The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-11-23
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10 Send Home All Troops Not
Needed in Army of0c-
cupation.
c SUALTIES 235,117
Exceed Expectations Killed
and Died of Wounds, 36,-
154; Wounded, 179,626.
CASUALTIES 235,117

ana Uleu OF wounds, oO,-
154; Wounded, 179,625.
Washington. Now 2s.-Gen. Marc
announced today that authority ha
been given to Gen. Pershing to sen
home all such troops as will not b
n needed In making up the army Q
had indicated the following unit
4 M would not be so required:
HX Divisions 81. "a, SS, 80. "a, rs. rs.
H Coast artillery regiments 46, ~
40, so. rs and &c.
3 Field artillery brgades IS and 10a
% Orders Already issued.
& In addition Gen. Pershing indicated
81 fthat the following general classes o
u 6troops would he rcturned: Railroad
A. VXartillcry troops, army arttller.
gas troops, tank corps, ali
j. 4forces. and those divisions which
NN.were broken up TO be used as re.
lHplacemcnts for other divisions which
aMhad seen active service. t.f
M Troops returning immediatel!
England, Gen. March said, will
Y&includc practically all OF the ali
Ifsquadrons. sixteen construction com
one sail makers detachment
E5one Eandlcy- Page training station
&and several Photographic and radio
yNsoctionn Orders for the return ol
2.tthesc already have been issued.
NJ Casualties Tsbulated.
If Total casualties in the Ameri.
can ospcditIcnary forces up to
tire c;gn;n1 Of the armiotice were
divided az sol'owo:
Killed. and died Of wounds, &c.
1~t; died Of disease, 1881; died
from otEor causea, c,204; wound
sca
.'s"@ ,S
Hny rigures Are large.
DlscussniS INC enormous nun,oe,
Vi Mguhoeu Ie.oluea III tho 'Vsa, ~
a.,sa,,. u1iae' ~, nuro' ~ pS o,'dad ,,,anv
v.no'a'y "p,a snp .,.. '1
e,s a,S ~, a. ~ hos,.;ts.s ana whnso
49, sss..,..s -, ,,.,,o, S ho., hacn ranorted Css.
,,aItssa ,.e,,oy.t III IL fbc denartyneni
~ II sTxe~t crxio i r,u,s.,,ercsls Y only z
i74t,c o:,cr 70 0fjd ma sus,sf estir1lates
Of tho prohable total when the armi.
sticc wco signed have not been over
100000. Long liste are coming IN
daily, rowevcr, and the total, exclu :
Ssivc OF the very shghtly wounded'
MY 30 far over previous estimates
&ncelinuon OF war contracts
abitHd has been ictt IN tne hands oi
AsaisNnt secretary EuwaId s.e.I.
nlus, Nov N rtance. anp ues's s"e' tSn
as tra spcN'"' 'opts.'v os
VT Spui.,no Oh ,'S hor ,'au ~
o'cn.. ,io,.na'e VII VII nn,J ,, nI,r.ots
caheat'o" @ ,,a, Va ''m ine se oomtracts 9
Inv ,,.., -" "a viii co,struction for
ua, ,ha 'ns ,,,,,, W ' ~" S'','. '''
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1ne coniPos..,on y. u.' ''o"s
iSha'cu lor ISe",n' 90 "a, 40 ,,,.h NJ
n,d - d' r,lo'ida, .I stth Nchraska. Iowa.
c.,.,,n ,aLoio and Mirnesofa. 3Sth
,,,d,,,o itnnt,,o,,v AMI IVest Vir-
,.,uia. iu 7c,h Ne,y ErpIond.' 18th.
sWo"t M, yor,s Nav, Iarsev and
no,a,,ara. Sa, ', .ath rlsansas Missis-
',n,L o,,,.,nnn. San Knnt,,ckv In
J,pp 5ipp., nnd southern iIIinois. Ssth.
Cbinaro % ma Northern Illinois. s7th.
,,aDausos ,."so - Io,,is,ona Mississipni and
Sam,hn,n Sam,nsu' ai,hama ''
''''"e," n... A. a..
Snr'otmas Sm.s On wy, ,s;. cn
referring 10 .hr,stn,as silss; ',.a, I'LL
Marcn sa,u INC hrst snip - san Mn M,uA
presents o 10 .ne ,,o5 poyS waS vnn,r 'In Wohoaan
om'iln, om Nov . 20 With SSo 600 indiyidual
vno,agos W ciSt shins will, leave at
Ia, punnI%s ,,,,,,',is ~ AZ dav. NJ the
resulat 10 ,s'e, G ,'1 1or,ima ~. o so tha all
requess ;,,ti y, ue 80, hn rron1ed ~U r On
way iaciisiss may We tta ,,a ~
inc otner sue ior l"ovnnS ..n!h, e"e oop~os ps
ages Will the Ieast possio,e eonsee
tion. inc req Cross mas usen
authorized 10 snip aIse nuo,
or addltonal PACKAGES 80 thas any
when may nave gone astray can re
replaced ana every one OF America
fighting sons is assured Oh having
iuletide rememprance.
Rumor Declared Untrue.
REPORTS from various parts of the
country that entire units had been
viped out in the severe fighting Just
before the signing OF the armistice,
Can. March declared were untrue.
exnmination of the casualty list
so,,ad 70 ,cveai onv s,,ct occrrrence.
nnserr,r, osnoc;oIiv ~ ono renort
.,.nt nartoi,, "nits from Ra,t,more
.nas ,,ce,, ,.,i,,ad n,,t W. ~ Amar,car
,lau ro~a ".en ard that 90. rasuIt ~ the
s,sr pa..asr " rn W N,cho,so, end v,hr
,pluhuel, u1ns. ~ IUS" U 49, c,,,
nau pcvn ueo'.u, o"' m =" Z
pnaucaNy sulu tnas ~ was s'oi'
maoe OUT oi whoie ciou"'
A. to Troops Tor Hu:s'a.
He also denied q report tnat there
were $4,000 American troops on the
Pacific coast about to be sent into
Russia. Asked II there was any like
lihood OF the American force IN RUS
sia being augmented. the chier OF