Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-17
II j. s. ENGINEERS
REPORTED MISSING
Dropped Shovels to Pitch Into
Fighting in Front Of Cambria
on November 80.
BRAVERY PRAISED BY HAlG
May Have Been Taken Pris-
oner, but Feared That Few
Escaped Death.
BRAVERY PRAISED BY HAlG

oSoPNN oSdli
WASHINGTON. December l6.-ocv.
cntccn of tho American engineers who
/ drcnpcd their aho"cl8 TO pitch into the
. lighting when ,hcy were caught b..
: the German advance in from, OF Cam
brai On November 30 were reported to-
day a. missing IN action" Tho toll
OF these Americans. whose bravery.
promptness and itnc spirit won com
me ndatory letter from General ifais
to General Pcrshins. was announced BY.
tine War Department tonight. Nearly
ali OF them arc from New York City
or car-by territory.
Reports at tho time told how ~hen
the German countcraitack aurscd for
ward and caught ttcr bctwean the
lines they dropped into shcll holes,
abandoned the railroads they were
building and, running close UP behind
the British lines, waited for the thin
british line to surge forward again
II was known then that there had been
some casualties. bat to-day's announce
mcnt is the first official confirmation or
the fact.
Ecportcd as missing. the mon ,nay
/ Lave been taken prisoner by the Ger
mans. II is feared. however. tina, few
escaped death in The Shcll-torn. bullet
swept wastes OF 'no mans land" IL
they were unable 10 rcjoin their com
raIes in tho frs; rush
The missing list is accompanied BY
thrc" names oc mon who died from,
natural causes and by the name or an
American doctor with tho F;ri,ish
forces. who vas seriously wounded.
MISSING MEN ALL
FROM ENGINEER FORCE
The missing men arc all Of the cncl-
neers' force. The list follows:
Dead:
Clarence NJ. Mnklcr, private field
hospital; died december II, scarlet
, fever. acute ncphritis. Emergency ad-
drcas, Ira l.. Minklcr. Proctor. Vt.
George S. Schenkman, private. in
faatry; died December IA, tuberculosis
chronic. Emergency address, Mrs
| ictta Schcnkman, mother, New York
City.
7. Herbert J. Wolfe. busler, headquar-
ters troops; died December, u. searle,
fever septica emia Father. Morris
Wolfe. Roxbury Mass.
Wounded:
officers reserve corps, attached TO Brit
i:h forces; severely wounded December
: Emergency address. Mrs. Margaret
Boyle. Luzcrnc. ia
Missing.
Harold T. Andrews, private cns;-
neers. November 80. Uncle. FRANK
Bradford. Portland, Nc.
Frank Brooks. private engineers,
shopsky, $40 Fox street. New York
City.
Michael Dina. private engineers. No
vember 80. Father. James Dina. l47
Fast Fourth Street. New York City.
Charles \. GeogheGan, private en-
sineers. November 80. Mother, Mrs.
Michael Gcoshesan. 5ll West One Hun
dred and EiEht%-ifth Street New York
City.
So!cman Goldwetter private engi-
neers. November 30. Friend, Miss Rose
perlstcin, u East One Hundred and
Nineteenth Street. New York.
John Lal!y private engineers. Faith
er. Michael Lal!y. Golden Bridge. West
chester County. y. Y.
Luke \. Lovely. private engineers.
November 80. Father. Thomas Lovely.
South Amboy. y. j.
Clrich y. Lcney. private engineers.
November so. Father. John NJ Laney,
l'oc Amsterdam Avenue. New York
Harry }. Mason. private engineers.
November 80. Mother. Mrs G. Mason.
So Eighth Street. Jersey City " J.
Alphonso i. McCirath. private en-
sinee-s, November 80. Emergency ad.
dress. Timothy McCirath, Chestnut Hill.
Mass.
Dalton Hanle;. private engineers.
November 80. Father Dalton NJ. RAN
let Corona. y. Y.
George H. J. Seaman, private. cnsi-
ncers, November 80 Mother. Mrs. Anna
Seaman. Woodhaven, L. l.
Paul NJ Swenson. sergeant eng .nec:s,
November 80 Mother, Mrs j. E.
Swenson, $50 Wadsworth Avenue. New
York.
Peter J. lingo. private engineers.
November so. Mother. Mrs Anthony
lingo, 24io Arthur Avenue. New York.
Herbert +. Uelt2. private engineers.
November so. Mother. Mrs. a. Karl, IS
Union street. Newark, y. J.
Frank Upton. corporal, engineers.
November 20 Wife. Mrs Jane Upton.
al West Twenty fourth Street. New
York.
Myron Van dc Mark. private. cnsl-
neers, November so. Mother. Mrs. A.
L. Van dc Mark. New Paltz, ~ Y.
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