The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-23
u. s. UNITS TO
BE RETURNED
ANNOUNCED BY
ARMY LEADER R
American Army of Occupation
Will Hold Coblentz, March
States-TOtal Casualties Show
sc, ,154 Lives Lost.
TAKE $4,000 GERMANS
(By Associated Press)

LIVERPOOL, Nov. %. = Several
thousand American soldiers sailed for
home today on the liners Lapland and
Minnehaha. 1t was stirring scene as
the men marched from the railway
station and local campe to the landing
stage amid the rousing cheers from the
throngs of people along the streets.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-General
March announced today that authority
had been given to General Pershing
to send back home all such troops as
will not be needed in the army of oc-
cupation. He said that General Perish
ing had indicated that the following
units would not be required:
Divisions 81, "a, 3S. 80, 76, 81, Sc, 81.
Coast artillery regiments 46, AZ, 49,
so, rs and 76.
Field artillery brigades 65 and 103.
Troops to Be Returned.
In addition General Pershing indi-
Gated that the following general class
es of troops will be returned: Rail
road artillery troops. army artillery
troops, gas troops, tank corps, air
forces and those divisions which were
broken up to be used as requirements
for other divisions which had seen ac-
tive service.
Troops returning Immediately from
England, General March said will in
clude practically all of the air squad
rons, 16 construction companies, one
sail makers detachment company, one
Handley-Page training station and sew
eral Photographic and radio sections.
Orders for the return of these already
have been issued
Total Casualties.
Total casualties in the American ex-
peditionary forces up to signing of the
armistice were divided as follows:
Killed and died of wounds, 36,154.
Died of disease, 1851.
Died from other causes. 2.204.
Il. Wounded. 179O25.
Prisoners. 2.163.
Missing, 1,150.
The American forces in France, Gen
eral March said, had taken $4,000 Ger
man prisoners in round numbers, and
1,400 guns. He added that the casual
ties among the American forces in
northern Russia were not severe con-
trary to reports and that encouraging
accounts of the situation of the forces
there had been received.
won't Sneak In"
Movement of troops from France
will be expedited in every way, the
chief Of staff said. and he added that
they will not sneak into the country,
either" Taking up the present ad-
vance of the allied forces, General
q hot fho
army is heading for Coblenz the GEN.
ter bridge head on the Rhine where it
should arrive about December l. The
British forces will occupy the bridge
head to the north at Cologne, and the
French the bridge head to the east
at Mainz.
The strength of the American army
to be maintained in France was not in
dicated beyond the rehabilitation
plans announced. American troops in
Italy including the 332d infantry, will
be stationed for the time being at
Cattaro, Fiume and Triest, one battal-
ion OF the infantry being located at
each place.
Demobilization of the forces at home
is proceeding steadily. On arriving at
Camp Dix yesterday. General March
said he found 200 day being released.
Several of the present camps will be
abandoned as soon as they are cleared
Of their occupants
The composition of divisions desig-
mated for return, SO far as known is
as follows:
Thlrty-frst Georgia, Alabama and
Florida), 34th NEBRASKA, Iowa, South
Dakota and Minnesota), 3S Indiana.
Kentucky and West Virginia). 10th
New England), 18th (West New
York, New Jersey and Delaware), 39th
ARKANSAS. Mississippi, Louisiana,
saith tKentucky, Indiana and Southern
Illinois), S6th (Chicago and Northern
S7th (Arkansas, Louisiana),
and Southern Alabama).