The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-22
MARCH REPORTS
TROOP LOCATIONS
BATTLE FRONT REDUCED so
MILES BY RECENT AL
LIED SUCCESS.

Washington, Aug. 2l.-As re-
suit of the allied successes during
the past month the battle front ir
France from Rheims to the North
Sea has been reduced in length
more than fifty miles, Genera
March told the newspaper men to-
day in his mid-week conference.
When the Germans began theil
last advance, the line stretched fol-
$50 miles. 1t is now less than zoe
miles. General March enumerated
thirty-two American divisions as
having arrived in France. They are
as follows: First, End, 3rd, 4th, 5th
9th, 26th 9th, 2Sth, 29th, 30th, 32nd
33rd, 35th, 36th, 37th, 4lst, And
10Th, 77th, 18th, 10Th, S0th, Slst
Sind, S3rd, S5th, S9th, Goth, 9lst
92nd and ORD.
The success Of the enlarged Amer
lean program of the war department
General March said, still is depend
ent upon the acquisition of adequate
shipping, and while the emergency
fleet corporation is constantly swell
ing the tonnage at the army's dis
posal, it still is necessary to charter
and hire many additional ships.
Texans Are Landed.
In answer to questions the chief
of staff said that the Sixty-e eighth
National Guard and Ninetieth Ma
tional army divisions, including
many Texans, reached France be-
tween July 30 and August l3, and
have been in training. The Ninetieth
he said, has not yet reached the
front line.
General March corrected report
that the Seventy-seventh division
troops of New York City and vi
cinity) was being sent to Italy. 1t
was last reported, he said in the
Voges.
The Twenty-sixth National guard
divisions New England) which par
ticipated in numerous attacks near
Chauteau-Thierry and which aided
in the capture of the towns of Tor
cy and Belleau was relieved from its
position on the Marine front on July
p and is now back of the lines
for recuperation.
Lacking official details of the
British drive reported in The Asso-
ciated Press dispatches this morn
ing, General March declined to COM
ment upon this new allied thrust. He
said, describing the period which had
elapsed since his last talk, that the
allies had continued their advance
on the widely separated sectors.
Commenting on the French front,
he pointed out the salients which
existed, there have been bent in by
allied attacks southeast of Meteren,
on the north flank, and near Mer
vile, on the south side. The apex
was thus made unhealthy" for the
enemy and he was forced to with
draw for from one to two miles on a
l5-mile front.
On the plains near the Disc, the
allied advance has put the line well
back of the old l9l6-l9l7 line.
Regulars in Battle.
General March said the war de-
partment had not yet received de-
tails of the capture of Frapelle, in
the Vosges, by the Fifth United
States division (regulars). The line
a this point is four miles over the
German border.
In commenting upon the shipping
General March divulged
for the first time the fact that Brazil
had given a ship to the United
States without compensation of any
sort for two trips. He said that SO
far as he knew, this was the only
case of the kind on record.
Answering questions regarding in
dividual divisions, General March
said the Seventy-sixth division New
England and New York National
army now is serving as a depot di
vision and is stationed in back
lrea. The Eightieth division penn
'ylvania and Virginia National ar
ny) is serving with the British in
Flanders.