Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 14, 1919, Page 3

- MUSTERING 0UT { OUR ARMY MEN * Chief of Staff Says Home: Folks 1 Bo Not Understand i Metheds. ‘ " BIG PROBLENS TO SOLVE Why' the Old Draft Boards Could Not Be Used—Provision Supplied for All Those in Distres&-—ppnus Given to-Discharged Men. Washington.—The war department authorizes the fpllowing statement from the office of the chlef of staff: | The ’present system of demobiliza- tion does not seem to be understood by the. people of the country. As a fundamental starting point, let us as- sume that all the sclected service men who.have been inducted into the ser- vice during the war were removed. from their home communities st one | time, and that upon their departure, until their return conditions of T | labor and industry did not change in 4 the slightest respect in any portion of the country. Again let us assume & that ‘the conditions of labor and in- | dustry having remained exactly the same, all these selected service men i| were returned at the same moment to the niches previously held by them in civil life. Under such assumptions the entire operation’ would have been performed without the slightest jar to the industrial conditions of the coun- try. This would bé an ideal condition, but it is bused on an utterly absurd hypothesis. The selected service man were not all inducted into-the service at one time. Nor did the conditions {of labor and industry “remain un- 3 changed after their departure from {their home districts. Tremendous Problem, Could the. history of each particular from which employed men had ' s been withdrawn be traced, could it e discovered whethet the job re- ained open to him' or whether A's ob had been filled by B; could it bé efinitely ascertained that B left a pob which remains open to A; it miglxt be possible, were these return- an men so many spare parts of a macliine, to assign each returning man 1 P definite job. But they are not spare parts of a machine. They are human beings, influenced on the one hand by /home ties, and on the other by vary- ling desires and ambitions; and if no jpositions which they want are fmme- pre > mobilization, was fortunate enough to sY STEM , TB I N l ed States, in formulating its plans for 3 ; USL have profited by some of ‘the costly ex- periences of others, and by a system- atic classification prevented men from being sent to the tremnches who later had to be withdrawn and .returned to industries essential to the prosecution of thé war. In carrying out its sys tematic draft system, the tendency was to retain In the tndusttlal world the pivotal or key men, the returi of whom to thei normal activities in the indus- trial world appears to bé one of the Outstanding principles in the British ‘déniobllization system., The war de- partment Has consistently declined’ to discharge our selected service men by classes, the needs-of industry having been recoghized 1n-tha #elective serv- Jee law. ; G In many ‘families distress exists: Certain meh are indispensable to in- dustry. To enable'such men to be re- leased, the war department has issued a circular to all' comfanders-covering: their cases, £ The ‘secretary of war has' also rec- ommended to con that 'a man be’ paid an additional month’s pay and allowance “on discharge in order to tide him over the interim" between his discharge and the date he obtains em- ployment; and congress has now passed a bill authorizing a- $60° bonus to be paid on discharge to each officer and man who is honorably separated from-the service. . Some Dissatisfaction. Some dissatisfaction -has arisen be- cause families find it difficult to tm- mediately see their sons and relatives on their arrival at the port of debarka- tion, This is due to the fact that pib- iic_health demands that these men be segregated until they can be disinfect- ed, in order to prevent the spread of diseases, such as typhus, trench fever and influenza, in the country. Also practical conditions connected with the handling and discharge of large bodies-| of men demand that they be sent after their disinfection direct to thelr demo- bilization points. This all seems bard, and being a difficult practical problem, is- of ne- cessity entirely devold of sentiment, «which is, however, continually impel- ling those intrusted with the carrying out of these measures to devise some way of showing the soldier the esteem in which he is held by the country, and of satisfying the just pride which his family possesses In his exploits. There is a general belief that the emergency has passed, that the war is over, and that there iz no renscp STAHL-JACOBS Furniture Renovators All work guaranteed. Work called for and de- livered. . i |diacely open:to them, they, as well as } ithe origipal unemployed, must be grad- [ually absorbed in the industrial life of Ithe nation. e J This, then, is the tremendous'prob- |lem that confronts us—to return to a {country whose digestion for labor is {mot now. of the best hundreds of thou- [sands of men without employment, not | forgetting that they ana their families | deserve the grateful thanks of the na- | tlon, and remaining keenly aware that | their patriotism and sacrifice demand Lt they be given every possible rec- o) v-?i-f"ognitiou and favor. K i Certain Specific Laws. | As certain specific laws govern the | discharge of soldiers, and their inter- | ests as well as those of the govern- ! |y ment must be jealously guarded, the | | ‘use of local draft boards for the éntire demobilization of the army would, among other things, involve the fol- lowing: Necessary commissioned and enlisted personnel for the preparation of all records of each man discharged; for the reception, storing, care and shipment of all government equipment turned in by him; for his physical ex- .‘ amination and final payment. There | would also be needed facilities for ;\ housing and feeding men, including |- hospital treatment, while awaiting dis- charge. | The machinery necessary ‘at each one of the loeal draft boards would de- | pend upon the amount of work which it would be required to do. About 4,680 local draft boards would have to be provided with this necessary per- *wonnel and other facilitics mentioned b o ‘1,; | | above. The machinery of each local draft hoard would have to be muin- tained intact as long as there were in the service men from the partico- lar district involved, and would have to be kept at such strength as to be able to handle such men as were sent | to it for discharge at any time: The difficulties of transportation from the port to local draft boards, assuming the abandonment of tHe present demobilization camps, would be materially increased. The question then ari | draft boards cannot be used for com- | plete discharge of the soldier, cannot | they be used in conjunction with pres. ent camps? And -the answer is that it | is not.feasible. The present system of demobiliza. tion Is that certain camps and canton- | ments throughout the country have | been designated as demob on cen: | ters. These centérs are provided with‘ personnel, temporarily retained in the gervice, for the ope of the chinery of disch demobilization ting up of ¢ from overses "z’sman sroups tofighe v zation centers. If local | e s M M N = S ma- system of General Repair Shop Phone 488 811 6th St. E. W. HANNAH Licensed ~ Auctioneer I Sell Anything Anywhere, and Get Top Prices. Special attention given to farm sales. 208 Minn. Ave., Phone 129W YOU WILL LEAVE THREE THINGS BEHIND YOu Your Business Your Family Your Memory. These three things are about all most men have to leave. The man who dies without enough life insurance leaves one or all of them in a bad fix. These three things are what most men struggle and labor their life through to leave in a GOOD fix. There is only one way—just one—to accomplish this with absolute certainty. Lets talk it over. D. S. Mitchell The New York Life Man Northern Natl Bank Bldg. Room 5 Phone 576W The young lady Next door Says That when her Brother Comes home From service He will fTave his Photograph taken in uniform Before he Puts it away And that Hakkerup Photographs Please her & Experience of Other The suggestion has we pattern demo after that of Great Ry atién sy 0. The Uy SR s = __.“__-.‘-—A-fi tive Pase The best. -for every division held there to clitch, Wdged by toy manufacturers to edu: Hoit of American toys and things ‘are goliig smoothly 1h the toy ihdustry. by product 15 every bit as good as, if tiot better than that maede ti-Germany, although it is usually more expensive;. because the price of labor 18 higher in this country. American toymakers have not yet learned to make ‘bisque dolls or Christmas tree balls, but most peo- ple consider that the American: doll are much more “npatural” and abund-| ant Christmas-tree balls may be had|’ from Japan. 1 medns _.ductions in those big shoe bills, IF BACK HURTS Flush Your. Kidneys Occasion- for keeplng troops [n France. " The war 18 not over until a treaty of peace ends it N The emergency cannot be consid- ered over until the last of our troops arrive from France. What could we’ say to these men and their families If we demobilized all troops in this coun- try and were powerless to care for and return to their home districts the men returning from overseas? 'roops must be kept in France' for giich ariny of occupation as may be decteed by the treaty of peace, #nd the fruits of victory miust be kept & gertain proportion of men for- thel¥ #upply, to provide measures ‘for thelr éomtort and for their final embarkss tion, Future for American Toys A consistent, campaign has been ¢ate Americans to the proper-apprecia: There fs no doubt that the American SHARP REDUCTIONS INYOUR SHOE BILLS A constant ‘hiker’ over all con- ditions of roads, my shoes were hard on my feet until I discovered Neslin Soles. as -for. wear! Néolin Soles give twice the service of soles I formerly used,” writes H. Noyes Collinson, Hazelton, Pa. This long service re- or it is because of worn:out soles'that most shoes are discarded. Buy Neslin- soled shoes, not only for yourself, but for the whole family, children in- cluded. Also, take your old shoes to the repairman and have them re- bottomed with Neslin Soles. Remember—Nelin Soles are water- proof, as well as comfortable and long- wearing. They are created by Science to be all that soles should be, and are made by The Goodyear Tire & Rub- ber Co., Akron, Ohio, who also make Wingfoot Heels—{zuaranteed to out- wear all other heels. ' Neolin Sole BEGIN ON SALTS; ,ally If You Eat Meat Regularly. No man or woman who eats meat " THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER After every meal Wrapped to insure its perfect condition in all climates and seasons. Sealed tight— kept right. The perfect gum in the perfect package. » DR. L. A. WARD . Physician and Sargeoa Bemidji, Minn. DR. H. A. NORTHROP Osteopathic Physician - and Snrgm Ibertaon Blo:k ice Phone 168/ DRS. GILMORE & McCANN ‘Physicians@ind Surgeons Office: Miles Block A. V. GARLOCK, MD, Ear—N - E"—o ar-=h m‘l&ut DR. E. A. SHANNON; M.D. Physician and § Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res, Phone 897 et e ————— Sl | DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeon Office Secrity Bank Block DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. MTM ,_.,.._mw LUNDE AND DANNENBERG Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12 a. m. Phone 401-W Calls made. Bemidji 2t06,7 to8p m. 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. DENTISTS DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block DR. J. T. TUOMY IST DENT! rth of Markham Hoie' No Gibbons Block ~r DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIBET Office—O' Leary-Bowser Bldf. 8376-R Phones-—Office 376-W Res. e T e R LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 860 regularly can make a mistake by flush- ing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only art of the waste and poisons from e blood, then {ou. get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou- ble, nervousness, constipation, ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or VETERINARIANS I AP A A A A PP D. R. BURGESS, D.V.M. VETERINARIAN Office Phone 3-R, 8rd St. & Irvine H J. 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