The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-09-26
DEMOB|LIZ|NG ARMY HAS BEEN. GREAT
 ACHIEVEMENT
More Than Million Men Mustered Out of Service in Two Months

Washington D. C-The demobiliza- tion of our army to date was declared one of the greatest accomplishments of the war by Secretary Baker today in a staterent pointing out the com parison between the figures in this war and those of '9S and '65. The Secretary laid particular emphasis up- on the great record of transportation achieved in returning the men from France.
 ''The demobilization record to date is one of the most splendid success es of the war, said the Secretary. lit ranks favorably with the greatest 6 achievements of the war. In one month alone we brought home more than third of million men, this with little help from the, British and French shipping, which had largely been withdrawn at that time. The British and French took more than fifty per cent of our men overseas, but almost single-handed we brought / them back as many as 364,O00 men in the month of June, more men than were ever transported overseas in a single month.
 Dmobilization during the present war has far eclipsed the work either of the Civil or the Spanish war. To date we have brought back from over seas more than 1 1,SSS, 900 men. We have demobilized all but about 500, 900 of our four million men.
 Old Records Beaten.
 'Tn one month after the signing of thk armistice we lad Hemobili lizdd 351 ,2O6 men and 16,OO0 officers. In 1898 it took ten months to muster out 197,397 of the 216,256 officers and men serving when the American force in that war was at it's peak. Certain units were demobilized from the Philippines even later than that. In the Civil War the strength of the volunteer army as l ,034, ,a64 when de5 mobilization began. It took from May 1 1865 to November 1, 1866, or eighteen months to muster out this force. In approximately two and half months after the Armistice we had mustered out 1,023,SS4 men and 62, 1000 officers thus more than equal ling Hhe eighteentmonth record Sof the civil war.
 ''The movement homeward and de- mobilization of troops began almost contemporaneously with the signing of the Armistice. At the time the President, going abroad in March, or dered rapid demobilizat:on, the first processes were we'll under way and from that time on we have carried out program of demobilization that is almost astounding under circum- stances of transportation and other difficulties that had to be overcome.
 <There are at present approximate, ly $50. 900 emergency troops to be dis charged. There are less than 100, DOC men now in Europe and under present plans there will be less than 35,O0C men in France on September 1. There are already more than a hundred thousand new enlistments and about S5.00O new enHstments are needed to bring the enlisted quota of the army up to the authorized 225, 900 strength
 Further figures on enlistments ir the regular army show that 21, ,671 ot the men newly enlisted have express ed their preferences as regards places of servare. Of these 12,754 have expressed a desire to serve in Europe Among the branches of service pre- Serences given 37,344 want to serve in the infantry, while ,S7S expres: a preference for cavalry.