Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29


Earl Kelly Benjamin Miller
In q letter written by Sergeant
Tryon r. Benner. Company A, One
Hundred and Third Motor Supply
Train. to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Benner, 1404 Derry street, he
tells about his company being on ad-
Vanced lines at Chateau Thierry
shortly before the war ended.
Sergeant Benner tells of his daily
duties and how each soldier must be
on the alert. He states that after the
roll call, $50, each morning, the boys
get in line for breakfast. He con-
tinues: After breakfast we get our
orders for work. Arriving at our
destination, we are loaded with ra-
tions and supplies for our division,
whose number is very large, as you
know.
ION our way to the different sup
ply dumps very often we must stop
along the road and put on our gas
masks and seek the best dugout
along the road or in n cellar. And
when we hear the guard give the sig
nal, "All clear" we then take look
and again start on our way. After
we deliver the daily wants, we re-
turn to our camp, fill up our trucks
with the necessary requirements,
and are ready for another CALL"
Wounded in Service
Reports have come to Mountville,
the Lancaster county town with more
men in the service than any other
town its size in the state, that two
more of its young men have been Sc
verely wounded in action. Benjamin
F. Miller, aged 2S years, left for
Camp Meade with the first drafted
men in September, 1917. His
brother, eJacob E. Miller, aged 26
years, left for the same camp in
May, 1918. Both young men, the
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. b. X. Miller,
sailed for France in July, 1918, and,
although belonging to different
branches of the service, were able to
see each other often.
The brothers had been in active
service about two months. Jacob is
attached to the Three Hundred and
Fourth Engineer Train, and Benja-
min is a member of Company L,
Three Hundred and Sixteenth In
fantry. A singular thing is that for
some time neither brother knew of
the others injury, although only a
short distance apart.
Arrives Overseas
Mrs. Lester Bender, Ala Second
street, West Fairview, has received
word of the safe arrival overseas of
her husband, Private Lester Bender.
Private Bender is a member of Com
pany h, Twentieth Battalion, Infan-
try.
Promoted to Sergeant
~ L
Seneca street, have recently been in
formed of the promotion of their
son, Chester NJ. Shelter, to the rank
of sergeant. Sergeant Shelter enlist
cd in June, 1917. in the United States
Engineer Corps. He was for a
time stationed at Washington, d. c.,
where he received his training for
overseas. In December, 1917, he
sailed for France, and in March,
1918, was fighting the Huns near
the Somme.
He was later confined to a hospital
for five months. In September he
was discharged from the hospital
and transferred to the Transporta-
ton Corps. where he is at present
serving as sergeant.
Killed i'm Service
After being on the firing line but
nine days, Amos c. Reese is reported
TO have been killed October 8. Pri-
vate Reese was a member of Com
pany K, One Hundred and Twenty
eighth Infantry, and formerly resid-
ed at 5 North Tenth street. Before
leaving for the service he was q
conductor in the yards of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company. Private Reese
received mis- training at Camp Near
thur, Texas.
Serves in'Navy
Earl "Chubb" Kelly, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Kelly, 623 Reilly
street, is stationed at Puget Sound
Naval Training School. He enlisted in
June and was called to the service
September IL, 1918.
Returns Home
James Frank, of this city, has re-
turned to his home from the Cen
trail Officers Training School, Camp
Lee, Virginia. After being on the
training corps instructing replace
ment troops, Mr. Frank was recon-
mended to the officers school. He
was included in the unit that was
mustered out last Saturday.
Wounded in Action
Corporal Clarence Henry, of Com
pany B. Three Hundred and Six
teenth Infantry, is another Middle
town soldier who has been reported
in the casualties as wounded in ac-
ton overseas. He is a son of Il. f.
Henry, of South Wood street. and
formerly resided at Cbambersburg.
Promoted to Corporal
Word has been received in Steel
ton that Trennor #. Beckwith. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Beck
with. 162 Ridge street, has been pro-
NOTED from a first-cfass private to
corporal. Corporal Beckwlth is a
graduate of the Steelton High
School. class of 1902, and also of
Howard University. Washington, d.
c., class of 1916. He was a member
of the football team at high school
and was popular Corporal Beck
with enlisted with the Three Hun
dred and Flfty-first Artillery and
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