Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1919 — INFANTRY LEADS IN ALL LOSSES [ARTICLE]

INFANTRY LEADS IN ALL LOSSES

'Washington, April 18.—The infantry suffered more than twice the casualties 4n proportion to numbers of any other branch of the army, according to a statistical report made public today by the War Department. Battle deaths among the commissioned personnel in the infantry was 173 per 1,000 and for both officers and men was 139.7 pdr 1,000. This compares with' the average for the entire army of 61.6 for both officers and mem ,