The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-22
81 DIVISIONS
SENT ACROSS
Allied Thrust Cuts so Miles
Off Battle Line.
BRAZIL LENDS TRANSPORT
General March Says Foe is Losing
Territory and Tells of Pennsylva-
mans in France.

Washington, Aug 22.-As Il result
of the allied successes during the past
month the battle front in France from
Rheims To- the North Sea, has been re.
duced in length more than fifty miles,
General March told the newspaper
men in his mid-week conference.
When the Germans began their last
advance the line stretched for 23O
miles. II Is now less than POO miles.
The success Of the enlarged Ameri-
can program OF the war department,
General March said. still is dependent
upon the acquisition Of adequat" ship
ping Although the Emergency Fleet
corporation is constantly swelling the
tonnage aJ the army's disposal, IT
still is necessary to charter and hire
many additional ships.
General March corrected q report
that the seventy seventh Division
TROOPS of New York city and vicinity
was being sent to Italy. 1t was last
reported. he said. in the NOsgeS,
General March enumerated thirty
two American divisions as having ar.
rived in France. They are: First, Sec
ond, third, fourth. fifth, sixth, twenty.
sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty eighth,
thirtieth thirty second, thirty-third,
thirty-tifth. thirty-siXth, thirty-seventh,
forty-first, fOrty-second, Seventy-siXth,
seventy-seventh, seventy-eighth, seven
ty-ninth. eightieth, eighty-irst, eighty
second. eighty-third. eighty-tifth,
eighty-ninth. ninetieth, ninety-f1rst.
nnety-second and ninety-third'
(Ali the divisions enumerated up to
lie twenty-siXth are regulars, and
from the twenty-sixth to the seventy
sixth are composed Of old national
guard units. The others are made ur
Of men who entered the service since
America declared war. The twenty
eighth includes in its muster the old
Pennsylvania national guard
The seventy-ninth division is com
posed of men who trained at Camp
Meade, Pennsylvania the seventy
eighth. Camp Dix, from New York,
New Jersey and Delaware the ninety
second IS composed of negro troops.)
He said, describing the period which
had elapsed since his last talk that
the allies had continued their attacks
on. limited fronts and at widely sepa-
rated points.
On the plain near the Disc, the al
lied advance has put the line well
back of the old 1916-1917 line.
General March said the war depart
ment had not yet received details of
the capture Of Frapella, in the Vosges,
by the fifth United States division
(regulars). The line at this point Is
four miles over the German border.
In Flanders, he pointed out, the
points of the salient which had exist
ed have been bent in by allied attacks
southeast of Metteren, on the north
flank. and near Merville, on the south
side The apex was thus made sun
healthy" for the enemy and he had to
withdraw for from one to two miles
on a fourteen mile front
Commenting upon the shipping St
uation. General March divulged for tn
first time that Brazil had given ship
to the United States without compen-
sation for two trips. He said so far
as he knew this was the only case Of
the kind on record.
The general said the seventy-sixth
division (New England and New York
national army, Is serving as a depot
division in a back area. The eighticth
division pennsylvania and Virginia
national army in with the British in
flanders.