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Show H;i SEE THE SOLDIER THROUGH B ''' i'& Mostofthe.men in the army were tak-Bl' tak-Bl' ''- i jfromltheirv homes. They should be re-? Bif,1 ; turned. to their homes. It is a slipshod H' '';:''; ;polky that efficiently proposes and negli-bh' negli-bh' K . njipy f, disposes. The government plan H , ' :':-'-. of "registration and induction was thor-Hf thor-Hf ' ' ough and efficient. The men were main-Bn main-Bn iaiied in discipline and protected against K -'" 'WtuaU evib by a fine system of welfare : C8iiiltil..iww''after aUtheee.ftfe. '1' 'rjpnawbihave been .thrown about them k siiiiiiiiMsWilisilslJilli ill iMiilii V ' i-',....;-,,:: -- .-,r. ranks, they are to be disirixoc! villy nilly far from their homes, out of distal cantonments, can-tonments, fresh from discipline, no:isy in their pockets, and a prey to every yawning yawn-ing vice. Discharges from service should be given giv-en at the point of entrance. If a soldier went into service through a registration board, there is where he should leave it. The official agency that prepared the way for his service should welcome him home, give him some token of his worth, and continue to see that his life is not beset be-set by the hazards of sudden readjustment. readjust-ment. It should be no more trouble for the (war department to order discharges at exemption headquarters than in cantonments; canton-ments; Men received in the cantonments have only to be kept under orders and directed to return, still as soldiers of the iarhry, to tneir points of induction Here they can be honorably discharged among their friends and will receive the greeting greet-ing and welcome due them. They were 'sent into service with celebration.; Let 1 -them be so returned. . ' , Half a million men suddenly released from camps, over the, United States:may not 'all get backJ.o their home districts without' unfortunate adventure &ut ' ,the degree of certainty will be increased if the war department , simply undoes .what it has done. It does not seem efficient effi-cient to work out a fine plan of action only to drop it when the end has been lachieved. Broadly speaking, the war department de-partment is sending the soldiers home, it the manner is haphazard and not in keeping with the diligence with which the; nien were called. Chicago Tribune. |