The sun., 1918-10-05
FIRST
RAID LEADER KILLED
Capt. Arthur Hamm, Who Mar
ried Miss Creevey Of New
York, Fell at st. Mihiel.
LIEUT.. CAHILL IS DEAD
Lieut.. Reynolds of East Orange
Is Victim of Airplane Ac-
cident in Italy.

SiuNht III As"hy
Capt. Arthur Hamm, son-in-law OF
John K Creevey. a lawyer. OF SO wan
street, was killed In France september
II in the American drive which hatteneo
out the st. Mihiei salient
Capt. Hamm was assigned to the 32eth
Infan' .' and had the honor OF leading
the q! raid made by troops from our
National Army In the Lorraine sector.
The raid was made mig I'D Capt.
Hamm carried a fashligbt In one hand
so that his men coulu better follow him.
He was congratulated for his bravery by
Major-Gen. Burnham.
Capt Hamm was 26 years old and
was born In stoneham. Mass. He was
left an orphan early in life and worked
his way through school. He was taking
a law course in the Florida State Uni
versity when the war broke out. He
enlisted Immediately in the Officers
training school at Fort Mcpherson. Geor-
gia, and received his commission as
Captain August II. 1917.
Married Four Days Later.
Four days later he married Miss Eliza
beth Hale Creever In her father'S summer
home at Westhampton Beach. L. I. Mrs.
Hamm, who Is now living with her par
ents In the Apthorp apartments, Broad
way and Seventy eighth street, received
letter written by her husband on
August 5, just after he had led the raid
in the Lorraine sector. II read:
IT am sending you a present by Col.
Rowell, who left yesterday for the States
to train a regiment. and later to bring
IL back here. Guess what I sent7 No,
you are wrong-it is a German nom
commissioned officers belt and bayonet
How did / get Il? From Fritz-and
where is he? Where all Germans should
be. Have the belt made into one for
vourse'f-thc buckle IL very good md
IL IL n real souvenir. You can tell any
one who asks you that It wasn't pur-
chased in a shop but Is the real stun.
Barrett and 7 we're chosen to make
a raid. and have been training hard for
some time In preparation for IT, II was
the first OF its kind in tina division, and.
, l am told. In the entire National Army.
IT was a regular show. over the Top
| Guy Empey stun. with all the trimmings
box barrage by artillery and machine
Guns and a leaping barrage to follow.
Well, we went to II. and Fritz is in a bad
way. He won't soon forget what N
Company did to him."
Jersey Filler Killed In Italy.
Mr.. and Mrs David Reynolds. l59
North Walnut street Fast Orange. ". j..
received word yesterday OF the death of
| their son. Lieut.. David Irving Reynolds.
| who was serving with the American Air
| Forces in Italy. He was killed in an
| airplane accident September 3. but
beyond that his parents have no infor-
nation. He was e6. and was gradu-
| ated from the East Orange High School
| in 1915. He was Piatsburger.
After he had earned his commission
| In the infantry he got a transfer to the
Aviation Corps In school he was ac-
| tive in athletics and was the holder Of
several medals won in interscholastic
| sports
First Lieut.. william Francis Cabin.
Judge advocate OF the 307th Infantry.
has died of wounds received In action.
I according to word received yesterday
by his parents, who live In 54l West
| l24th street. Lieut.. Cahill was gradu-
ated from Fordham in 1918 and re-
ceived a degree of l.. l.. B. from the
Harvard Law School three years later.
! When the United States entered the
war he was a member OF the law frn,
OF Byrne & McCutcheon. - Broad street.
but gave UP his growing law practice
70 enter the camp at Plattsburg. Be
| lOEt Ealing lot Europe latt April ne
was stationed at Camp Upton.
! II feel there is just a ray OF hope
that he has not died and that the War
Department message may have been q
mistake" said his mother yesterday
but II the news is true he has met a
glorious death and has died Just as he
would have wanted to-for his country
I am proud"
| The torpedoeing of the U. s. S. Tampa
a former coast guard cutter. on the Brit.
ish coast September &c added to yester.
days lengthy casualty list the names OF
several men from New York and yicin.
ity. Among them was Senior Lieutenant
James A. Frost. Jr.. L. s. N. 726 Eas,
Third street Flushing. Lieut.. Frost wa,
81 years old and graduate OF tn,
Coast Guard Academy at New London
lie was assigned 20 the Tampa a veal
ago. He was n graduate OF the Com
mercial High School In Brooklyn and a
one time was a sergeant In the Thir
teenth Regiment. His father is chic
clerk In the Quartermaster's Corps a
Fort Totten.
Two other boys lost with the lamp,
lived in the same neghborhood in Brook
Ign. enlisted on the same day and serve,
together In the same naval unit from tn
time OF their enlistment. They wer
Mrs James J. Deasy. 44S Seventh street
and Gunpointer Gilbert J. Doyle, who's
parents live in 72a0 Fort Hamilto
Parkway. Deasy was a graduate o
Manual Training School and Doyle was
graduate of Erasmus Hall High Schoo
The latter was attending New York Lay
School Mt the time of his enlistment
Coxswain Arthur T. Harris. who ais
lost his life In the Tampa disaster, wa
n graduate of the College OF the City q
New York. His home was In 2407 Bed
ford avenue He had previously bee
employed in the bureau of Standard
Washington.
!, Woman Jacob Lieb, lost with tli
J Tampa. was IS and lived in SO Ware
street Brooklyn. His parents eXpecte
} him back home within few days an
, were planning TO celebrate his hirthda
/ next Monday. He was a graduate {
, Ea stern District High School and wa
, employed in a law ONCE in Manhatta