The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-07
SON KILLED, WOULD
GIVE FIFTY MORE
Richard Engelke, German
Born, Proud of Boys Sacri-
flee in France.
"THE KID WAS ONLY II
Corporal w. A. Leonard, For
mcrly City Editor of Flush
inc "Timcs," Also Dead.
"THE KID WAS ONLY II

4. ,,a service OF the United States II
had them" said Richard Engelke. 20
man street, Jamaica, L. l.. last night
rhen he received the news that his son.
private Louis Charles Engelke. had
,ssp killed in action in France, July !.
r,s elder Enselke was born in Ger
many but has been an American citi-
,sr twenty-five years. His German
bir,h recently caused him IN be rejected
for enlistment in the navy. Louis, who
WAS but IS years old, was known to
b,s comrades in Company c, Ninth In
fsntry. as THE Kid" because Of his
youth. He enlisted when he was II.
Louis was graduate Of Public
School 50 of Jamaica and Is the second
graduate from the scnool to figure in
the casualty lists this week. His
brother Richard, 81, Is now In France
with the Fifth Trench Mortar. Ninth
Battery. Field Artillery. He has an
other brother. Herman. 81. in Company
b, Seventeenth Infantry, at Camp
Meade.
CORPORAL William A. Leonard. Com
many l., 10Th Infantry. who was city
editor Of the Flushing Daily Times be-
fore he volunteered. was killed when
lighting bravely in France on the night
Of July II, according to a letter re-
ceived yesterday by his mother. Mrs.
John J. Leonard. of SO Boerum avenue,
Flushing, l.. l. The letter was written
BY Eugene, another son, detailed to the
headquarters detachment Of the same
regiment
I'll. he ohg
then volunteered to help fix a railroad"
the letter said. when he got to the
place the Germans opened fire on the
party and he was hit in the stomach.
An English officer went over the top,
risking his own life to help Bill. He
picked Bill up. but he died before he
had carried him 100 feet. The English
did everything possible for him, and
brought up chaplain from ten miles
behind the lines and buried him with all
the honors of a brave soldier"
Capt John l.. Dunn, Hauppauge l.. l..
listed as seriously wounded, is son Of
the late Larry Dunn. a well known
sportsman. His mother Is now Mrs.
Stephen Featherstone. He won his cap
taincy from the ranks in the Regular
Army. having been commissioned a
Second Lieutenant in the Thirtieth In
fantry November &c. 1916, at Eagle Pass,
Tex
THE harder and faster the Huns
come the better We all like it, wrote
Private George F. Dunlap, wounded Sc
verely July Is. to hts brother Charles.
June 90. They both lived In 500 Lex
ington avenue, Brooklyn He Is "a years
old and a member Of Company X, Sew
enth Infantry.
Although he was 32 years old, Private
Samuel Schorr. 1879 Powell street. Brook
Ign, registered for the draft June 8,
1917, because he was not certain of his
age. He was on the list OF wounded
yesterday. Schorr is in Company c,
l66th Infantry. He was wounded July
Is, letter in which he said he felt
fine was received from him by his
brother Charles of 1870 Pitkin avenue,
Brooklyn. two hours before the receipt
OF the telegram announcing his wound
Corporal George Kelton, Company A.
Twenty-eighth Infantry, was severely
wounded July IS. a few days after his
return to the trenches from a hospital
where for three months he had been
recovering from mustard gas poisoning
His mother. Mrs. Mary Kelton, 451
Henderson street, Jersey City. received
letter from him dated July 4, at the
same time that the War Department
telegram of his wound same. II tell
you 1t made me feel good to get back
in action ne wrote.
Lieut.. George II. Morgan, 122 Ster-
ling place. Brooklyn. severely wounded
July %, is 80 years old and a member
or the Eighteenth Infantry. He is a
graduate OF the first Plattsburg training
camp and went to France last January
10 attend an artillery training school
He was born in Manhattan, but had
lived twenty-three years in Brooklyn.
Sergeant Isadore Bradon, So Bartlett
street, Brooklyn, wounded July 23, is a
member Of Company d. Twelfth Field
Artillery He was in the regular army
reserve when war was declared He
Is 20 years old and married.
Sergeant Joseph Messina. "a, reported
as severely wounded. has been in the
regular Army four years. He is a son OF
MT and Mrs Sabastiano Messina. 1916
Cherry street. and is a member of Com.
pany d, Fifty-eighth Infantry.
Lieut.. Alfred s. Clements. a Spanish
war veteran. 432 Seventh avenue. Brook
,Eh, has been slightly wounded, accord
ing 10 cablegram received by his wife
lie Is IL years old and has been in the
army twenty-three years. He is at
acAed TO the l06th Infantry.
frlvate Lloyd Shuler, mentioned ir
Yesterdays casualty list as being among
'''i'i'o SeNeItlN WOunueu, Is al
orphan. He made his home with ar
aunt, Mrs Annie Fleming. who formerl,
ilNed in 60 West 124th street. He en-
listed at Detroit a year ago.
russell w. Mitchell. killed while help
Ing to check the German attack, was IL
company II. l65th Infantry. He lived
WIN an uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs
nenry Long. In 239 Howard avenue
brooMyn. He was a bookkeeper for tn,
borden milk company before entering
the army, There is no German bulle
meant for me-" he said in a letter hi,
stunt received few hours after the re
.e'pt OF the War Department Telegram
announcing his death.
frivate Edward F.. O'Conhor, reported
as being severely wounded July 20, lived
win an uncle, Daniel O'Connor, IS!
west Twenty-eighth street The uncl.
~:i last December and his widow ha,
never written the nephew the news
oConnor is rs years old and a member
OF Company A. lO4th Infantry. Hi
parents are dead
Second Lieut. S. Robinson Ogden O,
~ West Grand street, Elizabeth, n. ].
Goes not appear in the casualty list, bu
n"S heen wounded. according to a de
spatrh received by his mother, Mrs
samuel r. Ogden, yesterday. 1t wa,
stated that Lieut.. Ogden had received
several shell fragments in his leg.
Lieut. Ogden was commissioned from al
american officers training school II
France