Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-28

EoMRO sEoIltNStF6Te Hvos ooGd8TRrT
Wounded Wounded
twenty-five years old aud an active MEM
Der of st. Peters Church. Fifth street
and Girard avenue. He told Of his en-
| counter with mustard gas III letter TO
Before joining the colors he lived at
1925 Crease street, KensInEton
Private George =. Kramer, EIeadquar-
dier has been returned TO this country.
and is now in a ConValeSCent hospital
at Buffalo, \. Y. He has not been able
TO visit his family AS yet, but hopes tU
do SO in a week or two,
Private Lafayette :. O'Connor. wound
ca. Is a member of Company NJ. sixty
first Infantry. He was drafted in Janu-
ary, 1918, and after short training
period he volunteered to Join the Sixty
first Infantry, regular army. Follow
ing this, he trained at Camp Green and
embarked in April The telegram re-
cetved A week ago by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William O'Connor, states that
he was severely wounded on October 81
The last letter received from him was
dated October Is. in which he states that
he had been wounded in the right arm
but was getting along very nicely. Prior
to being called to the colors he was en-
ployed in Weyman's Music Store
Private Howard SholIenberger, wound
stationed at n base hospital in Balti-
more. He Is on a short furlough at the
present time and is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Richard Shollenberger, 2l23 Bran
dywne street. He Is twenty-threc years
old and a member of Company X, 109th
| Infantry The young private was Sc
verely wounded on July Il in the hip,
| ankle and knee. Prior to enlistment he
was n maChinist.
Private Joseph Dlnkowit1. 800 Whar-
lu
twenty-five times, and each time re-
Orer the Top tuTnea unSGtatcns1 SC ,t, sGa
Twenty.tmo Times; so d e,r led
Severely FOUNDED y o y G m b er ii
on Armistice Day bSfore bS%red' tbe one n0Tr rTi
stice was signed Dlnkowitz had his foot
| shattered by a shell fragment. He writes
that he is able to handle the soup ladle,
but cannot walk otherwise he is getting
along fine, and eNpu'ts to be invaded
home very soon.
Private Dinkowitz was drafted Janu-
ary 3, 1918. He was sent to Camp
Meade and assigned to the l54th Depot
for to All up the Eleventh Infantry,
Dinkowitz offered himself, and was as
signed to Company !. He went to France
last April; Formerly he lived with his
at 339 Wharton street He is twenty
three years old,
Private william Fleming. Jr., twenty
two years old, Of 433 West Mount Pleas
ant avenue, was In Los Angeles, Cal, at
a school of carpentry, when he was
drafted in September of 1917 From
Camp Lewis. Tacoma, Wash, where he
was first sent. Fleming was ordered to
Camp Mills and went across TO France
in May of this year. A short time
ago his mother. Mrs. Mary Fleming. re-
Cetved word that he had bCcn seriously
wounded in action on November II. the
day the arnistiCe was signed. but as vet
no word has been heard from the Young
, soldier himself. A letter written around
well and had been over the top several
times. was the last news received. Born
| IN this city. Fleming is q graduate of the
{ Philadelphia Trades School
Private Hugh Dough-rtN, wounded is
e twentN-eght years old and formerly re-
= sided with his brother, James !. Dough
ertY, 295l Poplar street The young
/, soldier is member Of Company p
10th Infantry trained at Camp Han
' cock and embarked in May. ACCordinp
I TO the telegram received from the War
] Department II appears that he was Sc.
o yerely wounded on October rs. but his
q tamilY has not heard from him since
n the first Of October. Prior TO the nrcserl
wound Dough-rtY was slightly wounded
on July II and recovered entirely in q
L. short time and returned to his company
q Before enlisting he was employed at tn,
Schuylkill Arsenal.
Private Arthur Mace. of SellersvilIe
reported as severely wounded, was
Il member Of Company B. 3iSth infsntry mTs
a He had his training at Camp Meade am
n sailed in July.
l. Private william Is. DenneF, twenty
le four years old, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Is Romanus Denner, Sellersville. is reporte
10 as missing in the October drive along tn
9 Meuse. lie is member of the 3lGt
G. Infantry and was trained at Cam
e. Meade.
+ Private Robert W. CarlIn. reporte
e. wounded in today's official casualty lie
is one Of the Philadelphia lads who re
d. turned TO this country on the Leviat haI
~ He IL now at Fort Henry, Nd, afte
.J spending Christmas with his parent
to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carlin, OF 526 Mort
Nh Thirty-sixth street. Young tarlin wear
a. three wound stripes. 1T was OIL Ser
eg tember 2S." he says, that the Dutci
20 mans shell found me. when our coIppau
was fighting in the Argonne sector. Tw
1g pieces OF the high-eNplosive shell strIlr
lie me in the breast, while a third tol
Sc away the muscle In my right arm. &,
in I'm still here and alive and It's an rig h
49, for / expect to be fully recovered in
Fl, few months" he concluded, lie ione
ist a contingent of wounded at Fort Hem
Yesterday. where he will remain until /
u is entirely we'll.
"a, Private Carlin enlisted In the Nation
mi Guard Of Pennsylvania in June of 49,
Iv and went TO Camp Hancock, where
vas in training for nearly year, sai
ed ing for France last June as a member
ais Company r., 10th Infantry. He
he sIghieen years old and before enlistiI
ma was a student at the West FhiIadelph
lss High School
ty Private Morris GrOllmah, twenty-s
III wears old, 5000 Germantown avenue, I
lg I'norted slightly wounded on October
q was drafted In February trained
mt camp DIX and sailed In April with Coz
vet nanv ID, 309th Infantry. lie was bo
his in Russia, but has lived In this count
Dn for ten years and was recently naturi
ed lied.
,s ,at His brother. Isaac, received a lett
w from him dated November 4, and tell
,as nf "A slight wound In the leg, Nor
was living In Harrison, n, j., when
m. was drafted,
on. PTlyate George =. smith, 1876 Nor
Or Twenty-thlrd street, who had been
tai norted missing since July 10, Is NJ
'ed bfflcially reported wounded severely. II
ell news has been received By his broth
,ch Charles smith, with whom he made
20 home. Private Smith enlisted in Apr
sm 1917, and trained az Camp Hancock
ro- vent owe seas from Camp Upton May
ttn IeiR He eAliated In 4ompany NJ OF
w ~ FIRST RtFinent III"