The sun., 1919-02-02
MAJOR CASUALTIES
PLACED AT 56,692


been checked UP as returned and lis
died In captivity.
Some portion OF the great body Of
missing men may be located as the re-
turn Of the army thins out the Ameri-
can force In France. Indications are.
however that the majority Of the 10000
nnally will be added to the roll OF honor
shown in the tables or those killed or
died Of wounds. now recorded as Ss,15s
men.
Total Deaths From Battle.
To that figure also must be added
1851 mon of the marine brigade, figures
for which, not carried in the tables.
were obtained from official sources. This
brings the grand aggregate Of deaths
from battle up to 4o,7o9 on returns esti-
mated officially to be % per cent COM
piete. As figures on missing ana prison
ers of marines arc lacking the NUMBER
OF unaccounted for which finally will be
added TO the roll OF the dead cannot
be accurately estimated.
The army tables. however, give to-
tai of 1889 men missing in action and
2,7s5 known prisoners, making UP the
la.faf iuloslUB Ut CdptuiNu- hhN
pended statement shows that the army
rolls record 4.s1s American military
prisoners accounted for. Admittedly
there are many possibilities Of error. but
the statement says II In expected that
the indicated unaccounted list of 1856
will be brought down to less than TO-
co.,"
The tables do not furnish any data
as to the wounded or deaths other than
those resulting directly from battle. A
new estimate Of the complete figures on
American casualties is therefore not pos
sible. Il is significant, however that up
to tonight the War Department has
published the names Of 43.ss2 men killed
or died OF wounds. as against 39,15s
shown in the 95 per cent. tables. The
difference is made up by additional re-
turns since the tables were closed jan
uary 10.
Pershfng's November Estimate.
on November 81 Gen. Pershing esti-
mated that his total killed and died
OF wounds would be to,i5 Presuma bly,
publication Of the lists OF these known
deaths and exclusive OF the unsccounted
for is nearly completed. having ex-
ceeded the estimate by more than 5000.
due in part TO additional deaths from
wounds and to the listing as dead OF
men formerly reported missing.
The names OF 14e.41s wounded had
been published up to tonight, compared
with a November estimated total of
1925. or those missing in action
l1,67s have been published, against the
estimated 1880 total and compared
with the 17,&34 missing and prisoners
shown in to-days tables.
While Gen. March did not announce
the order OF losses for the entire list
It may be stated that tho First and
Second regular divisions. the first to
get into action and the longest to serve
at the front. and the Twenty siSth New
England National Guard and Forty
second (Rainbow) divisions will stand
close to the top Of the list.
The War Departments explanation Of
the tables follows:
Tho following pages arc a tabulation
OF casualty cables received through jan
uary 10. They give totals OF the casual
ties which put a soldier permanently out
OF action. They do not include wounded
figures. as the lists OF those slightly
wounded are still incomplete.
The totals given are about 95 per
cent. complete for each division. A few
rev reports OF casualties are still coming
in, but most of the changes since Janu-
AIRY 10. when the tabulation was begun,
are decreases In the missing In action
figure and corresponding increases In
the other totals This change Is due to
the release of prisoners and reports Of
deaths by eye witnesses. The total fig
ure for missing has now been reduced to
close to 10000. Field signal battalions.
ambulance companies and trains are not
included in the tabulation OF the d.
visions.
The record of units outside Of d.
visions will be available in a few days.
This addition will have a relatively small
effect on the totals here given.
The recording, classification. and
initial tabulation Of these figures was
done by the medical records section. d.
vision Of sanitation OF the Medical De
partment."