The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-12-05
1914 YANKS
WILL Leave
FRANCE SOON
Gen. March Says Pershing viii
Send Back 100000
Monthly.
CASUALTIES NOW 262,723
Army Transports, Converted Cargo
Boats, Old BattIeships and cruis-
ers Will BE Used to Carry
Troops Home.

Washington, Dec. General Per.
hing has designated for early convoy
to the United States a total Of 3,451
officers and 1908 men, General March
announced. The o units comprising
these men will be made public later.
In the list appear as entire divisions
the 39th the 10th and the 18th GRAIN
ed at Camp Dodge). The other troops
comprise artillery units and army
corps troops.
The war department expects TO bring
back home In the month Of December
between 10000 and 10000 men, Gen
eral March said. To accomplish this
II will use In addition to army trans
ports and converted cargo boats
enough old battleships and cruisers TO
furnish an additional carrying capac-
ity for 25,00O men. Shipping experts
expect to transport 100000 monthly
when the rehabilitation is under full
speed.
General March gave out amended
casualty reports from General Per
shing giving the official total to No
gember 20 as 262, 723, exclusive of pris-
oners. The figures on prisoners were
unintelligible In the cablegram. Gen
eral March said the total under this
head probably would be practically
the same as announced last Saturday.
(The new casualty report adds more
than $1,000 names to the American to-
tai for the wary
Pershine Reports Losses.
General Pershlng reported the fol-
lowing official casualties to Novem-
her 26
Killed In action, 2S,363.
Died Of wounds, 12,1O1.
Died oi disease. 1904.
Died of other causes, 1.9Su.
Missing in action, l4,29O.
Prisoners (unintelligible)
Wounded, 1S9935. divided as fol-
lows: Severely wounded, 54,751; unde-
telmined. 43.16S; slightly. 92,038. . g
The total number of troops already
designated for early discharge In the
United States was given as 649,OOO.
These include depot and development
battalions, 10000; divisional troops.
10000; railway troops, 5000; United
States guards, 10000; tank corps, T.
900: chemical warfare troops, 1000;
central officers training schools, 90
600: student army training corps. 1bO'-
600.
To date 46.37S men have been mus
tered out of the camps In this coun-
try. The schedule under which the
department is working calls for the
release of an average of 1000 men
camp a day. and General March said
that every effort would he made TO
maintain the average.
General March corrected an errone-
Gus impression that the 9th and Both
divisions. reported as withdrawn from
the British lines. had been designated
for early return to the United States.
These two divisions he explained
have been returned 10 Pershing's COM
mand. and have not yet been assigned
for transportation home.
Plans for bringing soldiers home, II
was announced. include the use OF
hospital ships for severely wounded
and specially fitted transports for the
slightly wounded and convalescents.
on the arrival the men will be met by
hospital trains and the Pullman com
pany has been directed to convert
number Of sleepers into hospital cars
TO carry them TO the army reconstruc-
tion hospitals, base hospitals and 9th
or places already provided