Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-07
NARY AND FIGHTERS
Re TURNING IN June
Twenty ninth Division Will Sail
From France Early IN Month,
According TO Schedule
THE 7sTH WILL PoLLoW

ne AWenty-nlnGn an uEne GeYeney-
ninth divisions, composed, Ia part. Of
MaryIani's baftleworn veterans. are
about TO receive their homecoming
orders.
Before the end of June the Twenty
ninth may be In America and It's de-
mobilization probably accomplished.
BY the end Of the same month the
seyenty-ninth VIII at least be on its
way.
This Is the substance Of an Official
announcement made today ait the office
OF General March, chief of stan. fol-
lowing receipt Of advices from Cen
eral PershIng, commanding the Amer
lean expeditionary forces. that the
two units had been placed on the sail
Ing schedule
TWenty-Ninth Heads June LIST
According 10 the dispatches received
from General Pershing the Twenty
ninth Will sail for home early In June
In fact, IL was announced that this
division heads the June sailing list. 1t
will be the first unit of its size to en-
bark for the United States during that
month II no change Is made IN the
program Of the field commander
The Seventy y-ninth IL 70 sail later
In the month. II has been placed on
the June list, but Ii not at the top or
near the top. III ID some what near
er the bottom Of the group selected
by General Pershing to say good-by 10
Franco. Even so, the chances are that
Sc will be well on Its way to America
before July I, and may even have.
landed BY that date.
FolI6Ws Order When Practicable
ii has been the Fixed rule of Gem
eral Pershing to send home first
those units which have been longest
In France, when the priority plan
could be followed without disorgan-
lzing the expedltionary force or the
armies of occupation Experience has
shown that III has not been always
practical to demobilize divisions which
have boen longest In the field ahead
Of those which have seen less service
abroad.
This is particularly true Of the
Twenty-ninth. That unit went to
France among the first Of the National
Guard organizations. 1t went through
It's preliminary field training and It's
quiet sector experience before the
seyenty-ninth actually had sailed from
the United States And some other
divisions which went over long after
ward have been sent home ahead OF
the Twenty ninth
The reasons for this sort of thing
arc purely military 1t was found
wiser In many instances to turn.a late-
arriving division back at Brest than %
send ii out with It's raw quotas to q
lighting zone Ia which all the iighting
might be over. Some divisions which
had gone through the campaign and
which had earned the right to be cali
ed and Ia be regarded as veterans
were needed to compose the Army Of
Occupation OF to compose 3 reserve
ID the event lighting should be re-
sumed Unexpectedly
Uncertainty Seems Over
But the important fact is that the
two divisions which all Marylanders
have followed with anxious hearts and
the deepest pride since hhe beginning
of the war are now slated 20 come
back. to Be received with open arms
and to be greeted with tear-filled eyes
and loving acclaim BY the folks ct
home. The uncertainty as to their de-
narture from French shores seems to-
be over. General PeTshing has fixed
the time 0f their sailing as definitely
So ii Is possibIs for him to do 30 two
months ahead, and the War depart
unens, as i matter OF course. has ac
ouiesced in the Generals program.
AS already fntfmated. the fact that
the Twenty-nlnth is listed as the first
division on the june sailing list does
not necessarily mean that 1t will sail
from Hrest oF Bordeaux on the first
day 81 the month. n was explained
ak the War department today that It
Eaigaf be several days after the 1st be-.
foFe ii ran be- provided with transpor
tatIon. That Ill i matter which must
be dealt with hy the transportation
department 81 the army 1t Tours But
IL ii xneant that the Twenty y-nInth viii
Sc the tlrsE division 10 sail during the.
month, unless there is q change Of
plan Ia the meanwhile.
ay Be Sent % Meade
Allowing tha usual eight or nine
days tor ps age across the Atlantic,
1T Is not teo much To hope that the
I'wenty ty-ninth viii dehark upon Amer
lean soil not Later than june I5, and
wlal proceed ct once tD Its dem0hili-
sakSon casnp The logical camp for chs
puaD0ae. og course, q Camp Meaaa, q
csrrmrlasanee which tho War depart
aena Inngt surety recognize when the
tine conaea to pass upon the question.
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