Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1945, Cairo, Egypt Life Rev a Given combat and Bronzy service is Given for each of is Points for adopted children Sciott of children is the War de w bitten they must be under they May be adopted or stepchildren if a in number of the enlisted mans including a stepchild who continues As such in the household after the death of the Mother on termination of the an illegitimate is Adnil Ted the Man is judicially As father deep dated to contribute to i there Are Border will have to be ending above the enlisted Man is reviewing Woinick amet is Stab a Bart of mature offi 1 Survey every Case in the the reviewing acts As a Check for the enlisted Man in the event although his total May be 86 or his commanding officer wishes to of keep hindi key men eligible the command will either re quest replacements from the states or train them overseas to1 free key men who otherwise might not be Able to take advantage of their Hiffa the other an enlisted Man with 85 or elect to remain in service Overaas or in the his decision then is irrevocable and he cannot be con for separation until after the defeat of for Ifa command has men with 85 paints or Over and is Able to declare but ten surplus and require 15 the commander must make this de Mand known to Headquarters which then will undertake to sup ply the replacements from Tho United states by special train ing within the the War which has already announced that approximately will be discharged from the army once this plan is placed in Itas made it Clear that efforts must to made by unit commanders to release those whose totals qualify loaf time deducted sidelights of the ruling include service or overseas credit for an additional month will be for 15 or More service in other american ser vices or Allied forces is included in a mans for a yank who transferred from the receives credit for his length of service in the decorations or awards from Allied which Are accepted and recognized by the United states Larmy As of May win to in Cluied in the t a Man May have served Long m but this is not construed As combat service unless he has been awarded the above mentioned decorations including the Bronze Battle stars that those Campaign worn on his theater a wac Many receive her Sepa ration if her husband already has received if youve lost time in the army via article of War that time is subtracted from your total length of service or overseas service overseas time begins when you leave a ends when Vou touch a in other casuals must subtract their length of time spent in the states on temporary to suspended enlisted aliens who entered Tho army outside the United states will not be sent to the but will be separated anyone awarded the Congress ional medal will be returned to Tho states for the present rotation and temporary duty policy of this theater is suspended As of May when Junior commando flushes escaped German prisoner Lightyear old Jackie son of Colum bus police pointed his toy at an abandoned Shack which his juvenile army had sur rounded and come out i be got you to the boys u Man leaped from the second Story win Dow and fled into nearby Woods the boy told his Mother and investigation revealed that an escaped nazi prisoner of War had been hiding he was soon to million men expected t of p i o be released within year new regulations go into i in the War depart ment ruling stresses several Points the plan is to be put into effect As soon As practicable to Send men Back to the states where they will be released if their services Are not requested by the commanding generals of army ground army service forces or army air the taking into consideration combat experience and family is a fair one based on surveys of enlisted mens opinion Over the past several All this depends on getting sufficient replacements and above stands military necessity and the need to crush Japan As quickly As Ross the system is being explained further the War department two Down and one to being shown today and tomorrow to All personnel throughout presidents veto of draft rider upheld Washington president tru Man emerged Winner from his first fight last week As the House sustained his veto of legis lation to provide virtually Blanket draft deferment for All farm work in the 185 members voted to override the veto while 177 voted to sustain since a vote of two thirds is necessary in both houses to override a presidential the proposed legislation in rejecting the the presi Dent had in time of it is the Paramount obligation of every citizen to serve his country to the Best of his he stated that Hei did not believe con Gress in passing these elective service to Grant Agri cultural workers Blanket deferment As a and added that no group should have special Privi a plan whereby men will be returned to civilian life during the next 12 months All parts of the world the Pacific As Well As Europe on a basis of impartial standards recommended by the gis themselves has been announced by the War All but two percent of the men to be released will be men who have served the minor group includes fathers who have been in the army for a Long about half of the who will be eligible for release from the army due to extended and arduous service Are now in one third Are in the most of the others Are in the having been re turned under rotation after serv ing Tours of duty the remainder of the will be released for sickness and other in the aim of the plan is to give first consideration we want a table Overlook ing that Eisenhower honoured Dwight Eisenhower has been chosen state Mother by the Kansas committee of the Golden Rule Pels write Diamand history in 320 win chileans the Peli cans of new Orleans went Bat Happy in the first game of a doubleheader against slamming out u defeat the and rip re cords galore from the Southern association hounding Back As though nothing had happen the vols took the seven inning second the shutout topped he 210 she lacking the Pels dealt out to Chattanooga on May mud erased the winning team total of 29 scored up by the Mem Phis Chicks on july when they Defeated Little the Pels toed the Birmingham Barons Marks by sending 20 men to the plate in the fourth the runs scored in that round tied Marks established by the Barons and Little new Orleans registered 67 official times at Bat in their eight inn Ings at of selecting Nash Villes Mark of 58 for nine full innings set in to those men who have been Over seas longest and have fought hard those who Are estimated maximum the announcement stated that the army is now under the approved redeployment the War Aims toward an army strength of for a year from that will pro vide the strength which can be effectively deployed against Japan and will enable the army to meet occupation responsibilities in Europe and maintain the necessary training and Supply forces in the certain troops must remain in Europe for occupation duty to make certain that the menace of nazi aggression is permanently eradicated and that the seeds of a new War do not take the number assigned to this duty and the length of time needed will depend on the situation in Europe and the nature of our National More than half of the men re deployed to the including the great bulk of combat will be staged through the United states and have but the proportion will be much lower than this among service units attached to air and ground these men will be shipped there since the need is particularly great for ser vice troops to build Communia bases and airfields essential to sharply expanded com Bat moving forces from Europe to the Pacific involves the greatest transportation problem that has Ever been undertaken in the the distances Are from Europe to Manila by Way of Panama is Miles and from san Francisco to Speed is essential for it is vitally important to give the enemy neither rest nor time to re organize years time the War indicated that All the men to be discharged May be brought borne by ship and plane within a years i Ftp thousand men will be re turned to the monthly by 800 transport planes travelling from the very heart of the department estimates that nearly men can be brought Home in converted cargo and Grain ships by the end of the How soon men to be demobilized can be brought Home will depend i the availability of shipping and Ai transport alter the require ments of War Are the immensity of the problem Mav be realized by likening it to the 12 months necessary to move aka men out of Europe in the last the army has the problem of moving out of Europe almost double that of which a Large number must be transported Lover Miles of Ocean to the the War has no intention of pushing the demobilization into the it will proceed at the same time As redeployment although the latter will be necessarily first in terms of but first must be Given to troops and equipment going to the Pacific if the War is to be won in the shortest time and with the smallest Cost in no american Soldier will be asked to Lay Down his life in order that another american Soldier May re turn Home a few Days overseas duty for All the War plan also affects those who have not yet served every such who is physically will be assigned to foreign duty when he completes his training or if he is performing an essential administrative or ser vice As Ston As he can be replaced by a returning a systematic and successful Effort since the Start of the War to get All qualified men overseas has been made and for some there have been no combat units in the states and few smaller tac tical units of any it is also planned to draft More men after be Day than Are needed to replace those lost through Battle and Normal this would make it possible to release More men with records of Long and arduous this proce Dure of releasing a maximum number of veterans will permit the Call into service of those men who heretofore have been deferred for one reason or speaking of the Pacific the War stated that to the Best of its we can defeat Japan quickly and completely with an army of the japanese have a military Force of More than men and Many million More men who can be utilized for service forces or combat if but our control of the sea and air makes it possible for us to keep these forces apart and to choose the time and place of our we have the Opportunity to strike with overwhelming Nower As soon As we get our bases established and our armies Many troops in eur must also go to the Pacific to take their place beside those who have driven the enemy Back from the threshold of Australia to the inner zones of its own de new sacrifices for Many the end of the War in Europe will mean joyous re Union but for Many More it will mean a new period of sacrifice and no one can afford to relax his efforts until that anxiety is terminated for every american at Home the great Mission the announcement is to mass against the japanese the largest Force can be effectively employed with every resource and Power we can pm at its that already will not Stop until we rid the world permanently of this terriers liked to blab Washington the army Dis closed that one of its most valuable weapons in Europe was the Ger Man soldiers inability to keep his Mouth a War authority said ame rican commanders were frankly amazed at the willingness of the germans to talk about their units and in come cases the information was a vital Factor in operations Magabi tuesday Cairo military District Al stars will play the champions of Maccabi world in an exhibition game at tuesday night on the Myca Luther special service the game will be broadcast Over station Esb in
