Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
BIG HOMEWARD MOVE
OF TROOPS STARTS FEB |
Three Hundred Thousand Month
Mark Will be Reached in Four
Weeks.

London. Dee. Correspondence
of the Associated Press There will he
no shortage of cargo tonnage Tor sup
plviug world needs during thc first hall
uf 1910 in the opinion ui Edward \.
Hurley. chairman Of the nlted states
Shipnng Board II is passenger space
for transporting troops homo that rs
occupying attention Of the Nllied ship
ping controllers No nation can have us
much nt that as II wants now.
After conicrring with industrial and
shippIng heads in England and France
and viewing q large part Of the battle
areas oi France and Belgium. MIR. Hurley
stated that il would take nj least SIX
months possibly more, for France and
England 60 rehabilitatc their industries
to the point where largo 4mrunts of raw
matcrlal would be needed
Il Is pointed out that il would he use
less to send industrial machinery and
raw material to France until her dc
Stroycd factory buildings arc made re ,dy
To receive them.
ilmosi the entire British industrial
y Nstcm now Is huge munitions prcduc-
ton machine virtually Idle Until it is
Transformed to IFS prc-war STATE raw
materials would he burden 1t will be
the transformation but not enough serI-
ously To tax cargo space for tho next
seven months, Mir Hurley nchcycs
The - German passengers vessels IN
German ports have been the center OF
most If the allied shipping discussions
On this side for weeks Americans want
al of them they can get 10 send home
roughly / 1nO. 600 mon as soon as possible.
England must send horne To Canada
about 3OO. 600. e. australia about poo
uu0. ~ New iceland 7J.0m OF more
and tr.ng 10 IuCland thousands from
Mcsoputannn. l3le Stlnc, and other places
Ohllu,>iy hr imCrcHn problem IS the
rIratcSt aud y Is understood, that, IN
pressing .cr ships Americans generally
lrvcir.~i~icd that Inc nltcd states, with
',-- th4n tvo y,ur> ~ War. ls ~ \ hc ter
position ~ a>~lmllato it> rc'urni..g troops
than IS England whose industrial com
d'tIon- huN- boon more disrupted
Wt' the rapid increase in American
tenn u, II I~ expected that mere than
tn J,,t .,uf 81 the tmerIran forces Wli
I,ur id im,r.c.n ships Il Is the
.c~ir ~ imcricau army offccr~ ami
-lpwng Interests That rs many a~ possible
II thr pllanc, ~ cair.cl homo ln German
passenger vessels thI~ releasing large
nGmhtr ~ Rrl'lSh bottoms.
II the demand - tmcricans beard
here thN the troops bc sent homo rs
rapid, ;,> th,., vcrc brought over becomes
lne,~t.nt L vtll 'aht more >hp- to send
tl,u ark tnau ~ hr1uu hcm over
Tf,, v,rc brought ovcr under the stress
4. n,- r~-.fl ANA ln some lu, tanCCS ships
N,r. loaded to tho cNtcnt ~ discomfort
l..-~ Ut tonnage caused ~ lighter load
Mr however Will partially ~ made UP
Il, greater speed FaS; vessels will not
nc compelled - conform 70 convoy speed
aud the elimination If zig-zaeginG will
>lyc nueh tlmc
Nlilc Is great mary men arc hcInC sent
home noW and rhi> number Wlll con
,t4ntl, increase il Is not believed the real
homcWard movement viii uc inauguratcsi
before February ! Whether then i
1il 10 on tn, suggested h;asiS of SOC
Ooo month depends almost entirely
tltru decisions " -hr allied shinp .
conferences wh,ch ecan soon after ths
Aru. S1icc was ~iruc!