Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-27
7O,5s4 FROM CONNECTICUT
 IN WORLD WAR SERVICE

The United States Marine Corps re- gently completed the record of Connecti- cut in the World war for it's official files:
 The war department was the first branch of the service to complete this task, then the navy, so that now for the first time the official statistical record of Connecticut is ready for the histor- fans.
 Connecticut contributed to the armed forces of the United States between April I, 1917, and November Il, 1918, total of 70,584 men and women, of whom 1,gs0 lost their lives in action or from disease, and 4,154 were wounded or gassed, not including those wounded in the navy service.
 The way each of the three branches of the service summarizes Connecticut 1 in the war is interesting. Robert c. Da- wis, acting adjutant-general, reports:
 Estimates based upon statistics ga- thered from statements thus far com pleted indicate that approximately 5S,- 900 men we're furnished to the army by 1 the state of Connecticut out of total of approximately 4,4SS,000 enlisted men and officers for the entire United States. Recently compiled casualty statistics show that 1,s02 Connecticut soldiers lost their lives from all causes during the peried of the war of whom seventy l four were commissioned officers and 1,72S 1 were enlisted men, and that 4,119 Con necticut soldiers were wounded in action 1 Of whom 11S were commissioned officers i and 4,o01 were enlisted men. Ali SOL diers originally reported as missing have Tteen accounted for"
 | The bureau of navigation of the navy 1 Ssbartncnt reports: There were szo regular and temporary officers from the stata of Connecticut in the navy, ot whom six died from disease and one was accidentally killed. Tn the regular navy there were 4.6n4 men and ten women, and in the United States navy reserve forca there were 6,S56 men and 3t5 wo- men. or g, total in all of 12,105 from the state in the navy service. Seven of the enlisted personnel died of disease and one was accidentally killed"
 Major General John A. Tsejenne, com mander of the marine corps, had com lplete resume of the marine corps sta tistics on Connecticut made.
 "The records show that thirty-taree officers and AT enlisted men, who claimed the state of Connecticut as their
 corps during the war;" said General Le- jeune.
 "A summary of the casualties has been made. There may appear to be dis
 
 crepancies in the total casualties as compared with the total number of men but thls is accounted for by the fact t'iat many men received more than one wound
 or were gassed twice. Two officers were
 wounded in action. one was killed in ac- tion, and two died of disease, making 8 total of five casualties and three deaths
 Twenty-seven enlisted men were wound
 ed in action. six were gassed, i've were killed in action and two died of disease
 Total casualties of enlisted men wert
 therefore forty. with ten deaths. This makes a grand total for the whole corp:
 of forty-hve casualties, and thirteeI deaths These are simply the cold figures, ol what the state did in the fghtint ; i branches of the service. The deeds o heroism, the sacrifice and the suffering of the men from Connecticut do not lent themselves to tabulation. Only judgmen
 day will disclose the sum total of thei valoF.