DEMOBILISATION PLANS
THE ARMY OX THE RHINE. Mr Winston Churchill, Minister of War, speaking on the Army Estimates in the House of Commons- on May 29, said that as soon ns peach was signed the army on the-Rhine would be rod ted from ten to six divisions, and the reduction would go father as the conditions uf peace were effectively carried out. If peace were signed ill June it was proposed to send back some or all of the ISI4 men for relief by the end of Jane from ail theatres, except India. Similarly by the end of July all the 1915 ni-n. excluding those from Lndia, would return. The Derby mwi would be relieved, accord; in' to- the months in which they -enlisted. Ho could not promise thym rcJ-iei immediately peace ,wa» signed. The problem of man-power was at its greatest strain "-v.-g to anxieties in India, Egypt, Afghan.Han Turkey, and Ireland. All le-avo from the Rhino had |boen stopped, and the allied forces were ready to advance. The new volunteer army had reached 170,000 men, excluding the 25,000 of the Rhine Army, who had: volunteered to continue- service. The Egypt, India, and Turkey loijuirecl -carcTtil wa-tohlng tor a considerable time.
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Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 2
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