Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-15
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middle of october, and was probably
qck with his regiment before the ar
1istice was signed.
Private John Olson. reported missing
n tho official casualty list today. s
Wounded, according to a letter received
~ his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Of
son, 1870 South Second street, written
Y him from the base hospital where he
: being treated. Olson is a member
Company A, 3l6th Infantry, and has
I"en in France since the early part of
amp Meade for six weeks. Prior TO
Neing drafted he was employed ut the
philadelphia Navy Yard
Private Henry c; Hoffman. reported
missing on September 2G. has written
two letters TO his mother since that date
and she believes that he has rcjoincd his
regiment. He is n member OF Company
~ Si5th Infantry. and went to tamp
Meade in May of this year. leaving ror
Franco in about five weeks. Before
entering the service. Hoffman was in
the contracting business and lived with
his parents at 2130 West Norris street
\ cousin was drowned in the sinking Of
the President Lincoln.
Private Santc Eattinnazi, reported
Nlissirg in action. Is member Com
pany NJ. G16th Infantry, and trained at
Camp Meade. His parents are living in
ITALY. He was employed at Midvalc be-
sore the war. He boarded at 2039 West
Private Frank u. Buck, Company e.,
915th Infantry, reported missing since
September 26, is convalescIng from gas
attack in a base hospital in France.
friends received letters from him a few
days ago, saying he was rapidly i'm
proving. Private Buck was drafted in
November of last year and after eight
months of training at Camp Meade
sailed for France With the 3l5th Infan-
Try. He is thirty-one years old. single
and lived with his mother, Mrs. Anna
VI Buck at 21C4 North Fifth street.
Sergeant Elwood l.. Connolly, nine
zen years old, killed in action. belonged
> Company F.. lgth Infantry. His
mother. Mrs. Henrietta Connolly, 25
West Seymour street, has received no
,ctce Of her sons death from the War
Department. She says that she received
letter three weeks ago from her son,
aSns that frsbG me %as SsrgeS we Ed" and feeling
Mrs. Connolly. saying that he last saw
Connolly going ever the top with his
platoon on October rs under heavy fire.
'ergeant Connolly enlisted in the Ma
'onal Guard OF Pennsylvania in October
f last year and was transferred 10 tho
Io9th Infantry at Camp Hancock.
where he took speclal training before
going overseas last May. To was cdu-
Gated at the st. JamcS's ParoChjal
'hNol and employed in n planning mill
before Joining the colors.
Corporal Thomas 4. Murphy killed
in action. had a brief career as a SOL
dicr, but his every day was packed
with incident. He was
Reached France drafted and sent to
I,,I,o2. Camp Meade on May
u" '"', "'' &c of this year. voun-
Killed Sept 80 teered for immediate
service overseas and
sailed for France as member of COM
rany A.. 3l6th Infantry, early in July.
He disembarked in France on July 20
and was killed two months and six days
later on September %. TO be exact,
while fighting bravely in the Argonne
forest He was actually in the army
only four months and three. days. He
escaped practically all of the long and
tlresome training his comrades under
went and he saw more action during
his short stay~iu France than many
men who have been over there for a
year or more.
He took part in the Franco
drive from its inception. and was not
even slightly wounded during all that
Simultaneous. Corporal Murphy had
proved himself a brave ana resourceful
soldier, and had been promoted for gal
lantry in action. He was the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Murphy, OF 3922
Mount Vernon street and was formerly
employed as a brakeman by the fenn-
sylvania Railroad.
Private Joseph j. Shanda, twenty,
three years of age, officially reported
missing. is believed to have been
base hospital, according to his mother
Mrs. Peter Shanda. 2306 South Ham,
} burger street She has recently received
a letter from him in which he states
|: that his life was saved by n mirror
which was given to him by the Red
Cross. He had placed the mirror in his
shirt pocket and the shrapnel had hit
the steel plate, used by soldiers IN place
, IF glass, and had glanced off and struck
: him on the right arm, int'icting wounds
in three places. He Is a private in
Company NJ. 31sth Infantry, and had
: been trained in Camp Meade. Shanda is
a graduate of tho Southern High School.
Previous to.his induction into the service
he was n chauffeur for an official of the
United Gas Improvement Company.
Private Raymond VI. Cummings,
namesakc and nephew Of Judge Ray
mond MacNeille, of the Municipal Court,
Is wounded, although reported missing
in action. In tho last lcttcr to his