Some were discharged soldiers and sailors, probably returning home or searching for work.

Drumming out, an informal military ceremony to dishonorably discharge soldiers.

During the First World War, the hospital became an emergency hospital for the military and in early 1918 also housed discharged disabled soldiers.

Last month new Army rules made it harder to discharge soldiers for pregnancy, drug or alcohol abuse, or poor fitness.

Discharged soldiers from Jessup's Rangers were the first settlers.

At the time, the Army's policy was to discharge soldiers for sodomy, but not simply for being homosexuals.

There is also plan to discharge marine soldiers who perpetuated acts of violence and to transfer them to other bases.