New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
Fewer Than 1000 Men Go
Elsewhere Than France,
General March Says
Some Embark for
Italy and Siberia
Tennessee and Carolina
Troops Identified in
Flanders Attack

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Announce
ment to- day by General March, chief of
staff, that more than 100000 Ameri-
can troops had been embarked for all
fronts up to August 81 furnished new
measure of the forces Marshal Foch
has at his disposal with which to follow
IN the victories already won on the
Western front.
Included in the total of American
shipments are men sent to Italy and
Siberia. The total number of men sent
elsewhere than to France is less than
10000.
General March said it was estimated
that more than 250,oOO had landed in
France during August. The record for
monthly shipment, he added, was
ZS5,OOO.
In his mid-week conference with
newspaper correspondents General
March reviewed briefly the battle sit
uation of the last three or four days.
noting particularly that the British in
the most impressive phase of the bat
way across the Hindenburg line on al
eight-mile front, with Cambria as their
objective. The major enemy resistance
along the whole sixty-mile battlefront
from the Scarpe to the Disc, he said,
had been encountered and overcome by
the British, and the swift advance of the
French troops last week, when they
gained five or six miles on a 25-mile
front in single day, was due largely
to withdrawal forced upon the enemy
in the north
Dixie Boys in Flanders
In all the dispatches from abroad
officers here noted again to-day yelled
indications that some new and impor-
tant phase of the bu:tle is to be ex-
pected shortly. There was produced
the impression that Marshal Foch is
preparing for new blow If this is
the case, it is believed here that the
employment of General Pershing's army
may we'll be included in the plans, the
object being to hit with full force of
the American and Allied armies now
that the German disorganizaton ap-
pears to be spreading and his line
wavering.
The Chief of Staff in his interview
to- day identified the American unit
which participated in the Flanders ad-
vance as the 3oth Division. composed
OF troops from Tennessee, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina.
The French advance north of Sois-
sons, resulting in the capture of Terny-
Sorny, was participated in by the 32d
Division, composed of Michigan and
Wisconsin troops, under Major General
Haan.
Turning to questions as to the loca-
ton of various American units General
March said the 39th Division, composed
of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
troops, was now in process of landing
in France, while the 36th Division, com
posed of Texas and Oklahoma troops.
has completed it's debarkation. The
3oth Division, composed of Missouri
and Kansas troops, is stationed in the
Nosges. The 9th Division, composed
of New York troops, is still in training
with the British in Flanders and Gen
eral March said the identification of the
30th Division as the one engaged with
the British near Mount KENNEL indi-
Gated that the eth had not been in
volved in that fighting.
The total number of wounded and sick
returned to the United States from tho
102d Infantry regiment, General March
said, was seventyfour, of that number
twenty seven having been sent back
during August. The regiment is COM
posed largely of Connecticut troops and
reports have been in circulation that
its losses had necessitated virtually the
withdrawal of the regiment and COM
plete reorganization.