Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
PHILADELPHIANS GIVE LIVES
ON BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE

at Camp Hancock He sailed Cor France
on his twentieth birthday, May 90. with
Company A. 109th Infantry. His broth.
er. John. is a corporal in Company B
315th Infantry. now in Francs.
Private william II. Gladney was
wounded by a sniper's bullet, members
of his company. Company NJ. 111th In
fantry, killing the German a few min
utes later. Gladney was struck in the
right shoulder while within 200 yards
or the German line. He told his par
tnts. Mr.. and Mrs Edward 4. Gladney,
1910 Aspen street, about it in a recent
letter.
Gladnty enlisted in August, 1917. and
was serving as dispatch bearer when
the bullet found him. He expects TO be
back in the fighting line soon.
Private Howard Hunter. writing TO bis
mother. said he had been knocked ont
ny shrapnel. He was taken to base
hospital No. % suffering from wounds
IN the left arm and side. Private Hunter
llFed with his mother. Mrs. Bertha
hunter. at Belmont avenue. West Mana
yunk' SO far she has received no Of
i'cial WORD OF her sons injury. In a re.
c.ilt ietter !tunter told how he saw many
nerI'ahs chained to machine gyms. 50
ihey would not desert He enlisted JuJv
49, '''S "ciilH MdCnlne Gun
Battalion After receiving his training
at Gettysburg he sailed for Franco MAJ,
!. a brother. Frank. is with the a76th
Aero Squadron, which is now in eng
land on duty.
Private George W. Lentes, Compapv
t III infantry. Is reported missing in
action August s. His haIf-brotber
Peter Faust, 1913 Mondela avenue. Bryn
Mawr with whom he lived before he
enlisted year ago. sa i'd that he had r,-
ceiVed Information that Private Lentes
was in Paris August 12 on leave. IIe
was sergeant in the cd Thirteenth
infantry for three years. and worked for
'he Autocar Company, at Ardmore.
Private John ID. Meve. a prisoner il,
German camp at Raastadt. has a sis
ter. an aunt and an uncle living here
They reside at 2017 South Eighth street.
They are the only relatives that the
soldier has. His ather and mother are
dead, and previous to his entry into the
military service the youth moved from
lace tC place.
He made his home at Binghamton Y.
Y. when the draft law went into effect
and he registered there. Later in the
course of his wandering, he came to
Philadelphia and was here visiting his
only relatives. when he was notified hy
the draft board at Birghamton, that he
was called for service
After his preliminary training. Meye
who Is twenty-three years Of age, sailed
for France with a New York contingent
and has since written to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Saunders. his uncle and aunt in
this city. The last letter they received
written late in July. said that their
nephew had taken a great liking to
army life and was right at the front.
Word was received Yesterday from the
War Department saying that Private
Meve was prisoner at the German
camp.
Private william J. Woelfel, ,Jr., who
was yesterday. reported a prisoner of
war at Camp I.imburg. previously was
listed as missing in action. His father,
William J. Woelfel. lives at 25O6 Mer-
edith street. Private Woelfel was at the
Mexican border with the old Second
Artillery, National Guard Of Pennsyl-
vania. He was transferred to Company
b, 10th Infantry, and was with this
unit when he was captured. Before en-
Gsting Woelfel was in the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. He is twenty-five
years old.
Private william II. Moore. reported
to be a prisoner in n German camp, was
drafted last March and left for Fra nee
several months later. In the casualty
list his address is given as 904 Emily
street. Private Moore's mother, Mrs
Rachel Moore, a widow. has moved to
408 Federal street. Before he was
drafted Moore was a truckdriver.