Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-19
SKETCHES OF HEROES

while on duty. according to a letter writ
ten by her twin sister that was received
by their brother, William II. Ward, 228
enlisted with her sister as a nurse in
the jefferson Hospital unit, was twenty
eight years old. Both she and her
sister were nurses at the Pennsylvania
Hospital before they entered the coun-
try5s service.
Her sister is Miss Katharine Ward.
funeral with full military honors
was given the dead nurse, and the
Mayor of the town where she was bur-
led addressed the large number of SOL
diers who followed the body to the
grave, pledging that her grave would
always be kept green.
She was born in Peterson, Mass. After
training at the Mclean Hospital, Wa
verify, Mass, and the Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital, Boston, she came to Phil
adelphia in 1916 to take up her work at
the Pennsylvania Hospital
Private Erwin c. Garrett, Company G,
Sixteenth Infantry. has been severely
wounded. according to information re-
cetved by his mother, Mrs. George L.
Garrett, 431 West Stafford street. Gar
rett had been offered a chance for n
commission. but refused, because he
wanted to get more fighting experience
as private. He was wounded July 1s,
a bullet passing through his body and
missing his spine by an inch.
Samuel Geonnotti is nineteen years old
and a brother Of Detective Jerry Geon-
| netti member of the murder squad"
of the city force. He was reported miss.
ing in action July Is, after having par
ticipated in the drive on Chateau
Thierry. His parents. after a vain eff
fort to learn whether he was a pris-
oner, gave him up az dead. Today De-
tective Geonnotti received a letter from
the American Red Cross and a telegram
from the War Department. saying the
younger Geonnotti had been located in
German prison camp. He was men,
ber of Company B, 10th Infantry and
lived with his parents at 628 Carpenter
street
Private william b. ConIey, twenty
five. is officially reported by the War
Department as missing since July 10.
Conley's mother. Mrs. Patrick Conley,
1872 Filbert street. received a letter
from him September 5. in which he
stated he was well and having q good
| time. Conley was one of twenty-one to
enlist from the Thirty ninth street and
Lancaster avenue district, and the first
to be in the casualty list. He enlisted
| in June. 1917, and sailed for France in
| May of this year. He was employed by
Samuel Cresswell Company, Twenty
| third and Cherry streets. Conley Is att
| tached to Company A, Tooth Infantry.
Private James p. higgins. nineteen,
| son of Mrs. Esther Higgins. 316 North
Thirty-eighth street, is officially reported
| missing on July 80. Since then his
, mother has received two cards, printed
| Government forms, but signed in his
own handwriting. stating II am well.
letter follows" Higgins enlisted. in
June, 1917. trained at Camp Hancock,
and sailed for Frai.ce in May Of this
year with Company A, 1O9th Infantry.
Before entering the service he was en-
ployed as cabinetmaker in a furniture
mill in this city.
Private william Callahan, 2314 South
Carlisle street, has been wounded and
| is now in a base hospital in France, ac-
| cording to an announcement made last
night by the War Department Previous
reports received from the Red Cross
stated that he was in German prison
camp. The soldier is twenty-one years
old, and was at the front with Company
| B, 10th Infantry. He was reported
missing July Is. A brother, Patrick. is
also in the service.
Private Erwin G. Garrett, Company
G, Sixteenth Infantry, has been severe
ly wounded. according to information
received by his mother, Mrs. George L.
Garrett, 431 West Stafford street. Pri.
vate Garrett had been offered a chance
for a commission, but refused, because
he wanted to get more fighting expert
ence as a private. He was wounded
July 18, a bullet passing through his
body and missing his spine by an inch
Private Peter KefaIos. killed July Is
was a former resident of Riverside, N
j., where he was employed in the hosiery
mill of William F. Taubel He was
twenty-six years of age, and was not
well known In Riverside. II is thought
he was a Greek. He left the town ir
one of the first draft groups.
Private Russell william Miilerr, sol
of Mrs Catherine Gibbons, 5227 Maste,
street, is reported missing since July 20
Miller enlisted November l, 1916. at tn,
age OF nineteen. From then until Janu
airy he was at Fort Slocum, when h,
was sent to the Mexican border. II,
sailed for France in June of last yea
with Company A, Twenty-sixth Infantry
the Rainbow Division. Before entering
the service he was an apprentice ca
builder in the West Philadelphia shop
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Thirty,
ninth street and Powelton avenue.
Official notice from the War Depart
ment Yesterday confirmed the report
that Sergeant Elmer F. Patterson, Jr.
4el7 Ludlow street, had been killed II
action. Letters received by his famil.
last week told Of his death, which fol
lowed the explosion of shell that 4
also said TO have killed his chum. Ser
ssant Joseph Flsmin The two dssth