The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-30
GENER AL MARCH
TELLS PLANS OF
DEMOBILIZA TlON;;
MORE CASUALTIES
Large Numbers OF Men
Will Soon Be Flowing
HomeWard Bound
CBy Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. 30.-Genera
Pershing has designated for early
convoy to the United States a total
of 3,451 officers and 1868 men, Gen
eral March announced today. The
units comprising these men will be
made public later.
In this list appear as entire divi-
sions, the 39th, the 18th and the S7th
The other troops comprise artillery
units and army corps troops
General March gave out amended
casualty reports from General Per-
shing giving the official total to
Nov. 26, as 262,723 exclusive of pris-
oners. The figures on prisoners
were unintelligible in the cablegram
General March. said the total under
this head probably would be practic-
ally the same as announced last Sat
urday. 49, .....-..
Large Casualties
General Pershing reported the fol-
lowing official casualties to Nov. 26:
Killed In action 2S,363; died OF
Ola; died from other causes, 1880;
missing in action, 1890; wounded
1896, divided as follows: severely
wounded 54751: undetermined A.
1853; slightly 92.o36. E
The war department expects to
bring back home in the month OF
December between 10000 and 49,
accomplish this, it will use, in addi-
tion to army transports and convert
ed cargo boats. enough old battle
ships and cruisers to furnish an ad-
ditionaI carrying capacity for 25,-
900 men. Shipping experts agree
to transport 100000 monthly when
the demobiliatizon is under full
speed.
$4,000 TO Be Discharged
The total number of troops al
ready designated for early discharge
in the United States was given as
$4,000. These include depot and de-
velopment battalions, $4,000; divi'
sional troops. 10000; railway troops
$4,000; United States guards. $4,000;
tank corps, 1000; chemical warfare
troops, 1000; central officers train
ing schools, 10000; student army
training corps, 10000.
e.. Many Already Out
To date 46,378 men have been mus
tered out OF the camps in this coun"
try. The schedule under which the
department is working calls for the
release OF an average of 1000 mer
per camp per day and General March
said that every effort would be made
to maintain the average. ~
Revised army estimates for the
coming year resulted in cutting the
S19, ,00O, 600, 900 of army approrria ation
to less than $3,000,000j00 "
Medals for Generals
General Pershing has been direct
ed by President Wilson to confer the
distinguished service medal on Gen
eral Bliss, Lieutenant Generals Lig-
gett' and Bullard and Major Generals
Dickman, McAndrews and Harboard.
General March corrected an erro-
neous impression that the 9th and
30th divisions, reported as with
drawn from the British lines, had
been designated for an early return
to the United States. These two di-
visions he expIainsS have been re-
turned to Fershing's command and
have not been assigned for transpor-
tation home. '
Use Hospital Ships
Plans for bringing soldiers home,
it was announced, include the use OF
hospital ships for severely wounded,
and especially fitted transports for
the slightly wounded and GONZALES
cents. On arrival the men will be
met by hospital trains and the Pull
man company has been directed to
convert a number of sleepers into
hospital cars to, carry them to the
army reconstruction hospitals, base
hospitals and other places already
provided.
The new casualty reports add more
than $4,000 names to the American
total for the war. The summary an
nounced last week totaIIed 233,117,
including 2.163 prisoners. General
March said he did not think the
number Of prisoners would be in
creased materially by the new fig
ures, indicating that the probable
total to Nov. &c will be 265,839.
Adds 4,310 Killed - :
Today's summary adds 4,310 to the
number killed in acton or dead Of
wounds; 1898 to the number dead of
diseases: 10,330 to the number
wounded; and the number of missing
in action is increased from 1.160 to
1920. The increase in the latter
classification is attributed to belated
reports from all commands on the
checking UP OF missing men,