The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
This Number Includes $4,000
Wounded, Many Only Very
Slightly.
RETURN EIGHT DIVISIONS;
These With Coast and Field
Artillery Units to Start fO.:
United States at An Early
Date.

Washington, Nov 25.-Demobi-
lization of the American expedition
ary forces, already in progress with
the movement homeward of sick and
wounded, will be hastened by the re-
turn at an early date of eight divis-
ions of national guard and national
army troops, eight regiments of
coast artillery and two brigades of
field artillery. This announcement
was made by General March, chief
of staff, on receipt of dispatches
from General Pershing.
Total casualties to November II
when hostilities ceased, were 1885,
III. This includes, General March
said. killed and died of wounds. died
OF disease, unclassified death,
wounded. prisoners and missing
The divisions which General
March said have been designated by
General Pershing to return as soon
as the sick and wounded have been
moved to the United States. are:
National guard: Thirty-firs
Georgia. Alabama, Florida). 34th
Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and
Minnesota 3Sth Gndiana, Ken
tucky and West Virginia, and 39th
ARKANSAS, Mississippi and Louisi-
ana.)
National army: Seventy-sixth
New England), Saith (Kentucky,
Indiana and southern Illinois), S6tn
(northern Illinois,, and S7th CAR
kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
southern Alabama)
The coast artillery regiments I'd
return as soon as possible were an
nounced as the 46th, Attn, 4Sth,
49th, 50th, 73rd. 74th and 18th.
Casualties Tabulated.
The two field artillery brigades TO
be brought home are the 65th and
the l63rd. Eighty-two areo squad
rons, II construction companies and
several special units from England
will be brought home as soon as
transportation facilities are availa-
Bile, General March said.
Casualties sustained by the Amer
leans were tabulated by General
March as follows:
Killed and died OF wounds. &C.
154; died OF disease. 14,S11; deaths
unclassified. 2,2O4; wounded, 49,
625 prisoners. 2,163; missing. l.
$50. Total 2361l7.
While the total losses suffered by
the American army in France at the
first glance appeared to be almost
double the total estimated by officers
here as probable. analysis of the ta-
bic, 1t was pointed out. shows that
among the $4,000 wounded are in
cluded the names OF thousands Of
men whose injuries were so trivial
that they never were admitted to
hospitals and the record OF their in
jury was kept only in company and
regimental dressing stations. The
final total of killed. died Of wounds
or disease, or on the unclassified
death list, the seriously wounded.
and the prisoners and missing. Off
GERS believe will work out not in ex-
cess of $4,000.
Few American Prisoners.
The official figures show also near
ly double the number of deaths from
disease that have been made public
to date. No explanation has been
forwarded by General Pershing. but
ii is assumed that the unexpected
increase is due to the wide distribu-
tion OF American and allied hospit-
ais to which the men were sent.
making il slow process to assem-
BILE the data
The number of Americans taken
prisoner by the Germans littI,
more than 2.0OO-is strikingIy low
in view of General March's announce
ment that total "in round num-
bers" of $4,000 Germans had been
captured by the Americans The
fact that the American armies have
been moving forward continuously
since they entered the battle doubt
less accounts for the great differ
ence.
The 1.160 men reported as miss