Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

the base hospital TO whlCh ne was
removed. and hopes soon to rejoin
his command. Before joining the
Rainbow Division he was a soldier
of the National Guard of Pennsyl-
vaia for twenty-four years, much of
the time on the staff of General
O'Neill, and for time was adjutant
of the Fourth Regiment.
Z During the illness of Captain
James \. Lightner, of the Lancastc:
Company, Lieutenant Brown had
command OF the company. which is
one of the K-I-L-M- Battalion.
Private William +. Byles. of Com
pany l, Fourth U. S. Infantry, men,
toned in the casualty list as having
been severely wounded in the fight
ing of July "a. is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Byles, of Annville. He
is one of two brothers in the Ameri-
can Army serving on the western
front, while a third is awaiting the
call The latest Lebanon boy on the
casualty list is George DiGabriel!a,
serving as a cook. who is reported
wounded IN the fighting on July Is.
Gabrielle is a native of Italy, where
his parents live. He was employed
at the Bethlehem steel plant here
when America entered the war, and
at once VOLUNTEERED his services.
Lackawanna Loses no
Ample proof that the 109th In
fantry and Companies A and f, en-
| gineers, lighting quotas from north
eastern Pennsylvania now with tho
twenty eighth Pennsylvania Division
took an active part in the Marne Of
fensive, is found in the casualty list.
This week the names of almost 40
members of these units were among
fhnSn killed unlln1p1 missing in
action.
In a letter sent to his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Oscar Matteson, of Scran-
ton, Oscar Matteson, a private in an
infantry regiment, tells about a bat
tie in which American soldiers took
part and of the heroism displayed
by the members of the Twenty
eighth division. Matteson is recov-
ering from shell-shock in a French
hospital. His brother, Sergeant Ed
ward Matteson, is also suffering from
shell-shoCk. In Matteson's letter he
says:
We were lighting for three or
four days and nights, with hardly
any food and no rest, and that,
coupled with almost constant she'll
ing. broke down nearly all of us and
caused many cases of what they call
7 'shell-shock.' Strained nerves, that's
all it is, and none of the cases is ser
ious. After a few days of good,
quiet rest and nourishing food We'll
all be tit and fine, so whatever you
do, dear folks. don't worry bit.
Division Wins New Name
Lieutenant Swartz was killed
poor fellow. but Lieutenant Falkner
is alive, all right. He is shell
shocked a little, and ! think little
gassed. He Is in the same ward rs
l am and is coming along fine.
don't know how all the fellows in
our company made out, but l think
we had very few losses. Most OF
the men out OF action for the time
being are shell-shocked. Our regi-
ment certainly made a name for it.
self because of its heroic and won.
derful action under its first baptism
of fire, and our division is beIne
called the Iron Men, So you see
dear ones, the Pennsylvania boys are
certainly there with the goods.
Monday. or rather Sunday, night
the Germans started the bigges
drive in the history of the war. ant
they certainly did some shelling
Well, d and r. companies were in
valley and only slightly entrenched
Our job was temporarily to checl
the Hun in case he broke through
. the French and American lines
Well, he crossed the Marne, a:
right, but it cost him one bunch o
men, believe me. He didn't get a.
far as us, but his damn shells did
He shelled our valley and position
for twelve long and awful hours
and, oh, such nerve-racking hours
We couldn't see our enemy; w,
couldn't fight him back, and rha
made it all the worse.
Il believe the war can't last lony
now. German prisoners say that i
they fail in. this drive they will Civ
in they have failed. So l guess i
will soon be over"
p. 5. Eichelberger. of Carlisle, on,
of the first selected men to ente
service, has been severely wounde,
in France, according to word reach
ing his parents. He went to Franc
early in April.
More Allegheny county soldier
have been killed in action, accord
ing to kilograms received from tn
War Department. Mrs. Margaret I
Donovan, of 1914 Lithgrow street
has received word that her son. Pri
vate Frank Burnette Donovan. O
Company d. 101st Engineers, wa
killed in action July 16. Privat
Donovan enlisted in Cleveland las
October, and was sent overseas witt
the contingent accompanying Secre
tary Baker. His brother, Sergean