Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1919 — MORE TROOPS COMING HOME [ARTICLE]

MORE TROOPS COMING HOME

Three Combat Divisions Designated For Early Return. Gen. Pershirig has added to the priority list the three combat divisions, the 30th, 27th and 91st entire, and the second corps Headquarters, which will be returned to the United States as soon as shipping becomes available, probably next month. The three divisions and the headquarters corps total 83,000 men, and there are. a few Jasper county boys in the former division. The 27 th division is made up of New York troops, and is a sister division of the 30th. Units now assigned to early convoy, in addition to those already embarked, total 292,000. Troops in the United States and abroad now scheduled for demobilization total 1,379,000.