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Show REALLY AN HONOR. Immediately following the signing of the armistice, it was confidently asserted as-serted that the first American divisions isent to Kurope would be the first to come back. Tiie announcement was premature, pre-mature, for it has since developed that ihe-e troops, popularly known as the combat divisions of the army, will re-. re-. main in the field until after the treaty of pt-iK-e is proclaimed. This may ap- pear to the unthinking, and to those jwho are prone to find fault with everything every-thing that has lcen done since the war ; began, that the men composing these divisions are being iiir.'osed upon. Such jis not the case. All the regulars have (been retained in service '"over there' ! as well as the veteran guard organizations organiza-tions such as the Now Kngland and 11a in bow division s because their services serv-ices arc needed until the whole matter is definitely rettled. It is she highest I honor that can be paid to the American i fighters, and we do not biMieve vory jmanv of them v. ouhl care t ) cone home j wh"ii t lie re is an opportunity to erns--!the bolder into de'-uuiu Territory. They jlaiti.'d with the Huns for many weary ! months for this eiy purpose, and they would feel that they hud been cheated uut of some of their glory had they not been select ed as part of 1 he army ' of i occupation. j No ih'n' ,t the ! I'le at hu me a re !,: in g r'c.-wa: d to the ,r, "when .Johnny comes marching home,' in or- j ihT to f-how their appreciation and love, ; but. if we are any judge of human na- tare. " .Johnny'-' himself would prefer1 to finish tlie work ho began before resting upon his laurels. lie will have ; much more lo talk about when he ! finally g'"ts home if he follows the re- j treating Inns into their own land than : would be the case if he were hurried to the, Pnited States on the first boat. So wu think criticism in this particular , matter is very much out. of place at this particular time. But. even if we j should assume that General Pershing i had made a mistake and that the vet- ' erans should have been the first to board transports, the fact remains that, under the law, they will have to be discharged in a very short time after the ratification of the peace treaty, and that, in the meantime, they will be under command of the man who has led., them to victory and must follow him j until their time expires. j |