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Show SENDING THE ARMY BACK TO CIVIL LIFE. Proceeding with commendable "speed, tho war department has plans already formulated for tho demobilizing demobiliz-ing of the army created since April 6, It is estimated there arc 1,700,000 men in armsin the United States, and 2,1500.000 who have embarke'd overseas, or approximately 4,000,000. As the soldiers aro brought home from Europe, the camps In this country coun-try will be made ready for them. Before Be-fore the first yf tho year, the boys will bo landing on the Atlantic coast, and by that time the evacuation of the cantonments can-tonments will bo In full swing. The need for tho 1,700,000 men in tho camps in the United Stales has passed. Even the army of over two million in France can be reduced as soon as the Germans are cut down in military equipment, according to tho terms of the armistice. The only thing which may delay the quick return of all tho boys to their homes is the policing of German territory terri-tory and a possible rebellious mood among the Germans when they fully realize the nature of the burden they are expected to carry, although wo are of the opinion all the fight has been extracted from the Teuton. Should disturbances dis-turbances occur, before the terms of peace are fully worked out and enforced, en-forced, American troops in large num-heres num-heres may be kept in the war zone. oo |