Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — NO YANKEES ON FOE SOIL AFTER TREATY SIGNING [ARTICLE]

NO YANKEES ON FOE SOIL AFTER TREATY SIGNING

Washington, May 2.—Determination of President Wilson, indicated in pressadvices from Paris, that no American troops shall continue on German soil for a longer' period after the signing of the peace treaty than may be necessary to embark for home, is borne out by present plans of the war department, which contemplate” the retun of the entire American expeditionary forces by September. Because of this General March, chief of staff, is making every effort to speed up the demobilization in this country. An official announcement issued today as to the accumulation of surplus clothing for the troops stated that the estimates were based on “troop withdrawal to be completed in September.” The statement also said that “if an army of occupation, is maintained after September, a portion of this surplus will be needed.” This computation was taken to reflect exactly the present information of the department as to future troop movements. The September date represents estimates by embarkation officials as to the maximum possible speed in withdrawing the entire force in Europe, including the troops holding the Coblenz bridgehead sector on the Rhine. If anything, officers anticipate that the movement will be accelerated rathe? than retarded. The schedule has been exceeded recently and in increasing measure from week to week with an indicated monthly movement of 450,000 men, the best predictions of General March and his aides bid far, it was said, to be more than realized.