Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1918 — 16,000 CASUALTIES STILL UNREPORTED [ARTICLE]

16,000 CASUALTIES STILL UNREPORTED

Washington, Dec. B.—The War Department announced today that 16,000 major casualties, including killed in action, died of wounds, die< of disease or other causes, severely wounded and missing, have not ye; been finally reported to the next of kin. The arrears in minor casualties are much larger, it was adedd. From cable reports now expected, the department hopes to clear up the arrears in major casualties iwithdn a week, except for a few names with respect to which identification has not yet been completed. The minor casualties not yet reported represent slight wounds, involving relatively brief disablements, and in most cases the men sustaining them have already been healed.