The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-20
CAPT. BAKER SLAIN
AT OURCQ BATTLE
Member Of Old Goth Succumbs
to Machine Gun Bullet
Wound.
WON CROIX DE GUERRE
Capt. Belvidere Brooks Killed
in Action-Private Report
ed Dead Still Alive.

deatn OF Cdpt' SHdrics bhohoy D"N1'
,e5th Infantry, has been received by
relatives in New York. Death resulted
from a machine gun bullet wound re-
celved in the battle on the Ourca.
He was commissioned as First Lieu
tenant in the old sixty-ninth Regiment
in September, 1917, and was assigned
with a detail to transport horses and
mules from the South to France. The
vessel, which was a converted German
steamship. missed its convoy and began
to leak In midocean. 1t was found
enemy aliens had loosened the rivets!
Lieut. Baker, who was in charge of the
military forces on board, handled the
situation with marked GOODNESS and
bravery, and It was largely through his
courage and efforts that the steamship
was safely taken to a port in France.
On arriving in France he re5oined his
regiment. After being in action for
short time one cardrum was ruptured
by the explosion of q shell. Although
in a serious condition. he refused to
leave his men under IRE, and for his
bravery and good judgment received the
Croix de Guerre on May s. He was
later made brevet Captain of Company
f in tho 165th Regiment and on July
20 In the fighting on the OuroQ received
a mortal wound.
He received his promotion to full
Captaincy while he was in base hos
pital in France not long before he died.
His death occurred September IL.
Capt Baker was q son OF Stephen
Baker, president Of the Bank Of Man
haitian Company. 40 Wall street. After
graduating from the Hill School at
Pottstown, Pa, he entered Princeton.
During his college term he was on the
varsity football team. After he was grad
uated in 1918 he entered the employ
ment of the Bankers Trust Company.
lie was later one of the cashiers of the
Bank Of Manhattan Company.
Capt. Brooks Killed In Action.
Capt. Belvidere Brooks who formerly
lived at SO West Ninth street and who
was at one time connected with the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. has been killed in action In
France. according to his brother. Lieut..
G. 3. Brooks Of the 305th Field Artil-
lery. He was killed by shell In the
fighting on the Vesle River at night on
August 81.
Lieut.. Brooks. who is now In this
country under orders, says he was only
two miles from the point where his
brother met death. He was Immediately
notified. as was also another brother,
Capt ]. w. Brooks of the 105th5 Ma
chine Gun Battalion, now in France.
Capt. Belvidere Brooks attended the
first Plattsburg camp and was commits
stoned a Captain.
Private Clinton f. Bushey. Jr., II.
Company H. 165th Infantry. who enlisted
IN July, 1917, was killed In action on
July Is, according to advices which his
~ Tao MI Inn
nue., Yonkers, received yesterday from
the War Department.
Private Bushey. however. wrote let
ter to his parents under date OF July Is
in which he said they would be notified
he had been killed because he was listed
by his company as killed. At the battle
OF the Marine July is Private Bushey
and fifteen comrades were crouched I'M
der a bridge when German shell hit
the bridge, killing ten and wounding six.
He says he doesn't know how he es-
capped. He got a piece Of shell In the
side but was able to run with the other
wounded men.
Two French Red Cross men who were
looking for wounded led them to dug
out where the French had a first aid sta
ton. Later they were taken to a hospi-
tai, which the Germans shelled and
which all had to evacuate. He declares
The Germans are finished and that an
American soldier with six months ,expe-
Iience Is better than German with four
years training.
Long Island Soldier Killed.
Private Francis l.. Allyn, "a, Company
=. lO6th Infantry. son Of DIR. Francis L.
Allyn of Woodhaven avenue. Woodhaven
l.. l., was killed In action on August 10
lie was a student in the New York City
College before he enlisted year ago
He wrote a letter under date Of August
. that he had been seriously injured.
Private Michael A. Milan, rs. Marine
Corps, was killed in action on July is
His father and mother. who lived al
East Orange, N. J., were asphyxiated BY
Illuminating gas last December.
Private Arthur J. Struck. %. 1osf
Machine Gun Battalion, was killed In &C
ton August 81, according to a telegram
from the War Department to his mother
Richmond Hill A letter written by hin
stated he had been in the front line sew
eral times and was about to go in again
lie attended Public School 80 and Hef
ferly Institute and played on the base
bali and football teams of these schools
Editors Son Meets Death.
Private Roland Phillips, Jr., 10. Com
pany L, 165th Infantry, son OF Rolan'
Phillips of South Parsons avenue
Flushing, l.. l.. formerly editor Of tn
Cosmopolitan magazine, has been kilie'
IN action, according to Information fur
nshed by Sergeant Eugene Cannon
Whitestone, l.. l.. who was In the sam
company with Sergeant Phillips. Ser
geant Phillips enlisted two days afte
the declaration of war.
Private Joseph Fescina, 10, Eighteenth
Infantry, son of Michael Fescina, %
Jackson avenue. Brooklyn. has been re
ported missing by the War Department
As of July IS. but the father has re
ceived a letter from him under date
July 20, in which he said he was In
hospital.
Private Thaddeus Westcott Pheior
Jr.. 81. 645th Unit. United States Am
hulance Corps, 347 Gates avenue, BROOK
Ign. VINO was injured at Verdun las
April while he was In an ambuiancs
died Thursday night at the Debarkatio
Hospital on Ellis Island. where he ha
been about one month.
His funeral will be held tomorrow
2 o'clock, with church and miiitar
honors. from st. Mary's Episcops
Church. Classon and Willoughby ave
nues. Brooklyn. He was born In Jedi
burg. s. c., and educated at the Msnus
Training School and Cornell Univsrsft'
= lie enlisted last December.
Private John oshea. 2e. Company
Eighteenth Infantry. reported missing J
action July IS, Is on Ellis Island recoN
erlng from shot wound In his 70.
Mrs Hanna Quinn OF to3 West Forty
eighth street is a sister. H..