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Show RHINE FORCES ORDERED HOME All Doughboys Will Be on American Soil By Next July 1 WASHINGTON. Mar. h 20. Orders directing the return to tht United States' by July 1 of all American troops , now in the Rhine were Issued today by Secretary Week. The order included the return by ' the end of the fiscal yea- of the en- tire force of approximately 2,000 men ' excepted from the previous order of .several weeks ago under which the ' homeward movement of the majority of the American Rhine contingent is now In progress. I Secretary' Weeks said the operation of two army transports now being employed em-ployed In the return of the troop hail been ordered continued up to July 1, by which date all of the torces would hav-1 been withdrawn from the Rhine. Tho action of tho war department wrt8 tnerHv a continuation of tho policy pol-icy previously unnounced for withdrawing with-drawing the American for "e from the j Rhine- territory as -arly as poaalble, Mr. Weeks said It. was indicated that tho status o; army legislation In con-gT-f.MP In no way Influenced the department' de-partment' decision and alao that the controversy ovtr payment by Germany Ger-many for the maintenance of tho Rhineland troops was not involved. |