DEMOBILISATION.
MR LLOYD GEORGE INTERVENES
(Per Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, January 7. ': <",, JJeiuobilisatibn now is proceeding more Hinuothily. Ten 'tlurasftnd ■ ,men wore demobilised daily last week. It is expected that the figure's wiffl soon -become 20,000. The Premier .is' interviewing the authorities personally' with a view to I evolving simple procedure. The guiding principle- at present is the'needs of', industry, not length of service. The troops employed at Essex aerodrome interviewed the colonel, ,who allowed bno day's leave, adding that those able to secure work will be demobilised forthwith. j Six hundred men: at Eempton Park : Army Service Depot proceeded to Whitehall, where a deputation visited' the War Office. ' SOLDIERS' DEMONSTRATIONS. LONDON, January 7. . A low hundred soldiers marched -to the War Office. The matter was ar-' ranged on the same terms as at Folkestone. .Despite the general's advice, disaffected soldiers at Shoreham to-day insisted on telegraphing to the Premier, demanding that they should bo sent ; home pending the completion of de-i mobilisation formalities. I
A hundred men. of the Bedfordshire Regiment at Bristol marched to the Town Hall and requested the Mayor to assist in hastening demobilisation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9496, 9 January 1919, Page 2
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