Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST
 HEREAFTER NAMES GO BY MAIL
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" <hCAii-N VI O-N, AdS. OeaSoeA1 ties in the United States overseas forces, announced by the war and navy during the week ending today, numbered 1855 compared with 4,916 for the previous week. Total casualties announced to date number 21,467, including 376 in today's army list. Total army casualties number 18.101; the marine corps lists total 2,76O.
 Total deaths, including the killed in action, deaths from wounds, disease, accident and other causes since the United States forces landed in France number S,1S3. including 291 lost at sea. Of that number 7,296 were of the ar my and S37 of the marine corps. The wounded to date number 11,615 of which 9,7S5 are of the army and 1880 of the marine corps.
 Men missing in action and prisoners number l, ,719, or which 1926 are of the army and 93 of the marine corps.
 The summary of the army casualty lists. including today's follows:
 Killed in action. S,S69; died of wounds, 1,189; died of disease, 1856; died of accident and other causes, 6S2.
 Wounded in action. 9.S75; missing in action Gncluding prisoners), 1926.
 Total to date, 1S,707.
 The summary of the marine corps list follows:
 Deaths, S37; wounded, 1880; missing in action sS; in hands of enemy, 5.
 Total to date, 2,760.
 New Arrangement
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-With the publication tomorrow of the daily list of casualties among Americas forces overSeaS.' The Associated Press and other press association in cooperation with the war and postoffice depart ments, put into effect a new arrange ment by which complete lists are de- livered daily by mail to the news papers in practically every city in the country.
 Since the American army in France has grown to q force of nearly a mil lion and a half men transmission ot the full honor roll of dead, wounded and missing by telegraph to all the newspapers has become almost an i'm possibility. For weeks the press asso- citations have been obliged to curtai deliver these lists. so important to tht friends and neighbors of the men a the front.
 Mail to Newspapers The postoffice department exercis ing control of telegraph systems ha. undertaken the responsibility of tele graphing the lists across the continen and of providing printed copies to tn, press associations simultaneously fl Washington. Chicago, and San Fran cisco. From these points the associa tions mail them to the newspapers.
 Each days list bears a date of pub lication several days later so that al papers may publish the same list, tn same day. Provisions has been mad for having half of the names appea flrst in the morning papers and hal first in the afternoon papers, but al papers receive the complete lists fo publication at the stated times.
 This plan means publication of tn names few days later than if the were telegraphed to the newspapers but with direct telegrapning becomin out of the question it furnishes means of nation wide dstributio which will place the lists before tn public long before most of the paper could receive them by mail fror Washington.
 Families at Once
 In announcing the inauguration ( the arrangement the committee o public information explained tonigf that it will not affect the war depart ments policy of notifying immediatel by telegraph the famiAes of men men toned in the list. The committed statement said:
 There will be no delay in the pri vate notification of the next of kin ( officers and men reported in the dail casualty lists because of the change system of public announcement of cas ualties. As soon as 1t is possible compare the names which are reporte by the adjutant generals office wit the card indexed catalogs at the sta tistical division, the usual private tele graphic notification will be made relatives"
 In order that the plan of simultane ous publication in the newspapers ma be carried out fairly and the relative of soldiers whose names appear c
 the list may be saved annoyance. Il
 war department has the pledge of Il
 press association that no use whatev,
 shall be made of any list before Il ? day fixed for publication. The pape specifically are required to refra from seeking information or pictur in advance of the publication da l from relatives or friends of m' ) named.