Evening star., 1914-04-25
SONS OF MARYLAND
AMONG THE WOUNDED
Terrors of War Brought Close Home
to Residents of National
Capital.
Many Other Men From Neighboring
State Are With Forces at
the Front.

Dangers of war have been brought
home in reality to many near neighbors
of Washington. Among those wounded
in the first three days of fighting are
three Maryland boys. and there are many
others in service at Vera cruz.
Ensign Paul Augustus Stevens. report
ed by Admiral Badger to have been one
of those injured. Is the first officer to
have been wounded in any of the Skin
mishing. He was born in Maryland Feb
ruary -, 1889. was appointed to the Ma
val Academy July /. 1909. from Delaware
and Is at present detailed on the Minne-
sofa.
Kirk Christy. seaman, who was wound
ed in tine capture of Vera Cruz. is q
native of Crisfeld. He is a son of the
late Louis w. Christy and is twenty years
old
He enlisted in the navy in 1912 in Bal
tmore. While at home on furlough last
year he married Miss Mary Coleman.
daughter of Joseph Coleman. With her
infant son Mrs. Christy lives with her
parents in Crisfield.
Mrs. Christy was informed by the Navy
Department that her husband had been
wounded, but the dispatch did not state
whether severely or not. She was told
that the department would keep her. in
formed of his condition.
Hears Son Is Wounded. :
William H. Rickerds, West South street,
Frederick. has been notified that his son,
INNER Guy Rickerls. irst-class cleo
trician on the Utah, had been wounded
in the battle of Vera Cruz.
The father. eishty-six years old and
partly blind. wept when he received the
fv.sv, hi too t,<a nj
My boy is fighting for glorious cause
and it is the fortunes of war to be shot. :
Rickerds is twenty-seven years Old and
IS serving his fourth enlistment in the
navy. He went to the public school until
fourteen. when he obtained a clerlship
in a local store. He frequently eX-
pressed desire to join the navy. His
parents endeavored to disabuse his mind
of the notion, but when sixteen years old
he secured their consent and went TO
Philadelphia and n'isted.
He was sent to a training school in
Newport. r. l.. and six months later was
assigned to the Monongahela, an appren-
tice ship. He was transferred in sue
cession to the Minneapolis. Vermont and
Utah. He was promoted several times
and finally became first-class electrician.
Last April he spent month at home on
furiough. He has received medal for
good conduct.
Wrote Regularly to Mother.
Since entering the navy he wrote to his
mother once month. sending her remit
tances from his salary and telling her
of his travels around the world. She
died last February and his letters have
since been to his father.
II feel anxious" said this father, be
cause he is my youngest boy.
About dozen other Frederick men are
on the vessels which are now in Mexican
waters
James Hatch. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hatch of 1904 Clifton place. Balti-
more. saw real service before Vera Cruz
on the United States cruiser Prairie. on
which he is a gun pointer he is only
twenty three years old and Is serving his
second enlistment in the navy.
He first enlisted in November. 1899. in
Baltimore and was honorably discharged
in June. 1913. Last November he re-en-
listed and was assigned to the Prairie
During his first enlistment he served on
the Des Moines. Birmingham and Dakota
as a seaman and was a member of the
base ball teams of the Des Moines and
birmingham.
Young Hatch always expressed de-
sire to join the navy and when he finally
determined to go his parents did not OBJ
ject. Only last week he sent a letter to
lis home in Baltimore in which he said
there was plenty of fighting where he
was. meaning among the Mexicans, out
Five Maryland Officers.
Five Marylanders are among the Off
GERS of the troops that have been or
dered from Galveston to Vera Cruz. un-
der the command of Brig Gen. Fred
erick Funston. They are:
Col Edward II. Plummer, in COM
mand of the 2sth Infantry.
= oil In
the 18th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Allen c. Mcbride. Field
Artillery.
First Lieut.. Charles P. Hollingsworth,
Field Artillery.
Second Lieut. Edward H. Bertram.
7th Infantry.
command of fiotilla of torpedo boat
destroyers ordered to proceed to Mex
leo. and Lieut.. Archibald G. Stirling, on
the United States battleship Utah, in
Mexican waters. are two of the Balti-
more men who will be in the thick of
the fight. If prolonged war comes. Both
are sons of Rear Admiral Yates
stirling. retired. who lives at 209 West
Lanyale street. Baltimore.
Lieut.. Stirling went with the ba1e-
snip Utah when that fighter was or
dered to the gulf. His brothers in
structions TO proceed in charge of the
notiila of destroyers came only very
recently.
Commander Stirling is not new to
warfare. He commanded a river gun
boat during the Philippine insurrectfon
and during the war with Spain served
on the Dolphin in the Cuban naval
campaign. He has cruised around the
world and his record has won him dis
tinction in naval circles.