Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-21

SpeCiu dFiicieS TO Oe pflHtSd OV th'
EVENING ~ BLiC lEn"hF 'cCoH"I"n
~ ne'Oo "'t"S ~ t"mSg. ,,. =" "'''
wv "'0' 90 ~ "''"' P''
when psnnsv,yo,t,.s r,ar history ia
written, the name of Harold r. Bair. Of
Hanover, will stand out Ike n IHstrons
scnor auu ~ pIaCe ms hoi"e 'o"" ." '"e
potu 49,, .,.- .., ,.,,,..,,,,,.
taI serReamt.maior IN ,bn 3iSih Infnr.
try, an pennsylvania outfit Of the
hghting Liberty division. is dead. nut
~ ~ ] nsI'Snt" pN r,r,oi ,,,i
to The voungest Souehho,
The sergeant ma Tor was killed N ac-
ton on September -. when has regiment
5rnrn ~ 81 ''.r - s.',", My. ~
rear. And the stori. Of Bar, death is
one of the epicS Of the wal, for Bair
was consclentiouS objeGior
wear ago he lsneyv nv, bfng inn nf yya- and
soldering He belonged 70 religious
sect that Is opposed to war. hut once
srti,, S'e es, MAJ Nv u',IrI
gram ''N'' '"''' '''''''"''
al have been called hy my country
said Bair. and my country first lie
nohneo nhlf0rm ana prom0tion was
Ia,9,' w, Hrm ~ S@.,eu 10. rraio.r il, o"
major
And his death, Colonel Oscar r-hs~,es,
commander of the 3i6th, asSer's i. was
AZ. =. p"Ii "ieG nNe IuS so.
~ .,at',,.s,,I co., .., ,''.'r ,'',
Fao-Io.. erh,ar 3. -
Dataj1s corror,,i,, .5o mar, t... .t,a
,ho.,,. 1,,,isi. =, ''lns .,'' '', ."- nc
1..oert! DiIisioh pIa!ed III me Hrsohhe
Woou nshting are scantN. out from fras'
ments tnat nave arrived IN THIS CONn-
try during the last two weeks II i9
possible TO tell today a part Of he
story.
Hundreds In The lAberN Division we're
Killed ana wounded and in the casually
nsts are the names OF many oHlcers'
Solonel ,harieS was slshlF wounded
MAJOR 1ohn Atwood OF flltsoufsh' VINO
led a battalion or the 3l0th, was kI!ed
Lieutenant huWaru MciuFe, hlaeH'he'
sun cou,panE Vi .me 't StUtu 'n,"nILE' t ri, vas
,'' " 80, " ''''' VI
re, t,,,,,,' i,:,.i., a., p.,..
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800, .,.. 't".
.e .5 g .t,as 5a.. 3.,a,-t,, ~. -,
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oi,,, fror, smr,i,.,ns ne,nors
"' '"o' "oo""e" '"'o"e'
That colonel Gharies escaped with ms
iiie in eo"siueled mar e'ous' 10, nv ""S
s.a'us ,.,,. " nj, ~ D,ot m'rm ,'I" 10 ~
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nniN .,,,".,, e ~
osn, 'ne ''t'"l ee",'l ""o
mo siue "''U '"''!s "U,'
pocne she'i C'nshen LII o"si ''' "'""s
ana exploded "Nh'n twenty HaFuS o' .
,he Two men piece OF shrapne. strUGE
'the canteen worn by to!onei Cnaries ana
wounded 'he Co'o"eH
Digger fragment S'ruch BAR an"
severed one OF his legs. lie dIcd az
hour later Eoi"hei 'hafIeS' SHghi'E
wounded was treate" at an advanced
pressing station ana de'Hheu 10 ''dN'
me battieheld Tha' n'sht When the ,
regiment was SnaSillng the boche' Major
ATWOOD or fCtsourgh' was NlIed. an- /
tain HarrY(D. Parkin. senior captain
of the regiment and a lifelong friend
Of At~6od's, jumped into the breach .
andftook command Of the battalion. For
his gallantry in action Parkin has been
promoted to a major He is a native Of
Pittsburgh,
Although definite information canro.
be obtained at the War Department. It
Is understood that ! and companies
suffered more severely than other units
B Company. It is said. went into acton
with $50 men and came out of the three
Commander HI" "'s% %,.'"'' Praise ~. .,,,