The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-12-19
Nv JAMES p. HoRNADAY.

Nv JAMES P. HoRNADAY.
Washington.-A sort of primer on
World war. a summary that may be
,sed in public schools, has been com,
iIad Inv the war department. 1t shows
b,t two out of every three American
oldiers who reached France took part
hattie. The number who reached
France was 20S4,000, and OF these
100000 saw active service IN the
front line. American combat forces
Nere organized into divisions, Whleh
consisted of some $4,000 officers ana
mn These were the largest on the
WESTERN front, since the British dlNl=
sion numbered about 10000 and those
Of tbe French and Germans about T.
o00 each. There were sent overseas Il
American divisions and several nun
dred thousand supplementary artillery
II md service of supply troops. or the
42 divisions that reached France -
took part in active combat service,
while the others were used for re-
i pacements or were just arriving dur
ing the inst hiolitIi VI
81 The battle record of the United States
prmy in this war Is largely the his
tory Of these % combat divisions Sew
on of them were regular army diyi-
sions. II were organized from the ma
i tional guard. and Il We're made up of
H national army troops.
American combat divisions were in
battle for 200 days, from the 25th OF
4Drik 1918. when the first regular div
sion, after long training in quiet sec.
Tors. entered an active sector on the
Pieardy front. until the signing of the
armistce During these 200 days they
were engaged in f3 major operations,
of which II were joint enterprises
with the French. British and Italians,
and two were distinctively American.
In Thirteen Major Operations.
American troops saw service on
practically every stretch of the west
ern front from British lines in Bel
gium to inactive sectors in the Nos-
res. On October q, 1917 Americans
entered the line in the quiet Toni sec.
tor. From that date to the armistice
American units were somewhere III
line almost continuously 1t is difficult
to cut up the year and % days which
interviewed into well-defined battles,
for in a sense the entire war on the
western front was single battle. 1t
is possible however, to distinguish GER
tain major operations or phases of
the greater struggle.
Thirteen such operations have been
recognized in which American units
were engaged, of which u took place
in the western front and one in Italy.
Battle clasps will be awarded to the
officers and men who participated in
these engagements. These battles and
the number of Americans engaged are
as follows: Somme, March u to April
6. 2,200 men engaged; Lys. April 8
to 81, 800 men engaged; Aisne, May
p 20 June ;. 81, 500 men engaged
Noyon-Montdidier June 8 to Is, 81 900
men engaged Champagne Marine. July
10 to 49, $1,000 men engaged; Aisne-
Marine, July IS to August 6, 270.000
men engaged; Somme, August S to
November IL. $4,000 men engaged
Ypres-Lys, August 10 to November Il,
10000 men engaged; st. Mihiel Sep
TENDER II to Is, 100000 men engaged
MeuSe-Arg0nne, September 20 to Nov
emher II, 100000 men engaged, and
N1ttoria-N eaeto, October "a to Novem-
Der 4, 1,200 men engaged.
Census Machinery Ready.
The 10000 men and women who
are to begin taking the decennial
census Thursday. January /, are
now receiving final instructions from
the district supervisors throughout
The country. The government has
been hard pressed to obtain the sery-
Ices OF well-equipped enumerators in
some sections of the country, but the
force is now practically complete The
eh0merators who will enter on their
duties January l will have only their
weeks to complete the work laid out
TOT them where their field is in a city
OF large town, and 80 days where their
held of operations is in the country
Inc country enumerators will have
more time in which to do their work,
because in addition to counting the
people they gather agricultural stats
hcs. one of the reasons for changing
Inc date for beginning the census from
April ! 70 January / is that the farm
efS are usually busy in the early
spring. The government assumes that
turing the month of January its emu
herators will find the average farmer
~ leisure and in position TO supply
me information the government will
aesire Of him without interfering with
his duties.
me department of agriculture is act
ils IN an advisory capacity and as
slsting The bureau of the census in ae-
quaihtn@ farmers with what will be
expected Of them when the enumera-
ioiS GAIL. Attention has been called
- me tact that considerable figuring
ana counting will have to be done in
oiuer 70 answer accurately and fully
the questions which will be submitted
ny me enumerators. 1t will be the
policy of the government to have its
enutherators who work in the eoun-