Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-18
RED CAENRON SIGN
OF DUTY DON Z
DURIN C BATTLE

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san Francisco. Jane H.. The red
cheverol, an inverted Y worn on me
! left sleeve between the ilnOW and the
shoulder, either on uniform or C.NL"ih
| clothes, is tha badge eff htro.s oUty
I lone. 1t is the c,Ic ais emblem oi
| honorable discharge iroD the unI,1.,
States army. 1t also j. the mart OF
another great military miracle ct the
| United States, the conversation from
military life back to civilian IIte OF
three million men.
With mechanical precision and well
1ilcd smoothness Uncle Sans great
| engines Of demobilization are N
operation in tW>uty-one ccnt2rs OF
he United States. one of which is the
Decentralization Camp, Preside OF san
| Francisco. This camp, established
,ast December. today is primarily in
tended to serve as the l'ischarge camp
TOR soldiers whose home are in the
eleven states west Of the Rocky Noun
t"ins. but its record for it's first six
months operations shows it has re
turned men to civil life to every state
and territory iii the union.
Cheers of welcoming San Francis
cans still ring in their ears as they
arrive at tire camp from the inbound
Grains. either having marched, if in
large units. and q special welcome has
been prepared for them, or having
been taken across the cit" in motor
trucks the same day. or possibly the
day folloWia", they have been m"dc
civilians.
The process, however, entails an
enormous work, for they have been
sent through rigid medical exam
inatiou, completed records Of service.
equipment, adjusted their financial re-
Iationa to the army. registered for
EMPLOYMENT. had Insurance arranged,
been paid and received tranSporta-
ton tickets with baggage cleared
and we'll fed, all in that same daF.
A staff OF fourteen officers effects
this work. Major !. +. Watson being
commanding officer: Captain J. ?.
Welsh, Kansas City. No, adJutant,
and Captains Roger II. Waite, Lake
port. \. v. and c. {. Dulch, lIion,
\. y. supervisors.
The Preside camp has discharged
30. 1870 men in The last six months, as
follows: December, 1856; january,
o@76: February. G691: March. 44G9;
April. CPS. aad Nav, 1858. The great
est rumbcl. in single day Was l2Il
en- April %. E'igatv-e;-Aj and one
half per cent Of these men W. re-
0raad to California homes. beng
33,IC7. To other states were returned
the following numbers; J,ah, 1922;
OREGON. 52l: Wa hingt0n, 4l6; Ne
vada, AS; Idaho. i-S: Arizona. ia;
Colorado. l14, while to other states
the numbers varied, being in each
ease less than i0O.
The average amount paid to each
man has been $iG6,S0, the tota!
amount pa;1 out in six months being
S" $4,000. an average Of S26.93o
dav with the l1rgest amount in enc
day being $76.S This final nav to
each man consists Of pay in full to
date of discharge, refund on Liberty
Bonds not feilv paid, travel pay Of
, cents mile 10 bona fidc home
or place OF enlistment, and bonus OF
SEQ
At the camp 1925 railroad tickets
have been sold, representing Q mile
ace OF 3.5-3,75O, IN addition To 300
Pullman tickets. The average sale
Of tickets per day is l0i With tins
1900 pieces of baggage have been
checked, Approximately 20 tons.
a man must cat, even Wnue Bong
DISCHARGED from the army, and the
camn has served 26l ,G"5 meals in a
mes kitchen Of which the capacity
at one sitting is 1870. Twenty cooks
and 100 kitchen police do this seIN-
'ce feeding an average 1898. men
dav, with the largest sin"lo day rec
ord OF 4967 men. each cf whom re
...;z-,l tIf.on r1taI.
Tho labor department Of the camp
has registered 1920-nen of those de-
modified for empIoyl.ent but this
department, also supplying jobs to
those returned previous to the install
laticn oc this camp, has secured po-
sitions for 7555 men in the bay ct
les. 1904 in San Francisco end @5??l
in Oakland. while the total placed in
the state to June / was 1927. the
average wage scale Of jobs thus Sc
cured has been for laborers 81 per
day, mechanics s. to 50, and for
clerks $50 per month upward.
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stop at the Maryland Hote!-it's the
home Of Imperial Valley people
Splendid cafe in connectionS&dV.
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