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Show BRITISH REHEARSE DISCHARGE OF SOLDIERS ' No Man Sent Home Until t Job Is Ready for . Him. ' By N. E. A. Staff Carr.tpend.nt. NEW TORK, Dee. It. Detail! f the hifrce.t dreu rehearHl In tilatorv. In whlrh thouaand. of Brlt-l.h Brlt-l.h aoldler. p.rllrlpnte.1 In a triAl de-mohllU.tion. de-mohllU.tion. have juet oeen hrouitht nere. The Knall.h experience I. to be made aval'ahla to our government. : The arhem. wa. prep.red hy the , Brltleli wir offli-e and TRe mtniMiry it labor. It waa reheareed by troop. In , ramp near London, the demoblllaatlon taalna twenty-four houra. It waa cioaely watched by military obaervera. . . lnclu.llna l olled Mtatea officer, for .any flaw.. Of the men who took part In the re-hearal, re-hearal, one-lmlf waa aaaumed to hav. Juat arrived from Kranee; the other ' half wa aaaumed to be from a rol-1 rol-1 lectin place In the Tnltetl KinKdom. AII were thocn'tically hound forborne. In. a certain aiwcified rtlauM. If they 4iad come from the train biiiikiv lney Would nave been fed. and If they had -fceea In need of a:eep, would have beeu - houaed. . A dl.peraal atatlon. unler the plan .rorked. out. will have three comfort. ready, though they may not always be wanted. ,'fULL EQUIPMENT. a The men participating aa "actor." In . the drta. reheareal were In full equip, merit. On arrival, they entored an im- , pruvlaed office, where each man received re-ceived a aandbax. In tin. he placed hia private belonging. Then he banded over hi. rifle, .terl helmet, ge mask (If he waa aaaumed to have Ju.t come from France! and other equip- ment. If any imiortant article wa. mie.ing. the man wa. sent to another desk to Kive an explanation. Here the officer In choree waa called In to corroborate cor-roborate o comment on the man', tory. A aatl.factory explanation ended the matter, otherwlae'the aol-dler aol-dler waa debited on hla dlopereal certificate cer-tificate with an amount correaiioudinjr 1 to the deficiency. .WEAR UNIFORM 2S DAYS. A man left the ehed in hla uniform ' end carrying only hi. vrratcoet ami aandbag containing hie prtcate helong-'tnga. helong-'tnga. In reel demobilization eoldiera will he allowed to keep their uniform., but the greatcoat, mu.t be returned . on conclusion of Ihelr furlough.. The men will be permitted to wear their ' unlforma for twenty-eight day. after pereat, and thereafter on "apeclaj" . ecaeione only. Then follow tha "documentation'' ' iroceee. Kach man got an out of work ! nauranco policy, eourlng him. In the , vent of unemployment. weekly .urn. i to be determined later. In exchange ' fur hla dl.pereal certificate ha received 1 a protection certificate for uae during kla four week.- furlough. It entitled him to advance pay for the period. A label for the return of hla greatcoat at the end of hie furlough waa leeued to him: hia military eervice paper, .nd a lajlway warrant for hi. Journey were put Into an envelop marked with the number of hi. railway rrnup. Thla ; number Indicated to him those of hla I comrade who were going homo the 1 name way. IS TAKEN TO STATION. I Th men were warned of the time I of the train departure, and finally tak- ! on to tha station and een off. The 1 oldler waa at laat demobilized. The I clerka entered earnestly Into th .pint I of th rehearsal. The full scheme contemplate the ' establishment of eighteen dispersal centers. The rate, of demobilisation will be controlled by the labor ministry, minis-try, and no man will be sent back bom unt I there Is a Job awaiting him. A sinviar plan, differing In details only, will undoubtedly be worked out by oup own war department, in cooperation co-operation with th department of labor' employment service, using th British i xperienre aa a basis. I |