The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-06
100000 YANKEES
CONTINUED from Pare One.)

the Rhine until peace Is signed.
The French army b prepared L
furnish contingent double tina
number. while the British army. con
sidering the continuance of its servict
elsewhere Will be let off with 100000
Belgium is asked to keep l00,00f
men modified alone the Rhine
Maintenance of an allied--Amcri.
can army of occupation of 10000
men 10 considered necessary to fore.
stat any German attempts to refuse
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I nnsas. ~ The s!9led ard f1octsted
The occupied territory will be mort
gagged, as 1t were, to make sure that
Germany viii pay the damages and
consent to the restoration of Poland
.ne surrender of her colonies, and
other conditions.
The remainder of the American
FORCES are preparing to return home
at the earliest moment. The great
est delay SO far has been due to the
lack OF ships. This Is expected to be
rememdfed by the requisition of idle
German tonnage.
Candy Kids. All.
from a visit to the Lemans area,
the correspondent learns that the or
ganization of the soldiers return is as
follows:
There are about 100000 American
soldiers now quartercd In the depart
ment or the Sarthe. The divisions
scheduled to return proceed to the
neagnO0rhood of Lemans, where they
are billeted and while they are wait
Ing there they are re-equipped with
clothes and underwear, bedding =
NETS, shoes and 20 on, according 10
individual need; the idea being that
each soldier shall return home fully
and Clearly equipped.
About three miles south Of Lemaps
the army is building "A special for
warding camp through which each
homeward bound division is expected
to pass. When all is ready. the
troops are put on trains for Brest or
81 Nazaire, and there they so di-
rectly from the trains to the boats
that are to carry them homeward.
A division slated for the return
voyage first occupied barracks. called
by the troops the dirty camp then
they pass through the ''delousing
plant" which means they are given
shower baths. scrubhing and medical
examination when their clothes pass
through disinfecting plant which is
supposed to kill the trench vermin.
When men and clothes have been
cleansed, they are lodged in spotless
barracks called "clean camp" where
they remain until the boat train is
ready.
Dry heat has proved failure at
the disinfecting plants, and a trial
Will now be made with steam heat
The delousipg plant has not been
ready so far owing TO Lack Of me-
chanical facilities. electric light
water supply and heating apparatus
In the meantime divisions scheduled
to return have "deloused" themselves
in their billets and are now ready
for shipment but are waiting for
boats
Where do we so from here?" has
been the burden of the soldiers song
during the war, but now all chant
one refrain: I'VE want to so to
home, tell us when
The old classification camps which
sorted out and re-equipped the
casuals now have been abolished. The
majority of casuals already have been
sent home, with the exception of
those waiting for service records that
are lost somewhere in France" The
soldiers grouped in the Iemans area
belong to regular divisions that are
scheduled to return as complete
From personal inspection the corre-
spondent is convinced that conditions
are greatly improved thanks to a
change in the command.