Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-06
LISTS OF CASUALTIES
COME FROM PERSHING
Days Total Contains TOG Namcs Of
Many Engaged In Driving Huns
out i,hcims- Solv41ns salient.
HUN REPORTS NOT BELIEVED
Engagement of Divisions Contiuu
ously Dlspruvcs claim NJ unu-u-
ally Heavy Ipssi No Estimate

WASIuNGrDN. Aug. o. Names
of American soldiers who have fallen
I'm tho great France. American drive
which turned tho German Offensive
pf tho Mlrno into uu uttvr defeat
have begun 10 come in from over.
sonH They FWtllpl tu 7Od the total
casualties made public today by the
war department IN two separate
lists
Although nearly three tlmos aa
great as tho largest number hereto
fore announced In q single day. the
total today represented only part
of the lists which have bcen Accu-
mulatlng since the great battle be
Rnn July 10 And itQs not 10 be
assumed that II represents the losses
FOR any ono day
No estimate of the American cas-
unltles In this continuous fighting
has been received from General
PcrshinR and Il WAS said authorltn
lively today that none IL expected
In that connection, Acting Sccro-
tary ~ War Crowell today deprc-
Gated any Euesses as 10 casualties In
the overseas forces, saying that pub
llcatlons which would oNnggerate or
minimize the total would create un-
necessary anxiety among the rcla
lives and frlondH OF American sol
diors
Many Killed In Action.
or the names made public today.
4b9 were OF those who were KILLED IN
action and so who died from
wounds The second list contained
only names of tho dead 2b6 Killed.
IN action and a. who died ~ wounds
but the first list showed 4s
wounded severely. 100 wounded de-
gree undetermined and three miss
Ing IN action In the first list there
also were nine who died Of disease, b,
ono OF an aOroplAne accident and
six from accidents and other causes
Acting Secretary Crowcll told
newspaper correspondents today that
General pershinE would supply COM
pleto and verified casualty llsta aH
rapidly as they can be transmitted
ana that they would DO given 20 the
press and speak for themselves az TO
numbers
Hun Reports Fnl-c.
while casualties In offensive oper-
ations necessarily are heavy. officers
here DO not believe that there has
been an unusual number among tho
American forces Proof of the fal-
my ~ the German reports of great
American losses, which have been
circulated 20 Impress the German
people az home. ~ given by. tho fact
that tho American htisionH which
began the fighting sim were taking
part In II last Saturday official re.
ports show.
II was pointed out today that had
the casualties among tho American
forces been unusually large some Of
tho divisions necessarily would have
had to be Withdrawn Tho fact that
mono Of them have been aud that
they have been fighting virtually
continuously for days IL taken by OF.
fcers here 10 show that their losses
have been much smaller than those
they have inflicted on the enemy.
who hnE been forced TO withdraw
many of his divisions
Men from 90 states we're named
In the lists with no predominntlnF
number from any one state This
haa taken 10 Indicate that tho cas-
nnlues were scattered through many
units The states not represented
In Tho lists we're Arizona and Della
ware
or the American soldiers wounded
To- the Marne Aisne offensive prob
ably less than one tn twenty will die
from their wounds. moro than four.
fif'hs VIII be returned 20 service ana
only ~ per cont viii be discharged
TO- disability, according to "a state.
wcnt OF tho chief of staff. today
based upon tho officially nttcsted es-
rcrionce of the allies during the four
years of war