The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-30
MANY MEMBERS
OF co. c FALL
In Big BATTLE AT
CHATEAU THIERRY
Grafton Officer Writes Of
North Dakota Men
Among Wounded

Grafton, N. D., Aug, 30.-From let
| tiers received this week Grafton peo-
pie have learned that many of the
: members of former Company c,
which left here last September, were
| in the battle at Chateau Thierry and
/ with other troops of the american
forces were a part of one of the
great battles of the world. Several
of the men have sacrificed their
lives on the battle ground, and many
others have been severely wounded
according to a recent letter from
France.
A letter from one of the officers
of Co. c written August 6 tells news
of many North Dakota men wound
ed in service.
! He writes in part: r
| 1T is some time since l have writ
| ten about any Of the old Company
c boys and ash saw several of them
| today, thought it might be rof inter
! est to the folks at home to know how
+ they are getting along. I have seen
! the following boys in the past few
days:
! Arthur Kitchener, two bullet
wounds July goth; Louis c., LeDoux,
shrapnel wounds May 29th; Ben F.
Lothspeich, Langdon, gassed in May,
Leslie Miller hit July Goth by shrap-
! mel; Alvin Thompson, Cavalier, gas
/ sed, in June; Frank Wilson, wound
ed May 29th; Eddie Stuart, wounded
May 29th; Adam Banach, Minot,
wounded July End; Boyd Macdonald
! wounded and gassed.
! "All Of these boys are looking fine
now. Several of them of course have
J been laid up for some time but are
| looking well. I was very glad TO
see them. They told me of some
Of the other boys, as follows;
'Esley Norton, hit July 18th, not
bal, they say; Edwin L. Hill, McIn-
tosh, Mimi. killed July goth. Anton
! H. Ecker, who was made a corporal
some time ago killed July goth; r.
win e. Gainor, hit, not serious; Err
| nest Kibler, Cavalier, wounded July
goth; Wesley H. McGregor and
| George A. Abercromble, wounded
The last two mentioned I did not
| get an opportunity to see.
81 saw Henry NJ. Johnson. He had
| three. ribs broken by high explosive
| in action in July; Mike sGladue, Sc
verely wounded; Ray Hanson, Fair
dale killed; Joseph Johnson and
Wallace Swenson were gassed; Sec
! ond Lieutenants Hill and Laxdal
were transferred to another divi-
other division. I will not see them
while"
Conformation of the report of the
death of Edwin j. Hill, who was born
at st. Thomas and whose parents
Mr.. and Mrs. f, J. Hill, removed
from that place to Mcintosh, Mimi,
! about two years ago comes in a let
/ Cny pf
Mr.. and Mrs: George Swenson Of this
city.
Paul Farup Killed.
The report also comes from two
different sources of the death OF
Paul Farup, son of Mr.. and Mrs
| Karl J. Farup, of Park River. The
rumor of Paul's death came here in
I two letters during the past week
| from different soldiers in France. J
D. Robertson of Park River received
a letter from his son, Lit Clarence
| Robertson, surgeon in the Red
| Cross Beseley Unit. This letter was
! son enjoying a well earned furlough
| in southern France. He said he had
recently met Lit. Myron Omlie, OF
| Grafton, and the lieutenant told
him of the death of Paul Farup, who
twas killed at Scissors a week or
| two before. The information was to
/ the effect that Farup's company was
in reserve at the time and Paul was
up with the headquarters staff OBJ
serving, when a high explosive shell
| landed among them and Paul was
killed instantly.
So far as can be learned no Off
cial confirmation of these casualties
have been received by relatives I'll
| friends of the injured or dead men
yet the reports are from such relia-
BILE SOURCES that it seems Impossible
| to disbelieve them.
| In addition to the men mentioned
| above. Esley E. Norton is recover
| ing from four slight wounds received
July 18th, according to a letter from
him to friends here, and Corporal
| George owen writes his parents that
he is recovering from shrapnel
wounds which broke his left arm
and smashed his right hand. He was
wounded in May and will not be able
to return to the battle front.