Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-11
SKETCHES OF THE HEROES

IIEJTENANT :. ASHTON sou
DER, JR., wounded In action during
the capture of Fismes by the American
troops, is the son Of Mrs g. 4. Souder,
6263 DreXel road, Overbrook He is
graduate of the Episcopal Academy,
where he took prominent part in attn
leticg Soon after the United States en-
tered the war he became a member of
the First Troop, Philadelphia city Cav
airy and went with that unit to Camp
Hancock. Ga. There he was transferred
to the infantry and assigned to tire
It2th Regiment, Twenty-eighth Diyi-
sion He started studying for "A commits
sion as soon as he joined the 18th, and
was sworn In as second lieutenant
shortly after the regiment arrived IN
Struck in the leg by a rifle bullet dur
ing the attack on Fismes, August ., he
has been In a base hospital in France
! ever since, but his wound is almost
| healed now, ana ne eNpeCts TO feJolh ms
| company soon.
CORPOKAL HARLAN +. TAYLOR
officially reported as missing in today $
/ War Department list. is actually at a
! replacement camp awaiting orders to
either return to his own regiment or
/ ioin some other unit, according to a
! letter received by his mother, Mrs.
Emma Taylor, IL South Stafford street.
The. official telegram, which reached
Mrs. Taylor a few days ago, said that
/ her son had been missing since August
I23 The letter. telling of his having
been wounded, Of his recovery and dis
tcharge from the base hospital and Jour
ney to the replacement cantonment, Is
dated September Is. Mrs. Taylor feels
sure that the Government has made a
mistake and that in the confusion at
tendant on checking up so many casual
ties has lost official track of her boy.
/ Corporal Taylor is twenty-three years
old and was formerly employed by the
| Standard Roller Bearing Company, lie
enlisted in the old sixth Regiment, n
a. p in June of last year and was sent
to France in May of this year as mem
her of Company l., nth Infantry Ir
his last letter to ais mother he expresses
the hope that ne will be ordered bacE
to his old company. Tor. he added, 81
| want to be with the boys ] know. How
ever II will not he quite the same moi
ever will be again, as so many of my
good pals have gone west Compan!
I, was mighty hard hit, mother and I
lot OF the boys will never answer tn
rollcall again. | tell you, mother. W,
will he very different when we get bacl
from what we were before we wen
away. We have gone through much sur
fering. we have seen many things am
we know a lot more than We did yea
! ago Those who never knew before hav
learned during the last four months tn
real meaning of prayer.
CORPORAL JOHN NELSON GRAVE
<ER. officially reported as missing,
n member of the Fifty-fifth Company o
, the Fifth Regiment, United STATES ma
rine corps. on saturday last MS fno'ne
received a telegram from the Navy DE
nartment stating that her son mad dis
anDeared during some hard hghting o
Juiy IL and had not been seen or hear
Of since She has had no letter froI
the young marine since May OF TN
wear. when he sent her few lines say
ING he was well and happy
my son was always of restless dis
, nosition," said the mother, Mrs, Ad
, Grayener, 62S Naomi avenue, German
town. "He hated school and only Wen
: occasionally. He always grew tired q
{ n iob and would hunt up another
, Finally, he enlisted in the marines bac
in 1916 and seemed to feel at home /
the service right from the start
, asked him one day whether he was sat
isfied at last and he said he was, rhi
, lie lust suits me- he said 1 VIII gt
a chance to see the world and hnd som
real excitement l guess he got all th
excitement he wanted in France, Jude
, ing by what hear OF the doings owe
there , rav1n.
I wounded by a high explosive shell o
Ssntensber g, according 70 letter n
SRedi'Ibe selRved by his widowed mother, Mr.
) Mary Taylcr. $500 Tbompson street L
: nores his injury blH complelns bitter
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