Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-12
AME RICANS SENT
ABROAD APPROACH
Z MILLION MARX
Yankee Troops Transported
Overseas Number More
= Than 100000, General
March Says in Interview.
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I Washington, Oct. 1t.-Ameriean
troops sent overseas have passed the
10000 mark, General March an
nounced today, coupling his state
ment with an urgent appeal to the
country to support the Fourth Lib
erty Loan.
The present is no time to hang
back, General March said, for the
! maximum resources of the nation in
! men and money must be 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 p
| 100000 men to follow the first two
| million
The department has asked congress
for $S,000,000,O 900 to carry out its pro-
gram, he added. and the financial
support of that program must not be
withheld by the nation.
Summing the BATTLE situation on
the western front General March said
with the capture of lie Cateau by the
British forces the allies were within
fourteen miles of the railway junction
of Aulnoye which is a vital strategi-
cal point for the enemy. The Liege-
Maubeuge railway and the lateral
road through Sedan at which the
American army is striking on the
Meuse meet e9ch other at Aulnoye,
and these two lines are the main
arteries for German supplies and troop
movements in France.
Americans at ST. MihicI.
General March announced the
American divisions which cleaned up
the st. Mihiel salient in the fight
which prepared the way for the pres
ent operations north OF Verdun.
Pointing from left to right on the
map he said the divisions were in
line ~ follows
Fourth (regular), Twenty-slxth
New England national guard, First
(regular), Forty second (rainbow),
Eighty ninth tKansas, Missouri, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado New
Mexico and Arizona national army)
Second (regular)
This is the first information made
public as to the constitution of the
army with which General Pershing
achieved a brilliant and swift victory
in his first wholly American effort
Locating various divisions in re-
Spouse to questions. General March
said the Ninetieth tTcXas and Okla
homa national army) is on the St
Mihiel front, and the Forty second
(rainbow) is in the Woevre
The first courier from General Per-
shing carry the hospital records of
the eXpeditonary forces for slightly
wounded men has arrived General
March said the list includes approx
mately 900 names. This number
he said, was the accumulation for all
the period up to the time 1t was de-
cided to bring the lists by couriers,
Many accidental injuries not con-
nected with operations at the front
are included in the first lot of names,
The lists are being checked and soon
will be ready for publication.
Foe Resistance Shaken.
Describing the operations at the
front during the past few days, Cen
eral March said the Anglo American
drive between st. Quentin and Cam
brai had shaken the enemy's resist
ance and resulted in at least tenn
porary DISCRIMINATION in the German
ranks.
A total OF fourteen miles in three
days has been gained by the allied
forces, marking the most rapid ad-
vance made since the counter often
sive began.
East of the Mouse American and
French forces have pushed forward a
mile and n half on a four-m-le front
and are now within ton miles of the
! Valenciennes-Metz railway system,
| the cutting of which would break one
! of the Germans main communication
| lines.