Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — NAVY TO RELEASE 50,000 SAILORS [ARTICLE]

NAVY TO RELEASE 50,000 SAILORS

Men Who Wish to Return to College and Business Will Be Discharged. ANNOUNCEMENT BY DANIELS Secretary Declares There Are Over 500,000 Men in the Service and Some Can Easily Be Spared. Washington, Nov. 15.—-The nav.y is in a position to release 50,000 men in the course of the next month, Secretary Daniels announced. Applications for release will be considered immediately from young men who wish to return to college and who sacrificed business interests in order to join. Over 500,000 Now in Navy. There are now more than 500,090 men in the navy, the secretary said, and of this number 50,<)jj>0 easily can be spared without interfering with the efficiency of this arm of the service. The vacancies occurring from these discharges will be filled from the training camps, it was stated. Rainbow Men Back by Christmas? The Rainbow and New England divisions are believed .likely to be back in the States by Christmas. With the exception of the First regular division, they were the first troops to land in France. While priority of return will not entirely > follow priority of original shipment, 1 hose two divisions are likely to get back first. Tire war department, however, has made no announcement yet as to the probable time for any unit and its plans are unsettled.