The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-30
Revised List of Casualties Shows
Total Is Close to 265, 900; 2s, 1893
Were Killed in Action and
12.1e1 Died of Wounds.
CUT SIXTEEN BILLIONS
FROM 1919 ARMY BILL
Distinguished Service Medal Given
to General Bliss, Lieutenant Gen.
erals Liggett and Bullard, and
Three Major Generals Abroad.

Washington. Nov 80 --Gencrai per
shing has designated FOR early convoy
to the United states a total OF 3.t5i
officers and 1859 men, Genera
March announced today. The units
comprising these men viii bc made
public later.
In tho list appear AZ entire dyvi-
sions the 39th the 18TH ana the sfth.
The other troops comprise artillery
units and army corps troops.
General March gave nut amended
casualty reports from General Per
shing. giving the official total TO No
vomber - "a 262.723. exclusive of
prisoners The figures ON prisoners
were unintelligiblc In the 90 egram.
General March said the total under
this head probably would be practi-
onily the same as announced last Sat
urday (2,lGsb.
General Porshing reported the fol
lowing official casualties To Novom-
! Der 9g. .,
Killed In action. .s1g5.
Died of wounds. 1901
Died OF disenEe. I6.0Jt
Died other causes. 1850.
Missing in action, 1890.
Prisoners tunintelligthlc)
Wounded. S9.s55 divided as fol-
l0~h
severely wounded. si,7st. undetor.
The war a.par,tsient expects 10
bring back home In the month OF De
cember be.ween 5000 and 15.0Ob
men General March said. To accom-
pliAh this will use In addition 10 army
transports and converted cargo boats.
enough old battlcshipr and cruisers
To furnish an additional carrying ca
pacity for 5000 men. Shipping ex
ports expect 10 transport 500. .0uu
monthly when the demobilizatiOn II
under full speed
Tho total number OF troops al
ready designated for early discharge
In the United States was given as
$4,000 These include depot and dc
sclopment battalions. $4,000, divi-
sional troops. 10000; railway troops.
5000. United States guards. IS 600.
tank corps. 1000. chemical warfare
troops. 1000. central officers tAin-
/ INK sohools e0.900; student army
training corps 10000.
To date tb3ik men have been mus
| tered ont ~ the camps IN thus coun
try The scn sduie under which tho
department IL working calls Tor IA"
release uf an average OF l,pOn men
per camp per Jay aud General March
! said that every effort would be made
TO maintain the average.
Revised army estimates for IN.
coming year resulted Ia cutting the
f1s 900 o00, 600 of army appropria-
tlonA a. less than three billions, Gen
cral March announced.
General Pershlng has been directed
hy President Wilson 10 confer IN"
distinguished service medal ON Genet
al Bliss. i.lcutcHant Generals ldggeit Z
and HuIlard. and Major Generals
Dickmun. McAndrews and hhrbord.
General March corrected an erron
eoua Impression that the -ith dhd
10th divisions. reported a. Withdrawn
from the British lines, had been desie
mated for ears return 20 the United
states These two divisions. no ga
planned. have been returned 10 Per
shing's command and have not yet
beoa assigned tor transportation
home
plans for bringing soldiers home.
IL was announced include the use oi
hospital ships for severely wounded
and specially fitted transports for thH
slightly wounded and convaleseents
ON the arrival the mer Will be met
by hospital trains and the Pullman
company has been directed To conNct
number Of siecpcrs into hospital
cars 20 carry them TO the army re-
construction hospitals, base hospiiHi'
and other places already provided.
The new casualty reports add NOR
than 5000 names to the Americau
total Tor the war. The summary an
nounced last week totalled sas'il'
Including 2i63 prisoners. GENERA
March said be did not think the mum
her Of prisoners would be increase
materially by the new figures. indi
eating that the probable total 10 No
vemher 2s will be gs6.s2Y
Today's summary adds $50 20 th'
number killed in action or dead o.
wounds. i,s23 90 the number dead o
disease l0.330 10 the number wound
cd and the number uf missing IN ac
{ ton IN increased from l,ls0 TO H.
gso. The large increase In the lattel
+ classification iA attributed 70 bela,s'
, reports from all commands on W
checking up Of missing men
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