Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-02-04
OURFATA[|TESNEAR
$4,000 IN BIG WAR
CHIEF OF STAFF GIVES OUT FIG
URES-WAR DEPARTMENT
ADDS MORE.
NEARLY $1,000 ARE MISSING
More Than 10000 Men Are Reported
as Not Yet Accounted For-In-
fsntry Hit Hard-First Regu-
lars Suffered Most.

Washington.-An official tabulation
of casualties by divisions for the
American expeditionary forces, $3.50
complete to date, was made public
Monday by the war department. The
totals for all divisions exclusive of
the two regiments of marines in the
second division are:
Killed in action 27,762.
Died of wounds 1896.
Missing in action 1859.
Prisoners PISS.
Grand total of major casualties
56,592.
Total casualties in the Ninety-first
division were 1902
Official tables of major battle cas-
ualties of the American forces in
France, show that approximately TO-
600 men remain wholly unaccounted
for nearly three months after the
ending of hostilities. The deaths,
missing and unknown prisoners are
tabulated up to January 10 for each
of the 80 cambatant divisions. The
total is 56,592, of whom 17,434 are
classified as missing or captured. An
appended statement shows that only
20 American military prisoners were
believed to be still in Germany on
January g, and that 1900 prisoners
had been checked up as returned and
11S died in captivity.
Some of the great body of missing
men may be located as the return of
the army thins out the American force
in France. Indications are, however,
that the majority of the 10000 finally
will be added to the roll of honor
shown in the tables of those killed
or died of wounds, now recorded as
80, 1853 men.
Deaths From Battles, 407O9.
To that figure, also, must be added
1851 men of the marine brigade, fig
ures for which, not carried in the
tables, were obtained from Official
sources. This binrgs the grand ag-
gregate of deaths from battle up to
4O,1O9 on returns estimated officially
to be 50 per cent complete AS fig
ures on missing and prisoners of the
marines are lacking, the number of
unaccounted for, which finally will
be added to the roll of the dead, can
not be accurately estimated
The army tables, however, give
total of 1859 men missing in action,
and 27S5 known prisoners, making up
the 7.434 missing or captured. The
army rolls record 1918 American mil
itary prisoners accounted for Admit
teddy there are many possibilities of
error, but the statement says it is
anticipated that the indicated unac-
counted for list of 1856 will be
brought down to less than 10000"
The tables do not furnish any data
as to the wounded or deaths other
than those resulting directly from
battle. Up to February l the war
department had published the names |
of 1882 men killed or died of wounds |
as against S9,15S shown in the $3.50
tables. The difference is made up by |
additional returns since the tables |
were closed January 10.
On November q General Pershing
estimated that his total killed and |
died of wounds would be 40,455. Pre-
sumably publication of the lists of
these known deaths, exclusive of the
for is nearly completed,
having exceeded the estimate by
more than 5000, due in part to adj
ditional deaths from wounds and to
the listing as dead of men formerly
reported missing.
The names of 149,41S wounded
should be published up to Feb. l, COM
pared with a November estimate
total of 1885. OF those missing in
action, 11,676 have been published
against the estimated 1920 total
and compared with the 17,434 miss
ing and prisoners shown in the ia
Dles.
Infantry robe Brunt of Fighting.
Examination of the losses by regi-
nents shows clearly that the brunt
If the fighting fell on the infantry.
Prisoner Becomes Rich.