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number, and comprising 98499- men.
Second: Conscientious objects not
under arrest.
Third: Spruce production division.
th some modifications, _ I
Jnited States Geards, now
130,000 men.
taBway units.
: Depot brigades.
in
%
Being Discftttfeed. First To Go
Across To B* First Released.
Wounded A ad ~
Home at Once.
Movement of the troops
across has stopped entirely and de
mobliztiion of troops in cantonments
and camps St home is under way. r;
General March, chief of-ssaife/made
this announcement last Saturday, out
lining* the War Depart m*st*?-pi*n in
answer to questions the country has
been asking since the d^y the armls
tic wse signed apd it boeame apparent:
that the was was over. H?. said that
orderi already v?suei would wnd
200,000 men back to civil life witnin
two weeks, cod that when the program
was iajktfi swing about 50,004 wosld
quit the army- daily.
Fighting divisions of General Per
shing's army in Franca will be demob
ilised as fret as possible in their homel
communities. JJhe chief of staff woqld
make no prediction as to when the first
divisions would start home, if appears
prooaWe, however thot the flow' of re
turning troops can be in full tide before
February. -v* .s t . ,
Some officers, regard ft is possible
that certain divisions may be recalled
in f ivance of the general return move
ment.
General March indicated that, the
Forty-second (Rainbow) Division, be
cause it is composed of men from 26
States and in recoginition of the fight
ing record ft has . made In France,
would be marked for special treatment
The Twenty-sixth (New Englfeod Nat
ional Guard) and the Forty-first (Sun
set) Division ^re in t&e :*aitte dass, so
it would qot cause surprise therefore, j
if
Supplementing General March's
statement, Secretary Baker said it
would not be necessary to maintain
all the existing cantonments for de
mobilization purposes and that ft study
was now being made of those desirable
for t|f? purpose. The others, with all
the divisional camps, he indicated, will
be abeariened as soqn to the men now
occupying .than* have bean musterad
^ . 5! "*?& * " v*- -- *?*
out. - ^ ?5.: jfr j4SB:
The d^mobottittioa w& Ub carried
Pershing to begin the return at once
of ?H casuals, sick
can he moved, and coa^alr^^enti A
steady stream of these men shoulu le
gin immediately to cross the Atlantic.
!'v Camps vt home will be cleaned oat
fo prepare for the re torn of the ex
peditionary force* sad the general
indicated that the process would be
expedited. A unit of regular troops
will be left at each camp to. guard
pnd police it m preparation for the
arival of the oversees units, *t.
M "We have ms in the United States
something like 2,700,060 men; and to
master oat p force of that kind, of
course^ will take some time," f|rid<3en
eral March. "Each man has to be ex
aime<i physiccJly, his final accounts
made, so that the men may get com
pensation they ale entitled to.
js : "The order* that hem already hem
issued affect tome 200,000 mm. I ex
pect to muster them out in two weeks.
When the machine is i* fufl operation
we expect to release 80,000|*? * daj.
"In handling this problem of demob
ilization one of the features which had
to .be considered was the subsequent
retaining of men for the regular army,
or whet will he tike regular anfiy,
when Congress pisses Jaws reorganiz
ing that army. When .the war took*
'out there were Wy ?limited number
of ipeh men in the ssrrjee, end the
*&+ ? *1
?yii? Geutral BMU*
to return to tfee United States on troop
traaeports all ?MM? who art casur.is or
coirvaJeSeeats, side and wounded, who
ore able to be moved, if."
"life propose when Wis divisions
eome home bade from Franee to have
them mustered out in the vicinity of
their homes.
"With reference to casualties in the
American expeditionary forces- 1 cabled
Bnglish hnd not in oede, eo as to sere
time, U?e name of every man killed,
wounded and miaaing up to the tteie
of the ?raistii* not hitherto reported."
AMERICAN AVIATORS
?; : 4 y , j. ;<BB8ET THBKNKMY
* American Headquarters in F&oce?
(Associated Press.)? When hostilities
?we&vSusT>endelL. Aimmmhi a visitors
h&d {I"ii?roy(Mi CflX snd
88 more Qerfean bdloons than the
Americans had lost. Two hundred and
sixty-five American planes tod thirty
Yftartary
Upon this spirit of service and sac
riflce will depend Europe's fate in the
months to come. In the nut year we
: . - >- . 1 7" ? ? s/tTTSs " - ? ' * ,
have carried out en export program,
toe magnl^^wUcMs^almMt b*
new demands that Kara come, wftb
the liberation of nations freed from
German oppression,, our exports most
be almost doubled. Instead of 3,1,820,
year? as much as can he pushed
through our ports.
If tSfc) JJlles had not bean fed by
America, n- would hare- been Impos
sible for them to maintain their de
fense Germany.
voluntary basis, the American peopj*
ment to its^redlt the very fact that.lt
has shown the strength of democracy!
has In itself more than Jtotified - the
existence of the Food Administration
in the eyes of the world.
Less than fonr months after the
food problem on a basis of voluntary
action and reiterated Mr. confidence
that awakened *maa?cy woto pw>?
irresistible. - ? ?
used as the Iwsb of coni*i
J^y?? i* White 0*ic
rwp^in sight of toin
rt&nue officers, Wednes-J
S/2, ?35*
offender, stands indicted ,
listilling, and there is one
capacity still less in the
iy.
li the prices the Food Ad
cays are fair, the pouring
nted a waste of $9,200
out !t
worth ^ JHRppp^pippip^p^i
Between ten and twelve thousand
gallons of beer were poured out, and
the officers decclare thai there was a
much beer emptied that it was flowing
knee deep an acre of ground.
Had the whiskey been aiftwed to
reach saiebls maturity, it ijt estimat
ed that the net loss, to tha distiller
is probably la excess of $25,000.
WOqjp >feAVB gTATOB M
pK^OF|(|AllSHAI, FOCB
>Wtphington.-T-Aresolotion authori?
ing tiff; erectioa.oi ;-i statue <*?Si?
shal Poch and appropriating $100,000
forthe1>iirpoBe was introduced in the
house a few days ago by Represen
tative Minot, of Oregon, k
ditionary Forces irom au cause* i
the iimethe first unit landed in
France tontU hOstffitiei 'ceased.
Thfa announcement today by the
CerausBureau was^based on unofficial
estimates of the total &*ualties a
mong the oveiseas.forceji and report*
from 46 cities having combined popu
lation of 23,000,000, "which showed
82,306 deaiha from influenza and pneu
monia from /September 'J to N6ve?ji
bej 9.
- Normally these cities would have
bad 4,000 deaths from these causes
during this period^ it win said, leav
ing approximately 78,000 as the num
ber properly chargeable to the epi
demic. ' . , .i '?>
^The total casualties in the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces, i * said the
announcement, "tyve jtsecertly been
unofficially estimated at. 100,000. 0?
the basis of the number thus far re
ported, it may b? assumed that the
deaths from" all causes, including dis
ease -and accidents, are probably ; less,
than 45 per cent aiid may not be more
than 40 per cent of the total casual
ties; On this assumption, the loss of
life in the American Expeditionary
fofees to dote is about 40,00 or 45,000"
' The total, deaths due .to the influ
enza epidemic fa ? this' country is not
known, tt^umaiiP^emeat said ^as only
the 46 cities for;whifch figmfc were
given report vital st?ti*ties-to<tbe
Census Bureau. The greatest mor
tality due to the epidemic fa propor
tion to population, was 7.4 per thous
and, was-reporte& from Baltiomre. J
All Drunk Except One Oflcer.
Had itwnoved Prussian Eagle
,< - From Their Caps. Substitute
^ ift^bitttioiaiy Ittd B^ge,
59 U-Boats Handed Over So
London, Nov. 22,? British Wireless
Servicft.)? Tjwjoty more German sub
marines -were surrendered to Admiral
Jyrvtttitl off Harwich, this morning.
This makes a total of 59 submarines
thus far handed over. There- would
have been 21 shrrenderaj today, but
one smk duringthenight. .
The . correspondent ?f the wireless
service with the British naval forces
?ays that just before noon a cruiser
came into sight, followed by the Ger
man Submarines and a German trails
port. The transfer took place in the
^rbprqn Account of the heavy seas
running. The majority "of the subma
rined were large and nearly all were
fitted "with wireless equipment.
When the Germans arrived it was
noticeable that the revolutionary ele
ment wasdeddedlypr&ent. Som^ of
the officers had removed the Prussian
Eagles from their caps and replaced
them with a sort of red badge that
recognizes the authority of the Sailors' .
and ^Soldiers council,' The men took
wery. little notice of anything theiroffi
cers sftid to them. One shouted: "No
Some
ingly anxious to air each English as
they possessed. One, German officer,
who was inclined to be communicative,
" himself to th? correspondent
be Worked in Londonlwfiore
fc-J J J y ClUUKlfWV ? "in ? ? ,,,,
You British fey it was not fair fighting
but we Germans believe that the end
justifies the means. Theh~you complain
that we shot your men while they were
in tho water. Why not? The men
might be. saved and fight, us another
day. We sKGuld be fools to let them."
The crew of on? submarine, with
the exception of an officer, were all
intoxicated. * -
IjJINE STILLS DESTROYED
IN LENOIR IN THREE DAYS
Rerenentie Officer# Capture ?pMi
Destroy 3000 Gallons of Beer
in Addition. One Rq; Captured. .
Says the Kinston Daily News of Nov
28: Special officers of the internal re
venue department with Sheriff Tay
lor hc?ve been scouring fiio countr
for several days in 3earch of sttfls
and they hav? destroyed nine plants
and poured out 8000 gallons of beer.
Only - one operator has been caught.
Roy Tyndall, 16 or 17 years old, who
was {found -at k stijl- 'paptuJred f>n
Vance, township Thursday.
Three plants were Idta^ted asifc'bro
ften up, yesterday, 'two ijf Swgy Bot
tom section and one ?|n Southwest
township. Two of them werer,100 gal
lon outfits and one w?Ta small one.
At most of the plants raided there was
no fire and at one or two it appeared
ill this section for some time yet?y