Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-10
LOSS OF MAUBEUGE
FATAL TO GERMANS
General March says Taking ~ IUrl 70
rrAs sewers Ga~r NricrN ~ the
Northern Front sector
ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED
Chief Or StHIf GiVC- Out NamCs Of
Corps and Division Command
'r---IrinCI' Fast HCgninCd

WAsUI<GTON. No,. capture
of MIuhrugc by IN" Eriurh. G,u"uI
March sad today mark. IA" d,IN
nit" severance Of the last German
irtory 10 thar srcfor Of the west
front and viii make II imp"asIpI"
for tho enemy TO SHIFT his force t.
wc"l a now attack
Summarizing tho allied w,r'H.cs
since the Inauguration ~ tho ipr
ward movement Genera March
pointed out that the Germans ldv,
been driven - miles further from
Paris and the territory they Oc"ur.
IN France has been reduced FROM
900 square mites 10 Ices than
$500
Thc American rirrt army under
General Pershing has advanced 80
miles In the last eight days
American divisions operating with
the British in Flanders wcr" id"ui.
fled az the J7th tOhiUD under Mai.
Cen & S EaruawOrih, and the 3lai
CPacinc coast, hlaskn, WyomInr
Montana Nevada and IthhD under
Mai. Gen. w. II. johnson. The 9isi
was on last reports, on the holEhh
Of Ardcnardc ON the Schcldi river.
Announcement had"
General MnrCh characterized the
publication Of the erroneous an
nounCemcnt Of tho armiStiCc Hs
VERY bad for the military program
Of the United States For instance,
nc said. In New York the stcvcdorcs
who were engaged IN loading very
essential supplies for the expedition
hry forces. stopped work nnd did
not return ut all on that day or the
"a lf,V sYt ttsH
were thus delayed.
In commenting on this incident
the chief OF staff made the statement
France for some time even when
that the American army will he In
peace In declared.
The reorganization NJ the Ameri-
can expCditlonary forces into two
field armies has resulted In several
changes In corps commanders. These
include the following First corps
Mai Gen. Joseph DickmHn, second
corps, Mai Gen. George W. Reed,
third corps, Mai. Gen. l.. j. Hines;
fourth corps, Mai. Gen. Charles II
Muir, fltth corps. Maj. Gen G. L.
Summeral: sixth corps. Mai. Gen
william ~ Wright; seventh corps,
Mai Gen. Charles II. Monchcr.
Division Commanders.
In connection with the re-organl-
1ation OF the American expedition
AIRY forces, which Also caused some
changes in the corps commanders,
General March gave the names Of
tho division commanders at tho
front They are
First, Brigadier General Frank
Parker; second, Major General John
A. Lejeune, U. y. NJ. C.; third, Bri-
gadier General Preston Brown,
fourth. Major General Mark |. Her
sey. fifth, Major General Hanson n.
Ely: sixth. Major General Walter II.
Gordon: seventh. Major General
Edmund Wittemeyer; twenty-sixth,
Prigadler General T. H. Bamford;
twenty-seventh, Major General John
F., O'Ryan: twcnty-eighth, Major
General William ". Hay: twenty
ninth. Major General G. l.. Morton,
thirtleth, Major General Edward NJ,
Lewis; thirty-flrst. Major General
Leroy \. Lyon, thirty second. not
reported: thirty-thlrd Major Gcner-
nj George Rel. jr: thlrty-fourth, not
reported thirty-fifth, Major Cen
eral Peter +. Traub: thirty-slXth.
Major General William Il. Smith;
thlrty-seventh. Major General ChAs.
r. GF'arnsworth thirty eighth, Ma
Jor General Robert L. Howe;
thirty-nlnth. Major General Henry
G. Hodges: fortieth. Major General
j.. S. strong; forty-first. not re-
ported: forty second, Major General
Charles II. Rhodes: seventy-sixth.
Major General Harry T.. Hodges,
seventy-seventh, Major General
Robert Alexander; seventy eighth,
Major General James II. McRae,
seventy ninth. Major General Joseph
r. Kuhn; eightieth, Major General
Adelbert Cronkhite; eighty-first,
Major General Charles l.. Bailey;