Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-03
P0TpOURRI OF
Names IN yANk
CASUALTY LIST
American Army Shows There
Are Many NationaIities
/ Fighting Under Stars
+ and Stripes.
BY EDGAR c, SNYDER.

Washington, Nov. 2.-(Special)
No kind>of information, whether
a communique bringing from the
commander-in-ch the GLORIOUS
news of tn, 'invincible valor OF
American soldiers in battle with the
greatest and strongest military
,ower the world has known, tram
,cspds in interest to people through
ut the United States the casualty
lists supplied daily by the War de-
artMent to the press of the coun-
~. Families and friends of the
oldiers over there scan with un-
,igned anxiety, line by line, back
nd forth, the columns of names.
, t shows at a glance in the variety
{ names and in the locations of
heir kindred how completely the
elective draft as we'll as voluntary
nlistments have covered every
look and corner of the United
itates. Aside from the inevitable
PERSONAL concern the lists make
Nailable to the discerning statist
groups of figures of extremely in
:eresting significance.
Relatives Notified First.
1t is we'll understood that the, War
department is many days behind
actual occurrences of casualties in
transmitting home the names for
press use. Relatives of the persons
are notified much sooner than their
names are read in the newspapers.
The delay has already been explain
ed by Chief-of-Staff Major General
Peyton March, as owing to the nu-
merous field and base hospitals that
stretch with the long line from the
North sea to the Swiss mountains,
along all Of which, alternating in
units with the forces Of the allies,
American troops are in action. But
what is coming, and what has al
ready come, in the lists of casualties,
furnish ample material TOR note
worthy conclusions.
The names, the places with the
figures, the locations of the next u
kin's residences, all combine for a
revelation of the astonishing diver
sity of derivation in race and ma
tionality of the all-American army.
Many Nationalities.
In all the worlds annals of armies
there was never anything so varied
ly composite of the human family
as that army ''over there" we and
the rest of the world call Yankees.
Not Cyrus, not Xerxes, Alexander,
Caesar, Hannibal nor Napoleon.
when their hosts were greatest and
drawn from the nest countries. had
anything comparable in differences
of racial and national derivations'
The casualty lists. as they have been
coming since the addresses OF the
next of kin were first given to the
press on May 4, have embraced
every continent and the remotest
islands of the seven seas. Not a
country of Europe is omitted, the
nations Of the central allies being
included as we'll as of those arrayed
against them. Every one OF the
Balkan states has men fighting with
us and for us. Germany, Austria
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey have
sons fighting under the Stars and
Stripes, as shown by the appearance
of their names in the casualty lists
76.54s Aliens in First Draft.
Under the first draft, IN which the
total number OF registrants was
9,586,5O8 tile nationalities repre-
sented other than the United States
furnished l,243,80l. The acceptance:
numbered l,O57,363, of whom 7o,o4s
were aliens. At the same time these
figures were made public last Janu-
ary by the provost marshal general
Maj.-Gen. Enoch Crowder, net cred
It's for volunteer enlistments were
given as numbering 322,lSl. There
have been other calls under the lrst
draft. and other acceptances, along
with an increased volunteer enlist,
ment, all of which have contributed
to increase the size OF reinforce
ments of Americans. All OF these
forces have drawn man-power OF
alien origin, the like and variety OF
which the world never before saw,
States Having Most Deaths.
The state having the largest per.
ceatage of deaths and wounds IN
battle is Alabama, the figures be-
ing .olS. Next nine highest are
Rhode Island, 1877; Nebraska, .89l
Iowa, 1856; Minnesota, $40; Miehi'
gan. 1865; New Hampshire, sol
New York, 800; Colorado and Mis-
souri,, $50. The percentages in this
respect of others of the larger state:
are: Massachusetts, .743; New Jer'
sew. .S45; Pennsylvania, sol; Ohio
.Si2; Illinois, .Sl7; Indiana. ITO
Texas. .S45; Kentucky. ISL; Tenne
see, .7ol; Virginia, .729; CALIFORNIA
States Showing Few Deaths.
The state having the lowest per
centage in casualties of deaths iron
disease is Alabama. the figures be
ing .Ol3. Next, and having less thai
26er cent, are Michigan, New York
Oklahoma, West Virginia. Nevada
Pennsylvania, Missouri, California
Connecticut, Oregon, Ohio, Mime
sofa, New Hampshire. New Jersey
Washington, South Dakota, Ten
nessee, North Carolina. Strange t
saw the percentages of deaths in tn
quota of troops from three southern
;tates is out of all proportion wit
the Others. They are Louisiana
with .2O2; South Carolina, 2l2; Viz
yinia. .23O. Virginia's is the creates