Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
A Golden Star for
Our Service Flag
A Popular Langdon Boy Dies
At French Base Hospital
News Came Sunday

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war has darkened the Langdon home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. Horgan, and
the sad news that their son Private
R. l.. Horgan, of the United States
Marines, had died in hospital in
France has saddened the hearts of the
entire community.
The message, brief one, came
from the officials of the War Depart
meut at Washington, D. c., stating
that Happy" had died on June 22nd,
following wounds which he had re.
ceived in action on June 9th. 1t
had been known that both Privates
Drury and Horgan had been wounded
at that htime, the news coming in
letters that Drury had sent home af-
ter it happened. but no word had
reached the Horgans. This had not,
until lately, caused much feeling of
alarm. las nothing that Drury had
written would indicate that the wounds
of either of the boys was likely to
prove serious.
Roy L. Horgan was in the true
sense of the word Langdon boy, was
bern on the Horgan farm east of town
and had practically lived his whole
life in our midst, graduating from the
Langdon high school nine years ago,
in 1910, when he was only sixteen
years of age. Less than a week be-
fore he died, was his twenty.ffth
birthday, and the going out of this
young life, 80 full of promise, in some
thing more than mere words has
brought US as people face to face
with the stern realities which con-
front nation when it is at war.
We all mourn the passing of
Happy" Horgan, our boyhood days
friend aud proudly write on the r. l..
of our hero dead the name of Private
R. L. Horgan, who less than a year
ago went forth from our midst in an
swer to the call Of his country and
laid down his life for Old Glory 8
cause. No greater tribute can be
given any than that he laid down his
life on the altar of freedoms cause.
His career in army life dates from
July 18th of last year, when in COM
pany with Albert Drury he left here,
first with the intention of entering
the navy, but as enlistments in that
branch of the service were at the
time closed they went on from Fargo
to Minneapolis and offered themselves
for service in the u. S. Marines
Their training camp for the greater
part of the time was at Paris Island,
S. c., leaving there last December
for France, where they arrived at
about the beginning of the new year.
From letters received from the boys
it would appear that they had been
comrades in three engagements be-
fore taking part in the action il,
which both we're wounded and sent to
the rear, later to be sent to the hos.
pital at the base.
The family of Private Roy L. Hor-
gan, who are the immediate mourners
include in addition to his father and
mother, MIR. and Mrs. M. L. Horgan,
three brothers and three sisters. John
Horgan, who ia with the C. P. R. at
Wilkie, Sask.. Patrick Horgan, ir
Cleveland, Ohio, and Edward, who
has a position in a munition factory
at Trenton, Ont His sisters are Mrs.
Waldner, of Walhalla, Miss Lillian
Horgan, in Fargo and the youngest
of the family, Helen, who is at HON e.
n The occasion is one that calls fo,
the placing of the fourth golden star
on the Cavalier county military SER
vice flag which was only dedicated at
the county fair of last week.
This paper has been given to unde,
stand that the forenoon service or
Sunday at ST. Alphonsus church will
in the address of Father Cory have
special reference to the sorrow which
this event has brouht to the community
, On the farm of Chris Albers, il
, Waterloo township, located one mile
! south and three miles west of Dres.
] den, on Tuesday CT next week, July
3Oth, Auctioneer I ony Kietfer will
| hold sale of ten head of farm worl
t horse and eighteen head of cattle a.
; we'll as full equipment of farm ma
chinery and other personal property
= The sale is to commence at one
o o'clock in the afternoon and lunch
is to be served at noon, Mr., Alber.