The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1919-09-11

] December, 1917
The American air force at the from
grew from squadrins in April I,
40 m November, 1918. On Nov. IL tn,
49 squadrons had an equipment ot
9i0 planes.
Of 2,69S planes sent to the zone Of
the advance for American aviator.
eof, or nearly one-fourth, were Of
American manufacture.
American air squadrons played i'm.
| portant roles in the battles of Cha.
teau-Thlefry, st. Mihiel, and the
Meuse-Argonne. They brought down
n combat 1855 enemy planes. While
their onw losses Of planes numbered
only s57.
Men in Battle.
Two out Of even three American
soldiers who reached France took part
n battle. The number who reached
France was 2,0Sd,00O, and OF these
l,SSO,OOO saw active service at the
front.
OF the forty-two divisions that
reached France twenty nine took part
IN active combat service. Seven of
them were regular army divisions.
eleven were organized from the Ma
tional Guard, and eleven were made
up Of National Army troops.
American divisions were IN battle
for 200 days and engaged in thirteen
major operations.
From the middle of August until the
end of the war the American divisions
held during the greater part Of the
tlme front longer than that held by
the British.
In October the American divisions
held lOl miles of line, or 20 per cent
Of the entire western front.
On April / the Germans had SUI
periority Of $4,000 in rifle strength.
Due to American arrivals the allied
strength exceedad that of the Ger
mans IN June and was more than 6OO.-
UU0 above it in November.
In the battle of st. Mihiel 5OOOO
Americans were engaged, as compared
with about 100 600 on the Northern
SIDE IN the battle Of Gettysburg. The
artillery fired more than ,000,00O
sheils IN four hours, which is the most
concentration of artillery fire |
recorded in history.
The Meuse- Argonne battle lasted FIR /
forty-seven days during which 1.20O.- /
600 American troops were engaged.
The American battle losses IA the I
war were $4,000 killed and 28e 600
Health and Casualties.
Of every 100 American soldiers and
sailors who served in the war with
germany two We're killed or died 81
disease during the period Of hostilities.
The total battle deaths Of all ma
ions in this war were greater than
al the deaths in all the wars in the
PREVIOUS 100 years.
Russian battle death were thirtv-
our time as heavy as those of the
United States, those of GERMANY
hirty-two times as great. The French
times and the British
lghteen times as large.
The number of American lives lost
vas 122,500, Of which about 10000
we're in the navy, and the rest in the ,
rmy and the marines attached TO it. [
In the American army the casu-
II yrate in the infantrv was higher
han in any other service, and that ,
or officers was higher than for men,
For every. man killed in battle seven {
'ere wounded
FIVE out Of every six men sent to /
ospltais on account Of wounds were I
1red and returned to dlty. 4
In the expeditionary forces battle
'sses were twice as large as deaths '
In this war the death rate from dis 4
ase was lower and the death rate +
Igher than in any other previous Am
'ican war q
Pneumonia killed more soldiers than 4
ere killed N battle. Meningitis was d