New Britain herald., 1918-11-30
262,723 CASUALTIES
UP TO NOVEMBER 23
This Number Does Not Include
American Prisoners Of War
DECENTRALIZATION SPEEDS UP

BE Brought Homo During Dcccm-
ber-26,37s Discharged i'm America.
" ashlngton, Nov. ,3o.-Cten. PERISH
ing has designated for early CONVOY
to the United States a total of a451
ofHcers and 1865 men, Gen. March
announced today. The units COM
prlsing these men will be made public
later.
In the list appear entire divi-
slons, the 39th, 18th and the S7th.
Inc other troops comprise artillery
units and army corps troops.
Gen. March gave out amended
casualty reports from Gen Pershine
giving the official total to Nov. 26 as
262,723 exclusive of prisoners. The
hgures on prisoners were unintelligi-
bic in the cablegram. Gen. March
said the total under this head prob
ably would be virtually the same as
announced last Saturday.
Perslling's Report to War Dept.
Gen. Pershing reported the follow
ing official casualties to November
(26:
Killed in action, 1865; died of
wounds, 12,101; died of disease, 1e,-
o34; died of other causes 1880.
Missing in action, 1890 Prison
ers (unintelligible).
Wounded, 1896, divided as fol-
lows: Severely wounded 54,751: un-
determined, 43,16S; slightly, 92,o36.
The new casualty reports add more
than 32, 600 names to the American
total for the war. The summary an
nounced last week totalled 233,117
2,163 prisoners General
March said he did not think the num-
Der of prisoners would be Increased
materially by the new figures.
To Use All Available Boats.
The war departm lent expects to
bring back home in December be-
tween 10000 and 175,00O, General
March said. To accomplish this it
will use in addition to army trans
ports and convertible cargo boats
enough old battleships and cruisers
to furnish an additional carrying Ca
pacify for $4,000 men. Shipping ex-
perts expect TO transport 10000
monthly when the rehabilitation is
under full speed.
The total number of troops already
designated for early discharge in the
United States was given as $4,000.
These include depot and development
battalions, 26,000; divisional troops,
10000; railway troops, $4,000; Unit
ed States guards, $4,000: tank corps,
1000: chemical warfare troops, 1000;
central officers training schools, co.
900: student army training corps,
10000. .a-.-..s
26,37S Leave Homo Csntonments
TO date 26,378 men have been mus
tered out of the camps in this coun-
try The schedule under which the
departm ent is working calls for the
release of an average OF 1000 men
per camp per day, and Gen. March
said every effort would be made to
maintain the average.
Revised army estimates for the
coming year resulted in cutting the
$4,000 100000 of army appropria-
tions to less than three billions Gen.
March announced.
ID. s. NJ. For Yankee Leaders.
Gen. Pershing has been directed by
President Wilson to confer the Dis
tinguished Service Medal on Gen.
Bliss, Lieut.. Generals Liggett and
Bullard, and Major Generals Dick
man, McAndrews and Harbord.
Gen. March corrected an erroneous
impression that the 27th and 30th di-
visions, reported as withdrawn from
the British lines, had been designat-
ed for early return to the United
States These two divisions, he ex-
planned, have been returned to Perish
ing's command and have not been as
signed for transportation home.
PuIlmans For Wounded Men.
Plans for bringing soldiers home, it
was announced, include the use of
hospital ships for severely wounded
and specially fitted transports for the
slightly wounded and convalescents
On the arrival the men will be met
by hospital trains and the Pullman
company has been directed to con-
vert a number of sleepers into hospi-
tai cars to carry them to the army
reconstruction hospitals, base hospi-
tails and other places already provid-
ed.
Prisoners Are Returning.
Reports from Gen. Pershing show
that American soldiers captured by
Germany are returning to the Ameri-
can lines from day to day, Gen.
March said, and the department has
received no report of mstreatment of
them by the enemy Most of the
men are entering the lines of the
American army of occupation since
that army holds the front line.
The disposition to be made of Ger
man or other enemy subjects interned
in this country, Gen. March thought,
would be worked out at the peace
conference.