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TlDO From, City Dead
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member of Company G, 10th Infantry.
| His mother received Ave letters from
him in one day last week, the first she
| had received since his departure for
France. In all he expressed himself
pleased with army life and said he was
gaining weight rapidly.
Private Simmons, reported missing
was only sixteen years old when he en-
listed in March. 1917, in the National
Guard. His home Is a block away from
the Fanean home He was a member of
Company NJ. 109th Infantry and in a
letter received by his parents last week
he said he was near the front and could
hear the big guns. His father is Sam
uel Simmons. 993 North Sixty-sixth
street Private Simmons is the eldest of
ten children He was missing after bat
tie July II, his parents have learned
from the War Department. He was a
'par' Of Private Fanean.
Private Mason, Company C, 10th
Infantry, who is twenty-three years old
is reported missing in action, accord
ing to a telegram received by his brother
Henry, who lives at $500 Leeds street
Another brother, Robert, is in the avia
ton corps of the army and is now in
France.
Lieutenant John A. White, a regimen
tai surgeon of the Fifth division of
Yorkshres. spent his tweaty-fourth
birthday in German prison camp. His
mother, Mrs. John A. White, received a
card from him yesterday on which was
printed, II am quite we'll and pris-
oner," and signed in the handwriting of
Lieutenant White. The card is dated
"Limburg, May 81"
II.,.o,,nt White rodu,+. .a s.-- 40,
Medico- -Chirurgical College when he was
twenty-one. He was serving his intern.
ship in the Philadelphia General Hos
pital when the United States went into
the war. He enlisted at once and was
called to Washington to attend the
training classes for doctors, after which
he was sent to France. Later he was
assigned to the British forces.
Before entering medical college. Lieu
tenant White graduated from Staunton
Military Academy, at Staunton, Va. He
is a Virginian by birth, his father being
prominent southern physician before
his death. Lieutenant White has one
other brother who is now at Platts-
burg training camp.
Private Thurston J. Davies. of the
Marine Corps, wounded in action, is the
son of the Rev John M. Davies, pastor
of the Gloucester City Presbyterian
Church. The young man was a student
at Princeton University when the United
States entered the war. and Immediately
| enlisted, in the Marine Corps, being as
signed to the Fifth Regiment ard sent
to France last spring.
In letter to his father he said that
| while in the heavy fighting on the Marine
sector during the big German push"
early in July, he was struck by two
pieces of shrapnel. one smashing his
| left shoulder, the other entering the left
side of his face, breaking his jaw and
cutting a small artery In his neck. He
| lost much blood before he could get to a
| field hospital, but is now in a base hos
pital and improving as rapidly as the ma
ture of his injuries will permit. he
| added
Private Angelo Malandria, eighteen
| years old, was severely wounded July
| %. according to a telegram received
from the War Department by his
mother, Mrs Concetta Malandria, who
lives at S19 Wilder street. He was a
member of Company C, 10th Infantry
| having enlisted year ago this morn
| ing In a letter to his mother July 81,
Private Malandria praised the Ameri-
can Red Cross and said he was well
pleased with army life.
| Private Peters, was nineteen years old
the son of Louis c. Peters He was
missing after battle on July 20, accord.
| ing to word received by his parents
Private Peters tried three times to en-
list when the National Guard went tC
| the Mexican border, but was turned
down each time because he was under
weight Upon the return of the Guard
units. however he was accepted. When