Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-29
FIRST U. S. men
SAIL FOR HOME
Several Thousand American Sol
GierS Cheered by Crowds
at Liverpool.
81, 1863 YARKS Die IN WAR
General March Says Pershina Is A'h
thorized to Send Back All Troops
Not NEEDED for Army OF
Occupation.

Liverpool Nov 25.--Several thou-
sand American soldiers sailed for
home Friday ON the liners Lapland
and Minnehaha. 1t was a stirring
scene as the men marched from the
railway station and local CAMPS TO
the landing stage amid the rousing
cheers from the thronSs of people
along the streets
Washington. Nov. 25.--Genera[
March announced that authority had
been given TO General Pershing TO send
bae,S home all such troops as will not
be needed in making up the army of
occupation. He said that General Per-
Shing had Indicated that the following
units would be required:
Divisions 81. SO, 81, 81, "a. 80, 80,
rs, s; coast artillery regiments 46. AZ,
40, so. 7a and 76; field artillery brig
AIDES 65 and 103
IN addition General Pershlng indi'
Gated that the following general
classes Of troops win be returned:
Railroad artillery troops. army ar
tillery troops, gas troops. tank corps.
air forces and those divisions which
were broken UP to be used as replace
ments for other divisions which had
seen active service.
Troops returning Immediately from
England. General March said. will in-
clude virtually all of the air squad
rons, 16 construction companies, one
sail-makers detachment, one Handley-
Page training station and several pho
tographic and radio sections.
The composition of divisions desig-
mated for return as far as known, Is
as follows
Thirty-first Georgia, Alabama and
Floridal; Thirty-fourth 6Nebraslla.
Iowa, South Dakota and Mlnnesota)
Thlrty-eighth Undiana, Kentucky and
West virginia) Seventy-sixth CNew
England Seventy-elghth Cwest New
York. New Jersey and Delaware).
General March announced that
among the divisions that Will be re-
turned from France as not needed for
the army of occupation will he the
Eighty-sixth (Blackhawk) division.
(The Eighty-sixth was trained at
Camp Grant and includes many CHI
cago and northern Illinois troops)
Total casualties in the American
s,xpeditionary forces up TO the sign
ing Of the armistice were divided as
follows
Killed and died OF wounds. 36.154 |;
died of disease. 1881; died from
other causes. 2.204; wounded, 170,625; /;
prisoners. 2.163; missing 1.l60
The American forces in France. Cen
eral March said, had taken $4,000 Ger
man prisoners in round numbers and
400 guns. He added that the cas-
ualties among the American forces In
Northern Russia were not severe. con-
trary to reports and that encourag-
ing accounts OF the situation OF the
forces there had been received.
Movement Of troops from France
will be expedited in every way, the
ch. Of staff said, and he added that
they viii not "sneak into the country.
either" Taking up the present ad-
vance Of the allies forces, General
March pointed out that the American
army is heading for Coblenz, the CEN
ter brldgehead on the Rhine. where
II should arrive about December l.
Demobillzation Of the forces at home
Is proceeding steadily.
Washington, Nov. 25.-General Per-
shing's communique says: "Headquar-
ters American Expeditionary Forces.
Nov 25.-The I'D army continued its
progress through the grand duchy Of
Luxemburg 10 the line Iugelderf-Detz-
dorf- -Schengen.
(Remich is on the Prussian from
tier.)