Show e W washington D C occupation OF REICH the war department adver using the details but it has completed plans for the occupation of germany by american forces the all allies ies have agreed the occupation should be shared in roughly equal numbers by U S british and soviet forces this will permit the return to the U S A of a maximum number of units will also tree free thousands of trained men it if necessary for polishing off the war against japan the chief problem involved is getting enough transports to rush the men home plus sorting out those entitled to go home first the latter will be decided by the ardys point demobilization system and millions of forms for computing each GIs service are being printed and shipped overseas in 1918 american soldiers in france deliriously overjoyed at victory almost threw away their weapons went wild for weeks and months officers equally happy suspended regulations and permitted their men to overrun the big cities of france having a gay time after this armistice things will be different the whole plan has been charted to the last detail discipline will be maintained but the war department demobilization plan calls for the elimination of a 1 all I I 1 har bar rassing bassing details not essential to the health and welfare of the troops GI tours of europe most of the troops will be excused from drill will be given ample opportunity port unity to see europe while awaiting transports for home men who desire it will be taken on tours of the continent under army auspices A guided tours of europe program is being worked out as a of the experience after the last war of american doughboys dough boys who returned home having seen only the battle fronts plus the gay side of paris this time officials are anxious to let the boys learn something more of the people and places they have been fighting for some GIs will be given an opportunity to go to school in europe attend universities such as the sorbonne oxford and cambridge th the e army will also organize classes for the younger GIs who want to pick up their studies during the brief period after the armistice before they return home the war department recognizes it will be no easy job to get the army home all at once however both have emphasized the need for speeding discharges and with no submarine warfare to cope with and no necessity for sailing in slow convoys officials are confident that all except the army of occupation in germany will be back within a few months note greatest complaint against the army point system is that it makes no allowance for men over 85 who apparently have to sweat it out until the end of the japanese war unless the war department makes new allowances for them INSIDE GERMANY allied leaders after surveying effects of intelligence work inside the reich are now finally convinced there is no chance of an honest an anti ti hitler revolt by the german people more efforts to spawn a pro allied underground in germany have met with failure principal reason is that the gestapo controls everything including the army hierarchy the communist underground has been completely liquidated also all remnants of the socialist and social democrat ic parties the only real hope allied military leaders have is that the 11 million slave laborers brought to germany by hitler from poland russia france belgium holland and norway will conduct an increasing campaign of sabotage perhaps giving heart to large groups of germans to join them A year ago hitler and his henchmen kicked these slave laborers around at will fed them poorly worked them brutally under a whip lash of late this pressure has been eased in some instances nazis have reportedly port edly given special treatment to their captives on the chance that they themselves es win will not be too badly punished by the allies when german falls it is now even possible for a few of these captives to escape from germany for a price in foreign money as petty nazi police etry try to accorn accumulate enough foreign currency to live safely during the allied occupation CAPITAL CHAFF bennett dark clark of sen C whenever ever missouri i soon to be an ex meets mrs A mitchell pal palmer mer he says 1 I should d hate you but I 1 cant of ne he refers to the fact that at the baltimore democratic conven tion n of 1912 A mitchell palmer received a I 1 telegram from woodrow nor of new jern ton then gover governor releasing his delegates to bens sey father speaker champ dark clark but palmer refused to show any and in the end one the telegram wilson son not clark was nominated |