News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-11-17
4,UUU,UUU JOBS
co TO VETERANS.
Nations Industries Absorb All
Service Men Seeking Work
Since krmiStice. H
3,491, 206 FROM U. S. ARMY.
Great Task Accomplished Without Dis.
turbance - States and Societies
HeIp-No One Out of Work
Who Wants 1t.

Washington.-Rep in the possess
sion of the War Department show that
practically every man enrolled in the
United States army at the time of the
| armistice has been absorbed by indus
| try between the dates of November II,
1918, and November II, 1920.
This conclusion Is Appropriated to.
a certain extent, for the department
has figures only concerning those men
| who made application for placements
| through the instrumentalities built up
by the War Department to find posi-
lions for them. This number Is only
a small proportion of the men who
were in the army. Congratulations of
reports, however indicate that every
man who wanted a job procured one,
and that the absorption by industry
of Americas great army was accom-
plished without great economic dis
turbance or without material distress.
The magnitude of this accomplish
ment may be gath red from the fact
that on November II, 1918, the day of
the armistice, the United States army
had enrolled total of 3,703 273 officers
and men. OF these 1S9436 were Off
GERS, while 3,513,837 We're in the ranks.
Today the total of officers and men in
the United States army is 212,067.
A large portion of the men In the.
army now lave been enlisted since the
nrmistice, but, assuming that the total
number of men in the army today rep
resents what is left of the wartime
force, it follows that 3,491,2 06 men
were taken out of the army and given
! over to industry.
Following the armistiCe the War u,
partment built up n Industrial service
under he leadership of Col. Arthur
Woods, who had the title of assistant
to the secretary of war. The records
of the office of the chief of the Bureau
of Information of the War Depart
ment, Major Matthew'S show that from
December l, 1918, to June 10, 1920,
LISP S6l discharged soldiers registered
for employment, and that of these
l,062,045 were placed.
From September 20, 1919, to January
10, 1920, the figures were 4SS, 105 regis
tered and 36f,657 placed. Major Mat
theWs said they were unable to record
figures showing the number of unem-
plOycd. In the state of New York those
who registered for employment were
2+4.957, while those placed totaled 49,
Q9S.
A.,
absorbing IS military forces into in
duStry incladed sailors as well as SOL
diers, so that the problem represented
the reahsorption of more than 4,000,-
coo men from both branches of the
service
The urmiStiCe meant not only the
rehabilitation Of the fighting forces,
but also the change to peace time pro-
dUction of wartime industry. 1t was
dnder these difficult Industrial condi-
tons and with the rehabilitation pro-
ccedirg ut IN Unprecedented speed that
tie men were to be returned to peace
tine occupations
TIE War Departments agency for
place.. men 20 industry was assisted
by various state and private welfare
organ 1ationS In addition to the in
s;rWmenralu.e' built up by states and
cn.ca, examinations like The American
Legion, he Red Cross, the Y. NJ. c. A.,
the K Of C. The y u H. A and the
w. C. c. :. rendered valuable assist
ance. while the commercial clubs,
newspapers. business concerns and in
dNiduuls all rendered help.