Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-10

with national fame as the original
settlements of the Pennsylvania
Dutch that hardy race which
sprang from German refugees, has
had its particular share in the drives
that sent the Hun reeling over The
Marine. Descended from ancestors
born in the Fatherland, this strain
IN the American nation has always
been sturdy in its patriotism and
strong in its faith in America as
the beacon of liberty.
Thirtythree lads have died for
their country in Berks county, the
majority of them soldiers of the
Rainbow Division, members of the
! old Fourth Infantry of the Pennsyl-
Vania National Guard Forty and
more have been seriously wounded
Toll in the aggregate which does
not shame the patriotism or put to
Llush the courage and the bravery of
the Pennsylvanians and Americans
OF old German descent.
The particular part which the
warriors from Berks have played in
the big doings abroad has led TO
many sacrifices, but the folk behind
the home trenches are as determine ed
and as rigidly ready to carry on as
heroes overseas cheer up the par
ents. and the boys relate with great
susto the surprise that the Prussians
feel when they hear themselves sa-
Iuted IN battle in the speech known
as Pennsylvania Dutch"
"Treachcrous'' to the Hun
To the arrogant Hun this appear
ance of the Berks boys against the
Kaiser and his myrmidons must
smack OF the rankest treachery to
Der Tag and the Hohenzollern, hut
to Americans it comes as an index
OF the indissoluble link that binds
all classes and all races in this coun-
try in the one great purpose of get
ting the Kaiser" and keeping the
world free.
Sergeant John o. Slower. of the
One Hundred and Forty-ffth Com
pany, Third Replacement Brigade.
United States Marines. who was
Killed in action in France. was the
Oldest of nine children of the widow
OF James Slower. a North Lebanon
farmer. He was about % years old
ana had been member of the Ma
rines for SIX years. He was in
charge of the Marine recruitinS
service at Chicago when the United
states entered the war Just before
sailing from Quantico, Va, Slower
became a victim of measles and was
left behind when his company ON
marked. Immediately on recovering
from the attack he elected to suf
Ter reduction in rank to that of
corporal in order that he might lose
no time in reaching the front Cross
ing with the One Hundred and
Forty-fifth Company. he was rot
long in France before he was re-
stored to his old rank.
Like Picnic" at Front
Mother, don't think I am in dun
ger Just because have been at the
'front.' Believe me. II is Just like n F.
picnic at home and do. enjov the
life in the open" This characterize
really American message was sent hy !
Corporal Robert s. Moore. of Com |
pany L. Seventh United States In !
fantry. to his mother. Mrs. Simon
Moore. of Schaefferstown. It was
contained in a letter in which the
Young soldier inclosed an order from
his division commander commencing !
MN for bravery under fire at the
front. where he effected the rescue /
of the body of a comrade despite
bursting shells from big guns. Moore
enjoys the distinction of beins the
hrst Lebanon county soldier to win
honorable mention in the war.
Mrs Eleanora Bernhardt, of Leb- /
anon, was informed yesterday that
her husband, Color Sergeant May NJ
Bernhard. of Headquarters Com .
pany, Thirtieth Infantry, was
wounded July IS and is in field hos
pital The information was con-
tanned in a letter written at tho
wounded soldiers direction by a Y.
M. c. A. secretary.
Owen Mcfarland. of Marietta. was
killed in France July Is. He died
on his wifc'3 birthday.
John r.. Cramme. son of Chief
Justice and Mrs. Samuel B. Grammo. /
by shrapnel. He was attached to
the seventy-eighth Marine Corps,
and among the first to enlist in the
Marines from Marietta.
John x. Miller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John K. Miller. Sr.. of Marietta.
is recovering from wounds incurred
in action. He was a marine.
Word has been received in Sha-
mokin that Corporal Martin Lubres-
kie had been killed in action in
France on July Is and that Private
Arthur Reeder. Trevorton. Pa. was
officially reported as missing on the
same date. Both young soldiers en-
listed in the Thirteenth Regiment. n
Pennsylvania unit. July Is, 1917
which trained at Camp Hancock,
Ga
War to End When Leaves Brown
European newspapers predict that
the world war will end when the
leaves begin to brown the coming
fall, according to a letter received at /
Hazleton frop Sergeant Henry Die /
trich. of Battery A. One Hundred |
and Ninth Artillery. the old Third |
Artillery of the National Guard now /
fighting in the VesIe-A -Aisne cam
paign. BY an odd coincidence. a
missive sent by Joseph Cataldo, al