The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
CANDLES BURN AT
; SHRINE TO SOLDIER
New York Mother Pays Trib-
I: ute to Son Reported Killed
T: in Battle.
:MARKSMAN Is ON LIST
+: -
Private Donald Munro. Vet
eran Of Mexican Service, I
/: Meets Death in Action.
.MARKSMAN Is ON LIST

.bunt yesterday and burning before II
.wsre two tall candles. The shrine was
'draped with American fags and on II.
taIso decorated with flags. stood the pic
.ture of Private Antony Moscarella. one
ported killed In action. In that way
,Mra Antoinette Moscarella was paying
tribute to her son. 20 years old. who
.gsvs his life in the service OF his coun-
try.
: Mrs. Moscarella, with her two sons
Elves at 81 Leroy street. Antony en-
listed . year ago and until recently the
mother had been fUgularly receiving let
;ters from him. You could never i'm
.agine the good times we have In
camp" he said in his last letter. On
Thursday Mrs. Moscarella received no
.tice from the War Department that her
son was dead.
Another New York boy who has made
tho great sacrifice 10 Dominica Null
,lussa Of 1as East Houston street. Word
wee received Thursday by his sister.
,Salasra Muliazza. that the boy was
killed IN action on June Is. On Friday
she received letter from him which
was dated June 10. in which he stated
that he was in the fight and was all
right.
Member of seventh Infantry.
Private Mullazza was born in Sicily
,thirty-one years ago and came to the
United States when he was 22 years
old. On December 6. 1917. he was sent
to Camp Upton. later being assigned to
Company A OF the Seventh Infantry
Private Muilazza's name appears on the
honor roll Of the Church OF the Nativity
ov.l
Another New York home that is in
doubt OF the reported death of one Of
its members Is that of Private Gaetano
Ctlanto OF 1928 West 115th street SAL
vatore Cilanto. the father Of the boy
has wired to Washington for eoniirma-
tion Of the report. Cilento, vino was 20
years old. was drafted last October and
was attached to Company B Of the a2sth
Infantry. He Is survived by both parents
and two sisters.
In the death Of Private Donald Munro
~. OF Kings Park. L. l.. the Rainbow
division loses q man who was reputed
to be one Of its best marksmen. He
was reported as having been killed in
France on June 16. He had fought IN
every battle In which the 166th Infantry,
She Fighting Sixty-ninth." had partici-
pAtsl. He was wounded once In May
and had twice been cited for bravery
{, Chaplain Cables Of Death.
: His sister, Mrs. Thomas T HurIsv n,
.zO6 Do Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, received
a letter from Father Duffy. chaplain of
the 1sSth. announcing the boys death
two days before the official notification
from Washington reached her home
Munro, who was formerly "A member
of the Twenty-third OF BROOKLYN. was
~ NJ SaJ % ~ DIT
had served on the Mexican border with
1he Brooklyn regiment. One vof his
brothers was killed In the Spanish Amer
1ean war. another in the Russian
Japanese war. He has a third brother
James. who Is now Lieutenant in the
United States Navy
Private Arthur Card OF the Marine
Corps, who died Of wounds, was from
Bernardsvilie. N. j., where he lived with
mis- uncle. Samuel Humphreys.
Corporal Louis Confessors. severely
wounded. was a member of the National
Army. He Is son Of Raphael Con-
feesors or Harrison. y. ].
michael J. Caveny. "a. wounded in
France, n nephew OF Mrs. Daniel
Healey Of 81 Kearny avenue Jersey
city.
on July FOURTH
William A. Bannon, rs, of 1os Four
teenth street, Hoboken, was wounded in
action on Independence Day. He enlisted
July IS. 1917.
/. Private Albert Weinrch died of
wounds received in action on June Z,
according to War Department message
received by his mother. who lives at
SIS Woodward avenue. Brooklyn. He
was 70 years old.
David X. Milligan, 20, was reported