Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-02
do NOT ACCOUNT
FOR OVER 10000
War Department. Tables Fail to
Show Fate of Many Men
Missing in Action.
COMBAT DIVISIONS LOSSES
Twenty-Ninth's Death List LIZ.
and That of Eightieth
Reaches 1865.
COMBAT DIVISIONS LOSSES
fRv Associated Press. L

lie to-day by General March. chief OF
staff. show that Approximately 10000
men remain wholly unaccounted for
nearly three months after the ending
of hostilities.
The deaths. missing and known pris-
oners are ,abuiated up to January 10
for each of the thirty combatant divi-
sions Of General Pershing's army The
totals is 5G.5a2. Of whom 1893 are
classified as, missing or captured.
only twenty-mine American military
prisoners were believed to be still in
German on January 8, and that $500
turned and us died in captivity
Some portion of the great body Of
return OF the army thins out the Amer
lean force In France. Indications are
ho ossy w, the he m sj1aay OF the 10000
honor shown IN the tables OF those
killed or died OF wounds. now recorded
AZ 39,1oS men.
TO THIS LIST MUST BE
ADDED MARINES DEAD
To that figure, also. must be added
l;Ssi m me v Of the marine brigade ag.
tables were obtained from official
Ed5esgate of deaths from battle up 70
to be So per cent completes.
AS figures on missing and prisoners
be added TO the roll of the dead can
not be accura:eiy estimated.
total Of t.s49 men missing in action
and 2.7S5 known prisoners. making mp
appended Ssns or shoP sSa The The
army rolls record 4.91S American mil
itary prisoners accountd for, Admit.
error, but the statement says it is an
,icipated that the Indicated unaccoun;-
down to less than 10000
! NAMES OF 1I.ss2 MEN
PRINTED as DEAD
The tables do not furnish any data
as TO the wounded or deaths other than
new. estimate OF tn. complete figures
on American casualties Is therefore not
possible. II Is significant. however.
,hns up to to;night the War Depart
Ss2 man killed or died of worlds as
against as.l5s shown In the s5 pc. cent
I tables. N ! :; =
The difference IL made up by addi-
| t!onal returns since the tables we're
closed January 10.
On November ~. General Pershing
| or wounds wouiu be 4o45j Presumably
publication of the lists OF these known
deaths and exclusive Of the unaccounted
Tor in nearly completed. having cx-
ceeded the estimate by more than a.
GOO due in part to additional deaths
from wounds and to the listing as dead
OF men formerly reported missing
NAMES OF 14O.4Is
WOUNDED PUBLISHED
The names OF l4s,4iS wounded had
been published up to tonight, COM
pared with November estimate total
Of Of 1897: OF those missing in ,ac-
non, n;sI6 have been published, against
the estimated $500 total and compa red
With the 1898 missing and prisoners
shown in to-day's tables
BRUNT OF THE FIGHING
FELL. UPON INFANTRY
EHamination OF the losses by regi-
OF the lighting fell on The infantsy
In every division which got into action
losses were many times greater. even
proportionately to the strength of the
units, Than those OF the artillery. ma
chine gun battalions. trench mortar
batteries or engineers. y score OF regi-
strength OF 300 men In killed. died
OF wounds. missing and prisoners
" hen figures on tnc'woundcd are avail
able. officers believe the total casual
ties. In several regiments may equal the
full strength.
The artillery regiments escaped with
relatively light losses.
The first regular division. built up
out OF the original force General Perish
ing took TO France. suffered the heavi-
est casualties. with total Of 5.24S
recorded in to-day's tables. This di-
vision was the first to rench the line,
and was almost constantly in action
until the .cnQ.
striking feature of The table is
the losses of tho Twenty-eighth (Penn-
sylvania National Guard) Division.
which stands second in the list, with
total of $500 casualties.
NEW ENGLAND FORCES
SUFFERED HEAVY LOSS
The records OF the Twenty-sixth
New England National Guard) and
the Twenty seventh and seventy
VS. arOnd
ond (Rainbow) and the Seventy ninth
tPennsylvania. Maryland and District
Of Columbia troops). with more than
1000 casualties each. tell bf the work
they did. These and other National
Guard or tionaf army divisions that
were given an opportunity at the front
Analysis Of the strenuous service
record of the Twenty-eighth Division.
army officers said, would explain IT'S
high casualties. The Twenty eighth
was ordered overseas about June l.,
1918, spent the fortnight of June II
to July in training area and then
It's position northeast Of Parnay on
July 16. From that date until the
armistice was signed, with the excep-
tion OF brief rest period. the Penn
sylvanians were in the forefront OF the
lighting.
LOSSES OF COMRAT DIVISIONS
FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES
The figures for The combat divisions
from southern STATES snow.
Twenty-ninth Division which in
c,udes Virginia troops. I'LL: Thirtieth,
Tennessee. North and South Carolina
troops. ,772:, Elghtieth. which includes
Virginia troops. 1855: Eighty-tirst
| Tennessee. North and South Carolina
troops. $40: E!ghty-second. Georgia.
| Alabama and Florida troops, 1892:
! Ninety second. negroes. eli. and
Ninety third. negroes. $50.
The figures for each Of the others Of
the thirty combat divisions included
show the following totals of major
casualties:
Fourth .(reguiars).. 2.os6; Fifth tregu.
ares SGesu sxth sss TeEsrsS ts2
New Enslandy, 1884 Twenty seventh,
New York;. a,iot; Twenty eighth
lMich!gan and Wisconsin), c,ef3:
Thtrty-third fMinnesota. Iowa. Ne
braska, North and South Dakota),
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