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Show NEARLY ONE-HALF OF OFFICERS DISCHARGED WASHINGTON, March 28. Forty-six per cent of tho commissioned officers who were on tho army lists November 11 1918, had been discharged on March "o" last. A statistical report prepared by the general staff today showed that of the 1S8.134 officers on duty when tho armistice was signed, 102,473 were in service on March 20. The greatest reduction re-duction was in tho chemical warfaro service, ser-vice, S3 per cent of its commissioned personnel per-sonnel having been released. |