Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-21
~ City Soldiers
Missing in Action

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Private Giuseppe Filippcni. Ardmore,
| Pa, missing.
Lieutenant william Bateman. Wayne.
| Pa. missing
| Private Alex Myers. Green Lane,
Montgomery County Pa, missing.
Private Myer RAIDER. Chester Pa,
missing.
Private Aloysius Hickey. Kennett
! Square. Ia.
Previously reported through kilograms
or letters to their families, but named In
official list for the first time today:
Private Harry r. Drcyer, 2135 South
Simpson street. missing
Private Arthur I.oberatore. 7l2 Clymer
| street missing
| Private {. II. simmons, 900 North
Slxty-siXth street, missing.
Sketches OF the Heroes
Corporal Gordon Eldridge Maloney.
wounded in action. is only eighteen
years old, but has been in the service
two years. He enlisted at the time of
the Mexican border trouble. in the old
First Regiment. n. G. P. and when the
United states entered the war. returned
to that regiment being assigned to Com
other units were reorganized into the
l09th Infantry. at Camp Hancock, he
was kept In the same company and
promoted TO be a corporal.
Corporal Maloney Is the son Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Mercer Ma
loney. killed in motor accident three
years ago. Since that time he has made
his nome with his grandmother, Mrs.
Philip Sherwood Maloney. and his aunt.
Miss May Sherwood Maloney. 2126
North Twentieth street. Miss Maloney
Is connected with the Public Ledger.
Young Maloney was a moving picture
actor before going to the Mexican bor-
der and on his return went into the
legitimate drama with a local stock COM
pany.
A telegram from the War Department
stated that he had been wounded on
July 20 during the famous charge of
the Tooth through a wheat field. His
condition is serious but not critical
Private Edmund G. Meyer, attached to
the wagon train section of the commits
sariat department of the 1O9th Infantry,
officially reported missing since July Is.
in today's casualty list has been wound
ed. and Is in n base hospital. according
to letter received by his father Emile
Meyer. 1919 Green street. a week ago
E'SNtIudS. MS ItlleT was uateu july
%, and said that he was recovering from
slight wound and dose of gas"
Young Never enlisted in the old First
Regiment, y. G. T.. and was later as
signed to Company NJ of the 1O9th In
fantry. He has been in France since
May of this year A brother, Emile
Meyer. Jr.. is a wireless operator on an
ocean liner, and has made nine round
trips to EuroDe since assuming his du
ties on the vessel. The father of the two
boys served in the French army in his
youth. and was stationed in Africa for
several years. He has two brothers now
lighting under Foch.
Private George r. Moore,. reported
missing in today's official casualty list.
was wounded in the neck, and is now in
base hospital in France, according to
a letter from him received by his
mother. Mrs Henry r. Moore. 20ls
East Dauphin street.
This letter came some time after the
official notification from the War De-
partment that the young soldier was
missing Moore. drafted last Septem-
ber, was at Camp Meade nine months
before being transferred to Camp Han
cock and assigned to Company X. 1O9th
Infantry. A younger brother. Joseph w.
Moore. seventeen years old, is in the
navy. A second brother James s.
Moore, expects to be drafted in Septem-
ber.
Hit by Shrapnel
Private Samuel Arnold, Jr., wounded,
is twenty-six years old. and was draft
ed last September. He was first sent
to Camp Meade, but was later trans
ferred to Camp Hancock and attached
to Company l. of the 111th Infantry.
His name has not yet appeared on the
official casualty list, but in a letter to
his parents, who live at 6212 Elmwood
avenue. he stated that he had been
struck in the leg with a piece of shrap-
mel The wound was not serious
Private Leo II. Schissle,. missing, is
twenty-one years old. and the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schissler. 3l71 Mil
Ter street. Port Richmond He was
member of the 109th Infantry. as is also
his brother, James Schissler. who was
reported missing in last weeks casualty
list.
Private william II. Moore, missing. is
twenty-five years old. and lived with his
widowed mother at 40s Federal street.
He was drafted in May of this year, and
after six weeks training was sent to
France. and assigned to Company NJ of
the l09th Infantry.
Corporal Edward ID. Quinn, of the
Marine Corps. wounded at Sossons
July 10. is twenty-three years old and
enlisted in December of last wear He
was trained at Paris Island. s. c.. and
sent to France in April of this year
with the Sixth Regiment of Marines.
He lived with his widowed mother, Mrs
Mary Quinn, 526 North Paxon street,
West Philadelphia. She received a let
ter from him last week in which he
said that he was in n hospital with two
bullet wounds in his right arm. but that
he considered he had got off very we'll