The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

lade today by General March,
 Total American casualties to Mo-
 vcmber II, when hostilities ceased.
 were 2:i6,117. This includes, Gem
 craI March said. killed and died ot
 wounds, died of disease, unclassi-
 fled deaths, wounded, prisoners and
 missing.
 RETURNING DIVISIONS
 The divisions which General March
 i'd have been designated by General arshing to return as soon as the sick Id wounded have been moved to the hited States are:
 National Guard: Thirty-first (Geor-
 q. Alabama and Florida), Thirty
 urth Nebraska, Iowa. South Iakota i'd Minnesota), Thirty eighth (In- ana, Kentucky and West virginia) |ld Thirty-ninth (Arkansas. Missis- ppi and Louisiana).
 National Army: Seventy (New .ngland), Eighty fourth (Kentucky diana and southern Illinois), Eighty xth (northern Illinois. including Chi kgo) and Eighty seventh (Arkansas, puisiana. Mississippi and southern labama).
 'Fhe coast artillery regiments to be Eturred IS soon as possible were an bunced as the Forty sixth, Forty sew |ith, Forty eight, Forty ninth, Eff |eth, Seventy third, Seventy fourth 1l Seventy fifth.
 The two field artillery brigades to brought hove are the Sixty-fift and
 e 163d Eighty-two aero squadrons,
 construction companies and several pecial units from England will be
 bought home as soon as transporta7 ' on facilities are available, General arch said.
 Casualties sustained by the Anleri.
 ns were tabulaIed by General March
 fol1oa $:
 Killed and died of wounds, 36,154
 Died of disease. 14,S11.
 Deaths unclassified, 2204
 Wounded, 179,625.
 Prisoners, 2163.
 Missing, 1160.
 Total, 236, 117.
 While the total losses at first glance bpeared to be almost double the total etimated by officers hero as prob ble, analysis of the table, it was binted cut, shows that among the Fs,00O wounded are. included the hnaes of thousands of men whose in- Iries were so trivial they never were irnitted to hospitals and the record
 their injury was kept only in com hny and regimental dressing sta- ons The final total of killed, died
 wounds or disease or on the un- assified death list, the seriously ounded and the prisoners and miss z. officers believe, will work out not
 excess of 125.0oo.
 DISEASE CLAIMS MANY
 The official figures show also nearly ,uble the number of deaths from dis sse that have been made public to ate. No explanation has been for arded by General Pershing, but il is ssumed the unexpected increase is ,c to the wide distribution of Amer an and allied hospitals to which the en were sent, making it a slow pro sss to assemble the data.
 The number of Americans taken pris- her by the Gernlans, little more than hoo. is strikingly low in view of Gen. |ral March's announcement that +.tal .in round numbers" of 44,0Oo erpans had been captured by the .mcricans. The fact that the Aneri- : IN armies have been moving forward
  . doubtless accounts for the great ffference.
 The 116r men reported as missing Eobablys include others who will be ,und to have been captured. some Those bodies will never be recovered nd others who may have become lost
 the ranks of the French or British |,rces. The classification also covers |,e unidentified dead always to be ex- Icctcd when great bodies of troops are hgaSed
 TO GET RECEPTIONS General March said no report on the kganfzaticn of, the army of occupation |ad been received by the divisions des- knated by General Pershing for re- |lrn were among those he could spare Immediately. The order in which they Hill return has not been established .ut the chief of staff pointed out that
 would take considerable time to |rfng that number of men home He |lao gave assura noes that the war de- artment had no intention of allowing ke veterans of the battlefields of krance and Belgium Ito sneak into the |nuntry'' unncticed. but tha. timely an- .nuncen,enti would be made so that .deuuat< receptions could be nlarned.
 Sec4etary Baker supplemented CIen- nal March's outline of demobilization hans later by stating that General kershinE was red icing hrs army to 3 ssreneth of 20 divisions and would =irthor reduce it as conditions justify. | an average strength of 4o.ooQ men l, division, which would cover all |ecesesrs auxiliary forces, this would Lean that General Pershirg would re- hin sf, 200. 900 in Trance from which he actual Army of occupation and its hnks will be reorEarized to provide |xainst any possible emergency
 SOME REPLACEMENT UNITS Gereral March showed that virtually m of the supplen- ental army corps and [rniy troops ar.s to be withdrawn. He hid he already had authorized Cen |rAi f'erShinR to send bsck railway [rtillery. army a.tiliriy gas troops Ind tank corps quits in addition to he divisional organizations. Some of he divisions .icsi,sn; tesI by General fershinR are laplaceirunt units which lave been skcietoi;: ed t,y withdrawal |f drafts recruits for divisions in the Ines.
 The aero squadrons to return are Eumters Nhety- second. lt0th. l56th, Es7th. l71th, 1s7th, iSsth. c1eth. 21lth, tcosti.ued ea Page rwe.3 E