The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-23
AMERICAN
CASUAIES
0F5 56,117
More Than fifty Thousand
United States Soldiers Died
During the Great
War.
179,625 WERE WOUNDED
17s,e25 WERE WOUNDED
DemobilixatIon At Home and Abroad
is Going on and Men arc Be-
Ing sent to Their
Homes.
[By Carl d. Groat, United Press Stan
COrrespondent1

[By Carl d. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.-More
than fifty Thousand American soldiers
died during the war. Nearly 10000
were wounded.
These figures were given by Chief
of Staff March today in his weekly
conference. in which he indicated the
following divisions as slated for an
early return to the United States:
Thirty-first, Thirty-fourth, Thirty
eighth, Thirty ninth, Seventy-sixth.
Eighty-fourth, Sighty-sixth, Eighty
seventh, nine regiments Of coast ar
tiiiery and two field artillery bri-
ga les, besides aero squadrons from
New England previously reported
unoff1cially as numbering $4,000 men).
Demobilizing of our forces abroad
has been carefully studied this week.
AS a result March authorized General
Pershing to send home to the extent
of available transportation, such
units as are not needed for the army
of occupation.
These branches are railroad artil-
lery, army artillery, gas, tank and
air service, and skeletons Of certain
divisions which have been used in
replacement
His full statement of casualties
showed:
Killed and died Of wounds. 36,154.
Died of disease, 14,811.
Deaths unclassified, 2,204.
Wounded, 179,625.
Prisoners, 2.163.
Missing, 1,160.
The total casualties ran to 236,117.
Forty-four thousand German pris-
oners were captured and 1400 guns
taken by the Americans, March said.
Demobilization in this country has
been going on steadily for a week.
At Camp Dixon. Thursday, 200 dis
charges day were being recorded
and practically all men had expressed
a desire to go direct to their homes.
Abroad the organizations desig-
mated specifically and generally are
too great to move all at once, March
said So the rehabilitation of the
artillery and the other branches will
proceed in the order named above.
March designated forty or more
aero squadrons to be returned from
England and said his only informa
tion as to their strength was con-
tanned in press reports indicating
$4,000. Some Of these men are un-
derstood to have already sailed for
home.
At the same time March designated
for return nearly a score of con-
struction units.
small number Of radio and pho
tographic units are included in the
early home coming groups.
Coincident with the rehabilitation
plans, the war department during the
week turned over to Generals Jervey
and Goethals the question of cancel
lation of construction and supply con-
tracts in this country and to Edward
Stettinius, cancellations abroad.
Regarding movement of the Ameri-
can army of occupation, March said
it apparently was making for Cob
lenz. 1t had covered fifty miles be-
tween the 18th and 22nd, and has
about seventy miles to go to the
final position which should be reach.
ed, he said, about December l.
American units in Italy were
located thus:
One battalion at Cattaro, another
at Fiume, and a third probably at
Trieste.
Every soldier In the A. e. F. will
get a Christmas package, General
March announced. The Red Cross
has been authorized to make up fifty
to sixty thousand extra packages to
be given to men who fail to get theirs
from home. The first Christmas ship
sailed yesterday.
The Manchuria, carrying $4,000
Christmas packages, will be the first
of the Christmas ships to arrive in
France. Other vessels will leave at
five day intervals.