Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-26
LETTERS FROM
THEFRONT HERE
BY HUNDREDS
Parents Anxiously Awaiting
Word From Boys in
France
CASUALTY LIST IS LARGE
Many Harrisburg and Dau-
piin County Boys Re-
. ported Wounded

Hundreds of letters from Harris
burg soldiers have been received
within the past two or three days
indicating that ship bearing hun
dreds of bags of mail arrived recently
from France.
Because of the ending of HOSTILE
ties, parents and other relatives now
are on the anxious seat waiting to
learn whether or not anything had
happened in the closing days of the
war. For this reason the arrival OF
letters now means more than it did
at any time since Pershing's first
eXpeditionary force landed in France.
Two Weeks to Go
Most of the letters received from
front-line units bear dates between
October 20 and so. This would leave
the writer's with about ten days or
two weeks of fighting to do before
the. armistice was signed. These
We're the hardest days of the war,
when the American army brake the
the German lines and penetrated far
into the enemy positions.
There is a general belief that the
little quicker because of the war; $
end. and letters from the fighting
men written after the fighting ceased
are expected to arrive here early
next month.
Advices from the War Department
to-day give the city and county one
of the heaviest casualty lists since
the war began.
Friends Are Wounded
Word was received here to-day
that Robert S. CowaB. 214S Green
street, and Russell Challenger, IS
North Twelfth street, formerly with
the Governors Troop but later
transferred to Battery +. One Hun
dred Eighth Field Artillery, at
Camp Hancock. were wounded while
in action in Belgium. October 81.
Both have been removed to Cana
dian base hospital in France. The
men were wounded when a shell eX-
ploded near them.
Sergeant Thomas NJ. Collins, Com
pany I, One Hundred Twelfth Infan-
try, has been wounded in action and
is now convalescing in Base Hos
pital No. ia. In a letter to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Collins,
500 Race street. he states that he
was wounded October . i'm the right
leg between the knee and the ankle,
but at the time of writing the let
ter. under date of November 5, he
said the wound was healing nicely
and he is able to get around with the
aid of crutches. Sergeant Collins
enlisted with the old Eighth Infan-
try and sailed for France early last
May. and with his company has spent
most of Ehis time in the front line
ztrenches.s
Corporal William Robert Rudy has
ben wounded in the forearm and
later contracted pneumonia. Coin
Cident with his promotion from pri-
vate 10 corporal on his birthday, he
was transferred from Company X.
One Hundred Twelfth Infantry, to
Company i, One Hundred Tenth
Infantry. He was a former stage
hand at the Orpheum Theater. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rudy, 119 Vine street.
Private Ross +. Wiley. brother OF
Miss Goldie Wiley, 12S Vine street,
has been wounded. according to ad-
vices received by his sister and his
wife. who lives at 1S49 Swatara
street. He was n member of the
Headquarters Company, One Hun
dred Twelfth Infantry.
Ernest de Frank formerly living
near Linglestown. was killed, accord
ing to the casualty list. Official
notification of this fact reached Har-
risburg last week.
Wounded and Gasscd
Private George S. Alwine has died
in France from bunshot wounds, ac-
cordng to word received by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Alwine. OF
Jamestown Road. His name is listed
this morning.
Roy w. Mccarthy is mentioned
i'm to-day's list as slightly wounded
The nearest of kin is given as Mrs
Maggie Fay Kissington, 2157 North
Fourth street No one of this name
is recorded in the directory.
Hit by Shell
Warren p Gotwalt. son of Mr.
and Mrs. w. +. 'Gotwalt. 20I
Muench street, has been wounded fol-
the second time. according to ad-
vices received. He was gassed on a
previous occasion. Henry NJ. Cock
lin, formerly rooming in North
Front street, has been gassed, the
statement advises.
Private William j. SutermaT
brother of Mrs. Fred q. Miller, @
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