Republican farmer., 1918-12-06
PERSHINC PICKS
 55S,441 MEN FOR AN EARLY CONVOY
General March Gives Out Amended Casualty List As
 262,723 Without Prisoners
WILL TRANSPORT
 100000 MONTHLY
Will Send Home in Decem. Der Between 150,00O and
 175,OOO From Overseas.

| Washington, Nov. 30.---General Per- shing has designated for early convoy to the United States a total of S,441 officers and 555, 900 men, Gen. March announced today. The units compris- ing these men will be made known later
 1 General March gave out amended casualty reports from General Per shing giving the official total to Mo- venber 26 as 262, 72S exclusive of pris- oners. The figures on prisoners were unintelligible in the cablegram. Gen. eral March said the total under this head probably would be virtually the same as announced last Saturday.
 General Pershing reported the fol- lowing official casualties to Novem- Der:
 Died of wounds, 1,0O1. Died of dis ease, 16,O34. Died of other causes, 1880.
 Missing in action, 14,2so. Prisoners unintelligible.
 Wounded, 1Ss,955, divided as fol lows:
 Severely wounded, 54,541; undeter- mined, 43,16S; slightly, 92,O36.
 The war department expects tt
 bring back home in December be
 tween 150,OOO and 175, 900, Genera
 March said. To accomplish this i
 will use in addition to army trans
 ports and converted cargo boats
 enough old battIeships and cruisers t
 furnish an additional carrying ca Lpacity for 25,00O men. Shipping ex perts expect to transport 3OO,O0
 monthly when the rehabilitation ]
 under full speed. The total numbe
 of troops already designated for earl
 discharge in the United States wa given as 144,900. These include de pot battalions, 26,000 divisiona troops 10000; railway troops 28,00O
 United States Guards 26,00O; tan corps 1000; chemical warfare troop A 1000; central officers trainin schools 10000; student army trainin
 corps 16O,0OO.
 To date 46,37S men have bee
 country. The schedule under whic : the department is working calls fo
 the release of 1000 men per cam | per day, and General March said ey
 cry effort would be made to maintai the average.
 IS General Pershing has been directe c by President Wilson to confer tn $ Distinguished Service Medal on Gen = eral Bliss, Lieutenant-Genera Ligget . and Bullard, and MajorGeneral Dickman and Harbord. Il Two divisions have been returned y Pershing's command and have nc
 been assigned for transportatio N home.
 '. Plans for bringing soldiers home, y was announced include the use of hos pitaI ships for severely wounded an , specially fitted transports for tn 5 slightly wounded and convalescent " On the arrival the men will be met .o hospital trains and the Pullman c, ,- has been directed to convert a nun l. Der of sleepers into hospital cars ,e carry them to the army reconstrut AS tion hospitals, base hospitals an -s other places already provided. d Reports from General Pershing sho l. that American soldiers captured IS Germany are returning to the Amer IT can lines from day to day, Gener
 March said, and the department ha r. received no report of mistreatment ,e them by the enemy. lt Most of the men are entering tf d lines of the American army of occl IS patton since that army holds the frol H. line.