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100000
j. 5. MEN ARE
OVERSEAS
Buy Bonds To Help Send
100000 More, Urges
Chief OF Staff.
ALLIES NEARING
VITAL FOE POINT
March Says Capture OF lie
Cateau Put Them In II
Miles OF AulnOye.

/ WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct IL
+ w American troops sent overseas
have passed the 100000 mark. Cen
March announced today. coupling his
statement with an urgent appeal TO
Z the country to support the fourth
Liberty loan
The present Il no time to hang
back. Gen. March said. for the
maximum resources OF the nation
and men and money must be
@hurled at the Hun to make vic
tory certain. and while the move
ment Of soldiers across the water
Is continuing. the war department
l. preparing another two million
men to follow the first million.
The department has asked congress
for IS. O00 900. 900 10 carry out its pro-
gram, he added. and the financial sup
port Of that program must not be
withheld by the nation
The Battle Situation
Summing the battle situation on the
western front. Gen March said with
the capture Of lie Cateau by the Brit
fish, the allied forces were within a
miles Of the railway junction OF Aul
nOve. which is a vital strategfcal point
for the enemy. The Liege-Maubeuge
railway and the lateral road through
Sedan at which the American army
is striking on the Mouse. meet each
other AZ Aulnoye, and these two lines
are the main arteries for German sup
plies and troop movements in France
Gen March announced the Ameri-
can divisions which cleaned up the
St Mihiel salient In the fight which
prepared the way for the present
{ operations north OF Nerdun- Pointing
from left 70 right on the map. he said
the divisions were in line as follows;
Fourth (reEular)s 26th (NeW
England national guard; first
(reEularls 42nd fHninbovvbs S0th
kansas, Missouri. South Dakota.
Nebraska, Colorado. New Mexico
and Arizona national army; sec
ond (reEularl. This f. the first
information made public as TO the
constitution Of are army. with
which Gen. PershinE achieved n
brilliant and swift victory In his
first wholly American effort.
Locating various divisions. IN re-
! Spouse 10 questions. Gen. March said
} the 91st ALASKA. Washington. Ore
! Con. California. Idaho. Nevada. Non
I tana- Wyoming, and Utah national
I armyl was still in the American train
I ing areas. the 18th (western New
! York. New Jersey and Delaware. ma
I tional army is on the line with the
| first corps, but Its position not spe-
I officially stated.
0Oth on st. MIhfeI Front.
I The 2Sth CNew Jersey. Delaware.
l Virginia. Maryland and District of
I Columbia. national guard is on the
I line in the NOsges. as is the S7th
D tOhio national guard); the 90th
4 Texas and Oklahoma, national ARMY
is on the St Mihiel front: the send
I Georgia Alabama and Tennessee) is
] east Of the ArgOnne. and the 42nd
I rainbow IS in the WOevre.
The first courier from Gen.
Perzhing, carrying the lists of the
expeditionary forces for slightly
wounded men. has arrived Gen.
Z March said the list includes up-
proximateIy 1900 names.
/ of this number. he said. was the ac-
| cumulation for all the period up 10
I the time il was decided TO bring the
I lists by couriers-
Publish Lists soon.
] Many accidental injuries not con-
nected with operations at the front
are included i'm the first lot OF names.
The lists are being checked and soon
3 viii be ready for publication.
Describing the operations at the
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