Show I i BRITISH TROOPS RAPIDLY BEING SENT TO HOMES il Hilute Check Is Made 1 on oni onT i lien ll and l Needs T asIs as Army fc 1 Is Demobilized 1 Lo London don Jan Demobilization 18 Demobilization o otho or of ortho tho the British army Is now In full tull swing up to the Hie pc present ent time a total of or m in en r J o ha a o passed thorns tho the 51 nix siz dispersal dis- dis In I England and arId Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land and ind skilled workers arc aro returned to Industry In rapidly ing J numbers Soon fifteen dispersal stations 3 T will m be bc In operation each o or of h will be bo capable of or dealing with 2600 men every t four twenty wenty-o wenty r hours hO According Accor inS inS' to laJ G Gen n B. B 1 F. F Burnett Burnett- Hitchcock director general of or demobilization batton who at Camp Wimbledon toda today explained to a representative of or the Associated Press tho the details of or the torl orl It will be bo a n. long time bo ro the Demobilization emo limit has been reached Fl Oi he question of ot the number of ot men J of cach cl clot ot tho associated governments 0 Ii is isto countries for oc- oc to l lea heave vc in tho enemy purposes will viii be determined at tho peace conference e f Thc The following classes are re being demobilized de- de mobilized en bloc here t. t Miners liners sick and wounded soldiers convalescents men over 41 H who were i gilled called up In the tho last draft pivotal or r Reading heading ln men In Industry students and J teachers chose M. that will wm not bo be demobilized for ifor for the present prent are the railway per- per In France men having to do don n with transportation generally and l p those oso oo In charge chargo of or horses iff f r n Release Ph Many rany physicians have been released but bul a sufficient force forca will wm bo be b retained to care are for Cor the tho sick and wounded wound wound- ed oed now under tri i r General Hitchcock had been lIeen working on demobilization plans for el eighteen months month prior to the signing of or the ar- ar and his ma machinery was as nearly ready for tor Its work as the exigencies exigencies exi exl- of or war permitted The rho main outlines of his fiche scheme me borrowed from Crom the measures taken b by tho the Japanese Japan Japan- ese after their war with Russia The uThe actual number of or units to be begot begot got bot ready for Cor demobilization demobilisation said General Hitchcock Is l There rare re nineteen categories of or men each c category having different legal rights to to io tobe iobe be safeguarded Tho ho rate rato o of demobilization depends upon transportation fa facilities c ties More and more ships arc aro being converted con Into transports and they soon will wIn exceed exceed ex ex- berth berth accommodation at tho va various rn- rn 3 rious ports from which tho the men arc are beIng being bent home Every ship from Tranco 11 15 now bringing over troops Hoop r some mc front the front THe bulk of or them are minors having hn been released zelease 1 from tho the army to date Conditions ol of 0 rail roll and road transportation trans- trans in France arc are extremely bad ho ted poll put and the tho question of or supplying the arm army of or occupation In Germany was paramount Just because a man 1 Is 1 on on leave leavo at home doesn't entitle him said General Hitchcock to be bo mustered out of or sere Ice Ico co before a soldier In the field lc Nor I Is Isho I the tho ho question of a mans man's discharge left lert leftIn lertIn In n the hands of or commanding officers A l commanding officer cant cint sa say tho the general continued n Well lell this man makes a waiter at the mess and we wont won't let him rant go Compassionate cases that Is whore where ho tho wife of or a soldier Is IR serious seriously ill III or where thero ther arc are motherless children are being dealt with as quickly quick as pos- pos sible Soldiers are aro bringing home vast ast quantities of lr luggage lu gag One sl ship p from Crom Holland hind had SOO tons of or It Including four grand pianos piano and n a beehive which was overturned an and an officer badly stung At the tho Wimbledon station the correspondent correspondent corre corre- saw the tare working of the demobilIzation demobilization demobilization de de- mobilization machinery On arrival thomen tho thomen thomen men find a 0 hot hOl me meal l awaiting thorn no matter what the hour of or day clay or n night n ht Each rec receives a ration rallon took book an unemployment unemployment policy a railway warrant a n pamphlet of or good advice 10 a n label for Cor the return of or his overcoat o and a n. certificate entitling him to draw p pay an and all allowances for tor twenty eight days das Thorough Identification of or the re returning ro- ro turning t soldier Is regarded as tant You would bo be surprised said MId I General Hitchcock to lo know how crow many Tommies change their Identification tion disks with pals Its It's tho the samo Barno In Inthe Inthe Inthe the French army Why Vly they thoy do It Is beyond cond under understanding Wo 0 aro are al burying tho the wrong rong man Arc Ol Given cn Clothe Clothes The soldier turns over oyer his rifle and accoutrements but ho he is permitted to keep his uniform and tin hat He must return his army overcoat within I Ia a month rec receiving 5 for It IL ILAt I At one of or the tho station huts ii fa 1 a a. tailor shop where the sol soldier ler is given gi hi his choice of ot ono of ot throe three suits suIt of or varying weight and pattern made mado to his measurement meas meas- If JC ho he doesn't want the civilIan civilIan civil civil- Ian tan suit he Is given 12 1250 DO The wise Soldier takes lakes the flUIt suit for tor at nt present prices It would cost him considerably crabl I more than 20 |