The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-31
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LANDS IN FRANCE,
DIES 5 DAYSLATER
Capt. William w. Newcomb Of
Bronxville Is Influenza
Victim.
WAS GRADUATE OF YALE
Capt. Joseph s. Bach Of Hast
ings, Commissioned at 81,
Is Killed in Action.

Information that Capt, william wal
lace Newcomb OF Bronxville. connected
with the United States Ordnance De-
partment. died Of pneumonia October 10
following an attack of influenza three
days after the arrival of his transport
IN France. has been forwarded to his
mother, Mrs. Caroline c. Newcomb. by
the Colonel Of his regiment and also by
Capt. Huey. who was present at the
burial service.
Capt. Newconb was born on June 30,
1856. His father was the late William
Wallace Newcomb. formerly Of Albany
and New, York. Capt. Newcomb gradu-
ated from Yale in the class Of, 1908 (Sci-
entihc). He became connected with the
RailUay Age Gasstte and later was secre-
tary Of the Mccall Publishing Company,
At the time he entered the service he
was New York manager OF the brokerage
firm OF Jackson 4 Curtis. For tho last
four years he had made his home with
his mother in tho Gramatan Hotel,
Bronxvilie Capt. Newcomb was buried
in Cemetery 81. France, with full mill
tary honors.
Hastings Captain Killed.
Capt. Joseph s. Bach. n glass importer
and resident OF Hasttngs-o Hudson,
sacrificed his business interests at the
age Of 81 and enlisted when war was
declared. He became attached to the
ousrtermaster's Department and ar
rived in France two months ago. Capt
Bach was killed in action october 9.
He married the daughter of Henry
Sidenberg. banker and lace mnnufac-
turer, sixteen years ago. The wife
daughter and two sons survive. The
mother of Capt. Bach is living in FL
boron, n. J.
Five OF his closest companions who
grew up with him in Brooklyn were
killed by shells before his very eyes
wrote Capt. Arthur ". McDermott. Com.
pany /. 106th Infantry, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Francis McDermott. sos
st. Marks avenue. Brooklyn. Capt. Nc
Dermott himself got bullet through the
chest which shattered one shoulder bone
He Is now in a hospital at Rouen and
the Indications are that he will recover
BE prepared for the worst. mother
Capt. McDermott wrote to his mother In
q letter recently received. II am facing
death with the bravest lot Of men thai
ever lived. and II it Is Gods will that
should give my life that freedom and
peace shall not perish. let you and father
bear with me In the sacrifice"
Lieut.. Everett Pere Johnson, 80. o.
the Naval Reserve. of ae2 Fifteenth
street, Brooklyn. who had followed tn
sea for fourteen years. died OF pneu
monia October 10 on board the L. 8
9. Astoria In French waters. He wa
the chief engineer of the Astoria ant
had been In the war zone with hi
snip. a merchantmen. since January
1918.
Masonic funeral services will b,
conducted in his home at o'cloci
this evening. Military burial honor,
will be given on Friday at o'cloci
at the Church Of the Ascension. Slater
Island. His wife. parents three
brothers and three sisters survive him.
Praises vaIor of Dead Private.
A high tribute to the valor Of Pri
vate Harry Leuer OF Company II. Six
teenth Infantry. is paid by Rabbi II. q
Enelow OF the Temple Emanuel. Fiftl
avenue and Forty-third street, in a let
ter to his parents. Mr. and Mrs Loui
Leuer OF ITO Lewis street.
Rabbi Enelow Is in France with tn
overseas committee OF the Jewish Wei
fare Board. Private Leuer died o
wounds received in action, the rabh
wrote to his parents. with the words o.
his lips: Tell my father not Z
worry did II for my country" II
was az, the only son Of Mr. and Mrs
Leuer.
The correct name for Corporal "Eml
J." Sheehan, who Is reported on tn
casualty list as dead Of wounds. is Johi
r. Sheehan. He was the son of Nj
and Mrs. John NJ. Sheehan of 100 Man
haitian avenue. He was 20 and en-
tered Company I. 805th Infantry. Nj
and Mrs. Sheehsn have three othe
sons in the service, one Of whon
James. has been gassed and is in a
American base hospital.
Passaic Filler IL Killed.
The report that Lieut.. Malcolm c
Van de Water. a former resident of Pas
sale. N. j.. and a member Of the Roya
British Flying Corps, has been kille
In France came to friends and &C
quaintances in Passaic yesterday. II
was the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Van de Water, former residents at II
High street, East Passaic, who have re
moved TO Manhattan.
Lieut.. Van de Water was one tim
connected with the Passaic Herdl
and later with the Washington Time
He was "a years OF age and enliste
In the British flying forces after he ha
been rejected IN the United States be
cause of an injury to ono leg receive
while playing football. His parents
sister and two brothers survive him.
Lieut.. Harry L. Conway. Company +
1o5th Infantry, died from wounds Az
gust "a fnSa British casualty clearin
station near Ypres. a-a-, --. e.
Lieut. Conway was born in New Yor
December IA, 1888. the son of Mr.. an
Mrs. Edward Conway, 220 East Forty
fifth street. He received his early edu
cation in the Cathedral Parochial Scho<
and Joined the old Seventy-frst Reg
ment upon attaining his majority,
He served with the regiment on tn
Mexican border and previous to his d.
parture for Camp Wadsworth last yea
was stationed at Hudson, N. Y. Fou
days prior TO the day he was wounde
he had been appointed battalion adjr
tant. His name Is the second Of I'll
officers of the old Seventy-first Regimen
20 be placed on the nations roll {
honor.
Lieut.. Charles de Rham. Jr.. the new
Of whose death from wounds has tui
reached this country, was born April 2
1888, in New York. He was graduate
from Harvard College in 1910 and late
attended the Plattsburg training CANT
in 1915 and 1917, where he won a con
mission as Second Lieutenant.
lie was assigned to Camp Upton an
promoted TO q First Lieutenancy IN Con
pany b, 305th Infantry. when the reg
ment was sent to France. AZ the tin
of his death he was acting Captain
Company c of this regiment. Lieut.
Rham was a member OF the Harvar
Knlckerbocker and Tuxedo clubs Q
April IL. 1918. he was married to MI