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Show STATISTICS OF IB ISSUED, MARCH TROOPS ACTUALLY PARTICIPAT. ING IN FIGHTING NUMBERED 1,390,000 MEN. Officers and Men Discharged to Date Are 1,361,528. Battle Casualties of American Army in France Totaled 240,197. Washington. American troops actually act-ually participating in engagements against the enemy numbered 1,390,000 men. General March announced the figures on March S, showing that 1,-100,000 1,-100,000 comprised divisional troops and divisional replacements; 240,000 corps and army troops, and 50,000 service of supply troops. Demobilization reports made public by General March showed 1,301,-528 1,301,-528 officers and men discharged to date, while I lie number ordered released re-leased had reached 1,013,500. Battle casualties of the American army in France, as shown by revised divisional records announced by General Gen-eral March, totaled 240,197. These include in-clude killed in action, wounded, missing miss-ing in action and prisoners. There probably will be some slight further revision as final reports are received. Statistics compiled by the war department de-partment show that from the date of the entry of the United States into the war to February 21, 1919, there were 300 suicides in the army. Of these, 103 occurred in the United States and 14(1 overseas. Tn ni!iK-iny this total public, General March pointed point-ed out that it was far below the average aver-age per thousand in civil life during the years of 1914-15-16. Hospital records from the expeditionary expedi-tionary forces, General March said, showed 81,231 patients on February 20, a reduction from 112,217 since the armistice was' signed. |