The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-07-13
Gen. March, Chief Of Staff, An.
nounces Latest Figures
on Transportation.
THREE COMPLETE CORPS
No Let Up Whatever, July See
ing Previous Record in Ship
ment Maintained.
ASSOCIATED Press.)


of American troops overseas and en-
route on shipboard has passed the
100000 mark, Gen. March, chief OF
stan. told senate military committee
members today. This represents an
increase of more than 10000 since last
week.
Three army corps of from 225,000 to
100000 men each have been definitely
organized from American divisions in
France. Gen. March announced today
at the weekly conference with news
paper men.
Maj.-Gen. Hunter Liggett. COM
manding the Forty-first (SunseD di-
vision. national guards. has been de-
tailed as temporary commander of the
First army corps. Commanders for
the Second and Third have not yet
been designated.
Gen. March had little to say regard :
ing the military situation in France,
but stated that the shipment of troops
was proceeding without any et-up
whatever, the same rate being main
tanned for July as for previous months.
In announcing the organization of
the army corps Gen. March showed
that five regular divisions, nine ma
tional guard and four national army
divisions have been used to make up
the three corps.
Personnel of Corps.
The First army corps comprises the
following First division regulars, COM
manded by Maj.-Gen. Robert l.. Bull
lard; Second division, regulars. MAJ
Gen. Omar Bundy: Twenty sixth ma
tional guard. Maj, Gen. Clarence II.
Edwards; Forty-second national guard
(Rainbow), Charles T. Menhor; Forty
first national guard (SunseD, Maj
Gen. Hunter Liggett; Thirty second
national guard (Michigan and Wiscon-
sin troops), Maj.-Gen. w. G. Ham.
Second corps, Seventy-seventh ma
tional army (New York troops. MAJ
Gen. George b. Duncan Thirty NTH
national guard (kansas and Missouri
troops), Mai. Gen. William M. Wright;
Eighty second national army (Ala-
bama, Georgia and Tennesseeo; MAI
Gen. William e. Burnham; Thirtieth
national guard Tennessee, North Car
olina, South Carolina. and District OF
Columbia troops), Maj-Gen, George
w. Read; Twenty-eighth national
guard pennsylvania troops), Maj.-
Gen. c. II. Muir; Fourth division, reg
ulars. Maj. Gen. George III. Cameron
CORPS. uiNiSiOH, icSu
lars. Maj-Ge Joseph e. Dickman;
Fifth regulars, Mai Gen. John p. Nc
Ntahon; Seventy eighth national army
Delaware and New York troops),
Mai Gen. ]. NJ. McRae; Eightieth
division, Mai Gen. Adebert c. Kronk-
hite: Thirty-t third national guard Qlli-
nois troops). Maj.-Gen. George Bell
Jr.: Twenty seventh national guard
(New York troops), Maj Gen. John f.
Organ.
Striking Gains in Balkans.
Activities along the various fronts
have been of minor character during
the last week, Gen. March said. The
process of small raids along the
French line have been continued with
practically UNMARRIED success for the
allies.
The most striking advance has been
in Albania, where, aided by British
and Italian monitors operating from
the sea, a general advance over
crescent shaped sector Of so miles
length has been made, the advance be-
% miles at its deepest point. The
former crescent into the allied line
there has been wiped out and
straight front substituted.
TIL eadvance was carried out largely
by Italian troops, Gen March said, but
thew were assisted on the right flank
by the French.
Gen. March said no official reports
attempting to explain the delay in the
German offensive has reached the war
department. He indicated his own
opinion however that the time that
has now elapsed since the last German
drive is not greater than would have
been necessary to prepare adequately
for an assault of the scope of that
which the Germans are believed to be
contemplating.
The fact that American forces are
being rapidly shipped to France is
regarded as possibly the reason for
even more extensive preparations.