El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
Army
Decentralization
AttainS Speed
693,889 Discharged Up To
Jan. 10; Total Desig-
mated, l,l51,000.

! Washington, D. c., Jan 11.-De-
mobilization OF the American army.
Gen March, chief OF staff. said today.
is proceeding at a rate which compar-
alive figures show TO be more than
twice as fast as the British demobili-
zation. Actual figures up 70 January
10 Of men discharged from the Amer
lean army showed a total OF ss3,ss9.
British discharges TO January Z,
numbered s52.s5S. American officers
to the number OF 47.02s have been re-
turned to civil life. while on Januar--
I the British had discharged only s03S
officers.
i $4,000 Home From Europe.
American troops scheduled for de-
mobilization now number 1.151. 900. in
GLIDING $4,000 men who actually have
returned from overseas. but not IN
GLIDING units designated for return or
on their way home.
Sailing Of five transports and the
| hospital ship Mercy from France, with
approximately 5000 officers and men,
was announced today by the war de-
partment. They viii arrive at New
/ * as follows;
Arrival Dates Given.
I Pueblo and Wilhelmina, January IT.
Hampden and General Goethals,
January Il.
Ice King, January "a
Mercy. January 20.
The General Goethals carries two
divisional training cadres Of skeleton
organizations; there are eight off
GERS and 81 men from the divisional
headquarters and train. 67th and ssth
infantry brigadess 18th. 126th, 18th
machine battalions: 1850. 18th. 135th,
1S6th infantry regiments 10sth in
fantry train headquarters and the
military police OF the 34th division,
assigned to Camp Grant for demoblli-
zation. From the S4th there are q
officers and 2Ss men from the d.
visional headquarters, 309th head
quarters detachment and train. 325th,
336th, 327th machine gun battalions, !
535d, 534ths 355th 33sth Infantry regi- |
ments. 509th sanitary train and head /
quarters. field hospitals 5S4 and S36
ambulance companies $50 and s36, I
assigned to Camp Taylor.
Others on GOethaIs.
The Goethals also carries the S11th 4
sanitary train, 19 officers and fSs men
going 70 Camp Grant. the units in
cluded being ambulance companies
S41, 342 and S43 and field hospitals
81, s42 and 3fA.
On the Pueblo are six casual CON-
panies, two officers and $50 men each,
and IS officers and 607 men in head
1arters and companies A. B, c and D, /
OF the SD ammunition train The
casual eompssnies are numbers as.
composed OF New forkers: 916,
Washingtonians: 421 and 4ss. Ohioans;
422. Marylanders, and 42s, Texans.
The Ice King carries two air ser
vice officers
The Hampden carries casual com
psny No. r. South Dakota. and few
sick and wounded
Aboard WiIheImina.
The Wilhelmina brings dstachments
from sanitary train No. 1o9 OF the
504th division, including field hospi-
tails i53. 134, 135 and 13s and the cor
responding ambulance companies
routed to Camp Grant. and another
eadrs from the Ssth division. com
posed OF two officers and So men from
the S31st, 552d, 1890 and s54th ma
chine gun battalions and the s41st. .
ss2d, $3.50 and saith Infantry. likewise /
assigned 10 Camp Grant.
Headquarters 15sth field artillery, 1
ten officers and 81 men, ordered 70 /
Camp Taylor, complete the Wiihel-
on board the Mercy are 400 sick and
wounded. 20 be sent TO various hos
Troops Reach New York.
New York, Jan 11.-More American /
troops arrived home today, coming on |
the steamship Toloa-l53 men OF the 1
4e5th aero squadron: $50 OF the. IllLn !
battalion trench artillery and II
casuals.
The American vessel Themisto ar
rived from Cette, France with Y
naval men, including those who were
On the cruiser Buffalo and on mine
sweepers-
Coblenz, Germany, jan IL Asso-
GATED Press.)-Ths S7th engineers,
Consisting OF 1900 picked electrical
80 r1erhanfcal experts from every
state Of the union, and commanded
BY Col Albert Pierce, OF Eau Claire,
Wis. has been ordered back 10
America on the first available trans
The s7th is the first regiment in
the third army to be ordered home
Company z Of the 37th claims TO be
the forst force Of Americans TO cross
the Rhine Its members crossed at
CobIenz, December T.