New-York tribune., 1918-08-14
HobokenC Corporal's Mother,
Mrs. Wordemann, Proud
He Was Volunteer
Flushing Officer Hurt
Astoria Soldier Writes Home
Describing Battle in Which
He Was Wounded

1Hls last words to me were Send me
away with a smile,' and that is the way
wc will always remember him." said
Mrs. q. Wordemann. of Hudson Street.
Hoboken, yesterday, when she learned
that her son, Corporal Raymond
Wordemann, had died of wounds in
France on August /.
Twenty-Five years old, Wordcmann
enlisted soon after war was declared,
joining the Signal Corps of the New
York National Guard. He later was
transferred to a field signal battalion.
His mother said yesterday:
"While the grief over the loss is too
deeb for expression, we find consola-
ton in the knowledge, and we are
proud of the fact, that Raymond un-
hesitatingly and voluntarily answered
the call to the coors and willingly
nisde the supreme sacrifice in his coun-
try's cause"
Richard J. Robson, son of Robert j.
Robeson, of the law firm of Wendell,
Elliott e. Robson, was wounded in the
Marne battle, according to statement
received yesterday by his father from
the War Department. member of
Company D, 165th Regiment, he saw
his first service in the list Regiment,
n. Y. N. G., when, in 1916, the call was
made fcf guards to patrol the Hudson
and protect public utilities. He was
transferred to the 69th when war was
declared. Since the Rainbow Division
arrived in France he has taken part in
all its engagements.
Sergeant Paul Won Krebs,' one of
those recently wounded. lived at Y70
Arthur Avenue, The Bronx. Fortyfour
years old, he was born in Germany,
years Of age. Soon after he joined the
9th Infantry, U. s. A, seeing service in
the Philippines, Panama and on the
Mexican border. A brother served four
years in the United States Navy, later
joining the Naval Reserve. He is now
on transport.
Lieutenant John Fl. Church, of Com
rany D, 28th Infantry, was severely
wounded in action on July 21, accord
ing to a War Department telegram re-
ceived by his uncle, Louis Crispin, of
448 Broadway, Flushing His name has
not yet appeared in the casualty list.
Lieutenant Church also was wounded
on May % in the battle at Cantigny,
when he was cited for bravery in &C
ton. Lieutenant Church, who made his
home. with his uncle in Flushing, is
we'll known along the north shore of
Long Island. He was commissioned at
Plattsburg in Nav, 1917, and sailed for
France on January last He is twen-
ty-fve years old.
Private Thomas De Rosa, of 10
Flushing Avenue, Astoria. is in base
hospital in France with an arm wound,
according to- a letter he sent his
mother, Mrs. Mary De Rosa, of
that address. He received his injuries
during the night of July IA. Private
De Rosa is a member of Company c,
38th Infantry. His letter telling how
he was wounded follows:
"About 9 o'clock on the night of
July IA l was ordered to go with an
escort carrying party mile back of
our front to our provision stores so
they could carry the eats down to the
boys. EVERYTHING was ready about II
o'clock and we were about to start
down the front when few shells be-
gan dropping in the streets. We ran
to the dugout, thinking it would be
over in couple of minutes. But we
were in the dugout a couple of hours
and Fritz was sending them over as
he never did before. We went out, but
we could not use our eats any more, as
they had been blown away, and so
were a lot of the houses. We beat it
back to the front.
at was after o'clock in the morn
ing when we got there and we found
the boys were fighting for all they