Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-12-04
FIRST U. S. MEN
SAIL FOR HOME
Several Thousand American Sol.
dierS Cheered by Crowds
at Liverpool.
81, 1863 YANKS Die IN WAR
General March Says Pershing Is Az.
thorized to Send Back All Troops
Not Needed for Army of
Occupation.

Liverpool. Nov. 25.-Several thou
sand American soldiers sailed for
home Friday on the liners Lapland
and Mnnehaha. 1t was stirring
scene as the men marched from the
railway station and local camps to
the landing stage amid the rousing
cheers from the throngs of people
along the streets.
Washington. Nov. 25.-General
March announced that authority had
been given to General Pershing to send
back home all such troops as will not
be needed in making up the army Of
occupation. He said that General Per-
shing had indicated that the following
units would be required:
Divisions 81. SO. 81. 81. "a, IS, 30.
76, s. coast artillery regiments 46. Al.
40. 80, rs and 76; field artillery brig
AIDES G5 and 1903.
In addition General PershinC indi-
Gated that the following general
classes of troops will be returned:
Railroad artillery troops. army ar
tilery troops. gas troops, tank corps.
air forces and those divisions which
were broken up to be used as replace
ments for other divisions which had
seen active service.
Troops returning Immediately from
England. General March said, will in
clude virtually all Of the air squad
rons, TO construction companies, Que
sail-makerS detachment. one llandley-
Page training station and several pho
Geographic and radio sections.
The composition of divisions desig-
mated fof return as far as known. is
as follows:
Trfrty-frst Georgia, Alabama and
Florida; Thirty-fourth NEBRASKA,
Iowa, South Dakota and minnesota /;
Thrty-elghth Undlana, Kentucky and
West Virginia. Seventy-sivth (New
England Seventy-eighth West New
York. New Jersey and Delaware).
General March announced that
among the divisions that will be re-
turned from France pc not needed for
the army of occupation will be the
Eighty-sixth (Blackhawk) division.
(The Eghty.sixth was trained at
Camp Grant and includes many Chi
cago and northern Illinois troops,)
Total casualties In the American
oxpeditionary forces up TO the sign
ing of the armlstice were divided as
follows:
Killed and died Of wounds 36,154;
died Of disease, 13.S11; died from
utirer causes. 2,2O4; wounded. 179.G25;
prisoners. 2,l63; missing, 1,lG0
The American forces in France. Cen
eral March said. had taken 1900 Ger
man prisoners in round numbers and
400 guns. He added that the cas-
ualties among the American forces in
Northern Russia We're not severe. CON
trary to reports and that encourag-
ing accounts of the situation Of the
forces there had been received.
Movement of troops from France
will be expedited in every way, the
chief Of etaff said, and he added that
they will not "-neal into The country,
either" Taking up the present adj
vance of the allies forces, General
March pointed out that the American
army is heading for Coblen2, the cen
ter bridgchcad on the Rhine where
# should arrive about December l.
Decentralization of the forces Mt home
is proceeding steadily.
Washington. Nov 25.--General Per
shing's communlque says: "IIeadquar-
ters American ExpeditIonary Forces,
Nov. 25.--The 30 army continued its
progress through the grand duchy Of
LuXemburg 10 the line Ingelderf-Dctz-
dorf- Remich Schengen.
(Remich Is on the Prussian from
tier)