The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-07-30
Five Army Corps and Thier
Commanders Announced
BY General March.
MEN IN VOSGES
Neither the Number of Troops
Nor the Place Where are to
Be Used Has Been Commune
Gated to Washington.

Washington, July 29.-Trained
combatant American troops from
France have begun to arrive in Italy
General March announced at his reg
ular weekly conference with news
paper men.
Neither the number nor the place
where they are to be used has been
communicated to the department. the
general said.
The most striking advance since
last Wednesday, General March not
ed, was by the British forces lust
west of Rheims. The advance. on a
mile and a half on four-mile front
he said, marked a special source of
danger to the enemy. placing his
forces to the south in an awkward
position.
As result. he said, the French al
ready are beginning to advance to
the northward from the Marine
against the enemy forces in the pock-
ct on that side of the salient.
The German attack at Epieds only
delayed the American progress ana
these troops are again moving for
ward
With $4,000 troops sent last week
the number of American soldiers
transported overseas during July is
expected to reach record OF 300
600, Secretary Baker and General
March, chief of staff, told members
OF the senate military committee.
The French advance from Dorman
on the Marine, northward. the chief
OF staff pointed out, is across precip-
itous and wooded terrain, making
progress necessarily slow.
The fifth army corps includes the
sixth regular divisions, (Maj. Gen.
George Lee Erwin, seth national
guard (Maj. Gen. William II. SMITH
18th national army (Mai. Gen. JOS
eph f. Cuhn), 85th national army
Maj. Gen. C. w. Kennedy, 91st ma
tional army (Brig. Gen. Frederick
S. Foltz. temporarily in commandD =,
and 18th national army (Maj. Gen.
Henry c. Hodges, Jr.).
General March announced the tenn
porary commanders of the five corps
as follows:
First, Maj Gen. Hunter Liggett.
Second, Mai. Gen. Robert L. Bull
lard.
Third. Maj. Gen William M.
Wright
Fourth. Maj. Gen. George w.
Reed.
Fifth. Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy.
In announcing the formation Of
two more corps, General March eA-
planned that the divisions comprising
them and other corps are assigned
before leaving this country, to be
mobilized as corps when their train
ing has been completed. With this
understanding, he said, the S3rd ma
tional army (Maj. Gen. f. F. Glenn)
S9th national army (Brig. Gen. j.
b. Wynn. 37th national guard (Maj
Gen. William S. FarnsworthD 29th
national guard (Maj. Gen Charles G..
Morton), 90th national army (Maj.
| Gen. Henry B. Allen), 92nd (negro)
national army (Maj. Gen. C. C. Bal
lou). have been assigned to the 4th
| corps.
In answer to question General
March said the 32nd national guard
division, composed principally of
Michigan troops. is in the vosges on
quiet sector.
Major General John Ruckman. re-
Gently commander OF the southern
department, has been assigned to
command the North Atlantic coast
artillery district.
In connection with the recent Or
der for organizing six new divisions
the chief Of STAFF said. it would be
the policy of the department to con-
tinue organizing additional divisions
as those in this country are shipped
abroad.