; : : PUtitZSilSD OJiXLY undar order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STJITES 6y COMMITTEE on PUBtIC INFORMATION GEORGE CREEL, Chairman -k -k ir COMPLETE Record of V. S. GOVERNMENT ActioUlea VoL. 3 WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, IHHiRUARY 8, 19H). No. 533 DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY U. S. COMMISSION TO CONSIDER PRICES PRACTICALLY ON THE HOME AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WAGES STRETCH IN UNITED STATES, IS RECOMMENDED AT A CONFERENCE GEN. MARCH ANNOUNCES CALLED BY SECRETARY OF CO VIMERCE > 236,824 ARE RETURNED 1 PLAN TO ESTABLISH FROM EUROPE TO DATE CIVlLiANS WANTED TO TEACH FAIR POST-WAR LEVEL TRADES AT ARMY HOSPITALS Fifty - One Cargo Vessels Resolution Adopted to Seek ^ Stirgt'oii Ociieral Annomices In- Being Transformed Into President's Approval ^Be- (lucrmeiits Offeretl to Those Troop Transports to Speed Qjtalined as Iiistrnetors. lieved That Committee's Homecoming of General Conclusions Would Be Ac- — 'I'he War Department authorizes the Pershing's Forces Num- following statetnent from the ofiice of the cepted by Manufacturers, ber of Men Reported Miss- Surgeon General Bankers, and Public. ing The employment of additional civilians Issued Mr. Now Reduced to 7,783 to teach trades and manual arts in the Statement by and Is Decreasing Daily. reconstrttetion wards and shops of Army Redfield. hospitals at a salary of <850 a month, with (piarters and subsistence provided, I’ress intoi’view l)y Ocii. Jlarch, D'chru- Following a series of conferences be- or .$62.50 \)cr month additiotial in lieu iuy 8. 1010: tween members of the Cabinet and others, of (piarters and suhsistmice, is author- l7i the .sumniiiry of casualtios in the a meeting was held in Washington on ized by Surg. Gen. M. W. Ireland. Aniericuu Exi)oilitio!)iii-y I'orces the fig- February 5 which was called lij' the Sec- Consiuerabh' difiiculty has been met ures which 1 gave our last week showed retary of Commerce to consider Ihe in- with in obtaining a sufliciont number of ihat (here were aiijiroxiiuateiy 10,0(X) men dustrial situation, with particular refer- instructors for The hospitals, and the* missing We liave now a eal)legram from ence to unemployment and the prospect of Sur.gcon General has directed that every (5tn. Ikh’shing on that subject. He saj's resumption of active buying. At this effort be made to find ofiicers or enlisted that now tlio )iet nnmher of men reported meeting there were present a number of men (pialilk'd to leach. These may either missing in action is 7,783, and tliis is be- the former heads of the more important he transferred to the Medical Depart- ing reduced from one to two Imndred a divisions of the War Industries Board, ment and remain in the service", or, with- day tlirougli reports of variou.s kinds be- representatives of various Government out tran.sfer, he assigned to such dut.v. ing received and the eflnrts of the investi- departments, and others interested in the Teachers of the following subjects are gations department of the central records needed subject. ofiice. Causes Partly Seasonal. Ordinary school subjects ; agriculture, First and Second Divisions Casualties. market gardening; carpentering; cabinet- It was recognized by the meeting that There has been some discussion in the making: motor mechanics: pattern mak- a considerable amount of unemployment of the papers as to the number of casualties in ing: gas (uigineering; .shorthand; type- existed and that with the return the 1st and 2d Divisions, because the writing: stenotyping; drafting; teleg- troops this unemployment would tend to figures we gave out did not include Ma- raphy; printing; shoo repairing; me- increase. It was also reco.gnizejl that in rines. We now have reports which are chanical engineering; machine work; a large measure the unemployment was ; sign impossibility later for the ^lariiies than they are for electrical work : leather work seasonal and due to the of the llegtdars in the 2d Division, but they painting; and physical education. Ex- carrying out open-air construction in the will give us probably a close approxima- perienced vocational advisors are also Northern States at this time of the year. tion of the actual casualties. rtxi Hired. It was, however, agreed that a second im- First Division, killed in action 2.303. portant cause was the reluctance of buy- than their emer- died of wounds l.O.'iO, mis.sing in action, ers to pui'cha.se more present level 1.780. iti-isoners lOG total 5,248; Second Additional Army Units gency reciuirements at the Divi.sion (Including marines) killed in of prices, and it was felt that a determina- Assigned to Early Convoy^ basic action, 2.71G, died of wounds' 1.329, miss- tion of a post-war level of prices for needed. It ing in action 1,067, prisoners .148. total commodities was urgently authorizi's the 5.260. The War Department was the general opinion, illustrated by following-information: specific cases, that a Jarge latent Demobilization Figures. publication of the many existed in the country, 'file following organizations have been buying power The total number of ofiicers discliarged satisfactory level of a.ssigned to early convoy which needed only a up to yesterday, 67,038 total number of ; prices to become effective. enlisted men discharged, 1.033.812. Total Sixteenth Aero Sipiadron. Prices and Wages. discharged so far in the demobilization, Twentieth Aero Stpiadron. 1,100,850. Two hundred and sixty-sixth Aero It was pointed out that the establish- Orders have been issued for the de- Squadron. ment of a satisfactory level of prices at mobilization of about 1,443,000 men, the Signal Corps Casual Company T.S3. this time offered particular difficulties, details being given in ihe appendix which ITase Hospital Number 7. because war prices, as fixed, are recog- on the other hand, I will turn over to the stenograither. Base Hospital Number 43. nized as abnormal ; With the demobilization reaching this Sixty-ninth Balloon Company. there is no prospect in the immediate fu- (CCutinucd on page 0.) Bakery Company Number 328. (Continued on page 7.) : : : : ; : 2 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: CLAIMS BOARD IS CREATED Summary of American Casualties BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR In Forces Operating in ^orth Russia TO COORDINATE THE WORK The War Department authorizes piibHcation of the folloioing OF DEPARTMENT’SAGENCIES eahled communication from Archangel^ Russia, dated Fehruarg - Jf, 1919: . TO AUTHORIZE AND 1. Up to and including January 31 the total American casualties APPROVE SETTLEMENT were as follows: Enli-sted Adjustments Made by Va- Oflicors. mca. Total. rious Bureaus to Be Sub- 2 C4 GO ject to Board’s Scrutiny. Pied, killed in action vT 3 01 Died of wounds received in action 1 12 Ki a Q Assistant Secretary Crow- 1 2 a 34 34* ell, President — Members Total, died and missinf; 7 173 18-1 Representing Purchase, 108 25 Storage, and Traffic Di- G 229 visions. 409 The War Dopaitraoiit authori^jes the followins 2. The total American casualties from January 19 to January 31, A War Department claims board has inclusive, in the fighting on the Yaga front were as follou's: been created by the Secretary of War to sui)ervise and coordinate the work of the various War Department agencies en- Enlisted OiBcers. Total. gaged in tile settleijient of claims result- men. ing from the termination of contracts or otlier ])rociirement obligations made nec- 1 3 4 essary l).v the suspension of hostilities, n 11 and to authorize and approve such set- 18 18 Wounded 2 28 30 tlements. Through special representa- tives of the l)oard sitting with the vari- Total 3 eo 63 ous bureau boards of contract adjust- ment the adjustments of the bureaus are subject to its scrutiny and approval, and 3. On January 31 the total American forces remaining comprised adjustments involving matters of policy W1 officers and J].,76Ji. other ranks, making a total of 1,925. and of particular difliculty and impor- tance are brought before the fpll board for decision. Members of the Board, Ar.sphenainine equivalents CHANGES IN IMPORT LICENSES Arseuobenzol. d'he members of the War Department Arsamlnol. Claims Board are : Benedict Crowell, As- Tanvarsan. IN TRADE BOARD RULINGS sistant Secretary of and director WAR Khramisol. War of Phenar.senyl. munitions, president; (i. II. Dorr, as- Neo-Arspheuamine equivalents announces, in a sistant director of munitions Brig. Gen. The War Trade Board Neoarsaminol. ; ruling (W. T. B. R. that Gen- Neotanvarsan. George W. Burr, assistant director" of new 586), eral Import License PBF Js'o. 27, de- Neoeliramisol. purcha.se, storage, and traffic ; Brig. Gen. Ampsalve. B. R. 24-1, issued Sep- Herbert M. Lord, director of finance; scribed in W. T. Arsphenamine sodium equivalent later amended as de- N'eo-Neo-Arsemin sodium. Lieut. Col. Herbert H. Lehman, assistant tember 27, 1918, and in T. B. R. 561, issued Janu- to the director of purchase, storage, and scribed W. Imports from Nova Scotia. ary 1919, has been further amended traffic. 30, The War Trade Board announces, in a to exclude such coal-tar compounds as Special members of the board are W. new ruling W. T. B. R. .582 that General appear in the list of commodities below II. Davis, for Ordnance Department con- Import License I’BF No. IS described in This license now reads tracts and obligations Col. C. A. McKen- mentioned. IS, ; W. T. B. R. 234, issued September “ Covering the importation into the ney, for contracts and obligations of the 1918, and later amended naming the ves- United States from the United Kingdom, purcliase and storage division ; Maj. H. .sel appnwed by the AVar Trade Board as France, Italy, or Belgium or their Euro- L.