Evening star., 1919-02-26
ALL DISTRICT MEN
return BY JULY |.
Great Transport Movement
Starts-0nIy Regulars
Stay Indefinitely.
1900 ARE AWAITED HERE

Plans of Gen. Pershing. approved
by the War Department. for the early
return to the United States of all
American divisions in France and
Germany. except those OF the Regu-sr
Army, indicate that all the overseas
units of troops from the District OF
Columbia will be home before the Ist
of July next
1t is estimated that there arc more
than I,5oo District troops in the home
coming divisions,
Next Local Unit to Return.
The next local unit to return prob
ably will be the field hospital com
pany of the District National Guard,
numbering about ninety men, now
banded with the sanitary train of the
42d or Rainbow Division. That divi-
sion. now attached to the army of
occupation on the Rhine, is scheduled
to sail for the United States about
the middle of April. 1t will be brought
intact to this city before demobiliza-
ton for review by President Wilson
The lst Battalion of the 10th Field
Artillery, which includes the Ist Cavai-
ry Squadron and Batteries A and b
Field Artillery of the District National
Guard, Is scheduled to sail for home
early in June. The battalion is at
tached TO the 29th Division, and is
now at Bourbonne-les-R Raines.
Various Officers to Come.
Another District unit scheduled to
san tor nome IN June is the 312th
Machine Gun Battalion. attached to
the 18th Division. That battalion was
organized and trained at Camp Meade,
No. In addition to these units there
are about 100 District officers who
graduated at the training schools at
Fort Myer, Va, and other posts now
attached to various divisions slated for
early return to the United States.
Gen Pershing's message to the War
department shows he has laid out a
schedule which will bring home prac-
tlcaliy all of the troops except those
IN the seven Regular Army units not
later than the middle of August. That
would leave in France, provided the
uiVlsions and their auxiliary support
ing units were maintained at full war
strength, approximately 5000 men
a1ter all the National Guard and the
Nationai Army divisions had been
withdrawn.
Order for Divisions.
The general said that based on these
estimates divisions would be returned
| IN the following order: March, 27th.
30th. seth, 37th and 91st; April. 2sth.
$50, SD, 35th and AID; May, 32d. 2sth'
| $40, Soth and 18th; June, s9th, sOth.
2Sth and 18th.
The largest homeward movement of
| troops since the breaking up of the
american overseas Army started las;
Il a..
French ports yesterday of eighteen
| troopships with nearly 10000 officers
| and men aboard The announcem ent
or the movement was made coinci-
dentally with the issuance of a state
ment that all divisions I'm France, ex-
cept those OF the Regular Army.
would be returned as shipping be-
comes available.
Transports Which Sailed.
Among the transports listed as hav-
ing sailed were the Aauitania and
Great Northern, each with more than
1000 soldiers aboard. The organiza-
tions which have sailed include most
or the units of the 92d (negro) Ma
tional Army Division, important units
from the S7th ARKANSAS. Louisiana.
Mississippi and Alabama National
army DIVISION. and a score of aero
squadrons
| The transport Martha Washington.
due at Newport News March s. has
the 4Sth Regiment. Coast Artillery
and the field and staff, Headauarters
Company, Batteries A. 3, c. D. e and
r and several other detaehm !;
from each of the sS5th and s3eth Reg
| iments OF Artillery of the s7th Divi-
sion and thirty casual officers.
The transport Niagara. due at New
FORK February %. has on board casua |
companies of Georgia. Washington. Cal
ifornia, Maine and Michigan troops: de-
tachments of the 3f2th Trench Mortar
Battery and of the 11th Field Artillery
Brigade and twenty-five casual officers.
The transport Sebral is due at New
York February 27 with the 1st and
2d Battalion headquarters, sanitary and
ordnance detachments, supply and MA
chine gun companies. and COMPANIES A,
B. c, D, f; and f of the 367th Infantry,
349th Machine Gun Battalion complete
and casual companies of New York, Illi-
nois and Ohio troops
The transport Maui, due at New York
February 2s, carries the 35oth Field Ar
tillery complete with the exception of
forty three officers, casual companies
from New York, Texas, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Iowa and Kansas and eight conva-
lescent detaehments
The Montclair, West Coast and West
Port also were announced as having
sailed with few casuals each
Company b, Signal Corps, District
National Guard, is part of the 1e4th
Field Signal Battalion of the 2sth Divi-
sion.