Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

Conualescent Hero AGe1ruans iaieS : a N received
Killed in Train BY his parent ,,e ne
Wreck on Way 5, following rail-
r. way accident. Prior
bdch 10 tue r'oht to this time he had
been gassed and
was killed while on his way back to the
front, following short stay az pase
hospital The mother is now attempting
to secure the body so that 1t may De
buried on this side. The young soldier
was a member of Company G. OF the
146th Infantry having been drafted last
June, after attempting to enlist in va
rious branches Of the service IN the
last letter to his mother he informed her
that he had been awarded Wtcae hig ay appres %
citation for being the first man OF ms
company to kill German. A brother;
Augustine. is now In the navy, sta.io.'uS t ,,S
another brother, Frank. is a member OF
the quartermaster corps, stationed IN
: France.
Private william J. Moore. twenty-eight
years old, reported killed in action. was
one OF the first men to be draftedetrom
this city, but although he went TO camp
Meade in September, 1917, he was kept
there as mechanic until last July
when he sailed with Company D, 3l5th
infantry. His wife. MRS. Carol Moore,
received letter from him dated Sep
tember 22 in which he said that ne was
In an advanced dugout waiting for
orders to go over the top. Four days
later he evidently got the orders and
attac the enemy fSr ne fbe Is 2stb and
30th of September. He was hardware
salesman and lived at 5633 npland
street A brother, Robert Is with the
marines in San Domingo.
Private Ernest c. Neurath. killed in
: action, was tw enty-fve years OF age ana
resided with mis- mother at 5000 North
dSydenham street. The young soldier was
nA member of the United States navy as
X .t-i,~p
owing to an attack of ptomaine poison
ing. He tried to enlist in every branch
Of the service, but was turned down @
and therefore had to await call from
his local draft board. According to the
telegram received by his mother. he was
Killed on October 90 He was formerly
terry Company. Neurath was a member
of the Headquarters Company, OF the
316th Infantry.
Private Sos,ino Castrigiano. 7Sl Car
penter street. member OF Company !.
Sixty-first Infantry. was killed In action
October IA, according to telegram re-
ceiyed by his wife, Mrs. Julia GASTRIC
iano, from the War Department a few
tlays ago. She has child of ten months
whom the dead husband saw only once
X when only a few days old. Castrigiano
: enlisted in January of this year and
trained at Camps Green. and Meade.
going over about eight months ago. He
was formerly employed at the Baldwin
Locomotive Works.
Private Emmet G.. LOub. officially re-
ported killed in action, according to a
ass fsssra at ssss ss'sUfS a0fh es sfs
I, a member of Company A, 315th Infantry
and trained at Camp Meade. Prior to
being drafted he was plumber.
Private Benjamin Weiss, Company A
325th Infantry. previously officially re
ported missing has been located in a
base hospital in France. He is re.
ported to have been missing since Oc,
4
3 Mrs. Anna Weiss, under date of Oc
tober 2i, states that he was Slightly
wounded Private Weiss was among this
first men to be drafted and was at Cam
Gordon and Camp Meade a long timl
before going over He is single. twenty
three years old and made his home with
lis widowed mother at 739 Wintor
Pri~nte Roy W. Malone. died o
n wounds received in action. was twenty
u eight years old when drafted last May
4 He went to France in July after a brie
term of training at Camp Meade as
member of Company X, 316th Infantry
Malone was a structural iron worker b.
trade and son of William Malone, q
B839 Chester avenue. long employed a
Aftr compositor in the office of a loca
cretorning pewspaper. A younger brother
~ william p. Malone; is now in the Gov
.ernment radio service and awaiting cal
Pat Harvard University.
Private StiliwelI Il. Weber. Compan
d, 327th Infantry. was killed in actio
el1 OCTOBER 10. ne was tWtHly-tWO year
old and before being drafted was sales
man. His elder brother has recent
r been wounded. He lived with his paI
ents Mr. and Mrs Harry Weber, 164
North Forty-sixth street.
Private John Ii. stratton. Compan
f. Fourth Pioneers Regiment. died {
pneumonia on October 6. He wa
twenty-nine years old and prior to bein
drafted worked for Adams Express Con
pany. He lived with his parents, NJ
and Mrs. Harry NJ Stratton. at 32l
West Sergeant street.
Private Joseph Moroza, reported kille
" III action In today's' official casualty lis
was q member Of Company ii, lO9th II
k~ports couaict drafted into ser
r rs Ice and W;
as 20 flse FATE OF originally made
v...,lf,.J Hs,ass private in Il
konfaJu heroes 315th Infantry. b
t was transferred
fhe 1osth TO NIL the ranks. of CompaI
IL Moroza formerly resided with his 81
fer Al 28s6 North Bailey street ar
nrlor 20 being drafted was employed
an expert accountant According TO Il
felerran1 received by his sister last Sa
#or<lae he was killed on September !
/. " batf following an inquiry 10 the War ID
uaffmeut she was informed three da!
+ Mater that they had no trace or inform
4 &{on about him therefore his fate is st
i 1nEnoWn. The young soldier was
- durte OF the Woodbury. High Seho'
e q nr1refs Uernce O'DonbeIi. twent
@,u& voarg d member OF Company
n U1h Iufantry. was killed In action. a
Int 10 telegram received last We