Evening star., 1918-07-13
Gen. March's Report Shows
Increase of Over 10000
Since Last Week.
D. C. NATIONAL GUARD.
TROOPS IN SECOND CORPS
Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett Put in
Temporary Command Of First
Army Corps.

In announcing today that American
troops already abroad or IN transit
have passed the 100000 mark. Gen.
March, chief of staff. also disclosed
that three Army corps Of American
troops now have been organized in
France.
Each contains from 225.ooo to $780,
600 men of the Regulars, National
Army and National Guard.
Former District National Guard
troops which recently arrived in
France have been placed in the I'd
Corps, 30th Division.
Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett commands
the first corps; the. two other corps
commanders have not been selected.
when the commanders finally are Sc
lected. they will have the rank Of
lieutenant generals.
Troops Which Make Up Corps.
Besides this. the chief of staff dis
closed important information of the
exact troops which go to make up the
corps. This information never has
been given before to the people at
home.
The rate of transportation Of troops
for July, Gen. March said, was keep
ing up with previous months More
than 10000 troops were transported
last week alone.
In announcing the organization of
the Army corps. Gen. Marsh showed
that five regular divisions. nine Ma
tional Guard and four National Army
divisions have been used to make up
the three corps.
The LIST Army Corps comprises the
First Division, regulars, commanded
by Maj. Gen. Robert l.. Bullard. I'd
Division. regulars. Maj. Gen. Omar
3undy; 26th National Guard, Maj. Gen.
Clarence R. Edwards: AID National
Guard (Rainbow), Charles T. Menhor;
Cen. Hunter hggett; 32d National
Guard (Michigan and Wisconsin
troops), Mai Gen. W. c. Ham.
Troops in Second Corps.
Second Corps: Seventy-seventh
National Army New York troops),
Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan; 35th Ma
tional Army (Kansas and Missouri
troops), Mai. Gen. William NJ. Wright;
SD National Army alabama, Georgia
and Tennessee), Maj. Gen. William E.
Burnham: 30th National Guard (Ten-
nessee. North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and District of Columbia troops),
Maj. Gen. George w. Read: 28th Ma
tional Guard pennsylvania troops),
M,rtr OF
Regulars. George H. Cameron.
The District of Columbia National
Guard troops included in the 30th Ma
tional Guard Division of the I'd Army
Corps comprise all of the former Dis
trict Guard organizations that trained
which recently arrived in France.
Third Corps: Sd Division, regulars.
Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Dickman; 5th
Regulars. Maj. Gen. John E. Mcmahon;
18th National Army Delaware and
New York troops). Maj. Gen. ]. NJ.
bert c. Kronkhite; 33d National Guard
(Illinois troops), Maj. Gen. George
Bell, jr.: 9th National Guard (EeW
York troops). Maj. Gen. John +. Ryan.
Troop Shipments Maintained.
Gen. March had little to say re-
garding the military situation in
France, but stated that the shipment
of troops was proceeding without any
let-up whatever, the same rate being
maintained for July as for previous
months.
Activities along the various fronts
have been of minor character during
the past week, Gen. March said. The
process of small raids along the
French line has been continued with
practically unvaried success for the
allies.
The most striking advance has been
on the Macedonian front, in Albania,
where, aided by British and Italian
monitors operating from the sea, a
general advance over a crescent
shaped sector of eighty miles length
has been made. the advance being
twenty-five miles at its deepest point.
The former crescent into the allied
line there has been wiped out and a
straight front substituted
The advance was carried out largely
by Italian troops, but they were as
sisted on the right flank by French.
Gen. March said no official reports
attempting to explain the delay in
the German offensive had reached the
War Department.
He indicated his own opinion, how
ever. that the time that has now
elapsed since the last German drive is
not greater than would have been
necessary to prepare adequately for
an assault Of the scope Of that which
the Germans are believed to be con-
templating.
The fact that American forces are
being rapidly shipped to France is re-
garded as possibly the reas son for even
more extensive German preparations.