New Ship Ordered For May 1 As I-B Moves Towards Finish
LAST ISSUE COMING
The Last Roundup is coming. Just over three years, six months after Vol. 1 No. 1 dated Sept. 17, 1942, came off
the presses, the final issue, Vol. 4 No. 31 will be issued on April 11, 1946.
Roundup, oldest overseas Theater newspaper, has had a brilliant history - covering first the
C.B.I. and then the I-B Theaters. And the myriad of events that have occurred since Gen. "Uncle Joe" Stilwell led his
forces out of Burma until the war ended in victory and the I-B Theater nears its end comprise an era unparalleled in
history.
The staff of Roundup will review all that period of war and peace to make The Last Roundup
really worth keeping.
Larger press runs will insure all men get a copy.
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List Only 3,800 Men Remaining In Early May
Roundup Staff Article
A ship with 2,500 capacity has been requested for May 1, Roundup learned from Theater
Headquarters this week. If this ship sails during the first week of May, as is hoped, the I-B Theater will then have
a personnel of only about 3,800, spokesmen said.
It had been previously believed that the first May ship would be requested at a date about two weeks
later, but progress in the transfer of surplus property, particularly in Assam, made possible the earlier date. The
actual arrival date of the first ship in May still awaits confirmation from the War Department.
JUNE 30 CRITERIA
Theater Headquarters also announced that men eligible to go home under the June 30 criteria (40 points
or 24 months of service as of June 30) would begin to leave as early as April 21 on the General Hersey. It is
expected that most men eligible under the April 30 standards (45 points or 30 months of service as of April 30) will be
gone by the sailing of the first April boat, the General Sturgis on April 12.
The sailing of the Marine Jumper has been moved up from March 22 to March 20. The Marine
Cardinal is still slated to leave on March 24. Departure dates for April - the General Sturgis on April 12
and the General Hersey on April 21 - remain unchanged.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN
Whether the May ship will sail to the Atlantic or Pacific coast is not yet known. The two General ships
for April, as previously announced, will dock in New York.
The sailing of the General Hodges in early March left Theater strength at approximately 19,000.
Further March sailings will bring the number of men here to about 12,000 on April 1.
ANYONE PICNICISH TODAY?
Adele Mara, Republic starlet, seems to provoke the idea of a picnic.
A fellow wouldn't mind bringing the lunch in her case.
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JEEP, M-I, JAMMED
NEW DELHI - Gol durned if it didn't happen to the Provost Marshal himself !
One perfectly good jeep with large white letters designating its ownership as that of Capt. C. V. Clark,
ADMAC Provost Marshal, was "removed" last week from inside the officers barracks on Curzon Road and "deposited" around
a tree on Qutah Road outside of town.
The jeep is now slightly curvical, has its axle broken and both windshields are shattered. But the words
"Provost-Marshal" are still there.
The name of the party responsible was not announced.
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