Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-03
THIRD AND TENTH
HEROES KILLLES
Pennsylvanians' Bravery
Proves German Propa-
ganda Is Fiction
ONE FROM THIS CITY

"ah Tic TO bolster home mo-
rnle."
This is the opinion of War Department
az. f,, or reports from Germany that
Ia. Hst ana Second Battalions of the
iloth infantry. composed of the old
in,ra infantry, N. G. p, of this city.
ana the Fighting Tenth" Regiment. Of
western Pennsylvania. had been winod
out by the German fire.
AND not only are these lies fItering
out OF Germany by way of Amsterdam
but In this country propapandists with
! desire to destroy the morale of the
americans at home, are widely circulat-
ing reports that this regiment. that bat
taiion or this company has been ami
hilated-
But, far from being annihilated. oblit
Grated, wiped out or captured as the
herman propogandists would have Amer
leans at home believe, the old Third and
the Fighting Tenth" are still fighting
anninilating, rather than being annihil-
ated.
Dispatches Give Proof
Proof of this is found in the accounts
of bravery of the Pennsylvanians con-
! tanned in the news dispatches of Ray
inond Carroll, Public Ledger correspond.
ent with the American forces
Mrs. George r. Kemp. 2020 South Six
teenth street. wife of Colonel Kemp.
commander of the 10th Infantry, today
received another letter from her hus-
band, the second she has received in
successive days.
Like the letter received yesterday. to-
days communication contained no mes
sage Of the operations of the 10th. II
mentioned the fact that the regiment had
been on the march" for three days, and
Nt-a tfpo nf tIa
written. Mrs Kemp believed this march
was the one which took the 10th to the
front.
According to Mrs. Kemp. her husband
at the time the letter was written had
received but two of about forty letters
she has written him. He told her the
mail service to the American troops was
poor. probably due to their being scat
tered over the western front
Four Pennsylvanians We're mentioned
for conspicuous bravery in the corre-
spondent's account which was published
today. Several were printed yesterday
! and others have been published from
time to time. an indication that the Ger
man reports are mere fiction.
The heroes mentioned today are Cor
poral Alvey C. MartZ. of Glencoe. Pa.
Sergeant Robert A. F'loto, of Meyers
dale, Pa; Private John Mullen, 1891
Merton avenue. Philadelphia. and Cap
tain Charles L. McLain of Indiana. Pa
An official of The War Department
commenting on the German lies" as
they were termed, declared that, though
casualty reports were slow coming In
because of the American soldiers being
scattered, news Of the disaster to the
two ba,talions of the 10th would have
been received had there been such a
! n taf
praise to the Pennsylvanians for their
| fighting.
Mullen Is Selected Man
Private Mullen is one of the first
drafted men of this city to distinguish
himself at the front. He first went tc
Camp Meade. then was sent to Camr
Hancock to fill up the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard. going to France in May
with the Twenty-eighth Division He
was originally from Tyrone, Pa, and be.
fore going to camp was presented witt
a watch by the priest and members OF
the parish to which he belonged in Ty.
rome
Corporal Martz has accomplished wha
! geographers have failed to do. He ha.
put the little town of Glencoe ION the
map" His home is in the Bush Creel
Valley. in Somerset county.
The fact that he killed seventeen Ger
mans Is not surprising to his friends
| He was one of the sharpshooters of the
district. a hunter who roamed the hills
| in search of game. Woodcraft, learned
in his native hills, enabled him to lead
his men from hill to hill, according to
those who knew him.
Sergeant Floto is the son of Daniel
A. Floto, cigar manufacturer, o.
Meyersdale, and has served under Perish.
ing before. At the time of the Mexican
border trouble he scented a fight and
enlisted in the regular army, where he
gained the rank of corporal
Grandfather War Veteran
When Company C Of the "Fightinl
Tenth" was formed, he enlisted and
went to Camp Hancock where he wa
promoted to sergeant. His grand
father was a sergeant in the Tenth
Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civi
War and was seriously wounded al
Frederickstown.
Captain McLain is only twenty-eigh
wears old. Fighting blood courses
through his veins. His father, Charlie,
c. McLain, is a captain of infantry IL
the regular army. and is also fighting IL
| France His grandfather, G. Adam
McLain, served in the Civil War ant
rose to the rank of captain.
A brother of the captain, mentioned
in the news dispatches, Harry McLain
Ia a bugler in Company B, 146th Obi,
Infantry. Captain McLain has been IL
the National Guard for ten years, an,
was in command of Company F, Tent
Regiment, during the Mexican borde
trouble.