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ffi)rKu t .i. u1tin PUBLISHED D.&LY under order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STRTES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORM.&TION GEORGE CREEL, Chairman * * * COMPLETE Record of U. X. GOVERNMENT .qctivities VOL. 2 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. No. 495 U.S. COLLEGES WILL CONTINUE FOOD ADMINISTRATION REVOKES 109 U.S. AIRMEN KILLED, MILITARY TRAINING COURSES PUBLIC EATING PLACE ORDERS 103 WOUNDED, 200 MISSING, WITH RESERVE OFFICERS CORPS Specific Regulations Replaced by a General Request for All to 37 PRISONERS, 3 INTERNED, WILL SPECIALIZE IN ALL Bl4NCHES Observe Conservation. CASUALTY LIST INFRANCE Equipment of Students Corps to Be As a further step.in the replacement of Utilized Under the Aew Plan. specific food regulations by a general 845 ENEMY MACHINES About 300 InstitutionsExpected to appeal for increased conservation of all FELLED BY OUR MEN foods, the United States*Food Adminis- Take up the Work at Once. tration has rescinded the twelve " Gen- About 271 Planes and 45 eral Orders " for public eating places, at The War Department authorizes the following: the same time eimphasizing the need for Balloons Loston Our Side, T'yith the demobilization of the Stu- continued care in the use of food in order Preliminary Report by dents' Army Training Corps, the colleges that the United States may meet its of the United States will not give up their pledge to relieve, to the capacity of our Major General Harbord connection with military training, but in- ports, the world famine conditions stead will turn their attention to the Re- abroad. The order rescinding the general Sa'ys--Total Air Strength serve Officers' Training Corps. Before orders becomes effective to-day. 6,861 Officers and 51,:29 the war there were about 115 units of In notifying the hotel chairmen on the the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in staffs of the Federal food administrators Men-Number of Planes the various colleges. About 100 of these of the decision to rescind the present reg- are now being reestablished and applica- ulations, the hotel division of the Food Received and in Service. tion's have been received for about 200 Administration asked that they hold new units. Hence something like three- themselves in readiness to assist in put- The War Department authorizes the fifths of the 500 institutions in the Stu- ting into effect any specific measures following: dents' Army Training Corps will start at which public eating places, through de- once with units of the Reserve Officers' A brief review of operations of the v'elpments in world relief, may in the American Air Service in France, up to Training Corps. future be called upon to carry out. One important change in the organiza- November 12, is contained in a cable from tion of the Reserve Officers' Training Maj. Gen. Harbord to the Director of the Corps is now being worked out. This Surplus Government Air Service, dated December 15, 1918. change in regulations swill allow the units There were in operation on the front to specialize in training officer material Trucks and Passenger on November 11, 39 American aero squad- for the various corps of the Army, such as rons, distributed us follows: 20 pursuit, the Field Artillery, Engineer, Signal Automobiles Will Not 1 night bombardment, 6 day bombard- Corps, Coast Artillery, Ordnance, Medi- ment, 5 Army observation, 12 corps ob- cal Corps, and Military Aeronautics, in- Be Put on Sale at,Once servation, 1 night observation. stead of the uniform training for In- Enemy planes brought down by Ameri- fantry, which was the rule before the wr. The War Department authorizes the can flyers included 491 confirmed and 354 In addition to--the collegiate units, following: unconfirmed, making a total of 845. A total of 82 enemy balloons are reported plans are now under way -t& establish The Director of Munitions hereby con- junior units in secondary sch5ts. City as destroyed, of which 57 were confirmed. tradicts the statement in the newspapers During the activities of the American High School Corps are already estab- to the effect that the Government intends lished in Boston, Chicago, Denver, and a Air Service the United States lost 271 to -puton sale at once all trucks and motor planes and 45 balloons. large number of other cities. passenger cars that are not being used in Equipment Made Available. the service. The fact is that all trucks Total of 442 Casualties. owned by the Government will be needed The change from the Students' Army Concerning commissioned personnel cas- in the service for some time to come. In ualties, the cable reports 109 killed, 103 1raining Corps to the Reserve Officers' the disposal of surplus property every Training Corps is being made so rapidly wounded, 200 missing, 27 prisoners, and care will be taken to see that it is sold 3 interned, making a total of 442. that a large part of the equipment used in a manner best adapted to cause as in the various institutions for the Stu- The Air Service included In the zone little disturbance to the trade as pos- of advance 2,161 officers and 22,351 sol- dents' Army Training Corps will be kept sible. on hand to be used for the Reserve Offi- diers, a total of 24,512 at the actual cers' Training Corps. The administration front. There were also 4,643 officers and of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 28,353 soldiers in the service of supply. has been placed in thf hands of the Com- With the French armies there were de- inittee on Education and Special Train- No Issue of the Bulletin tailed 8 American flying officers and with ing, which operates under the training the British expeditionary forces there and instruction branch of the War Plans On December 24 and 25 were 49 officers and 525 soldiers. The Division of the General Staff. The com- total personnel in France consisted of mittee will attempt to make available a Owing to the fact that the Gov- 6,861 officers and 51,229 soldiers, a total large amount of scientific and technical ernment Printing Office will be air strength of 58,000. Air Service me- material which has been developed by the closed to-morrow, Tuesday, Decem- chanies regiments with the French army experience of the war, and in all units of ber 24, and on Christmas Day, there inclided 109 officers and 4,744 soldiers. the Reserve Officers' Training Corps spe- will be no issue of the Officill U. S. The flying personnel underinstruction cial emphasis will be placed on physical Bulletin on those days. on November 11 included 1.323 pilcts training and mass athletics. assigned as follows: Preliminary, 126; 2 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. nadvanced, 29; pursuit, 850; observation, 140; day bombing, 77; night bombing, EXTRA HEAVY CHRISTMAS MAIL RIJNDAM WITH 3,022 TROOPS 101. Observers in training included 563 ar- BUT NO CONGESTION ANYWHERE, DUE AT NEWPORT NEWS, JAN. 1 tillery 65 day bombing,' and 61 night bombing, a total of 689 officers. This POST OFFICE REPORTS INDICATE The Chief of Staff authorizes publi- made the aggregate in training 2.012. cation of the following: The flying personnel awaiting instrue- PARCELS MOVE ON SCHEDULE TIME Transport Rijndum sailed from France tion included 155 pilots and 59 observ- December 19 and will probably dock at Newport News ers. Graduat'ons up to November 11, Prompt about January 1, with 1918, included 6,069 pilots divided as fol- Deliveries Reported from All the following troops: Casual Company No. 404, District No. 1, lows: Preliminary, 1,573; advanced. 2,- Cities, the Result of General Ob- 3 officers, 150 men. 359; pursuit, 1,160; observation, 723; Casual Company No. 111, District No. 2, day bombing, 329; night bombing 25. servance of Department's Advice 2 officers, 129 men. total of 2.045 observers divided as Thirty-second Brigade Headquarters, Coast A "Mail Early." Artillery Corps, 100 per ccnt, Key West, Fla., follows: Pursuit, 88; artillery, 1.425; to the Public to 7 officers, 63 men. day bomb ng, 390; night bombing, 142. Thirteenth Anti-Aircraft Sector, 65 per Telegraphic reports received by the cent, Fort Totte, N. Y., 35 per cent, Jeffer- A total of 159 individuals is reported son Barracks, Mo., 7 officers, 155 men. as being killed in training. Post Office Department from the post Ninth Anti-Aircraft Sector, 62 per cent offices throughout the country under date Portland, Me., 38 per cent Fort Caswell, South- Planes Received from All Sources. of December 20 indicate early mailing port, N. C., 8 officers, 196 men. One hundred and fourteenth Ammunition The number of planes, by type, re- of Christmas packages and show a very Train, 67 per cent Camp Beauregard, 20 per ceived from all sources by the American large increase in the volume of mail over ecnt Camp Zachary Taylor, 7 per cent Camp Expeditionary Force between Septem- that of the corresponding period last year. Plike, 33 officers, 1.103 men. Thirty-one Casual officers classified as fol- her 12, 1917, and November 16, 1918, is Realizing the difficulties in the handling lows: as follows: Pursuit, for service, 3.337, of the mail which would arise from the Brig. Gen. Charles Zimmerman. Motor for schools. 90; observation, for service, absence Traisport Corps 1, Cavalry 1, Engineers 1, of postal employees on account Air Service 23, Infantry 4 including 2 aides- 3.421, for schools, 664; day hombing, for of the influenza and the number engaged decamp to Brig. Gen. Charles Zimmerman; service, 421, for schools, 85; n ght re- in military service, the department took other Casuals, 1 onlisted man.