Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-01
MANY NEW UNITS
DUE To RETURN
HOME VERY SOON
General March Designates
Long List Of Sections Due
To Leave Europe At Early
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WASHINGTON, Nev. 3O.-Four divi-
sions in their entirety and major units
of eight other divisions of the Ameri-
can army in France, have been desig-
mated by General Pershing for an early
return home. These troops. with other
special units, General March, chief of
staff, announced today, total 3,45l Of
ficers and 1868 men.
The complete divisions which will
return at an early date, General March
said, are the thirty ninth, seventy
sixth, eighty seventh and ninety sec
ond. Important elements of the fol-
lowing divisions to return as soon as
transportation facilities are available,
are the thirty-fir thirty fourth,
thirty eighth, fortieth, eighty-fo
eighty-fi eighty sixth and eighty
eighth. New figures on the American
casualties. announced by the chief of
staff, showed a total of 262,692, eX-
elusive of prisoners. The total, which
exceeds that made public a week ago
by $4,000, covers all losses to Novem-
ber 26. The principal changes in the
revised list is the addition of 1900
men missing in action. General Per
shing, it was said, has thus far for
warded no explanation of the increase
under this heading, and it was as
sumed that an error occurred in the
transmission of the previous figures.
General March explained that the re-
vised figures on prisoners could not be
deciphered in General Pershin's mes
sage.
The, special units to embark soon,
consist largely of coast artillery bri-
gades and separate regiments many
battalions and batteries of anti-air
craft artillery, engineers, trench NOR
tar batteries and a number of other
organizations, including aero squad
rons.
Orders have been issued, the chief of
staff also said, for the rehabilitation
of $4,000 men in the camps and can
tonments in the United States. Ap-
proximately $4,000 officers and men in
the home camps have already been
discharged.
By the end of December, General
March indicated. probably $50, 900 to
| 1I5,000 members of the expeditionary
| force will have returned to this coun-
ftry. By utilizing a large number of
| naval vessels, and cargo carrying YES
| sells, in additions to the transports, he
| said the war department hoped in time
| ii provide transportation for 900. 900
men a month.
WASHINGTON, Nov. SO-The fol-
lowing units were announced today bv
| General March as having been desis-
mated for early return home:
| Second anti-aircraft battalion.
335th field artillery
59th field artillery, brigade head
quarters.
337th field artillery
339th field artillery.
| 163rd field artillery, brigade head
quarters.
125th to 127th inclusive field artillery.
| Hath field artillery
| 73rd coast artillery.
| 74th coast artillery.
| 115th trench mortars battery.
| Third to seventh, inclusive, anti-air-
craft battalions
Fourteenth to seventeenth, inclusive.
! anti-aircraft battalions
109th ambulance train.
3SSth field artillery.
161st field artillery brigade.
331st to S3rd inclusive, field artillery.
911th ambulance train.
56th field artillery brigade.
116th field artillery.
117th field artillery.
11Sth field artillery.
Headquarters 10th artillery brigade.
coast artillery corps.
Headquarters Goth field artillery
brigade.
143rd field artillery regiment.
145th field artillery regiment
| 109th engineers.
136th ambulance COMPANY
136th field hospital.
Headquarters 39th division.
S9th division headquarters train.
nth brigade.
153 and 154th infantry regiments.
Headquarters 55th brigade.
155th infantry regiment.
156th infantry regiment.
140th machine gun battalion.
| 141st machine gun battalion
142nd machine gun battalion.