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Show 145 COMES er if of mil Camp Funston Is Held to Be Impractical and Post Here Too Cold Kearny Also -Most Convenient CAMP KKARNY, Cal., will be the demobilization point for the Sixty-fifth artillery brigade, comprising Utah 'a own, the One Hundred Forty-fifth field artillery, artil-lery, and the Ona Hundred Forty-third and On Hundred Forty-fourth f laid artlllariaa, both California regimenta, according to tha ballet of Major Fred Jorgenarn. adjutant general of Utah. Camp Kearny la held to be tha logical place for tha muatertng out of tha Htxty-firth brigade, ainc it waa the point of mobilisation and becauae tha muatertng out of tha men will be facilitated fa-cilitated by the fart that tha two California Cali-fornia regiments can be aent home with leaa difficulty than from any othet camp. FT. DOUGLAS OUT OF IT. Kt. lMiuglaa is out of tha questlot aa a denmbr.izHtlon point, according U Moj.ir Juramam, atuca the heay anows make it Impossible to bring reglmenta.1 equipment to tha fort. Ft. iHiUKta la a aummrr ramp, army of -flcera dirlnre. and-dur.ng the winter and spring months tha heavy army motor trucks, loaded with equipment, are bogged down in tha mud and slush and are unahie to reach tha post. Upon the return of tha One Hundred Forty-fifth Forty-fifth artillery from the Mexican bordet In March. 1917. the men reached th' post without mishaps, but it waa found impossible to get the trucks and equipment equip-ment there. CAMP KEARNY MADE READY. I Camp Kearny la being- made ready now for reception of the Klxty-fifth. It is believed. No regular army units are at Kearny, the entire force there being composed of drafted men. These are helngedemnhitlsed rapidly end the camp will be cleared of Its present unita by the time that ihe troops from overseas arrive. Speculation as to Tamp Kunstorv, Kansas, being the central camp for the demobilization of Western iroope is not taken seriously by army officers. Three regular army units already are at ('imp Kunston. .Major Jorgensen iMdnted out. and It is highly improbable improb-able that these will be shifted to other camps to maktvroom for oversea units. Shifting; of regular army units toother camps would entail considerable cost for transportation, and it would be unpractical to make Kunston a demobilisation de-mobilisation point for all Western troops when Kearny is more readily accessible for the purpose. RETURN TO SALT LAKE. The lTtah regiment, with the two regiments of Caiifornians, will proceed directly from the port of disemltarka-lion disemltarka-lion to Camp Kearny, It is believed, and uMm demobilisation the I'tah regiment regi-ment w ill be sent back to Salt Lake. |