The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30
General March Reports PERISH
ing Has Selected Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama Troops.
TENNESSEANS NOT
ASSIGNED AS YET
Erroneous impression That
3oth Division Would Leave
Europe Among First, Is Cor
reCted by Chief Of Staff.

WASHINGTON Nov. SO.--Gen. Per-
shing has designated for early con-
voy to the United States total Of
3,45l officers and 1868 men, Gen.
March announced today. The units
comprising these men will be made
$ public later.
Included in those to return are the
following entire divisions The Thirty
ninth, the Seventy sixth and the
Eighty. seventh ARKANSAS. Louisiana
Mississippi and Southern Alabama ma
tional army troops, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana national guard
tfoops). The other troops comprise
artillery units and army corps troops
y" Gen, March corrected an erroneous
impression that the Twenty seventh
GNew York troopsl and Thirtieth (Ten-
nessee. North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and District of Columbia troops)
divisions, reported as withdrawn from
the British lines, had been designated
for early return to the United States.
These two divisions. he explained, have
been returned to Pershings command
and have not yet been assigned for
transportation home,
Gen. March gave out amended cas-
llalty reports from Gen. Pershing, CIV
ing the official total to Nov. 26 as
262,723, exclusive Of prisoners. The
figures on prisoners we're lnintelligible
In the cabiegram. Gen. March said
the total number under this head prob
ably would be practically the same as
announced last Saturday
Gen pershing reported the following
casualties to Nov. 26:
Killed in action, 2s,363,
Died OF wounds. 12,i0l.
Died OF disease, l6,034.
Died Of other causes, 1880. a1
Missing in action, 1920.
,risonerg w s n -
Wounded 1S9,955, divided as follows;
Severely wounded, 54,751; undeter-
mined, 4$,16S; slightly, 92.036.
The war department expects to bring
back home In the month of December
between 10000 and 175,00O men, Gen,
March said. To accomplish that it will
use, in addition to army transports and
converted cargo boats, enough old bat
tleships and cruisers TO furnish an ad-
ditional carrying capacity for 25,O0O
men. Shipping experts expectto trans
port 800, 900 monthly when the demobil-
iZation Is under full speed.
Revised army estimates for the com
ing year resulted in cutting the $lS,0O0,-
100000 of army appropriations to less
than three billions, Gen. March an
nounced,
Gen. Pei shing has been directed by
President Wilson to confer the distin-
guished service medal on Gen. Bliss.
Lieut., Gems. Liggett and Bullard, and
Maj. Gems. McAndrews and Harboard
The total number of troops already
designated for early discharge in the
United States was given as $4,000
These include depot and development
battalions 26,000; divisional troops, 10,-
600; railway troops, $4,000; United
States guards, $4,000; tank corps, 1000;
chemical warfare troops, 1000; central
officers training schools. 10000; stu
dent army training corps, 100000.
To date 46,37S men have been mus
tered out of the camps in this country
The schedule under which the depart
ment is working calls for the release OF
an average of 1000 men per camp per
day, and Gen March said that every ef-
fort would be made to maintain the av-
erage
Plans for bringing soldiers home, i,
was announced, include the use of hos
pital ships for severely wounded and
specially fitted transports for the slight
ly wounded and convalescents On ar
rival the men will be- met by hospital
trains and the Pullman company has
been directed to convert a number OF
sleepers into hospital cars to carry
them to the army reconstruction hos
pitfalls, base hospitals and other places
already provided 4