Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-02
EIC|AL TABLES
 hOW 56,592 LOST |V EUROPEAN WAR
,.,sl March Reports On
 American Casualties.
i, THOUSAND MEN UNACCOUNTED FOR
i, That Majority will Be Added to Roll of Honor.

shiugton, Feb. 1.-Official tables ma1sr battle casualties Of the rean forces in France, made today by General March, chief sf show that approximately 10,- men remain wholly unaccounted nearly three months after the 2 of hostilities. The deaths, ng and known prisoners are tab i I'D to January 10 for each of nmbat divisions of General Per s army. The total is 56,592, of
 17434 are classified as missing ptured. An appended statement $ that only 29 American prison- yere believed to be still in Ger
 on January 8, and that 4,0OO hers had been checked up as re- \ and 11S died in captivity.
 he portion of the great body of pg men may be located as the n of the army thins out the Am- n force in France. Indications however, that the majority of the finally will be added to the roll nor shown in the tables of thsa or died of wounds, now record
 39,150 men. \
 Must Add MairneS.
 that figure must also be added men of the marine brigade, fig flor which, not carried in the ta- were obtained from official Is. This brings the aggregate aths from battle up to 40,7O9 on |ns estimated officially to be a5 nt complete. As figures on miss pd prisoners of the marines are bg tn enumIber of unaccounted Fhich finally will be added to M of the dead cannot be accur- estimated.
 army tables, however, give a to-
 NS49 men missing in action, aB5 known prisoners, making he 17.434 missing or captured. ippended statement shows the iSlls record 4,910 American mil pfsoners accounted for. Ad- Ny, there are many possibilities hor, but the statesmen says it is ht down to less than 10000"
 Figures No Complete.
 tables. do not furnish any data the wounded or deaths other those resulting directly from bat Anew estimate of the complete |s on American casualties, is sore, not possible. It is signif-
 however, that up to tonight the eepartment has published the or 43,SS2 men killed or died of ls as against 39,158 shown in
 percent tables. The difference ae up by additional returns the tables were closed January Member 27, General Pershing a!ed that his total killed ana a wounds would be 40,455. Pre- p!y publication of the lists of mown deaths and exclusive of anaccounted for is nearly com
 having exceeded the estimate ie than 5000, due in part to ad- M aeaths. from wounds and yc @smg as dead of men formerly sd missing.
 names of 149,41S wounded had paOlished up to- tonight, compar- Esa sa. 2 November estimated total ''soo. Of those missing in &C.,. il,e'6 have been published, " the estimated 14.26O total, Mapared with the 17,434 missing H'soners shown in today's tables.
 Infantry Bear Brunt.
 .,natlon of the losses by regi- s.aa SHOWS clearly that the brunt of usaung fell on the infantry. In a'vlsion which got into action, ,,,,s seIe many times greater, even MS,a.Onately M,.s to the strength of Mas than those of the artillery, Lw ss gun battalions, trench mar ceres or engineers. A score Sn S@ents lost fully one-third of Sa strength of 3,7OO men, in .,a u,eu or wounds, missing and sss s When figures on the u are available, officers be- asn.. me total casualties in several nh may equal the full ss.r'tlliery regiments escaped "a.!vely msa.sy light losses. In some e,ls lacnlne gun battalions suffered lI,.,ad s and there are a number of I"nal ho engineer regiments that i,onse ueivy toll for their place in kom At s mes. The first regular \ hcsnollit ollit up oIt of the original IteS Suslal n Pershing took to France |hs,I :. me heaviest casualties with h V 9.z4S recorded in today's ana .sion was first to reach tie @ un,;, was almost constantly in
 sal Su.ll the end. \ striking fea-