CASUALTIES REACH 7,315.
Contrary la Report*, tha F:g
urn of Lmim Hot* not Won
Withhold From PuWic.
Waahington, June 9.—Casualties
among tha Amerlran expenditionary
forra» thus far reported by General
Parahlni including today'* Hat, total
7JIS, I ha war department announced
today In making public tha flrst of ra
gular waakly summaries of casualties.
Deaths In action, disease, accidents
and all othar causes number 2,927,
while 4.044 man liava boon wounded
and #42 are mlining In action includ
inf men held prisoners in Germany.
The deportment ! recapitulation fol
lows:
Killed in act on (including 291 at
eaa) 1,0*3.
Died of wound*. 310.
Died of disease, 1,19-2.
Diad of accidents and ot* <r cauaea,
392
Wounded in action, 4,046.
Miasm# in action (including prison
ers), 342.
Total 7416.
While no official explanation was
given for tha decision of the depart
ment to advise the country weekly of
the exact total casualties since the
landing of the first American forces
in France last Jane, it is understood
that it result* largely from wide
spread reports that casualties had
been very heavy and that total figures
were Iwing withheld from the public.
It has been explained at the depart
ment that the daily lists sent by Gen
eral Pershing ara iasued with as lit
tle delay a* possible. The casualties
ore so scattered in the lists that they
will not give information of valua to
the enemy but thia doea not mean that,
uy numh«r ftir# iMkt j
After heavy actions, such as that at
k Cantigny, it requires several days to
ch*ck up the casualties and cable them
to the department.
L
American troops have been in the
trenches several month* and now hold
- ——
sectors at several points along the
western front. In addition many
American unit* are brigaded with
French and British and have been in
heavy fighting since the German drive
began in March. General Pershing's
men first went into the front line last
November for training and soon af
terward they took over a trench sec
tor permanently. Other units went in
to the trenches for final training with
the French later and finally took over
sectors so that the total frontage now
held by the Americana rank second to
that the British and French armies.
Marine corps' casualties are issued se
parately from those of the army and
no reports have yet come on the killed
and wounded among the marines who
have been engaged in heavy fighting
near Chateau Thierry. Up to that
fighting the marine corps casualties
had been very low, as they were only
recently moved up to the front line,
having previously been engaged in
police work along the American lines
of communication.
Considering the number of Ameri
cans actually in the front lines and the
length of time they have been "carry
ing on" officers do noT regard the to
tal of casualties as large. The num
ber of men actually killed in action
ho far reported to the department is
742, while of the more than 4,000
wounded only 310 have died from their
wounds. The list of missing includ
ing prisoners, also is comparatively
small.
The 291 %en listed ns having been
lost at sea went down with the tor
pedoed British troop ship Tuteania
and the torpedoed American trans
port Antilles. The latter wa# : unk
while returning to America, but the
Tuscaniu was sent down whllo parry
ing nearly 3,000 men to Fngland.
More American soldier* have died
•broad from disease than have fallen
in battle, while those who have died
from accident* and other causes out
numbered those who have *urrumt>ed
to wounds. Many of the deaths from
acc Monti wort among tnen training
far the air service.
A
FINANCIAL NEEDS
OF UNITED STATES.
Secretary of Treaeery Gieaa
Figure* Showtag Growth mi
E«p—dituro Call* far Much
Additional Revenue.
Washington, D. r..—Secretary He
Adoo ha* Mnt to chairman Kitchen of
the Houm Waya and Mean* Commit
Ih a latter explaining tha financial
requirement* of tha coming year. Tha
fcrratiry «ays that if tha preaent
rata of increase in expenditure should
continue for its month*, tha Trasaury
will actually Have to di*bur*e during
tha flieal yaar ending June 10, 1919,
approximately 124,000.000,000.
Ha »ay« thia estimate ia not based
merely upon appropriation* noi mere
ly upon estimates made by other de
partment* a* to their pronahle ex
penditure* although they have been
ohtained and considered, it ia ha»ed
upon th.i ar-tual exper.rnce of the
Treasury during he pant year, winch
ha; >hcurn that actual "C wt-'liturer,
rv.Iu*i> e of transactions in the rria
"i(.ul rf (he f u.ilir debt, ha/s IM.'I—I
ed at the average rate of yiiK),J»iO.OOO
per month* since March, 1J17,
In March. 1017, the expenditure*
were in round flgjrei |1'hi,(>0i>, KA). In
May, 1018, they wer> It,WU.'.V)M».
If there should he no further increase
during the coming flacal year the caah
expenditare* upon the May ba*i*
would he more than $18,000,000,000.
If, a* seems inevitable, the inrrea*e
in expenditure* should continue at
the rate of $100,000,000 per month for
the next six montha or until Decem
ber, 191B, and if thereafter the month
ly expenditure* should remain station
ary until June 30, 1919, the Treasury
aggregating $24,000,000,000 during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919,
or. to put in another way, if the aver
age monthly enpenditure should ex
ceed that for th» month of May, 1918
by 33 1-3 per cent we shall spend $24,
000,000,000 in the fiscal year of 1919.
In the fiscal year ending June 30
■mount to between- 112.500,000, and
1918, tha cash disbursements will
(13,000,000,000. Of thia amount,
about one-third will have been raised
by taxes and two-thirda by loans, all
of which will b« represented by long
time obligation*! tKat ia. bonds of th«
first, second and third Liberty lo«iu
and war savings certificate*. The
country will thus have completed tif
teen months of the war with a finan
cial record une<|ualed by that of arj
other nation.
Mr. McAdoo says: "We cann-ri
wisely contemplate nearly doubling
our cash disbursement* in th; fiscal
year 1919 without providing addition
al revenue. We cannot afford to rely
upon $4,000,000,000 only from taxa
tion, because we shall then have tn re
ly on raising $20,000,000,000 by loans
This would be a surrender to the poli
cy of high interest rates and inflation,
with all the evil consequences which
would flow inevitable therefrom, am!
which would, I firmly believe, bring
ultimate disaster to the country. W«
cannot afford to bane our future finan
cing upon the quicksands of inflatior
or unhealthy credit expansion. If w<
are to preserve the financial strengtl
of the nation, we must do ound am
safe things, no mutter whether thej
hurt our pockets or involve sacrifice)
—sacrifices of a relatively insignifi
cant sort as compared with the sacri
flees our sold'.frs and sailors arc mak
ing to save the life of the nation."
Have you twen one to grumble -*•
v retly to yourself or to others abou
| so many war Campaigns? Have yoi
I helped as much as you could in time
tervices, and money w honever yoi
i have been culled on? This Ujwhu
war demands of the citizens of ever]
nation engaged in it, and not on* tim<
but as often as the country need i
till th* war I* won. That country wil
win whose men and woman work to
get her uncomplainingly with no othei
purpoae but to win th* war.
A SOLDIER'S LETTEJL
Mr. Cm. Taylor Write* o4 Cm
WW* in Vrmmmm."
The following latter ia from Gao. t.
Taylor, aon of Rev R. M. Taylor, paa
tor of Funal Hill MttMlil Church,
Concord, N. C.
I will explain why I Kara written
Mother'* Mail" un tho envelope. By
l order if General Perahing thia (flun
<lay) ia designated aa mothar'a day in
honor of tha aoldiera' mothara. Every
aoldier under hia command ia *o write
to hia mothar and tha letter la to
bo aand by aperial dalivary. Thia
latter will therefore reach you a food
deal aooner than ordinary mail. Our
letter* all fo without coat to ua but
thia one will virtually, if not really,
have a apeeial delivery (tamp worth
ten rente. So, of eourae, 1 will not
fail to take advantage of it.
rir.t, I would call your attention to
two thinga which you ahould keep in
mind throughout the war, regard lean
of what may happen. No. 1. I can
not aay all and everything that I
would like to aay. No. 2. Clrcum
utancea will not permit of my writing
at any time I might wiah to write. Ev>
en though you might have to wait two
montha for a letter from me, don't
worry; no newa ia good new*. Bad
new* would reach you very quickly.
I win navf b ^rrai many mvcmimK
things to tall when I get hack.
Though we have to *uffer »orr« in- i
conveniences. I am wall and getting
on well. One i* surprised to learn I
what one can endure. In the army we
are trained to H by degree*. Now I ran
•leap anywhere, eat any time without
any great deal of inconvenience.
village somewhere in France. It ia
very intereating indeed to aee the
quaint old houaaa and people.
I don't believe there ha* been the
■malleat change in the village for hun
dred* of year* to judge from the looks
of it. Nothing is built and nothing is
destroyed. The houses are all built
of stone and covered with tile. This
description might refer to a mansion
in America but not so here, by any
mean*, for theie are no wotden houses
at all here. The tile roofs are mostly
covered with Hoes and it ia a common
sight to see patches of weed* two or
three feet high growing oa the roof.
A crook or a sway in the roof amount
ing to several feet would not attract
any attention. "Hie inside appearance
of the house correspond* to that of
the outside ancient cobwebs and floors
made of planks which hav* been
hewn out with an ax, old piles of rub
msn, tuns anil barrels piled up in tne
corners. Thi* description applies to
rooms which are not actually occupied
by a family. The rooms in which they
live are fitted up very coxily. We have
occupied any kind of places in which
we could find room to lie. The first
room 1 was in for the first few days
had a chicken house in one corner.
The lice were so had here we had to
j move. We went next to an old still
house. I got myself established on
on old wine press and was just begin
ning to boaut about my comfortable
quarters when something went wrong
and we had to move again. The old
woman who owned the place, lived in
; part of it herself made regular inspcc
(lions about twice a day. She knew
| the exact place of every stick and
| stone in ami nbout the place. Some
. one had moved something and she did
! not like it. We are now living in the
j loft of a stable, whi<4> is a fairly good
place fur we gave it a good cleaning
before we went in.
• Altogether I shall never regret hav
ing had the i-x'perience. We have lot*
of fun und a jolly good hunch of fel
lows. We all know /ach other, being
totislantVy together and there tire al
ways a few i vmi'dians around to keep
' things lively.
There Is no reasoti why any of you
should worry about me in the least
and if the other boys have to coma tall
them to dismiss all idea of fear or
worry and get tho most they can out
■ -
of the trip. That U the boat way. I
have hi—d tha trail w far h oar
family l« conearnad. Ha I can aand
back tha good ward that everything
la all right and tha biggeat part of
tha worrying ic dona by tha lav ad onaa
back Hoaaa la ground Ian* and unnaeaa
aary. Tharo are hardahip* of course
and rathor aovora hardahipa. Thia
haa alwaya boon rharartariatie of war.
W« can't ax pact tha government to
provide Pullman rara and atatarooma
and hotal accommodation* for aovaral
million man. But I ran aay thia,
which may not aounifc trua hut it U:
"After hacoming a«cuat«mrd to din
romforta, wo don't faal tham. We
can take a hath In tha cold crack
water and alaap on the hare door or
ground, got a reatful and rafreahing
night'i raat and faal good tha next
day. Baaidaa thia, you can't get aick
if you want to."
I know that many prayara have
g'ine op for me ainea I loft and I have
good reaaon to believe (aa I will tall
you latar) that they have been and
will be anawered and that 1 will go
back aoma time whan I will be frae to
talk and tail you all about it.
With much love to you and all, I am
• Your aon,
GEORGE.
Hobaon'a Daring Exploit
RecalUd.
Washington, Jure 3.—In United
•State* Navy cirri#* today was recalled
a* the twentieth anniversary of our
own little "Zeebrugge affair," when
an attempt wan made by the American
naval force# to bottle up the Spanish
fleet in Santiago da Cuba by unking
the collier Merrimac in the harbor an
ever be remembered aa one of the
moat daring exploit* ef the Bpaniali
American war.
Santiago waa one of the principal
Spaniah atrongholda on the taland of
Cuba and it became a more important
objective to the Americana when it
waa learned that th* Spaniah fleet un
der Admiaal Cerveran wma riding at
anchor in the harbor, protected by
the gun* of the fort*. It waa de
termined to attack the city by both
land and water. The American fleet
had arrived in the vicinity but Admir
al Sampson decided to delay action
pending the arrival of a huge landing
force to attack the etty in the rear.
Meanwhile, however, it became nece*
aary to keep the Spaniah veaaela tight
ly bottled up. With thia object in
view it was determined to aink the
collier Merrimac in the harbor chan
nel. Richmond P. Hobaon, a young
naval constructor hailing from Ala
bama. wax entrusted with the daring
task and was given the assistance of
half a dozen young volunteers from
the vavy.
The Merrimac was char (ted with
mines and, after a first abortive at
tempt was finally steered into the
mouth of the harbor under cover of
darkness. The ship was sunk, but
tlobtton and his men were picked up
by Admiral Cervera when daylight
came and were held prisoners in the
Spanish fortress for more than a
monUi.
Though one of the most brillian and
daring episode* of the war, the sink
ing of the Marrimac. as already stat
ed, failed to accomplish the purpose
for which it was intended. The wreck
of the vessel did not effectually close
up the mouth of the harbor. As if
to prove this to the Americans, the
Spaniards several days after Hob son's
capture sent out cruiser Reina Mer
cedcs- The cruiser did not get be
yond the mouth of the harbor before
she was sunk by the concentrated Are
of the American fleet.
Fore thought.
People are learning that a little
fo<-ethough eft en naves them a big ex
pense. Her* it an instance: if W.
Archer, Caldwell, Ohio, writes: "J do
not believe that our family has been
without Chamberlain'a Colic, Cholera
and Dirrhoca Remedy since we com
menced keeping house rears ago.
Whan we go on an extended visit we
take it with us." Obtainable every
where.
mini
THE FIGHTING MAJUNE3.
TIm MaiaiEcral Ad»a
The moat important rhange on the
hattlefroat laat >Mk waa made by the
I American Marines in one of ttia moat
important aartora of Picardy. At
! tarhlnf nn a front of about two and
one-half milaa in a tight that began
i Thursday with tha hraak of dawn, tha
Marina* in four hours drove hark tha
rnemy nvar a distance of virtually
two and one-quarter milaa and oeru
' pied all tha important high ground
1 nnrthwaat of Chateau Thiarry, which
' village In a pravioua light tha Ameri
1 ran machine gunner* had turnad into
' shamble* by tha accuracy of thair aim
1 aa tha Oarmam triad to wraat a
i bridge from tham.
Aftar a breathing spare in Thura-.
Hay's battle the Americana lata in the
afternoon returned to tha fray. Bat-,
tling shoulder to shoulder over a front
of aix mile* from Vinly, whirh Ilea
| juat to tha northwest of Veuilly-Le
Potarie, to Bouraache, tha Americana
and French rcptured the towns of
Veuilly-Le Poierie and Boureache and
also made progreaa all along the front.
. Previoualy Torcy hail fallen into the
I hands of the Americana.
nownerf on ww nut hit jiuc were
the Germans able to stay the efforti
of the allied troop*, although they
I have fought with great tenacity. The
| Marines everywhere declined to take
a backward step, going forward
against the enemy, even when he had ,
superiority in numbers. Clone press
ed, the Marines gave the Germans a
I taste of cold steel, even in the face of
I machine gvatem. Surrounded they
I coated lines w'th their bayonets. From
all accounts there has been no part of
the game of modern warfare in which
the men from overseas have not ex
celled the enemy.
The losses to the enemy are declared
to have been extremely heavy and the
terrain they have lost is considered
of high strategic value, inaamuch as it
is on that pert of the attlefront
through which the German i id hope<
to crush their way forward and attain
an open road to Paris. The casual
ties were particularly severe during'
the street fighting in Bouresches,
where the Americans pushed him back
step by step.
in« piaun ui inc nmcriiBii low
mand did not includc the capture of
Tocy, but when the Marines reached
the objective aaigned to them their
ardor for battle could not be restrain
ed and they kept on until the village
wa.t in their hand*.
Writing of the magnificent fighting
of the American Marine*, in an ad
vance of approximately two miles on
a three-mile front, the war corres
pondents says:
A notable development was the low
morale of the prisoners, all of whom
are Prussians. They expressed them
selves as tired of the war and glad
to get out of the fighting. This was
despite the fact, they say, that they
are furnished with food, although the
Saxons, the Wurtemberg troops and
others may go without.
It must not be imagined, however
that they did not put up a fight, for
their officers were among them urg
ign them yelling like Indians and
plying bayonet and rifle. One Marine
who was taking back a prisoner, ran
into two German officers and ten men.
He tackled them single-handed with
his rifle and bayonet killing both the
officers and wounded seven of the men.
Another sergeant was about to take
a prisoner when the German threw,
himrelf on the ground and discharged!
hi* revolver at the American after i
culling "Kamerad." That settled the
German, for the sergeant shot him,!
as he did four others who also had!
surrendered but refund to put up'
their hand*.
The Marine*, advancing in the Bel
leau wood region, went forward in
four ware* in open forma Urn. The!
m#n in the Arat wivi were for the
■Mat part arm ad with rifUa and
tMm.ua, while tha raar wavaa war*
equipped with automatu- riflaa.
With them ama aquada u1 machine
luuxn luninf thair roilopaiMa (una
They rroaaed tiia open «pare and tutted
uip tha alnpa hent uver lika gnomaa.
Tha tranchea tha Marinaa paaaad over
wara clearly viithla from below but
thay hardly derarved tha nana, for
thay wara 'imply line* of littla hole*,
each big «n ifh to hold a man, white
barbed wira waa larking. There wan
v>ma, howaver, interlaced among tha
traaa of Relleau wood but tha Marinaa
pushed thair way through it.
Out in the opan field artillery offl
rem with gluaaaa wara directing tha
supporting fire, white on tha roof of
a naarby house a signal man wig
wagged with hi* red and whit* flag*.
On all *><te* the gun* were Aaahing.
tome of them stationed right in the
Aeld, white other* ware hidden in the
wood*. Looking down into the vallay
only a mile away the village of Bua
sairea rould be aaan on Are. Aa the
correspondent watched tha -tcene the
clouds of white ahrapnel «mofce over
the village of Torcy alao Inrama
browni.ih'and flame* appeared in that
town.
The artillery Are that prereeded the
attack lasted an hour and waa of es
pecial intensity for five minutes pre
reding the time when the Marina*
went over the top. French and Amer
ican batterier. took part in the firing,
putting down a rolling barrage and
then uhifting to the roadM behind the
German lines.
It appears that the Marines in go
JAf III ICfftUtUld Ml lUftfil GfT
mane had planned It to hare
been carried oat by Prussian* who had
been put into the line for that pur
pose. Then* men had relieved the
Prussian guard division which wa>
badly chewed up in the fighting of the
last day or two. They in turn had
relieved the Saxons just after the
Marines took over the sector, so the
Marines are proud of the fact that
hey have used up three German di
isions in less than a week and are
till very much aliye themselves.
The morale of the men is wonder
ful. They are willing to attempt any
thing and are talking with pride of
the heavy losses they inflicted upon
the German* in their attack this
morning while all the early report*
indicated that the afternoon attack
had been even more coetly to the en
emy.
Captured Two Tewas—Saperb Caw
age of the Men.
The fighting Thursday night north
went of Chateau Thierry raged with
great fierceness for five hours, says a
dispatch from the front. The Ameri
cans captured Bouresches and enter
el Torcy. Twenty-five Americans in
Torcy engaged and drove out 200
German.-' and then withdrew to the
main line on the outskirts of the
town. •
A remarkable story is told of a com
pany of Marines, all of the officers of
which, including the sergeants were
put out of the fighting. A corporal
the assumed command and the men
pushed on and obtained their objec
tive.
Hundreds of French children lined
the main road to Paris, over which
American and French ambulance*
were carrying American wounded.
The children waved their hands and
cheered the Americans.
As the result of th* two attacks by
the Americans against the enemy in
the second battle northwest of Cha
teau Thierry, 300 prisoners were cap
tured and the Americans n tended
their lines over a front of about six
miles to a depth of nearly two and
one-half miles.
While the losses of the Amerkwaa
necessarily have been heavy, owing to
the nature of the Afchting, the Ger
man dead was piled three deep in