000 in June and the small
in July. definite sched
ule. has been arranged for closing all
the supply sectors and leave areas
now under control of the A. E. F.
headquarters. General headquarters
at Chaumont will be closed early in
June after which time the Coblenz
sector will be supplied direct from
Antwerp.
Demobilization of the army has now
returned more than so per cent Of
officers and men to civil life, it was
announced officially. The total, in
cluding partial reports to date. was
given as 2.215,161, of whom 1856
were officers. Sailings from over
seas since November IL last have to-
tailed 1.152.427.
Sets New High Record.
The return movement in the week
Of May 20 established new high
record for transporting troops either
on the eastward or westward move
ment During that week 1883 Of
ficers and men were embarked for
home
General Pershing has informed the
war department that demobilization
has progressed to a point where he
will discontinue releasing individual
officers and men, whose discharge has
been requested for unusual reasons.
1900 TROOPS ARRIVE.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Nineteen
hundred troops from France arrived
here today on the steamship Radnor.
Thirteen cficers and 1.037 men COM
priaed the 312th Infantry's companies
to III inclusive and medical and head
quarters detachments Of the first bat.
! talon; these are Of the 18th Division
| fdraft men of northern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and New York state) as
signed mostly to Camps Dix, Upton.
Grant, Sherman, Dodge, Bowie, Gus.
ter, Travis, Lee and Pike. Other units
| on the Radnor included the 95th and
96th companies of the transportation
corps, from Camps Dix, Lee, Sherman
Custer and Grant; 370th aero squad
ron and companies Of scattered casu
ais.
| OF 1870 troops on the steamship
Santa Teresa from st. Nazaire, "a of
f1cers and 1886 men came home con
valescing from illness or wounds. Base
hospital numbers 80 and 116 and small
detachments of the 104th engineers
| (29th Division), 106th sanitary trair
| (31st Division( and 644th aero squad
ron were on this ship.
| FIVE SAIL FROM BREST.
BREST, May 24-The George Wash
ington, president Wilson's ship, or
which he has three times crossed the
Atlantic, is not expected to sail before
June 1. The work of painting tn.
ship was commenced this morning ane
will occupy the next four days. Nava
authorities refuse to say whether the!
have received orders of any kind from
President Wilson.
The Pretoria, Patricia, Great North
ern, st. Louis, Frederick, formerly tn,
United States armored cruiser Mary
land and the Ancon sailed last nigh
and this morning with $4,000 troops
These were the last contingents of tn,
36th division (Texas and Okla.) an,
the 18th Virginia, West Virginia ant
Pennsylvania). The first men en-
gagged in the service of supply depart
ment to leave France were on thes
shfne