Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-27
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ORGANIZE TWO
NEW ARMY CORPS
General March Announces orsanixa.
tien Of Fourth and fifth Corps ID
France, Commanded by Major Gen.
erals Reed and sund,, Fs.p.etlys'y-
Huns Forced Back Eleven Miles ia
Aisns -Marns Sector.

washington, July xt.- IraanFo
American combat troops from France
have begun to arrive in Italy, General
March announced today at his regu-
lar conference with newspaper men.
Neither the number nor the place
where they are to be used has been
communicated tosthe war department.
Two added American army corps
have been organized in France. They
are the Fourth and Fifth. commanded
by Major Generals George w. Reed
and Omar Bundy. respectively. u.
Summing ,ro the pattle situation on
the Aisne- e-Marne front, General March
said that It had developed, according
to official ,advices. IN forcing the Ger-
mans back cleven miles farther from
Paris, and shortening the allied line
BY ten miles,
{ The position on the TANK Of the
sAi1ept near Soissons and Rheims .asA
relatively unchanged. rf--sfs ..s:3ess' -
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German center Of observation-disclosures
Ak now witnin thrse : and qne-half
miles of the sllied line and under con-
, slant esheu fire. fa 80
eritons IN Striking Advance.
& The most striking ADVANCE since last
Wednesday, which General Marcn
noted was by the British forces, Just
Uest Of Rheims. This advance OF .
mile and a half on four mile front.
he. said, marked special source Of
danger to the enemy, placing his forces
to the south, in an awkward posi-
ton.
As a result the French already are
beginning to advance northward frpm
the Marne against enemy forces in ,
the pocket on that side Of the sali-
ent.
The German attack at Epieds only
the troop are again moving forward.
The French advance from Dormans
northWard on the Marine, the chief
of staf pointed out, is across precip-
itous and wooded terrain. making pro-
gress necessarily slow. @
Make Up Of New Corps.
In ANNOUNCING the formation Of two
corps General March explained that
the divisions comprising theo and
other corps are assigned before leav-
ing this country to be mobiEZed as
corps when their training has been
completed. Na
With this understanding. he said,
the Eighty third national army (Maj.-
Gen. 2. F. GLENN, Eighty ninth Ma
tional army (Brig. Gen. John 8.
Winn). Thirty-seven,h National Guard.
(Maj. Gen. w. s. Farnsworth). Twen-
ty-ninth National Guard tMaj.-Gen.
Charles G. Mortop), Nintieth National
army (Maj.-Gen. Henry Allen), Nine
ty-second negro (national army, Ma
3or General Bal!ou, have. been assigned
to the Fourth corps.
General March announced the tenn
c,orary commanders Of the five corps
as follows:
First corps, Mai Cen Hunter Lig-
gett; Second corps. Maj. Gen. Robert
l.. Buliard; Third, Maj.-Gen. w. NJ.
Wright; Fourth, MAJ. Gen. George W.
Reed; Fifth, Maj.-Gen. Omar Bundy.
Record Troop Transport.
With $4,000 troops sent last. week
the number Of American soldiers
transported overseas during July is
expected to reach record Of 800 900.
Secretary Baker and General March
today told members of the senate mil
itary committee.