Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
MER|CANS, KEEN
AND FIT, IN ITALY
MARCH ANNOUNCES
Week Has Brought Great Gains to
Allies. Chief Of Staff Tells
Correspondents.
MORE U. S. UNITS ON LINE
By Associated Press 10 Every Evening

BY Associated Press Every Evening
Washington. July - framed com
blatant American troops from France
have begun 10 arrive IN Italy. General
March announced today at his regular
conference with newspaper men
Neither the number ror the place where
they are To be used has been communi :
Gated to the War Department, he said
Two additional American army corps
have been organized in France. General
March announced They are the Fourth
and he Fifth. commanded by Major
Generals George " Reed and Omar
Bundy, respectively
Summing up the battle situation on the
Aisne- Marnc front. General March said
II had resulted according 70 official
advices. in forcing the Germans back
eleven miles farther from Paris and
shortening the Allied line 10y ten miles
The positions on the flank OF the salient
near scissors and Rheims arc relatively
unchanged, General March said
The German withdrawal from Chateau
Thierrv toward the center Of the salient
continues and the important German
center Of Fere-En-Tardenois now is
within three and one-haf miles of the
Allied lines and under constant shell fire
The most striking advance since last
Wednesday, which General March noted
was by the British forces Just west Of
Rheims This advance of mile and Il
half on four mile front. he said, marked
q special source Of danger TO the enemy
placing his forces 10 the south in an aWk-
ward position.
The German attack at Epieds only
DELAYED the American progress and these
e. -
As a result, General March said, the
French are beginning to advance north
ward from the Marne against The enemy
forces in the pocket on that side of the
salient
The French advance from Dormans
northward in Marne, the chief of staff
pointed out. Is across precipItous and
wooded terrain making progress neceSsa-
rily slow
In announcing the formation of two
more corps, General March explained
that the divisions comprising them and
other corps are assigned before leaving
this country, to be mobihzed rs corps
when their training has been completed
With this understanding, he said, the S3rd
National Army Major General + f
Glenn 89th National Army, fBngadier
General John ) Vim, 37th National
Guard Major General William > Farms
worth, 29th National Guard, Major
General Charles G Morton, Goth Ma
tional Army Major General Henry B
Allen, 92d Negro National Army,
MAJOR General G. G Ballou, have been
assigned to the Fourth Corps
The Fifth Army Corps includes the
Sixth Regular Division Major General
George Lc r. Irwin, 36th National
Guard Major General William r.
Smith, 10Th National Army, MAJOR
General Joseph F Kuhn S5th National
Army, Major General G " kennedy
9Ist National Army, Brgadier General
Frederick s Foltz, temporarily in com
mandJ and 10th National Army Major
General Henry G Hodges, Jr
General March announced the tenn
porary commanders Of the FIVE corps as
follows: First Corps, Major General
Hunter Lggctt; Second Corps, Major
General Robert L. Bullard; Third Corps,
Major General William NJ Wright
Fourth Corps, Major General George
w Reed; Fifth Corps, Major General
Omar Bundy.
In answer TO a question, General March
said the 32d National Guard division,
composed principally of Michigan troops
and commanded by Major General fiaan,
now is in the Vosges on quiet sector.