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Show MEN Of 76TH TAKE SHIP FOR RETURN HOME AMERICAN AHMY HEADQUAIt-j TEnS IN FRANCE, Nov. 30. Tho Seventy-sixth division of, the American Ameri-can army, reduced by replacement drafts to sixty-one' officers nnd 1,000". t, 'men, has arrived at the port" of St. ' p Nnzalrc and te embarking for home. . I the twenty-seventh division, to-i ' tallng 484 ofllcera nnd 12,681 men,! and the Thirtieth division, totalling! 488 officers and 12,099 men, both ot which operated on tho British front, ' liavo been withdrawn from tho Lo , Mans arei nnd probably will embark In a few days. PERSONNEL OF DIVISIONS ' The seventy-sixth Is a natlonay army ar-my division comprising New England troops. It was one of those, which , General March, chief ot staff, announced an-nounced on Saturday last toi hare been designated to return to 'the TJn- ( ited States. I The twenty-seventh division is a national guard division, largely com-, 'posed of New York troops nnd was trained at Camp Wadeworth. This division took part with the Brltlsn In the heavy fighting during the late weeks of the campaign, resulting In the breaking of tho Hlndenberg line south of Cr.mbral, and also on Belgian Bel-gian Boi:. - Tho Thirtieth division, known as tho "Wildcat" division, Is made up of troops from Tcnesseo and North nnd South Carolina. AP.tUVE 1IV CHRISTMAS Washlngtop, D. C, Nov. 30. American troops from Franco will begin arriving home "by Christmas. Secretary of War Baker announced announc-ed this, although he said it would probably bo Impossible to get any comploto divisions homo by that ""time. , "Plans are being perfected for 'Ptransportlng units which have been designated for return," Secretary Baker ald, "It is probable the. first of these troops will be on their way home within two weeks, but I do not make any promises that complete or active units can be returned by Christmas." t RETURN OP CONVALESCENTS With regard to convalescent soldiers sol-diers returning from France the war department issued an order today modifying a past order so that such troops will not be transferred to development de-velopment battalions In the future. Instead in each camp, cantonment, nnd post where oversea covalescents may be assembled there will be formed form-ed an oversea convalescent detachment. detach-ment. ' This detachment will consist of such officers, no'n commissioned officers, offi-cers, cooko, r.nd other grades of en-llBfo'd en-llBfo'd men as it may bo necessary to detail for the purpose of administration, admin-istration, supply and training and such convalescents as aro sent tc tho camp, cantonment, or post, who linvo been Incapacitated by duty ov ersefs. lV&$B8&tt&!l In order to relievo congestion in general hospitals, commanding, officers offi-cers of such hospitals aro authorlz ed to send oversea convalescents, whoso hospital treatment has been completed, to oversa convalescent de-tnchmcntJ. de-tnchmcntJ. ' ; TO CASH'S NEAREST THEIR HOMES " '!Slnco It Is-tho Intention to discharge dis-charge all oversea convalescents as soon as possible, consistent with tho maximum physical Improvement," an official statement says, "commanders "comman-ders ot general hospitals will, ns fains fai-ns practicable, send convalescents' to tho camps nearest to tho homes of tho men to bo discharged. Intensive Inten-sive treatment and training of nil convalescents In. these detachments will bo Immediately uu'dci taken nnd continued In order that their cure or maximum Improvement and subsequent subse-quent discharge may be accomplished accomplish-ed In the shortest possible time." Army transportation officials said today that the steamers Mlnnekahda Lapland and Orta, which are bringing bring-ing home 7,000 American soldiers 'from England, probably will arrive at New York the first part of De 'comber. |