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"I beg your pardon, sir," stammered the boy, coming to the salute stiffly. "I was in a brown study, I believe." "You looked it. I spoke to you twice before you heard me. What is it? demobilization problems?" "Just that, sir," said Bob, grinning. "Most of us have got them, I suppose fellows of my age, anyhow. It's a bit difficult to come down to earth again, after years spent in the air."
Demobilization figures officially announced by the War Department show that the number of troops now remaining in service is practically only the number of troops in the Regular Army. Samuel Gompers, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mrs.
End Quote On May 20, 1919, in a message to Congress, the President made the following recommendation with reference to war-time prohibition: The demobilization of the military forces of the country has progressed to such a point that it seems to me entirely safe now to remove the ban upon the manufacture and sale of wines and beers, but I am advised that without further legislation I have not the legal authority to remove the present restrictions.
Today we face both an immediate emergency and a major postwar problem. Since VJ-day the wartime housing shortage has been growing steadily worse and pressure on real estate values has increased. Returning veterans often cannot find a satisfactory place for their families to live, and many who buy have to pay exorbitant prices. Rapid demobilization inevitably means further overcrowding.
Petersburg further received instructions to inform the Russian Government, that in case our demand was rejected, we should consider ourselves in a state of war with Russia. The Imperial Ambassador has carried out these instructions. "What answer Russia accorded to our demand for demobilization we do not know even to-day.
When nations have ceased to give to God what belongs to God, they give to Caesar alone what belongs to Caesar and what belongs to God. The social order will witness demobilization and immigration. Who cannot grasp the importance of these great problems with their various and intricate issues?
General Bliss, on the other hand, wanted to demand "the complete disarmament and demobilization of the military and naval forces of the enemy." In America there was much criticism of the President for being willing to negotiate with Germany at all. "On to Berlin" was a popular cry, and it was thought that the President was preventing a complete military triumph.
In every important agricultural centre are to be found irrigation officers the first-fruits of British occupation. There was only one subject of conversation in Mesopotamia in the winter of 1918-1919, and that was the chances of getting back home. There was very little to do at Basra except watch steamers load up with the more fortunate candidates for demobilization and give them a send-off.
At first, every effort was made by Talleyrand to delay his interview with the Emperor, evidently in the hope that the subtle flattery of Laforest at Berlin would lead to the demobilization of the Prussian forces. This fatal step was known at Paris before February 6th, when Haugwitz was received by the Emperor; and the knowledge that Prussia was at his mercy decided the conqueror's tone.
"I don't know," replied Burton, who was an engineer. "He was rather an unsavoury sort of character in some ways, but I heard that he came to a sticky end." "What do you mean?" I asked with curiosity, for I myself had often wondered what had become of Adderley. "Well, he was reported to his C. O., or something, wasn't he, just before the time for his demobilization?
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