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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
ir'MtiilTH TEAK
LI. s. LOSSES 236,117
I Bi S Si Hi Si Hi S £
ITotal American Casualties Announced By March
KEEPS MAnVcADETS* HERE
180 DECIDE TO
(FINISH COURSES;
COMMISSIONS TO
I BE GIVEN AGAIN
Under a new ruling received at
louther Field all cadets have been
nformed that those who desire to
emain and complete their courses in
he air will be commissioned as sec
>nd lieutenants in the Officers’ Re
serve corps. This is a reversal of
an order received early in the week
instructing that no more commissions
be issued.
As a result of the new order, 180
of the 217 who had applied for im
mediate discharge, and who had been
expected to leave Souther Field by
'Saturday, have elected to remain to
complete their training and receive
their commissions. Thirty-seven men
decided to let their applications for
discharge stand and most of them
are understood to have departed for
their homes yesterday.
The cadets who remain are in.
various stages of training. Some of
them will have completed their fly
ing course within two weeks, while
others have two months of flying to
do before being qualified for
graduation.
The order to allow all officers who
apply to resign has not been chang
ed, and an additional number have
asked for discharge, the number
now preparing to leave being about
87 out of a total of 130. No orders
have been received however, con
cerning the date of their release, but
it is the belief about the camp that
all of those who will be relieved will
have departed within two weeks. Or
ders have been received providing
for their discharge at the option of
Major Wash, th commanding offi
cer, it being left to his judgment
what men and in what order he can
test spare them without crippling
the school.
BOLSHEVIK! MASSARE
500 FORMER OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—The Bol
sheviki are conducting another mas
sacre in Petrograd, “killing off some
500 former army officers,” says a
news report from Helisngors.
The position of foreigners in Petro
grad is declared to be precarious, but
it is believed there are no Americans
there.
Another dispatch received here
states that there are 2,500 Germans
in Moscow on the verge of starvation.
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PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE.
Chaplain Tells
of Death of
Roy Ratley
The grave of Roy Ratley, the first
member of the Americus Light in
fantry slain in France, is marked by
a cros s bearing his name and the
date he fell, and a map has been
made and filed in the Grave Regis
tration service,- according to a letter
received by his mother, Mrs. Ruby
Ratley, of near Americus, from Ros
cie C. Hatch, chaplain of the 18th In
fantry.
Roy, who was in the Rainbow di
vision, was killed in action July 15,
1918. He first left Americus June
25, 1916, and served with his unit
on the Mexican border when General
Pershing marched against Villa. He
returned from the border to Macon,
where the troops were held until
I
August, 1917, when a call came for
volunteers for the Rainbow division
for immediate service in France. Roy
volunteered and became a part of
that division, sailing soon for France.
He participated in all the hard fight
ing this heroic unit participated in
as the veteran division from America
and fell in the second battle of the
Marne.
Chaplain Hatch's letter to Mrs.
Ratley follows:
‘‘Headquarters 168 Inf., A. E. F.
“Aug 30th, 1918.
“Mr. Win. Ratley, Americus, Ga.
“My Dear Mr. Ratley:
“Already ycu nave had govern
ment notification of the death of your
son, Roy, on the 16th of July.
“But as Chaplain, with Chaplain
Robb, I want to comfort you with the
knowledge that your boy’s body re
ceived burial with a Christian ser
vice.
“His grave is marked by a cross
with his name and other data upcn
it and a map was made which is
kept by the Grave Registration ser
vice which shows the exact spot
o» burial. The governmen* an
nounce; that it will move the bo<l ; »s
of its soldiers home after the war.
It honors its men and prizes tlvir
services.
“Your son gave his life for his
country and the great came *0 which
he had dedicated himself. You may
well hold up your head with pride.
Do not. think of him as dead. His
body only lies buried i believe he
is witj! God. Our Heavenly Father
Such courage and d'sdain <-f death’s
toll when in line of duty can
to but one thing; that such daunt
less spirit is immortal. Whe-i it
was needed your son gav? his body
i tor his country. Pis spirit is <afe
; in the Evai lasting Arms.
“i; rhe name >f Chaplain Rob'i
i and myself, accept deep sympathy.
“Faithfully yours.
“ROSCOE C. HATCH,
“Chaplain 168th Inti - ’
HOOVER AND HURLEY
SAFE AT SOUTHAMPTON
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Herbert Hoover.
I United States food administrator, and
| Edward Hurley, chairman of the Unif
ied States shipping board, arrived to
day at Southhampton from New York.
Mr. Hoover is in Europe for a sur
vey world food supplies, while
Mr Hurley has come to overeeee the
shipping arrangements for returning
! the United States troops home.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 24, 1918
1,000,000 u. s.
SOLDIERS TO BE
KEPT IN EUROPE,
ASSERTS BAKER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—America's
army of occupation in Germany will
consist of probably 30 divisions, Sec
retary of War Baker announced this
afternoon. He stated that it is un
likely that these divisions will bo
kept at their full war-time strength
of 45,000 men each, but he made it
plain that the troops to remain in
Europe for the time being will num
ber 1,000,000.
ALLIES ARMIES RE ACH
HUNS RHINE FRONTIER
LONDON, Nov. 23. —The Allied ar
mies which are moving in Germany
have reached the Rhine frontier,
a dispatch from Copenhagen today.
Many Germans in upper Alsace ara
deserting
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Continu-
ing their advance through the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, the Third
American army has reached the Hue
of Tndeldeif, Delzderf, Remic, Schan
gtn, General Peershing reported to
day in his communique.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION, Nov. 22.—(Friday
Night.)—The American army is camp
ed on the banks of the Moselle river
tonight, with only a narrow span of
the river separating them from Rhen
ish Prussia. When they crosg the
bridge they will pass the German •
frontier.
I
REPRESENTATIVE CRISP
BACK FROM CAPITAL
Representative Chas. R. Crisp, of i
the Third congressional district, re- j
turned home Saturday morning from ,
Washington, where he attended the
closing session of congress, the ses
sion having been brought to an end
shortly after his arrival from Ameri
cus ten days ago.
While in Washington Congressman
Crisp performed a distinct service
for Americus and Sumter county in
having the anti-malarial drainage
work, which was suddenly held uo
on orders from Surgeon Geneeral
Blue, continued. Shortly after his
arrival in Washington he received
from the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce word
of the order stopping the work He
immediately called upon the sur
geon ‘general with the result that
an order was immediately dispatch
ed to Americus to compieete the work.
FRENCH TO OCCUPY VIENNA.
PARIS, Nov. 23. —French troops are
to occupy Vienna, it is learned, and,
according to indications today they
have already occupied Budapest.
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ABBE SEI EAR B
Abbe Deleare, cure of Ypree, has
earped the gr titude of hundreds of
Belgian child/en. After months of
hardship in that shell—torn town,
climbing repeatedly to the steeple of
his church to extinguish fire brands,
he gathered up more than one hun
dred little ones and took them to a
chateau near Ypres. With the help
of the American Red Cross he and
several faithful sisters are caring for
the children, many of whom were
maimed by the Huns’ shells and
bombs.
GA. TECH BADLY
BEATEN BY Pin
PITTSBURG, Nov. 23.—Pittsburg
defeated Georgia Tach here this at
ternoon by a score of 32 to 0. The
Southerners were completely out
classed by the veteran Pitt team 1 ,
but put up a desperate battle.
The game was witnessed by a crowd
of 39,000. The proceeds will go to
the War Work fund.
The defeat was much more decis
ive than even the Pitt supporters had
expected, although the Panther back
ers were counting strongly upon the
fact that the Pitt team was made up
almost entirely of veterans, includ
ing the star McLaren, who had “never
been stopped,’’ while the Tech lines
men were practically new men. The
Jackets outweighed the Panthers,
but experience told against the
visitors.
The Georgia team was accompanied
by a number of Atlanta sports who
bSpked their favorites liberally,
loading up well on the attractive odds
of 2 to 1 that were offered by the
Pittsburgers, and a number of them
had to wire home tonight for money
for the return trip.
LAST GERMAN CREW
IS TAKEN FROM FLEET
LONDON, Nov. 23—The last of the
German crews was removed today
from the great German battle fleet
which surrendered in the North
Thursday.
FIRST DIVISIONS TO
BE STARTED FROM
FRANMNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—America’s total casualties in
the war were 236,117, General March announced this afternoon
in his weekly conference with newspaper men. These figures in
clude all classes of casualties, 80 per cent, of whom, it has al
ready been estimated, will return to private life entirely
recovered.
'These casualties, which are considerably higher than optimis
tists had expected, are divided as follows: Killed in action and
died of wounds, 36,154; died of disease, 14,811; unclassified
deaths, 2,204; wounded, 179,625; taken prisoners, 2,163; miss
ing in action, 1,160.
The Germans taken prisoner by the Americans totalled 44,-
000, said General March, and t he number of captured big guns,
howitzers and trench guns reached a total of 1,400.
The first combat divisions to be re
turned to this country from Franco
will be the 31st, 34th. 38th. 39th. 76th,
84tl<, 86th, and 87th. The 46th to
50th Coaist. artillery, inclusive, will
be among the first to sail homeward,
also. The 65th and 163rd brigades
will be the first, artilery organiza
tions to embark from France.
The American army will occupy
the German city of Coblenz, ahhiving
there about December L, General
March informed the newspaper men.
He asserted that reports circulated
to the effect that an entire American
united was wiped out just, before the
signing of the armistice is untrue.
Doughboys Took
20 Germans to One
PARIS, Nov. 23.—faring the whole
war the Germans captured only 209
officers and 1,873 privates, against
682 German officers ana 44,252 pri
vates taken by the American troops,
according to American headquarters
figures made public today.
AH of the seriously wounded Amer
icans will have been transported to
America within three months, and
the seriously sick will follow soon
according to plans.
Put Ushed t’asnalties
Reach M 340.
WASHINGITTON, Nov. 23.—Amer
ican casualties abroad have reached
the total of 84,343, including 1,741 giv
en out today by the committee on pub
lic information for publication Sunday
morning. The casualties are sum
marized as follows:
Killed in action (including
396 at sea, 16,15 )
Died of wounds 6,448
Died of disease 7,367
Died of accident and other
causes 1,533
Wounded in action 44,497
Missing in action (including
prisoners) 8,348
Total to date 84,343
Sunday’s list contains 505 killed in
action, 108 died of wounds, 11 died of
accident or other cause, 291 died oi
disease, 218 wounded severely, 177
wounded, degree undertermined. 290
(Continued on Page Four.)
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J (.ember 28.75 28.30 28.46
LOCAL SPOT COTTON
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Good middling, 27 3-4a28 cents.
RADICALS AGAIN MAKE
TROUBLE IN GERMANY
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Dictatorships
have been established in Dusseldorf
and Frankfort by German radicals,
led by the Spartacus group.
Extremists are reported in control
cl Solingen and Remix heid.
Disorders broke out again in Ber
lin ’• hursday night when followers of
the Spartacus group attempted to
sLrm the police sta‘ion, there
were severe hostlJL-;: around the
building.
There is great excitement in Ham
burg, where strong counter revolu
tionary unrest exists.
The Spartacus group are German
extemists and are accused of hav
ing strong Bolshevik leanings.
AMERICUS SOLDIER
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Mrs. C. F. Giddings, of 602 East
Church street has received a letter
turn her son, Private C. D. Giddings,
who is a member of the 82d division
in France, stating that he suffered a
flesh wound in the leg in recent
fighting. At the time the letter was
written he was in the hospital, but
ast ured his mother that the wound
was not serious and that, while he
would have to walk on crutches for
awhile, he would recover without any
serious inconvenience.
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DeWitt Glover.
Manager Circulation ‘ Dept.
NUMBER 274