The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
U.S.-Teut0nic WarNewS

U.S.-TeutOnic WarNeWS
An American troopShip with 2.SOC
men on board has been torpedoed Al
hands were saved by destroyerS. The
United States navy department an
nounccd that the vessel was the White
Star liner Persic of 12,O43 tons. The
troop ship was one Of a large convoy
approaching the English coast and
was about POO miles out. There was
no sign Of panic on board. Many of
the troops We're from Chicago and
Cleveland. None was injured.
American troops of all units have
been instructed by General Pershing
to kill on the spot any one who in time
of battle urges surrender or attempts
To persuade them that further resist
lnce is useless. These instructions
were made necessary because some
one in American uniform during a Ger
man attack on FiSmette ran among the
troops, calling upon them to cease re
siStance and declaring that the officers
advised surrender.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced that the first call to the
cOlors of men who registered Thursday
will include men in the nineteen and
twcnty-year-old classes. and in the
classes from thirty-two to thirty-Six
years, inclusive. Questionnaires will 90
first to regiStrantS within these speci-
fled age limits and local boards will be
ordered to classify them first in readi.
ness for calls beginning in October.
Secretary of War Newton y. Baker
has arrived safely in France, the war
department announced. The Secre-
tary's trip. the second he has made to
Europe this year, was made aboard
transport. The secretary was accom-
panied by John y. Ryan, director of
reronautics; Maj. Gen. w. c. Gorgas.
surgeon general Of the army: Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines. ana Lieut. Col.
George II. Baird. military aid to the
secretary Of war.
Under new policy of reporting cas-
ualties in the American eXpeditionary
forces adopted by the war department.
the names of the men wounded will be
sent to the United States by courier
twice a week, and only the names of
the dead and missing will he cabled
by General Pershing when the system
is fully in effect. General Pershing re-
ported 10000 slightly wounded Amer
icans up to August 20.
Such large proportion Of the Amer f.
ican casualties in recent actions has /
been due to gallant attempts to rescue |
wounded men by unwounded comrades
that General Pershing has been COM
PEELED 10 issue n general order calling
attention TO the fact that the regula-
tions prohibit members of the fighting
force to leave their proper positions +.
even for this purpose
American troops have landed at
Archangel to assist the other allied
forces there in their campaign for the
re-establishment Of order in northern
Russia. This announc cement was au-
thorized by General March, chief of
staff.
The American steamship Dora. for.
merly under the Austrian flag. was tor
pedoed and sunk on September 4, an
proximately 100 miles off France. ms
the result of an attack on cargo
convoy, says a dispatch from London.
The crew was saved.
Two hundred American army officers
who have seen service on the battle
frcnt n France .rrfved at an Atlantic
port and will be assigned to various
army camps to train newly drafted
men. The steamship on which the Of
ficers came also brought 200 sick or
wounded soldiers.
Thirty-iivC persons. principally mem
hcrS of the tireroom crew Of the U. 6.
S. Mount Vernon formerly the Ger.
man liner Eronprlngessin Cecilie. were
Ellrl whom the ship was struck by
. tr"'r' Thursday last u