Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-11
Maximum Resources of Ma
ton Should Be Hurled
Against Germans. He Saws
NO TIME TO HANG BACK
Stream of Cash for Loan Must
Measure Up to Stream of
Soldiers Going Over
BY the Associated Press


Washington. Oct. liz
American troops sent overseas have
passed tho l,900.OoO msrlt, General
March announced today. coupling his
Z statement with an urgent appeal to the
!. country to support the fourth Liborty
loan.
The present is no timc tO hang back,
General Marc hsald for tvs maximum
resources Of the natiCn In men nud
money must he hurled at the Hun to
make victory certain. and while the
movement Of soldiers across the water
is continuing, the War Department Is
preparing another 2.oU0 900 men 20 fol
low the first 1000 OCu
The department. has asked Congress
for $SoO0,OO0 to carry out lts program,
he added and the financial support Of
that program must not BE- Withheld by
the nation.
Headed for German Arteries
Taking up the battle situation on the
west front. General March said that with
the capture OF lie Cateau by the British
the Allied forces were within fourteen
miles Of the railway junction Cf AulnOye,
which is "a vital stratcgieal point FOR the
enemy
The I.ege-Maubege railway and the
American army is striking on the Meuse,
meet each other at Aplnoyr. and these
two lines nro tho main arteries FOR Ger
man supplies and troop movements in
France.
Pcrsbing's first Army Identified
General March announced the Arnori-
can divisions which cleaned M the st.
Mihiel salient IN the fight which Pre-
pared the way for the present operations
north OF Nerduu. Pointing from left
to right on the map he said the di-
visions were in line az follows;
Fourth Utegular).
Tweuty-sixth (New England National
Guard).
First ORegular).
Forty-second Uainbow).
Eighty-ninth tkansas, Missouri. South
Dakota Nebraska, Colorado. New Meg
leo and Arizona National Army.
Second U.egular).
This is the first information made
public as TO the constitution Of the army
with which General Pershing achieved
brilliant and swift victory IN his
frst wholly American effort.
Locating various divisions In response
to questions, General March sad the
Ninety-first ALASKA. Washington, ore
gon, California. Idaho, Nevada. Montana,
Wyoming and Utah National Army was
still in the American training areas the
Seventy-eighth (Western New York
New Jersey and Delaware National
Army Is on the line with The First
Corps. but it's position is not specifically
stated the Twenty-nlnth (Scw Jersey
Delaware, Virginia. Maryland and D's
trict Of Columbia National Guard) IS cr
the line in the Vosgcs. as IS the Thirty
seventh (Ohio National Guard) (; the
Ninetieth Crexas and oklahoma Nationa
army Is on the st. Mihlel front: tn.
Eighty-se cond Georgia. Alabama ant
Tennessee) is asst OF the Argonne and
the Forty-second CRa!nbOw) Is in th'
woevre.
(The First Corps is commanded by
Major General Hunter figgett and i
operating on the Meuse.)
The first courier from General Perish
ing carrying the hospital records Of TN
expeditionary forces for slightly wound
cd men has arrived. General March said
the lists including approximately 1000
names. This number. he said. was th'
accumulation for all the period up 4
the time II was decided to bring tn
lists by courers.
II has been found on examination tina
many accidental injuries not connecte
with operations at the front are In
/ cluded IN the first lot Of names. Th
lists are now being checked and will
soon be ready for issue to the press.
Gain II Miles In Three Days
Describing the operations at the fron
during the last few days, General Marcl
said the Anglo American drive betwee
st. Quentin and Cambrai had shake
the enemys resistance and resulted !
at least temporary disorganiZation i
the German ranks. ON the first da
the whole front of attack was swcp
forward an average depth OF three miles
followed, on Wednesday by a siN-mil
drive on a thirty -fve-mle front, wit
he French troops carrying the souther
third Of the line.