Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
DELAWARE WAR LOSSES
LIGHT IN BIG ROLL
General March reports Major
Casualties of Each Division
on Western Front.
By Associated prees 10 Every Evening

peditionary forces, g5 per cent com
petc tn date, was made public today
by the War Department The totals
for all divisions, exclusive Of the two
regiments of marines in the second
DIVISION are Killed in action. IL
762; died of wounds, II ,396, miss
in action, II. $40, prisoners, 2,785.
Grand total Of major casualtiee.
56,592.
The figures for each Of the thirty com
bat divisions included show the following
totals Of major casualties First .Regu-
lars, 5.2i8
Second. iReguIars 1905
Third. fRegtilars), 3,617.
Fourth iRcgularsl 29S6.
Fifth fRcelllars) 2,5O4.
Sixth, iRcglJars) l22
Seventh, tRcrulars) 326.
26th, New England National Gnard)
1864
27th tNew York National Guard 2,1W
2sth fpennsylvania National Guard
3 $50
10Th New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland.
Delaware and District Of Columbia
National Guhrd) LILY.
30th Tennessee. North Carolina, and
South Carolina National Guard i,772
32d michigan and Wisconsin National
GuardD 3.213.
3}l minnesota. Iowa. Nebraska, North
and South Dakota National Guard III
35th missouri and Kansas National
Guard l.733
3Gth Texas and Oklahoma National
Gunrd SGo
37th tOhio and West Virginia National
Guarl) I,250
42d Rainbow 1850
18th New York metropolitan National
Army, 26a2
7sth New York md Northern Pcnnsyi-
varia National Army 825,
10Th Southern Pennsylvania National
| Army $50
SOth New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware and Dntict Of Columbia
j National Army l,355.
| sist Tennessee, North Carolina and
/ south Carolina National Army go
! sd Georgia, Alabama, Florida Ma
tional Army 1892.
sSth Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
North Dakota and South Dakota VA
tional Army 66.
seth kansas, Missouri and Colorado
! National Army)1 ,525
eOh Texas, Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma National Army l,5*5-
9lst Washington, Oregon, California,
Nevada, tab, Idaho, Montana End
Wyoming National Army l.702.
I'D National Army, Negroes I'll.
g3d fNational Army Negoesl $50
In killed IN action the first regular di-
vision leads the list with 2.303. Other
divisions with more than 90 men killed
IN action, stand IN the following order
Third. 80 I'D. To-, BID, l.6qi,
i ~ s @GfA- pEfh
/ second, ,.}@3 9th, 303; 18th, l,275,
and Both, 1,0s4
The only division to lose more than
90 men IN dicd OF wounds was he First,
| with 90 Only three divisions had more
than one thousand missing in action,
the First. with ,7s9, the 18th with / Ia.
and the 18th, with l.l42.
The heaviest loss IN prisoners was IN
| the 2sfh Division. with 69i men taken
| by the enemy The 9th was second with
| 354 taken prisoner, and the 18th, third
with 33s.
Tables showing losses by regiments
place the four infantry regiments Of the
i First Division as the heaviest sufferers
with from l.l50 to .26i major casualties
each. These regiments are the ltth,
/ Is. and 2Sth Regulars. Figures Tor
the Fifth and Sixth Marine regiment,
t in this division are not given.
/ In the National Army divisions the
/ regimental losses OF the 3ltth Infantry
| 18th Division. were the heaviest, totallng
/ 500
Among the National Guard divisions,
! the heaviest regimental losses recorded
are Tor the 10th Infantry, of the 18th
/ Division ,l42 men. while the losses Of the
10s tn Infantry, OF the same division.
| stand second at LIP.
Next is the l02d Infantry Of the 26th
Division with a total of qSS and fourth
is the l65th Infantry Of the I'D with SO.
Washington. Feb. 1.-Maior casualties
OF the 35th vision, practically complete
/ General March announced today were
1. .7:}3 nnen. divided as follows
Killed. 500: died of wounds, 2l7; ms
sing in action sos; prisoners. 1l2
General March said complete casualty
statistics on all divisions would be given
out later in the day, but because the
casualties Of the 35th [ vision had been
recently a subject of speculation, he would
annouce these immediately As TO other
reports of heavy casualties, he said, fifteen
divisions IN France has sustained losses
greater than those of the 35th. In that
list the ed. National Army, NegroeS)
division, also reported to have suffered
severely, stood twenty eight, and the SD
/ Division stood twenty fifth
While General March did not announce
the order of losses for the entire list, II
may be stated that the first and secono
regulars divisions, the first got into action
| and the longest TO serve at the front anC
the 26th New England National Guard
and AID (Raintow) divisions, will stano
close to the top of the list