The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-17
SEVENTEEN MISSING
IN ENGINEER CORPS
On CAMbaAI FRONT
Toll of Men Whose Bravery and
Fromptness Won Commentator
From Haie Reported.
DROP SHOVELS TO
MEET Hun DRIVE
Death In Shcl Torn Sector Where
Battle Ragged.

Washington, Dec, I6.-Seventeen Of
the American engineers who dropped
their shoyels to pitch INTO the fight
ing when they were caught by the
German advance In front Of Cambria
were reported today as missing in
action The toll Of these Americans
whose bravery, promptness and fine
spirit won q co~}nmendatory letter
from General Haig to General Per
shing was announced by the wal de-
partment tonight. Nearly all OF them
are from Vow York city or nearby
territory.
Reports Mt the time told how when
the German counter attack surged
forward and caught them between the
lines, they dropped into shell holes.
abandoned the railroads they were
building n running close up behind
the British lines, waited for the thin
British line to surge forward again.
It was known then that there had
been some casualties but today's an
nouncement IS the first Official con-
frmation of tho fact.
Reported as missing the men may
have been taken prisoners by the Ger
mans. II is feared. however, that few
escaped death in the shell torn bullet
swept wastes of No Mans land as they
were unable to rejoin their comrades
IN the fret rush.
The missing list IL accompanied by
three James Of men who died from
natural causes and by the name OF an
American doctor with the British
forces who was seriously wounded.
The missing men are all of the en-
rineers force.
The. list follows:
Dead:
Clarence NJ. Minkler, private. Geld
hospital died December IL, scarlet
fever, nepbritis acute, emergeucy adj
dress, IRA y. Afinkler, Proctor. Vt.
George s -SChenkn1an, private. in
fantrv, died December Ia. tuberculo-
ss chronic. emergency address. Mrs.
fetta -Sehonckinan. mother, New York
city.
Herbert ], Wolfe. bugler. h~eadquar-
tets troops, died December II, scarlet
fever septlcamia, father. Morris Wolfe.
R~oNbury. Mass.
Wounded
II. c Boyle, first lieutenant. msdi-
cal officers reserve corps atached to
British forces, severely wounded De
cember 2. emergency address. Mrs.
Margaret Boyle. Luzerne, Pa
Harold T. Andrews. private, en-
gineers. November SO uncle Frank
Bradford, Portland. Me.
Frank Brooks. private. engineers.
November 30; sister, Mrs, b. w.
Warshopsky. 949 Fox street. New
York CITY.
Michael Dina. private, engineers.
November so; father. James Dina.
Al East Fourth street. New York
felty.
Charles A Geoghegan. private, en-
r~ineers. November 80: mother. Mrs.
Michael Geoghegan. 51l West One
Hundred and Eighty-Fifth street,
New York city.
solman %Goldwater private. en-
gineerS, November 80; friend. Mise
Rose PerIstein. So East One Hundred
Land Nineteenth street. New York.
John LaIiy, private, engineers;
; father, MichaelA.afy, Golden Bridge,
West Chester county, N. Y.
Luke 4. Lovely. private. engineers
November 80; father, Thomas Love
/. D.. south Amboy, ~. J.,
ririch n. Laney, private, eng1-
ncers, November 80: father. John NJ
r taney, 1872 Amsterdam avenue, New
Tork,
y Harry J. Mason. private. engineers,
November 80; mother, Mrs. c. Mason
81 HHf I'taAiAAi GhAENNt 3t'6NS 1thR 49, -
: Alphonso J, NcGrath, private, en-
. e@!neers. November so; emergency ad-
r dross. Timothy McGrath, Chestnut
rIill Mass.
Dalton Ranlet. private. engineers.
November 30; father. Dalton NJ. Ran
Y let. Corona. ~. Y,
George r. y Seaman, private en-
cheers. November so. mother Mrs
' Anna seaman, Woodhaven. L. I.
= Paul NJ. Swenson. sergeant. enEi-
= rcerr. Moecmher 10: mother, Mrs 7
= z. SwensoD. ass Wadsworth avenue
New York.
Peter , lingo, private, engineers
November 30 mother, Mrs, Anthony
N TinEo. 2ti9 Arthur avenue, Now
York.
d Herbert +. Ueltz, private. engt,
q neers. November 80: mother. Mrs. A
Kari, ~ Union street. Marx n. ]
Frank Upton, corporal, engineers
November 40, wife. Mrs. lane Upton
All West Tweyty-fourth street, New
S York,
Myron Van dc Mark. private, en-
s gtneers, November 80; mother, Mrs
$ A. r. van de Mark. New Paltz. ~
I Y.
o They were taken in action around
" the Cambria eectionh.