Show KEEPS RECORD OF MEN army of clerks for files in war department united states profits by british din dim cuttles in checking up casualty reports wn washington slit agton A a small it I 1 all array army of clerks operating lies flies covering square feet of floor space soon will bo be employed by the statistical division of the war department to keep the individual record of every man wearing uncle sams uniform the main purpose of the statistics Is to provide no ran accurate means of checking casualty reports incidents ally however the complete army history of the men will bo be recorded maj J J jones has charge of the central office in washington another will be or established in europe weekly reports will bo be made to central offices by divisional bureaus which in turn will receive information from three members of each regiment specially detailed to the work two filing systems will be maintained one containing in alphabetical order the names of every man in the service will serve as a check in referring to the regimental flies the record of each man will contain the name and address of ills nearest relative to serve as an aid to prompt transmission of cabled reports of deaths ind find serious illness tho the war department also will undertake to give relatives reports of military funerals location of burial places and information concerning americans held in enemy prison camps until the red lied cross come to its old aid the british government experienced grent great difficulty in handling casualty reports and by the establishment of this system the war department intends to avoid similar confusion |