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Show Complete Success of Allies Al-lies a Remarkable Tale. WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 Major-General Major-General Hunter Llggeti, commanding the first American corps, is in active charge of that corps on tho center of the Allied drive In the Aisne -Marno salient, General March, chief of staff, today told newspaper correspondents at the semi -weekly conference 'at the war department The American divisions forming this corps are serving contiguously on this sector, the control of which" is in tho hands; of Major-General Liggett as commander of the first major American Ameri-can unit to get into action in France. Million Men Under Fighting General Pershing as a result of recent re-cent transfers of American divisions which has been brigaded with the British Bri-tish now has 1,000,000 men under his direct command, the chief of staff stated. The number of American divisions actively engaged on this sector has been increased to eight now, including the First, Second, Third and Fourth regulars and the 26th, 2Stb, 32nd and 42nd national guard. General Mnrch announced that it was the 42nd division divis-ion which met and defeated the Prussian Prus-sian guards during the present week. July Breaks Record Total embarkation of American troops during July broke all records, it was announced officialy, more than 300.000 men having been shipped. Tho grand total embarked to the end of July has passed tho 1,300,000 mark. The previous high monthly record was for June when 276,000 men were sent overseas. March Reviews Battle Discussing the fighting, General March said that official dispatches covering the buttles to August 2 showed the present front running practically parallel to the Vesle and Ardre valleys, the next defensive line of the enemy. At that time the advancing ad-vancing forces were within six miles of this line. Later dispatches, however, how-ever, indicated that the Veslo-Ardre lino may have been turned already. Tho objective of the American and Allied armies still is the destruction of tho enemy's army, General March said. The maximum retreat of tho enemy up to August 2 measured 16 miles, the total length of tho Aisn-e Marnc salient having been reduced from 74 miles to 48 miles. Pounding Both Flanks The French and British pounding at both flanks of tho salient, General March said, had resulted in the collapse col-lapse of tho German resistance on August 1 and tho 'French had walked into Soissons, The complete success of the Allies is indicated by a confidential message reaching the chief of staff from an officer of-ficer who at the time of writing had just returned from Fere-en-Tardenois. This officer reported that it was "seemingly Impossible" for any army ; to gather the number of guns and shells that wero abandoned by tho Germans In their retirement. Unable to Bury Dead Tho message added that the Germans Ger-mans had been driven back without time to bury their dead and the German Ger-man bodies lay so thickly it was impossible im-possible to advance without walking over them. The advance in the center has averaged av-eraged three miles on a front of 30 miles, tho chief of staff said, whilo on the east flank, west of Rheims, an advance ad-vance of four miles on a four mile front already had been made. General March said the war department depart-ment was still without any information' informa-tion' as to the number of American casualties in the fighting since tho present battle began. Tho selection of Major General Jesse Jes-se Mcl. Carter, now serving as chief of the militia bureau, and commander of the United States guard, to head one of the new divisions to be formed in this country was nnounced. General March announced also tho names of Brigadier Generals who had been re-called from Franco for duty in this county. They are J. Holbrook who goes to the southern department; ll Charles W. Kutz to command the cn- ' j gineerlng camp at Camp Humphoys; jfH Douglas MacArthur to command the j 21st brigade of tho Eleventh division ( at Camp Meade, Md.; Howard R. HIcko ' jH to command a brigade in the Tenth H division at Camp Funston, Kan., and I B Cornelius Vandcrbilt to command a j H brigade at Camp Lewis, Wash. IH George Sassarens, Seventeenth hri- iH gadc, Ninth division, Camp Sheridan. Ala., and John N. Hodges, 23rd bii- !H gade, Twelfth division, Camp Devens, |