Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-05 | Page 9 | Shell Wounds Total is Low

SMELL WOUNDS m DS TOT At IS LOW W War ar Department Figures Mass lass 61 Casualties By Gunshot WASHINGTON w Jan Jin BY fi-BY C TIe Tte Associated Press Press 1 l 1 low figures for shell casualties during the World war Will contained In inc ini L c recent war department aroused discussion In the tho thod d department which prompted a new statement today pointing out that wounds fOunds caused by missiles other than machine gun rifle or pistol bullets were classified as gunshot Wounds The original announcement based on the records of more than V treated said only per perc c nt were by shell while 16 perr per r nt were WI-TC ro classified 1 ri ru gun gunshot hot hotIe ie IC shell casualties Included In InI sc I tine figures were only those recorded at lit the time Bt ao a such lIuch The rc records ot of gunshot t wounds do not Indicate the typo type ot of missile missile missile- nd therefore Include wounds from 11 pistol grenade trench more mor- morI mor-i mor I r I machine gun or similar fire firer r nd also wounds from from shell tra frag- frag fragments frac ments and shrapnel today's announcement an- an an nunc said For hor this rell- rell sin rea-sin atin n it added the statistics cant can cannot not n t b used u cd to gauge uge accurately tan t effectiveness dC tt ot of the tho various pon wounds of the World war The announcement Included oil all marine corps casualties which had omitted from the previous fig fig- fig fig nr Iii s 5 Battle casualties of ot the sec sec- second sec second ond division In which the marine brigade served d were placed at 23 2316 22 16 IG 16 of ot which were cre army l 1 marine marino and naval The naval detachment Included d doctors doctor nl nd hospital corps men serving with the tho marine corps tIn