The sun., 1918-09-29
NEW YORK FIGHTER
LOSES FOOT IN WAR
Lieut.. Putnam Cables Parents
He Expects Soon to Be
Invalided Home.
LETTERS TELL HEROISM
Richmond Hill Officer
Avenges Mutilation Of Boy
and Collects Souvenirs.
LETTERS TELL HEROISM


willard 8. Putnam. chemist, IL West
Ninth street, who has been instructor in
chemistry at Cooper Union for some
wears. was severely wounded August IL.
IN n cablegram to his father he says his
wounds necesitated the amputation. OF
one foot. but that he was resting COM
fortably and expected soon to be inva-
rded home. Lieut.. Putnam Is ~ years
old. He was a student at the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute at the outbreak OF
the war and relinoutshed his studies In
August, 1917, to take an examination Tor
a commission. He attended OFFICERS
training camps at Fort Leavenworth,
pIattsburg, Camp Green and the artillery
school at Fort Sill. Oklahoma He sailed
for France in May with the Sixteenth
Field Artillery, and was later appointed
battalion gas officer and instructor In
gas defence tactics.
Lieut.. Frank welner. Company II,
,ssth Infantry. has cabled to his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Weiner, 72s
church street, Richmond Hill. L. l., that
he has been wounded in the leg, but not
seriously. He IL 20 years old and re-
cslved his commission at PlattsburS. he
had three years Of military experience IN
the Twenty-third Regiment, with wn'ch
he served on the Mexican border. Lieut.
weiner has sent home many trophies
captured from the Germans, and In one
Of his letters he said:
II don't know whether I wrote you
about the little boy I saw He was
probably 4 or years old. HIS head.
one arm and one leg were of and he was
stuck up on q stake like q scarecrow'
For which I went out and collected my
self n Dutch pistol and q belt buckle
which grew on a perfectly good Boche'
OF course I had to spoil him a little to
get them, but 1t helped to pay for the
kid a little. / am enclosing a field post
card which got OF another Boche.'
Insurance in Liberty Bonds.
Mrs. Helen Weber of Brooklyn
mother Of Private Frederick Weber,
who was killed In action August rs, VIII
purchase Liberty bonds with the $lo'Oyo
she will receive as insurance following
the death of her son. She made this
abatement as the sirens and bells an
nounced the opening OF the fourth LIB
erty Loan campaign and declared that
she wanted to help the other boys to
victory. Private Weber was ~ years
old. He sailed for France in April with
Battery d, 305th Field Artillery. The
same hour his mother received a tele-
gram telling Of his death she also re-
ceived q letter which Private weber
wrote as he was resting on his gun car
rage. He said that his battalion was
about to advance. Before entering the
Pierce-Arrow Automobile Company in
Brooklyn. He has . brother in the
aero squadron.
Private John Joseph Dolan. Is. Com
pany K. s05th Infantry, wrote a letter
10 his widowed mother. Mrs. Mary Do
Ian, 271 Blocker street, Brooklyn. Au-
gust 20, one day before he died OF wounds
in hospital in France. He asked his
mother not to worry about his wounds
The letter described the repulse OF
German attack and ended by predicting
a speedy end Of the war.
Private Charles Bartlett Weahered,
Jr.. was the first one of Company F.
lesth Infantry, to cross the OurcQ River
and the first one killed. according to in
formation conveyed to his parents at b4S
Riverside Drive by a comrade who saw
the incident. He wrote that Private
weahered died game. and that his gal
lantry was a great credit to his COM
rany. Private Weahered was an archi-
tect IN business with his father at PA
Lafayette street, Jersey City. when he
enlisted In the old Seventh Regiment.
While making the trip across he con-
tracted typhoid fever and was in base
hospital in London several weeks
Dies in Italian Hospital.
Ensign Louis J. Bergen. rs. OF the
Naval Reserves, who was fatally injured
in a seaplane accident at Ravenna. italy
was the son Of Mrs. Ellen J. Bergen
who has a summer. home at 20 Austin
street, Kew Gardens, Queens. His death
occurred September Is at q hospital al
Como, Italy. He was . graduate OF
Cooper Union and enlisted in the Naval
Reserves In August, 1917. In a qualify
ing examination at tho Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology he gained the
highest percentage in q class Of 5000
and received his commission. Ensign
Bergen was sent to italy and assigned
to coast patrol on the Adriatio Sea-
Corporal Charles J. FreyEang, 81. who
enlisted three years ago and was one
Of the first Of the American troops e
land in France, has been severely wound
ed In action. He made his homo witf
his parents at SIS Eighth street. COLLEGE
Point, I. I.
Sergeant Thomas Fitzgerald. IT.. Com
pany L, Sixth Infantry, may not be q
severely wounded ~ WIS at nrst re
ported. In a letter to his father at 81.
West 1890 street. dated August 10. twt
days after he was wounded. q nurse II
the base hospital wrote that the youni
man expected to DO back In the frtnl
line soon.
Private David p. Norris. %, sirti
Regiment. Marines. who made his hom'
with his sister, MrA Jameson. ~ Con
vent avenue. and VINO had been reportet
killed, is now reported 70 have been se
verely wounded.
Private John J. Doris. Eghtieth Com
pany. Sixth Regiment, Second Battalion
Is reported as having died Of wound
July 20, but his family believe some mis-
take has been made. az they received
letter dated August 81 from Hugh Muir
TIA, who wrote; John and ! are in
base hospital. both Of us being slight
wounded"
Private Isidore wsinstefn. 90. who en-
listed December 8. 1917, with Compan
NJ. Fourth Infantry. United States Reg
ulars, was killed in action July 16. i
letter TO his parents at o. Avenue Z
dated July IL, he said he was doin
some bombing work and that he ma
celebrated July Fourth by hrfng fiftee
shots at the Boches many OF them TAX
ing effect
Private W. Carroll Taylor. 20. q for
ner East Orange high school boy. VIII
enlisted IN the regulars few days be
fore war was declared. was wounde
July II. He had been in the employ q
the Newark Evening Nes0s. His famil
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