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sailed with his regiment Tor France last
May. Formerly he was employed as
craftsman in the bureau of surveys
In his letter, under date of August 5.
he writes:
Here l am in Base Hospital No. 3
shot full of holes, and what is more. I
expect to stay here for several months
I'm shot through the right arm. the right
side and the right thigh. SO you see. I'm
all right. At that I have all the arms
and legs that the law allows.
1T was grand scrap and I'll tell you
about 1t later
Lieutenant a. l.. MiIdenberg. of the
1O9th Infantry. who was reported miss
ing In action, has been located at a
German prison camp at Strakowo. This
word was received through the Ameri-
can Red Cross today by the father of
the lieutenant Myer Mildenberg, 2430
North Twentieth street.
Private Frederick Elliott. twenty-five
years old, was a member of the British
army. Word of his death in action was
received today by his brother. Charles
F. Elliott, a Camden policeman, of 625
Linwood street.
Elliott enlisted in the British army at
the outset of the war and had been in
many big battles
Private Charles J. Kane. Jr.,
the twenty y-one-year-old Philadelphia
whose attempt to save his wounded cap
tain Is said to have resulted in his
death and his receiving the distinguished
service cross, was the son of Charles j.
Kane, formerly of 2211 Mexican street.
now of Atlantic City.
His mother died several years ago.
and Mrs. j. S. Cox, 203 South Sixteenth
n
Kane was employed in the press room
of an evening newspaper before his en-
listmeEt last May. He trained at Camp
Meade until July. when he went over
seas with Company NJ, 316th Infantry
Relatives of Kane are inclined to
doubt the. accuracy of his reported death
in action which was announced in
Washington. The Washington dis
patches said Kane had been killed July
and had been awarded the Distin-
guished Service Cross. His relatives
say he was in Camp Meade on July 10
and that letter from France was re.
ceived by his father yesterday, dated in
August. in which the soldier wrote he
was about to go to the front.
; Private Alfred Volpe. twenty-five
years old, who lived with his brother
| Angelo, at 1921 Mexican street. was
, killed July Is, near Mezy according to
} a letter received from friend, and a
t statement made by the Red Cross, Paris
Auxiliary. Volpe sailed for France in
April with Company G, Thirtieth In
fantry. He had newsstand at Six
tcenth and Market streets. prior to en-
tering the service. His brother Alex
ander. twenty-three years old. is a
machine gunner in France.
Bugler Peter n. Klinger Scf,wenk, Jr.
, according to official advices received by
his father, DR.. p. n. X. Schwenk, 14l7
North Broad street, has been seriously
hurt by shell shock. As member of the
Military Police Battalion he was over.
come while doing courier service along
: the battlelines. Trooper Schwenk is abou,
twenty-five and has had very active
militia and army career. After service
in the Second Regiment, National Guart
Of Pennsylvania, on June 16. 1916, hi
enlisted in Troop D. formerly Seconc
City Troop of Philadelphia. for service
on the Mexican border. When the troor
, was disbanded he was transferred tc
. Company B. 103d Military Police, al
Camp Hancock, where he remained unit
J last May. when he was transferred &c
: France. He was injured on August rs
and is now under treatment at BASE
) Hospital No. 3S.
, Private James Martin is in base
hospital in France recovering from gas
and shell shock This information was
contained in a letter to his mother
written by one of his companions. Mar
. tin, who lived with his aunt, Mrs. Nj
Logan, at 66O5 Greenway avenue, en-
listed in June. 1915, in Company d, of
, the old Third Regiment, was in serv-
ice on the Mexican border, and later in
Sand Batch and Markelton. Pa. His
final training was at Camp Hancock
1 before he sailed in May of this year.
Martin is twenty-one years old, and a
nephew Of the late Sergeant H. J.
: Logan Of the Thirty-second Police Dis
3 trict, Sixty-fifth and Woodland avenue.
: compositor for Philadelphia news
paper.
Private Roy II. Simpson, 119 East
Duval street, Germantown. mentioned In
. an official communique from the War
, Department as having been killed in ac-
tion on June IL, is now believed to be a
captive in German prison camp. Last
night letter was received here from
Simpson. dated July /. and mailed from
camp in Germany.
a Private James schofeld, twenty-five
years old, a member of Headquarters
Company, 10th Regiment, was gassed
in action toward the end of July, SO he
wrote in a letter received. by his wife
Mrs. Emma Schofield, OF 665 North
, Tenth street, yesterday. In his letter
Y written from base hospital, he states
E ~ got Ave boches the first time and
! am going back soon to get more" Be-
fore enlisting Schofield worked for the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
g / Private James CofYey. twenty-six years
r old, lived at 2629 Federal street. and
' enlisted in the service in June, 1916
r He saw service at the Mexican border
and was at Camp Hancock for a time
before going overseas with the loStf
/ Regiment. He is officially reported al
prisoner o. war, at Darmstadt, afteI
l having previously been reported as miss
! ing
/ Private Robert =. spicer, Compan!
NJ, 1O9th Infantry. reported missing OIL
July is, is a prisoner in German camp
His father. George ID. Spicer. publi'
school janitor living at s6lS Tinicun
, avenue. received a letter September III
; from Government officials stating tn
Red Cross had notified them that Private
5 Spicer was a prisoner OF war. No de-
r tails were received as to where he u
being held, or whether he was wounded
The soldier is twenty years old and wa
a pipe filter for the Atlantic Refining
Company before enlisting in July. 1917
He has a brother in the army
Private James +. Rodgers. Compan,
H. 10th Infantry, officially reported
| missing in action, Is In French hos
a pitaI wounded in the heel, according t6
a a letter received by his wife. who lives
r at 2004 Amber street. yesterday.
d private James McCaRrey, Company L
. .nn.r v-s.ctr,, s>fRciallv reuort al miss