European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                U casualties combat casualties totalled As of of these the army suffered the Navy the army dead numbered wounded of whom have recovered and been returned to missing the navys dead numbered disposition of troops the War department announced that the army has men stationed overseas and has reached the Bottom of the barrel in drawing infantry replacements from divisions in the a we official told yanks Washington Bureau that the men now stationed in the states were distributed equally among these three categories 1 men in training As replace ments for 2 men in training As tactical units also destined for overseas and 3 overseas veterans and limited service men assigned to housekeeper Soldier voting As provided by the Federal soldiers voting the army will help soldiers to vote in state and local elections this since there is no general election of Federal officers in 1945 As there was last there will be no Federal ballots for i soldiers will vote either in person or by state Absentee for information about the procedure to be followed in obtaining and voting a state Absentee soldiers should consult their Soldier voting officers or Check with we 487 the army this year will not Contact each Soldier individually to hand him a postcard application for a state Absentee bal but soldiers who want a postcard application will be Able to get one from their Soldier voting wac Hospital needs the women army corps has set an ultimate recruiting goal of in its Campaign for personnel to form urgently needed wac medical units in general a total of women Are needed by May 1 to make up 103 units which the wac Hopes to have trained and functioning by under a new system of the corps expects to have its technicians actually at work in the hospitals within 11 weeks from the Day they report at the wac training Center at fort nurses commissioned the office of the surgeon general has announced that 1050 nurses were commissioned in the army nurse corps in a gain of 443 appointments Over the figures for december but still far Short of Ancs the actual net gain in nurse personnel for the month amounted Only to about since the corps averages 250 Sepa rations a most of them because of physical i Bill of rights applications for guarantee of business Loans under the i Bill of rights will be reviewed by the reconstruction finance corporation and the smaller War plants according to an announcement of the veterans the agencies will review the papers connected with Loans for business and will recommend that the Loans be approved or they will examine the Loans to determine i that the proceeds will be used for purposes permitted by 2 that the property involved will be useful and reasonably necessary to the occupation 3 that the Veteran has the ability and experience to assure a reasonable likelihood of Success in the venture 4 that the Price to be paid for property or equipment does not exceed what makes me mad is the Damn around a reasonable value 5 that the loan is these like All other loan guarantees under the i Bill of will be made through recognized lending agencies loan associations or in no Case will the government guarantee More than 50 percent of a loan up to for any one interest on such Loans May not exceed 4 reclaimed shoes the quartermaster corps last year rebuilt and reissued almost pairs of shoes which were on their Way to the scrap thus sup plying nearly 17 percent of the army total foot Wear needs for the the shoe rebuilding program was necessitated by increasing army demands and the need for supplying shoes to Allied troops and civilians of liberated coun rebuilt shoes Are issued to troops Only in the since troops in combat get first Call on new the number of pairs of shoes Given minor repairs by Jmc reached last Dustproof goggles new goggles described As virtually Dustproof have been developed for members of the a Mored command and other vehicle the Lens is a single piece of shatterproof made flush so the wearer May Clear them of grit or mud with one swipe of his one Lens can be removed in a few seconds and replaced with the spare Lens that comes in a special envelope with each pair of the made of an Oil resistant synthetic fits snugly on the and ventilation is provided by Small screened holes around the the goggles Are now in the process of discharge Button the Navy and veterans administration have decided to retain the present design of the discharge Button Given to honorable discharged veterans of this according to a we announcement originally designed As a Lapel but it is now also available with a pin Rainbow division the 42d Rainbow division has been revealed As in action on the Western front As a part of the seventh the which arrived m the Eto last novem is in combat in the same sector where it saw action in the first world when it was commanded by Douglas in the last War it took part in the Champagne Marne defensive and the Mihiel and Meus Argonne offensives and fought its Way to tace division is commanded by Gen Harry former assistant commander of the 99th infantry Marianas farming i truck farms covering More than acres of Saipan and Tinian have netted pounds of fresh vegetables in three crops included watermelons cabbage and turnips were not sown because nobody particularly cared for Irish potatoes proved and peas and string Beans were left out of the program because they were too much trouble to a full sized Dairy has been proposed for Guam to Supply fresh milk for Hospital and a Small soap factory May be set up to make use of the local Supply of dried Coconut ship production merchant shipyards in according to the maritime delivered 120 vessels aggregating dead weight tons and one Large Derrick of the 120 90 were merchant types for merchant eight were ships delivered for military account and 22 were military types for Navy no further information was available on the Large Derrick yank 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