New-York tribune., 1918-08-02

Lieutenant Who Wrote
Family Of Wounds Not
Officially Mentioned
Brooklyn Negro Hurt
Honor Roll Includes the First
Man Of His Race From
That Borough

Seven soldiers from New York and
vicinity were named in yesterdays cas-
ualty list, including former Yale
professor who was captain in the 11th
Engineers that got its baptism of fire
at Cambria eight months ago, and
negro who is the first of his race from
Brooklyn to be listed. There were two
captains, corporal and four privates
IN the New York list. A lieutenant,
whose name is not on the list, informed
has family he had been wounded. The
New York men are:
Captain John DUR Irving, 11th Engi-
neers, direct descendant of a brother
of Washington Irving and former pro-
lessor of economic geology at Yale Uni
verslty, died from disease. He received
ms commission as captain of engineers
at the Plattsburg training camp of 1915
At the time of his death he was an in
structor a an army engineering school
in France.
Captain Irving was born in Madison.
IS, August Is, 1874, and lived in
New haven, Conn, making his home
When IN New York with his brother,
Dr Peter Irving, 1873 East Seventy
lnlrd Street. He was a member of the
geological Society Of America, the New
ork Academy of Science, the Wash
ington Academy of Science, the Mining
and Metallurgical Society of America.
the Engineers Club of New York. the
Columbia Club of New York, and the
Graduates Club Of New York. me-
Moral service will be held at $50 D.
m, Sunday, in St. Paul's Chapel, Colum-
pa nlVerslty, under the auspices of
the american Institute of Mining Engi-
neers, and the 11th Railway Engineers
association. Professor J.-F. Kemp, of
soolumbla,' Will deliver the address.
Private Everett f. Jones, Company
+, 10Th Regiment of the old National
Guard, is the first Brooklyn negro TO
be named in the casualty list. He was
severely wounded on May &c. He is
twenty-five years old, and enlisted in
the regiment when it was organized In
a etter dated May he wrote to his
father, Edward c, Jones. formerly Of
IA Downing Street, Brooklyn, that he
rad been over the top twice, and had
Just been sent to place behind the
lines for rest.
Second Lieutenant George H. Morgan,
Company +, 18th Infantry, sent a cable
message to his father, William Nor
gan, 1872 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, say
ing: Broken leg; nothing else; all
right" The message was dated July 20
He is thirty years old, and was en-
ployed by the United States Steel Prod
ucts Company when he went to the first
Plattsburg training camp.
A commission as second lieutenant in
the Quartermaster's Reserve Corps was
given to Lieutenant Morgan, and he
was assigned to Camp Wadsworth, at
Spartanburg, S. C. After three months
there he obtained transfer to the line
and has been in France since January.
Private Joseph Luskin, Company E,
4th Infantry. was wounded by shrapnel
on June Is while attempting to aid a
companion who had fallen during an
engagement. Writing to his brother
Meyer, 166 Metropolitan Avenue, Brook
lyn, under date of June "a, when no
was in base hospital, Private Luskin
said:
I'VE got into a scrap with the Ger
mans, and when we got through with
them they were all killed, and | was
injured trying to drag one of our fell
lows back to safety after he had been
wounded" Luskin was drafted in Ds-
cember, and has been in France since
April.
Captain George Walter Weserbe,
commanding officer of machine gun
company. was killed in action on july
% by the accidental explosion of a
hand grenade. Two days before thae
his sister, sMrs. Edward D. Thorpe, 14S
Lewis Street, Perth Amboy, n. J., had
received letter from him saying he