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Show I3D.000 111 DISCHARGED EACH DAY Few Prisoners Left in Germany, . Pershing Reports; Many Officers Offi-cers Mustered Out By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, rx-f. 'Jl. -With a total or 1 SH-.W-' men diwhargeil from tins army during the week ending December Decem-ber 14, General March auuouneiMl today th war drpartmsiit ha about reachr Ih averair of thlny thou- " Ha eavlllflgnf, .ajyli." for liMnh 111 demobfisatlnn plana c'lt. On s ven-day 4als. tti aver 1 for that week wae J7.000 men 4xr day, but In many raaea dcmohlllz.i -Ion offlcera did , not operate on ftunday. 2S.S03 OFFICERS CUT. Additional unit In this country designated for early demobilisation hrlns the total of men selected to OO.OOO, General March announced. Up to the date of th latest official reports. 2,1)J offlcera had bn"dis-charged. bn"dis-charged. , General Pershlnu has reported that J510 American prisoner of war were repatriated Tip- to December IS. Of " thes cam through SwttserUnrt; 3?4 paased throuRh the American front llnee. 120 went throuxh Holland and 111 through Denmark. Thoa : passing- through Holland and ln. I mark are now all n route for Kn- I gland, ih dispatch aald. I FEW PRISONERS LEFT.' I General Pershing expressed the opinion that very few American prls- I oners remain in Germany and be. Ileved thea would b quickly vacu-ated. vacu-ated. II aald th continued search lis being msde for Isolated prlaoners, I Urlllsli anil I-Tench ofni-lala In Bulls- erland. Holland and ftweden and In j Germany Itaelf aiding In this search. I DELIVERY OF MAIL. IKvery effort la being mad to arrange ar-range for. the delivery of mall con. I signed to units which have been deig-j deig-j nated for early return, th chief of staff said. In ess wher a majority 'of th members of any unit Tiav been ordered home th mail la held In the I'nited Htafea until th organisation arrivea and a report Is mad of (h men left In rranc. Th mall addressed ad-dressed to these men then 1 sorted out and sent across. General March disclosed tha fart that . the communication facilities with th American force In Itussia. particularly in th Archangel area, have been very unsatisfactory. Th war department itself has had. difficulty In communicating communi-cating important military instruction to the commander and only meaa-er dispatrhea have com through to thia end. Oneral March aaid he felt aure that th authorities In England and Krance through whom thes message pass Are doing avcrythlng possible l . improv the situation, l G-neral March aald that coast artillery artil-lery units, which were being used for army and corps artillery, are all being , returned to this country, but thoee which were aerving as divisional artilr tery probably will stay abroad for soma time. |