The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-29
DTSBANDDNG
OF FORCES
is RECORD
During Month of June 364, 900
Soldiers Demobilized; Record
Far Surpasses Civil and
Spnish Wars.

Washington, Aug. 29-The demobi.
lization Of our army to date was de.
clared one of the greatest accomp.
lishments Of the war by Secretary
Baker today in a statement pointing
out the comparison between the fig
ures in this war and those of '9S
and 'C5. The secretary laid particu-
lar emphasis upon the great record Of
transportation achieved in returning
the men from France.
"The rehabilitation record to date
is one Of the most splendid successes
of the war" said the secretary. 1T
ranks fayorably with The greatest
achievements Of the war. IN one
month alone we brought home more
than third of q million men, this
with little help from the British and
French shipping that had largely been
Withdrawn at that time The British
and French took more than fifty per
cent of our men overseas, but almost
single handed we brought back as
many as $4,000 men in the month
Of June, more men than were ever
transported overseas in single
month
"Demobilization during the present
war has far eclipsed the work either
Of the Civil or the Spanish wars
To date we have brought back from
overseas more than 1,S8S,0O0 men
We nave demobllized all but about
100000 of our four million men
IN one month after the signing of
the armistice we had demobiiZed
a51 .2OG men and 10000 officers. In
1898 it took ten months to muster
out 1873 Of the 2lG,25G officers
and men serving when the American
forces in that war was at It's peak.
Certain units We're demobilized from
the Philippines even later than chat.
In the Civil war the strength Of
the volunteer army was l034061
when demobilization began. II took
from May /, 1865 to November !,
1866. or eighteen months to muster
out this force. In approximately two
and a half months after the armis-
tice we had mustered out 1,023,SS4
men and $4,000 officers, thus more
than eQualing the eighteen month
record of the Civil war.
"The movement homeward and de-
mobilization Of troops began almost
contemporaneously with the signing
OF the armistice AT the time the
presidene, going abroad in March.
ordered rapid demobilization, the first
processes were well under way and
from ehht time on we carried out a
program Of rehabilitation that is
almost astounding under circum
stances Of transportation and Other
difficulties that had to be overcome
"There are at present approximate
ly 900 emergency troops to be
discharged. There are less than
100000 men now in Europe ana undei
present plans there will be less than
$4,000 men in France ON September
/. There are already more Than 4
hundred thousand new enlistment
and about $4,000 new enlistments are
needed to bring the enlisted quote
Of the army mp to the authorized
225,O00 strength
Further figures on enlistments ii
the regular army show tnat 21,G7i
Of the men newly enlisted have ex
pressed the.e preferences as reeardt
places in the service. or these u.
7s4 have expressed a desire TO serve
in Europe Among the branches O
service preferences gwen, &T33l wan
10 serve in the inflntry while l1S1>
cxpressl Il preference FOR cavalry