Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16
" ounded Officer
Injured Again
" hen Germans
Bombed Hospital

Injured Again served ten years
with the National
ne" Germans Guard of the State.
ROmboJ HosnitoI After service on
o'o "V'p'u' the Mexican border
he was assigned to
me Headquarters Company of the l1Oth
infantry and went to France with that
unit early in 1917. Lieutenant Foos
IS only twenty-seven now. In n recent
letter from Camp Dix he minutely de
cribes how he was twice wounded while
recovering from wounds in a hospital
when a German bomb struck and dis
abled me again. But | was soon well
and out again. One dark night, a little
Iater' | was scouting around in the rain
and piece OF shrapnel struck me. al.
most tearing away my left thigh. A
sltcker sltc eE, that I wa, was wearing saved my
and stopping the blood flow. On Sep
tember q l was again wounded and
this time my comrades thought me dead.
for | had lain on the field for several
hours. But that trip just cost me two
fingers"
His wife, who lives at 378s North
Carlisle street, only received the official
! notice OF her husbands injury last
week.
Private Harry Hahn. wounded. is a
member Of Company H., Sl4th Infantry
resided with his brother, Leroy Hahn
1926 North Twenty-sixth street The
telegram stating that he was wounded
arrived last week. but his relatives had
already been notified in a letter from the
Red Cross. According TO the telegram
he was wounded September 2S. He
wrote a letter November 3 saying that
he was hit on the left arm, but at the
time was feeling well.
Private Emmett q. Laub, killed in
action on November 4. just a week be
fore the war ended. was the son of Mrs
Elizabeth Laub, 1917 Bingham street
Fox Chase. He was drafted last winter
trained at Camp Meade and went to
France in July as a member Of Company
A, 3l5th Infantry, Philadelphia's own
regiment of selective service men. Laub
was plumber by trade, with a place of
business at 1928 Oxford pike. A brother
CharlesLaub, is now at Camp Gordon.
Sergeant William Jenkins. company
Is, 3lbth infantry, has been wounded,
according to official notice from the War
Department received by his mother, Mrs
Anna jenkins. 2251 South Twenty second
street. He was wounded September 20,
and In a letter to his mother, written
November 3, said he was in a hospital,
but expected early recovery. He said
he believed the end of the war then was
not far Off. Jenkins went to Camp
Meade September %. 1917, and sailed
for France July Z.
! 36sth Infantry, was wounded September
%. Official notice has been received by
his sister. Mrs. Lucy Rollins, 1926 Tas-
ker street Clark Is a negro. He went
. !,
sailed for France in the spring A letter
received from him Friday said he was
recovering rapidly.
! Private Harry G. Schwartz. Company
! G, 10th Infantry, has been wounded
the second time. He has written to his
Soldier, Gassed, sister, Mrs. W. NJ.
/ pJy Darran. 2404 West
Necooe'S ahn IS Allegheny avenue,
Wounded Again that this time he
was hurt by
! piece of shrapneI The other time he
was badly burned on the legs by gas
and was absent from his company a
month. Schwartz went TO Camp Meade
/ in October, 1917. and from there was
transferred to Camp Hancock, where he
was assigned, with others, to fill out the
Guard regiment. In all his letters home
he has told his sister that he would be
home for Christmas dinner
Corporal James DrumgooI Jr 3S52
North Camao street was wounded in his
ffth charge into No Mans Land. A
letter received from the soldier by mis-
father said he was wounded September
! 20. he letter was dated October and