The Daily News Batavia, Genesee Co., NY August 5 1918 TODAY'S CASUALTIES LIST, RECEIVED FROM OVERSEAS, CONTAINS NAMES OF 700 About 300 Not to Be Published Until Tomorrow Morning. Long Roll of the Dead. Those Killed in Action of the Day's List of 407 Make Total of 203. Washington, Aug. 5.--Casualties among the American troops in the severe fighting which they have been engaged since July 15th, when the German offensive was launched and halted at the Marine,are now being reported in the daily lists from General Pershing, though no estimate of the total has yet been reported. Today's army list contained 407 names, the largest number reported in a single day. Of the men named 203 were killed in action. An additional list of nearly 300 names, bringing the total for the day to about 700, was checked at the War Department today, in preparation for publication for morning papers of tomorrow. Today's list of 407 is divided as follows: Killed in action, 203. Died of wounds, 37. Died of disease, 9. Died of accident and other causes, 6. Died of airplane accident, 1. Wounded severely, 48. Wounded, degree undetermined, 100. Missing, 3. The marine corps casualty list contains only ten, nine of whom were killed in action, while one died of wounds. J.D. WADSWORTH of Geneseo Killed. Among the killed reported in the army list today were James L. WADSWORTH of Geneseo, N.Y., believed to be a son of Lieutenant James S. WADSWORTH, who is with the American forces in France. David MIDLGLEY of Jamestown, N.Y., Wyatt COVELL of Elmira, N.Y. and Mike PULLANO, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Churchville Man Wounded. Among the wounded were Roy HOFFMAN of Weedsport, N.Y., John E. HARMON of Churchville, N.Y. and Frank G. BURTCH of Cortland, N.Y. Increase During Last Week. Army and marine corps causalities reported from overseas last week increased 1,430,compared with 1,050 the week before. The total causalities reported are 15,196, including yesterday's army list of 283, the largest number yet reported in a single day, and marine corps list of two. Yesterday's army casualty list contained the names of 91 soldiers killed in action, eight died of wounds, five dead of disease, one dead in an airplane accident, and four from other causes. The only Western New York man in this list was Private Clarence S. HEALE of Batavia, N.Y. Private Clarence HEALE Among First to Enlist. Private Clarence S. HEALE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. HEALE of No. 38 Jefferson avenue, who died from intestinal obstruction while serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, was only 18 years old when he enlisted, being one of the first Batavians to answer his country's call in the present war. *** DRAFT MEASURE BEFORE CONGRESS. Believed Planned Extension will Resulting an Army of Fully 7,000,000. Many More in Reserve. Washington, Aug. 5. The new army bill, embodying a recommendation that the draft ages be extended to 18 to 45 years will be introduced simultaneously in both houses of Congress before the close of today. Secretary BAKER, in discussing the measure, said that there was no intention of calling to the colors youths of 18 and 19 until the other classes had been exhausted. This policy was decided upon, he said, in order to give the youths an opportunity to mature before they join the army. Senator CHAMBERLAIN, chairman of the military affairs committee of the upper house, said that under the provisions of the bill men between 18 and 21 years old would be divided into three classes, subject to call by the President in such sequence of years as he prescribed. Senator CHAMBERLAIN added that the calling of men between the ages of 31 and 45 would be made by a similar plan. He expressed the opinion, however, that the younger men, those between 18 and 21 years, would be called first and that it would not be necessary to call those between 31 and 45. War Department officials believe that the draft extension will result in an army of 7,000,000 fighting men as a minimum, as it is figured that under the new order of things the total number of registrants will exceed 15,000,000. In estimates made regarding registrants New York state is credited with a total of 1,009,345 between the ages of 21 and 31 and 1,614,952 between 18 and 21 and 31 and 45. The minimum army of 7,000,000 would be composed of men of the type and physique now on the battlefield in France. *** STUDENT ARMY TRAINING CORPS IN 38 COLLEGES. University of Buffalo is Among Them. Thirty-eight educational institutions have been notified by the adjutant general of the army that they have been designated to make units of the new students' army training crops. Officers will be assigned to the schools and rifles, uniforms, and other equipment will be shipped. The institutions selected included Hamilton, Clinton; New York College of Dentistry, Syracuse, and the University of Buffalo. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt