. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. ON THE BANKS OF THE MOSELLE Castle Cochem, one time headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps. who had been sent to Europe were: killed in battle or died of wounds, 50,327;died of disease, 58,073; died from other causes, 8,092. We had captured 44,000 prisoners, besides many guns and great quantitiesof supplies and munitions. It is probable that the exact figures of the Centralpowers losses to the Americans will never be known. T
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. ON THE BANKS OF THE MOSELLE Castle Cochem, one time headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps. who had been sent to Europe were: killed in battle or died of wounds, 50,327;died of disease, 58,073; died from other causes, 8,092. We had captured 44,000 prisoners, besides many guns and great quantitiesof supplies and munitions. It is probable that the exact figures of the Centralpowers losses to the Americans will never be known. The American Third Army was organized after the armistice, takingdivisions from the First and Second Armies, to proceed into Germany andoccupy that country as far as the Rhine until the armistice terms should becomplied with. Half of the Coblenz bridgehead and the country back to theFrench border, including Luxemburg, comprised the American sector of THE CAPITOL ON ARMISTICE NIGHT 8o ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR As soon as the ar-mistice was signed, thehomeward movement ofAmerican troops started,though it did not reachits greatest volume un-til the following Britain and theother allied nationsneeded their ships, whichhad carried our meneastward, to return theirown colonials to theirhomes and to revive theirblighted mercantile ship-ping. After the home-w a r d movement hadfairly started, the Ameri-can troops were returnedfaster on our new shipsthan they had been car-ried over with the aid ofBritish shipping. Leaders of the ex-pedition quickly realizedthat something wouldhave to be done to keepthe soldiers of the Armyof Occupation and theunits awaiting transportbusy and of the soldiers,feeling that their task had been finished with the end of the war, were look-ing forward impatiently to discharge from the army, and it was evident thatexcessive drill would arouse a dangerous feeling of resentment. Drill peri
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