New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
Casualties Show
Old "69th" Plays
Big Part III, Drive
Names of New York Fight
ers Figure Prominently
in Days List
Men in High Spirit
Last Letters From Front Dis
close Eagerness to Beat
the Enemy

r,rg lists - American names, many
= them belonging 20 men Of the Ran
49,. p,vis. on. including tho l65th Kegi-
Low, formerly the ea'hl, appearing IN
...,.s-day's casualty lists bear grim
..st;mony TO the work our men have
h.sn doirr while the Allied forces have
bsen tearing 20 ribbons the most am
bi,,ous Hun thrust Of year.
Lieutenant Thomas H Young. of
conuany F. Of the is5th. was Killed on
Iulv Is. the nrst day of the last Ger
van offensive. He was member o.
,s4 firm Of Thomas Young, Inc, A.
White Street. Hs was trained fer his
commission a. the first Plattsburg
r,mn and vas sent TO France on Oc-
;ober %.
In his last letter 70 his family Lieu
,snan. Young promised no. to return
aunsi the Boche IS thrashed." He is
survived by two brothers and a sister,
who live at 4ls Sixth Street. Brooklyn.
Half Of Teuton Crimes Not Told
Three weeks ago Lieutenant Frank
II Dixon. who IS reported severely
wounded. wrote MS parents at lbS st.
Jshn's Place. Brooklyn. that he was
iannv 10 be ever there" People in
th's country. ne said. have not heard
one.half ot the GastarGly crimes of the
Germans He told OF instances where
.he Germans bombed and shelled roads
crowded with refugee women and chill
d-en
uate Of the University OF Virginia, was
I al sen o. Frank Dixon, a lecturer. who
k bas been recently in France as a repre-
sentative of the Red Cross. and a
nephew OF the Rev. Thomas j. Dixon,
author OF The Clansman." He was
wod-,ded while serving as an aerial OBJ
server with the French army.
Lfentenant Richard {. Brunaugh.
twenty-ore wears old, of SO ClarkSou
Street, was wounded on July 20. He
was a Plattsburg graduate and spe-
ticlized a. an artillery officer in a
French military school.
For three years Lieutenant Albert
II. Spence. OF Greene Street, Flushing
severely wounded. was civil engineer
in the Sewer Department Of the Bor-
ough OF Queens He was member OF
the 10th Infantry, y. G.. for six years,
and sailed Tor France with the l05th
Engineer.
4 German helmet was souvenir
Lieutenant Harry J. CALVIN, il, who
was wounded on July ls, sent TO his
parents. a. 20l7 Cation Avenue, Brook
lyn. He was educated in the JnIver-
sity OF Men gan. where he was PROM
inent in athletics.
The last letter of Lieutenant John
s. Morrison. who died Of wounds on
July 19, was full OF sad forebodngs
He was head salesman for New York
State FOR the huyier Candy Company.
His widow and daughter live at 2l16
Harrison Avenue, University Heights.
Comes of Fighting Stock
Corporal Daniel John O'Neil OF 1044
Jefferson Avenue. severely wounded.
comes Of a fighting stock. His grand
father, Lieutenant David Rogers, was
veteran Of the Civil War Corporal
O'Nei, Is twenty-five years old. He
has a wife and q daughter born only
four days ago
Every day over here is like Fourth
Of July IN Amer ca. James D. Nc
heever. killed Ia 2c-ion on June 3,
wrote IN his las. letter TO his mother,
Mrs. Ellen McKeever. Of 45 Hicks
Street, Brooklyn. Mrs McKeever was
the mother OF thirteen children, OF
whom James was the oldest.
i only wish my young boy was able
70 take lanes ylace." she said yester-
day HE IS too young. bat wish he
was Old enough TO get into the firing
Ene and make I'D for nv loss