Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1918 — 824,000 SOON TO QUIT ARMY [ARTICLE]

824,000 SOON TO QUIT ARMY

Demobilization, Now at Rate of IBXXX) a Day, Will Be Increased to 30,000. Washington. Dec. . 10.—Demobilization in the United States is now proceeding at the rate of 13,000 men released from the army every day. General March announced. It still Is anticipated that a rate of 30,000 a day will be reached when full momentum is attained. The war department has now designated a total of 824,000 men in the United States for discharge, an increase of nearly 200,000 during the last week. General March made it clear, however, that designation of troops does not mean immediate discharge, but severance from the service as thejr turn is reached in demobilization. Summarizing the flow of returning troops from France, General March said a total of 5,653 officers and men had been designated for return by General Pershing up to December 12. Of that number 1.373 officers and 30,703 men have actually sailed from France.