The sun., 1918-03-14
94S KILLED IN
ACTION T0DATE
American Deaths on Field in
the War With Spain
Were Only 28O.
CASUALTIES TOTAL 1,176
These Figures, However,
Reckon Only With Forces
Sent cover There"
Special Despdtch to Tns SrN.

Special Despatch TO THs Sun.
WASHINGTON. March 13.-Although
American participation in the military
operations abroad scarcely has begun.
the United States Army has already lost
than during the entire war with Spain.
Counting the Tuscania victims as men
killed In action. the War Department
records show u casualty list Of 34s up
to and including to-day. The total num-
ber killed in action during the war with
Spain was $50. or these 23 officers and
237 enlisted men fell in Cuba. three en-
listed men In Porto Rico and seventeen
in the Philippines.
The records to date for tho present
war show l3s killed in action in France
and 200 lost when the Tuscania was
sunk by a submarine. The total number
Of casualties to date. including men who
died Of wounds. disease. &c. liz l.176.
This, however, does not include any of
tho deaths which have occurred In the
United States since the beginning OF the
war.
The figures for the Spanish war show
that four officers arfd sixty-one men died
Of wounds and eighty officers and 2.ASs
enlisted men died of disease. &c. maxi
ing a total Of 2.slO deaths out of total
force of 274.717 officers and men en-
gagged In the army. or loss Of 1859 per
cent.
The heaviest casualty list so far was
reported by Gen. Pershing on March IL,
when thirty-two were killed In action
! On March Q nineteen men were reported
| killed In action and twelve were killed In
action in the report Of March 4.
! Army officers warn the country. how
ever that these figures must not be
! taken as a criterion Of what may be ex-
pected whom lighting begins In earnest.
| So far there has not been anything re-
sembling a serious action involving the
! American troops There have been no
infantry attacks by the enemy and no
| attempts on the part OF Pershings men
to really drive out the Germans from
their positions.
The encounters to date have been in
!. the nature of small raids executed for
rcconnoitring purposes without any at
tempt to do more than obtain informa'
ton, affect the morale OF the enemy or
bring back few prisoners.
Protests Flood Capital.
Protest against the publication OF
casualty lists In their present form,
without addresses or other means o.
Identification are pouring into Wash
ington from all parts Of the country
The Committee on Public Information
and the White House are getting many
OF these, but Senators and Representa-
tives also are being bombarded witr
kilograms every day from constituents
who. fearful that some slight mistake
has been made in TRANSMISSION OF ths
names. want the lawmakers to go a
once to the War Department and as
certain for them II their boys are STU
xo odh n DurueI
Of the legislators and Is putting then
in no gentle frame OF mind.
A telegram read in the Senate b!
Senator McKellar fTenn) from con
st.tuents In Memphis is typical. j
: reads: "The ruling OF the War Depart
ment about not giving out the home ad
dresses Of killed soldiers Is an outrag
{ and is breaking the hearts OF a lot
fathers ard mothers in Memphis
: Ruling by President Likely.
The military authorities SO far hav
r shown no indication Of bending befor
n the storm OF criticism that Ii beinI
4 raised. II developed to-day that tn
army censore had asked for confer
ence this week with the House Militar
Affairs Committee and purpose to de
fend before the committee the order O
j. Major-Gen March in leaving out sd
\ dresses This had the enect to-day O
holding up a sheaf OF bills which Repre-
sentatives were preparing to introduc
demanding that the War Departn,er
change Its ruling.
II the military authorities stick b
their runs II will probably he up to til
n president to decided whether or not III
r. hest interests Of tho country deman
n that the addressed be given.
= Tho President has before him now
l. memorandum prepared by George Gre
a ON the subject. citing reasons why
IA his opinion It Is had policy for Il
T. country TO withhold the addresses.
, II understood that the President HI
q asked the War Department to give !
= ressons for considering such tnform'
q tion "useful TO the enemy" and also
show in what way these addresses oou
= b ssnt over to Germany In time to
8. Of upe In . military way. Upon q
1. war Departments ability to answ
10 these questions satisfactorily Will d
. pend very largely the Prssi6snt's nm
action In the matter.
ID There 10 stiil reason 10 believe IN
u neither the French Government nor 0s
ts Pershing went % fsr'as the order issu
III by Major Gen. March. but oh3sct
!. merely 10 ths publlcetion ~ u9i0 =
Y - Son4oe Ge aetton,
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