The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-10
AMERICANS DRIVE
ENEMY ALONG THE
A|SNE TO CANAL
New System Of Reporting Casual
ties Is Adopted-0nIy Names
OF Killed To Be Cabled
UNREP0RTED WOUNDED
NOW TWENTY THOUSAND
Names Not Sent In Because Men
Are Back In Line Before
Lists Could Be Published

W\ . [I..', September S
General PerShings official reports
OF the present activities of the
American army on the .Aisne
state that the continual pressure
OF the Americans is forcing the
German line back along the front
towards Rheims. The enemy is
falling back east Of ReviIlon and
on the center Of the line. at Con-
de Rheims.
In the general advance the Am
orleans are taking some prisoners,
these explaining that the Ger
mans on this front are very short
OF officers. 1t has been found that
IN many cases companies have
had no captains, being under the
command of lieutenants. The pris-
oners state that this is now more
or less general, lieutenants being
in charge Of companies, captains
in command Of battalions and
majors leading regiments.
REINFORCED, MOVED ON
Yesterday morning the Franco
American lines were strengthened
by reinfOrCements which had been
brought up overnight, while need
ed supplies had also arrived. This
enabled the delayed advance to
be resumed and the Franco-Am-
orleans reached their Aisne lines
on the north paralleling the Aisue
Canal. to the north of which the Ger
mans are entrenched to hold the front
while the main German army continues
to withdraw.
Allied guns are now pounding the
crossroads over which the Crown Prince
is Withdrawing his forces. 49,
NEW CASUALTY REPORTS
1t was explained here yesterday that
General Pershing has adopted a new
plan for reporting casualties, while it
was disclosed that the casualty lists
which have been sent to America from
American headquarters in France have
not contained the names of those only
slightly wounded. Replying to a re.
cent query of the war department, Gen
eral Pershing reports that the number
of slightly wounded up to August go,
who have not been included in the
casualty lists, is about twenty thou
sand. The reason he has not been
cabling the names Of these slightly
wounded to America is because the
! gerat ma jOrity of them could recover
from their wounds before their names
could be published.
From now on, Pershing will send the
names of those wounded to Paris by
courier twice weekly, with hospital
records. Only the names of those
killed in action or dead Of wounds and
those who are officially posted as miss
ing will be cabled.
Yesterdays LIST SMALLER
Casualty lists released by the war de-
partment yesterday are smaller both in
the hist of dead and the total of losses.
The two lists show fOrty-fve dead in
a list of 37l.
The losses are segregated in the re-
ports as thirty six killed in action,
eight dead of wounds, one dead Of
other cause, 322 wounded and twenty.
four missing.
In the list appears the name of Capt.
Joseph Davis, Roslyn, New Jersey, as
having been killed in action.
More Satisfactory
In his general summary of the stu.
alton on the western front, General
March, chief of staff, reported yestrr-
day to the senate committee on mill
tary affairs:
THE situation on the western front
is more satisfactory today than it has
been for months. Good progress has
been made and the outlook is bright
At all points the Allies are within ten
miles Of the Hindenburg line while the
British have pierced the upper part of
the line.
W SIS. -