Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-14

partment until he fully reeained ,,t.
strength. His father has been con,,,,.. u's ;
with the Lehigh Coal and Navigs tie q
Company for number of years, ''0"
Private william J. Meyers tw.,,,.
| three years old Company l.. IOots ~
| fantry, was seriously wounded on MI,
II, and after many months in Tho ba.S
pital and numerous operations. HE ieg
mad to be amputated, Yet his aunt. Miss
Cecilia Kenney, 4635 Chestnut s,raat
with whom Private Meyers mada III,
home. was not Informed of her nepbeni.
| injury by the War Department mil r. .
| cember 5. She had heard from him a.
rect number of times and in HE ,ea,
letter he said he expected to star, g..
home soon. Meyers enlisted in Ma
1917. was trained at Camp uancn,y ~
and went overseas in July OF this voa ~
Private John J. Mailoy. SIS McKean
action November /. enlisted two voo ~ ~
ago when only seventeen years old Word
of his death was received by his n,o,ba.
from the War Department about a weel;
ago, The last letter from him. his
mother said, was dated October 10, but
was trained at Fort Slocum and later
IN Texas wAh Pershing during the
Mexican border campaign Finally he
was assigned to Company F, Twenty
sixth infantry, one of the first American
units to land in France. He was single.
TO the army was employed in sugar
refinery, brother, Sergeant Patrick
j. Malloy, is attached TO the Headquar-
ters Company, Ninth Infantry, now in
France.
Private william A. Bills, Jr.. wounded
on November by shrapnel wrote his
sister. Miss Jennie Bills. $3.50 Hatfield
street, that he was better and expected
TO be home soon. He added that the
French celebration of the arrival of
IL.
delphia New Years celebrations. Young
Bills was drafted last May. given
brief training at Camp Meade and and
sent to France six weeks later with
Company l. 316th Infantry. He was for
merly employed at Hog Island.
Private Mariana NenturelIa, thirty
two years old. was drafted in October,
1917. trained at Camp Meade. and later
at Camp Gordon, and sailed for France
on April 25, with the 327th Infantry.
His cousin. Mrs. Josephine Onorato. 9?4
Mountain street, with whom he made
his home, received a letter from him a
few weeks ago saying that he had been
wounded, but was recovering in hos
pital. A week ago, she received tele-
gram saying that he was missing since
October 16. So far the War Depart
ment has not discovered its mistake as
to Venturella's fate. but will probably
come along with a correction in a week
or two.
Corporal Joseph Little. wounded dur
ing the final stages OF the battle or the
Meuse, October and 6, had been back
in this country for
Wounded Soldier n month. recuperat-
a., 1g at the Cape May
nome Mo"h ConvalesCant hospi
Before Family tai. before his famiiy
Is Notified injury Last Monday
he paid a short visit
to his home. at 1852 Matthew street,
Germantown. arriving there just four
days after the official telegram with its
formal phraseology had informed his sis
ter that he had been wounded on Octo-
Der s.
Corporal Little enlisted in National
Guard unit when the Mexican troubles
arose and served through the Mexican
border campaign, received his final train
ing at Camp Hancock and went to
France last July He had miraculous
escape from death when he was finally
wounded after participating in six i'm
portant battles A. bullet struck his
head near the temple. went right through
his skull and out back of his ear. Yet
he retained consciousness and was able
to crawl some fifteen yards or so to
field dressing station before coliapsing.