The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
Two New Army Corps Are
Formed by Pershing, Says
March, Chief Of Staff.
1,253,000 FIGHTERS
NOW ON WAR FRONT
Troop Movements Tempo
rarily Slowed by In
creased Supplies.
5000 WENT WEEK ENDING
JULY 20; AVERAGE, 10000
"Franco-Americans and British Are
Driving Germans-Desperate
Fighting" Says General

With the announcement yes
tcrday by Gen. March, Chief of
staff, that two new army corps
had been formed in France, it
was also given out that United
Statcs combatant forces have been
sent from France to Italy to join
noncombatants already there.
The revelation that an armed
contingent has arrived in Italy
from Pershing's expeditionary
forces was proof that the Ameri-
can troops in Europe are now nu-
merous and we'll trained enough
to enable the detachment of need
cd units to go where special need
develops.
- There are now I,zssooo Ameri-
can fighters overseas. Gen. March
told the Senate Military Affairs
Committee. Last week $1,000
were transported, which is below
the 10000 weekly average main
tanned recently. This, however,
was due to unusually large ship
ments of supplies abroad during
the same period.
Desperate fighting is still in
progress along the West front,
Cen March said. The Franco
American and British forces are
driving the Germans to the cen
ter of the salient they now oc-
.cupy. The town of Epieds,
which has been in the thick of
the battle, has changed hands
four times between the Americans
and the enemy.
The Americans now hold it.
I, I'VE are going forward stead
ily," Gen. March said.
Enemy Driven IL Mikes.
The allied line. which at the be-
ginning Of the offensive. was seventy
four miles long. Is now sixty-four
four miles, and the Germans who
were only thirty-eight miles from
Paris are now forty-three miles away.
British re-enforcements by a DASH
ing attack. have made mile
and a half dent on 4-mile
front in the enemy's left flank south
west Of Rheims. The distance from
Scissors to Rheims-the neck Of the
bottle-is unchanged since last We'd
,nesday, the general said.
Thus far the area won by, the allies
more than equals the territory taken
by the enemy in Flanders. in his re-
cent offensive. the general said.
The allies also hold an added ad-
vantage in the fact that their lines
are now within three and one-half
miles of Fere-en-Tardenois, and they
are continuously shelling the big Ger
man supply depot there. which is near
the railroad. The number of Ameri-
can divisions in the battle is the same
as II was last week.
Fourth Corps.
The Fourth Corps consists of the
following units; Eighty-third Division,
national army, commanded by Maj
Gen. E. F. Glenn; Eighty-ninth Divi-
1 sion, national army commanded by
Brig. Gen winn; Thirty-seventh d.
vision. National Guard. commanded
by MAJ. Gen. r arnsWOTlns IWenty-
ninth Division, National Guard, COM
lnanded by Mai. Gen. Morton: Nine
tieth Division, national army. COM
n1anded by Mai. Gen. Henry p. Alien;
Ninety-second Division. national army,
a negro division. commanded by Mai
Gen. Ballou.
The Eighty-third Division is COM
posed of troops trained at Camp
sherman. Chillicothe. Ohio; the
EIghty-ninth. troops from Camp
Ft,nston- Fort Riley, Kans.; Thirty
seventh, Camp Sheridan. Montgomery,
Ala; Twenty-ninth, Camp Mcclellan,
Admission, Ala. and the Ninetieth,
Carnp Travis, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.
Fifth Corps.
The Fifth Corps consists of these
units: Sixth Regular Division. COM
nanded by Mai. Gen. Erwin; Thirty
sixth Division. National Guard. COM
-rnanded by Mai. Gen. w. r. Smith;
seyenty-sixth Division. national army,
commanded by Mai. Gen. II. b.
Hodges: seventy-ninth Division, ma
tional army. commanded by Maj. Gen.
Joseph z. Kuhn; Eighty-ffth Divf-
sion, national army. commanded by
Maj. Cen c. W. Kennedy. and the
Ninety-hrst Division. national army,
commanded BY Brig. Gen. Fred Foltx.
temporarily
The Thirty-sixth Division Is COM
posed Of ttroops trained at Camp
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