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Nearly 6,000 Yale men are now in war service, according to figures made public by the New Haven authorities. Approximately 5,000 of this number are enrolled in the Army or Navy, and 1,000 are already reported as being overseas. A complete roster of the Yale under-graduates and alumni in Government service, similar to the one being maintained at the University, has been for some time in the course of preparation. The figures available are as follows:
5,800 men (graduates, non-graduates and undergraduates) in service.
4,533 of these in the Army and Navy.
1,055 reported as being overseas.
1,267 in Government and civilian work.
42 recipients of Croix de Guerre and other military honors.
15 who have lost their lives in the service.
808 men in the field artillery, branch in which the university has specialized.
703 of these holding commissions.
3,685 in the Army.
2,065 of these holding commissions.
599 in the Navy.
224 of these holding commissions.
205 in ambulance work.
Hold High Rank.
Among the 3,685 who have entered the Army, and of the 2,065 who have earned commissions, are several men of conspicuously high rank. Major General W. M. Wright, U. S. A., who is stationed at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla., is a member of the class of 1884 S.; Brigadier General T. A. Bingham, Eng., U. S. A., in charge of the river and harbor works in the vicinity of New York City, graduated in 1876 with President Hadley, and Brigadier General W. W. Atterbury, N. A., director general of transportation, graduated with the class of 1886 S.
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