The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-11
ON WORLD
WAR IS COMPILED
OFFICIAL BOOKLET THAT TELLS
OF FIGHTING RECORD or
AMERICANS ABROAD.
TWO IN THEE SAW ACTION
Twenty-Five Of Our az Divisions Took
Part In Active Combat Service
Ysnks In Thirteen Major Opera.
lions.
BY JAMES p. HoRNApAY.

the world war, n summary that may be
used In public schools. has been com
piled by the war department. II shows
that two out Of every three American
soldiers who reached France took part
in battle. The number who reached
France was 2,0S4.OOO and of these
l3eO,OOO saw active service in the
front line. American combat forces
were organized into divisions, which
consisted Of some $4,000 officers and
men. These were the largest on the
western front, since the British divi.
sion numbered about $1,000 and those
N the French and Germans about H.
900 each. There were sent overseas ~
American divisions and several hun
dred thousand supplementary artillery
and service of supply troops. OF the
" divisions that reached France ~
took part in active combat service.
/ while the others were used for re-
/ placements or were just arriving dur
/ ing the last month Of hostilitieS
| The battle record of the United States
army In this war Is largely the his
tory OF these 30 combat divisions. Sew
On Of them were regular army divi-
sions, ii were organized from the ma
tional guard, and II were made ND of
national army troops.
American combat divisions were In
battle for 200 days. from the 25th OF
April, 1918, when the first regular divi-
sion, after long training in quiet sec
tors. entered an active sector on the
Picardy front, until the signing of the
armistice. During these 200 days they
were engaged In 13 major operations.
Of which IL 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
GUM to inactive sectors in the Vos-
ges. On October 81. 1917. Americans
entered the line In the quiet Toul sec.
tor. From that date to the armistice
American units were somewhere in
line almost continuously IL is difficult
to cut up the year and % days which
interviewed into well-defined battles.
for in sense the entire war on the
western front was a single battle IL
is possible. however. To distinguish GER
tain major operations or phases of
Me greater struggle. --..s~-
Thirteen such operations have been
recognized in which American units
were engaged. of which II 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 II 10 April
O. 200 men engaged; Lys April 9
TO p, 800 men engaged; Aisne, MAY
y to June 3. 27.5OO men engaged
Noyon- Montdidier, June o TO Is. "a 900
men engaged; Champagne-Marne, July
10 to Is. 5000 men engaged; Aisne-
Marine, July Is to August 6, 27O.OOO |
men engaged; Somme, August TO |
November IL. $4,000 men engaged:
Ypres-Lys, August 10 to November IL. |
lOS,OOO men engaged; st. Mihlel. Sep
TENDER IL to 10. 100000 men engaged
Meuse-Argonne, September 20 to Nov
ember IL, 100000 men engaged. and |
Vittoria-Veneto. October "a to Novem-
her 4, 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 serv.
Ices OF well-equipped enumerators In
some sections Of the country, but the
force Is now practically complete. The
who will enter on their
iuties January l will have only their
weeks 10 complete the work laid out
'or them where their field is In a city
'r large town. and 30 days where their
ield Of operations is In the country.
The country enumerators will have
more time in which to do their work,
because In addition 10 counting the
people they gather agricultural statis-
les. One Of the reasons for changing
he date for beginning the census from
April 10 January l is that the farm
RS are usually busy in the early
pring. The government assumes that
Turing the month Of January its emu.
nerators will find the average farmer
t leisure and In position to supply
he Information the government will
esire Of him without interfering with
lis duties.
The department Of agriculture is act.
ng In an advisory capacity and as
listing the bureau Of the census IN ac.
uainting farmers with what will be
xpected OF them when the enumera. /
Drs call. Attention has been called ,
D the fact that considerable figuring
nd counting will have 20 be done Ia
rider 10 answer accurately and fully {
he questions which will be submltted :
y the enumerators. II will be thu
olicy OF the government 10 have IT. ,
aumerators who work In the coun 4