Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01
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FALL IN BATTLE.
Clarence P. Free.
man Killed in Action
on Meuse
AJOR DENIC WOUNDED
1wo Young Lieutenants In
cluded Among List of 81
Casualties

al pour Philadelphians. officers in the
X t4vsntv-eighth Division. which showed
/. zen eallantry during the terrific fight
!. ~ west Of the Meuse between septem-
ker as and october 4, are added to the
+ 01xy honor's roll today. captain has
been killed and major and two young
lioutenants wounded.
They are. Captain Clarence T Free
1 nan. son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold a.
( Troaman, Of st. Davids, killed in ac-
ston on September 27 Major Robert
f,lvinestone Denig, 2131 Porter street.
vounded Lieutenant George +. 'hllcs-
ME. of Bala. wounded. and Lieutenant
Harold H. King, of the Art Ciup'
wounded. .-....,u H.
S Ceptain freeman was twenty-six
vuars old. a graduate of Princeton Uni
s,errity and earned his commission at
sMe Fort Niagara training camp. he
vnn attached to the S14th Infantry
one OF the National Army units largely
composed of drafted men from this city
Z The Young officer was prom 'ncnt socially
Ana IN n nephew of w. A. Patton. as
sistant to President Rea, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. captain Freeman
vas a member of the philadelphia bar
Major Denig has been an officer in
marine
from the University of Pennsylvania in
1906. He was recently transferred to
The third battalion of the Ninth Infantry
in the fighting along the Meuse.
ySe,,tenant Gillespie enlisted In the
E1rst Pennsylvania Cavalry at the time
az the Mexican trouble and served
through the Texas border campaign
shortly after this country declared war
on Germany he applied for the first Of
ficers' training camp at Fort Niagara.
successfully passed both the mental and
physical tests and was one of the 700
young men out of 5000 who earned
commission at that time.
He was sent to Camp Meade. attached
to the 3l3th Infantry, helped whip that
unit into shape and sailed for France
Safiy in July OF this year. A week or
- before taking the ship for Europe he
married Miss Viola MacFarland. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William MacFar-
land 6303 Walnut street. He was pro-
noted to a first lieutenancy few days
before his regiment sailed Lieutenant
gillespie is the son of W. A. Gillespie,
lol Onion avenue, Bala.
The combined casualty lists today
total 641 names. including nnety-seven
Pennsylvnnians Fffty-'wo soldiers
from this city and district are Listed.
three having been killed in action, one
having died of disease, three having been
enverely wounded. while thirty have been
less seriously injured. Three enlisted
men have been gassed and another is
imtssing Six soldiers from nearby points
have been wounded while n Norristown
0dlcer has been killed in acton
L SKETCHES OF THE HEROES
Private Walter Dambman. of High
land Park. who is recovering from
wounds in base hospital, says the
Is CoHer,Soldier sports :" They
Hishe. Huns WouldaassSSssrc sSsce s'Is he sGS aided I
-Honer Fore" naI,sn If they rNGs! would ,s%ay only
they start one of those big boys in our
dodge" Private Dambman Is an ardent
sarss Urss that eS war; Hsp %opd esT be ueS M m
1goved II some of the etiquette of the
Inks pastime was inserted In its rules
During the nf being snd syer to
base hospital. he lost his purse. contain
NJ wounds" ne added whimsically,"
Sergeant Bernard F. Breen. killed in
Msuss. had just been recommended for
commission. He was a member of
Company A. l0Sth Machine Gun Bat
TALON. Oficial notification Of his death
SS7 North Fallon street, Yesterday.
9ergeant Breen was with the Pennsyi-
vAutA National Guard at the Mexican
border In 1916, and brother, Captain
an engineer regiment. The sergeant at
Qen&ed St Gregory's Parochial School
and the Catholic High School. Before
onalsting he was engaged in The heating
snd engineering business with his
pvsva,. william !. Gaxno, was
wcpndsd during the terrific fighting west
'of the Meuse between September 20 and
Moeher "Just Kne,U" name had not yet
y Her Soldier Son uaity list nor had
Yes Wounded ceived e,y wore from geeh h,m re-
yet his mother told
rnau,bera of her family and several
S1etghhors more than a , week ago that
{Se stust knew" her soldier son had
ko0n hurt. Two days ago letter ar
1iTod at the Gaynor home. b7l2 Pine
s11rent, written by him from base hos
01kal. saying that he had flesh wound
~ the side but that 1t was not serious
Hnl there was no reason for worrying
shout his condition.
TITS almost worth while being wound
- TO be back in a bed again, he said.
s'sfter spending SO many nights sleep
M in dugouts and on the cold. wet
GTass o Boy but it does feel good to
oyo . pillow under your head and to
~ hetween nice. clean sheets. Private
'6oYnor was patrolman of the Thirty
4 S1Sand street and Woodland avenue
j 1nRo9 station when drafted in April of
3Slo year. He volunteered for immediate
'k0Fvfce overseas. SO was placed in Com
10y ~. sl6th Infantry few days after
fSaching Camp Meade and was sent to
iVnAncs In July In recent letter he
Scnpiained that he had not heard from
k16 family since the last week In July.
I1fo parents cannot understand this as
10y have written fifty-two letters, by
nct the only soldier to declare that
has received no mail from home.
- other Philadelphia boys are in the
~ boat and many protests have have been
Hneington, I'll to no avail; however
n 1Svs1s John GasEars, died Of dis
5616 vas a victim Of epidemic infu-
A mild case or bronchitis was
3Syslcians were unable to save his
Gassara was barber by trade
enlisted in the quartermasters
- IN that capacity; He was sta.
arss at, At PssilasdlspSis; snssls thsn asn, az at
80. He has a brother. Joseph Gaz-
~. Jr, and a cousin. Joseph Gazzara.
6lso In the service. The young SOL
70 lived with his father at 925 Wat
v6vats John ID. Kelly was severely
shed In the hip by bursting shrapnel
the Rainbow Division went over
~ In. the latter part of July. He
eomeGhat lame. write. his aunt.
MArgaret Mills, 5234 North Tenth
r, that he IL mt through fighting
Corporal Kelly was drafted In
e this year and nd after q 1odI,s spending
Dooas with Company C. 10th In
=. He was formerly manager of a
Wocery store In oerma ntcwn and