Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-27

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diers transported overseas dur
ing July is expected TO reach a
record of 100000. Secretary
Baker and General March today
told members of the senate mil
itary committee.
Trained combat American troops
from France have begun to arrive
in Italy, General March announced
today at his regular conference with
newspaper men.
Neither the number nor the place
where they are to be used has been
communicated to the war depart
ment, the general said.
Two additional American army
corps have been organized in France
General March announced. They
are the Fourth and Fifth com
manded by Major Generals George
". Reed and Omar Bundy, re-
spectively.
ii Miles Further from Paris.
Summing up the battle situation
on the Aisne- -Marne front, General
March said that it had resulted, ac-
cording to official advices, in fore
ing the Germans back II miles fur
ther from Paris and shortening the
allied line by 10 miles.
The positions on the flank of the
salient near scissors and Reims
are relatively unchanged, General
March said.
The German withdrawal from
Chateau Thierry toward the center
of the salient continues and the i'm
portant German center Of Fere-En-
TardenOis is now within three and
one-half miles of the allied lines
and under constant shell fire.
British Gain Big Blow.
The most striking advance since
last Wednesday which General
March noted was by the British
forces just west of Reims. This
advance, of a mile and half on a
four-mile front, he said, marked a
supreme source of anger to the en-
emy, placing his forces to the south
in an awkward position.
AS a result, General March said,
the French already are beginning
to advance northward from the
Marine against the enemy forces in
the pocket on that side of the sa-
lient
The German attack at Epieds
only delayed the American prog
ress and these troops are again
moving forward.
French Gain Over Bad Land.
The French advance from Dor
mans, northward on the Marine, the
chief staff pointed out, is across
precipitous and wooded terrain,
making progress necessarily slow.
In announcing the formation OF
two more corps, General March eX-
planned that the divisions compris-
ing them and other corps are as
signed before leaving this country,
to be mobilized as corps when their
training has been completed.
With this understanding he said,
the Eighty-third national army
Major General E F. Glenn
Eighty-ninth national army (Briga-
dier General John H. Winn) Thir-
ty-seventh national guard major
General William S. Farnsworth)
Ninetieth national army Major
General Henry B. Allen) Ninety
second (negro) national army
Major GeneTdl I. - bdtiOuJ, nave
been assigned to the fourth corps.
Corps Commanders.
General March announced the
temporary commanders of the five
corps as follows:
First corps, Major General Hun
ter Liggett.
Second corps, Major General
Robert L. BuIlard.
Third corps, Major General Will
liam NJ. Wright.
Fourth corps, Major General
George W. Reed.
Fifth corps, Major General Omar
Bundy
1.250.0O0 Men Sent Over.
In answer to a question, General
March said the Thirty-s ecOnd ma
tional guard division. composed
prin cipaIIy of Michigan troops and
commanded by Major General Ham,
is now in the Vosges on quiet
sector.
With the shipment of men last
week. the total number of Ameri-
can troops embarking for France
was 1.250 900.