The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-28

John Hays Hammond, has been reported
wounded for second time. He sustained
injuries while at the head of his machine
gun detachment during an action shortly
before the signing of the armistce. He
is 35, and his home is at Visalia, Cal.
He is married and has one child
Lieut.. Thomas f. Mcclure. 237A De-
catur street, Brooklyn, has been reported
killed December 81. flying in France. A
cablegram was received the day after
Christmas by Mrs. Margaret Mcclure,
the Lieutenant's mother. telling of his
DEATH Lieut.. Mcguire enlisted In Sep
tember 1917. with the Royal Air Force
at Toronto, Canada, having been denied
admittance into any branches of the
United States service because of his ex-
IRENE youth. He was employed in the
foreign department of the Mechanics and
Metals National Bank, Manhattan.
Capt. William c. Stettnius, a son of
Edward r. Stettinius. Second Assistant
Secretary OF War, and former member
of ]. p. Morgan & Co. again reported
wounded in action. Is home from France
on leave. Reported wounded twice pre-
viously. Capt. Stettinius denies the truth
OF this latest report. He was gassed in
September. He recovered and rejoined
his unit. Early this month his name ap-
peared among those slightly wounded In
the Argonne fighting late in October.
Was In Army at II.
Capt. Peter Timmons. 81 Apollo street.
Brooklyn, Is in St Msry's Hospital,
Hoboken. convalescing from the effects
OF wounds received in action. He was
carrying wounded comrades to safety
when shrapnel shell put him out of
the lighting. Capt. Timmons is a vet
eran OF the Spanish war, serv-
ing in Cuba when he was only IA years
old. Capt. Timmons received his dis
charge from the army after the mobili-
Zation on the Mexican border in 1916.
The death OF Lieut.. David Ker Sep
tember IL has been confirmed. Lieut..
Harry Aldrich OF the American Avia-
ton Service. now convalescing in a base
hospital at Railway. n. j.. told Mrs, Ker
last night how her sons machine, of
which Aldrich had been the pilot. was
shot down in flames from a height of
1000 feet by four Boche planes. Ker
was IS. a son OF the late j. Bronson Ker
OF this city. He was a student at Co.
lumbia, class of 1917. enlisting before
his graduation.
Loses Second Grandson.
Mrs. Candace Wheeler, author. artist
and clubWoman OF Hollis, l.. L., who at
30 recently published the volume Yes
terdays in a Busy Life" has lost an
other grandson in the war. News has
arrived of the death in France after a
brief illness Of Elisha Boudinot Keith,
26. son OF Major Boudinot Keith. now in
France, and Mrs. Dora Wheeler Keith.
an artist. Another grandson of Mrs.
Wheeler, Private Thomas NJ Wheeler.
was killed in action.
Lieut. Tobias S. Freund. 80 Dongan
street, Elmhurst, Queens. severely
wounded. was shell shocked in the ST.
Mihlel drive in September. He has re-
covered and Is now in command OF a
German prisoners detention camp.
Lieut. Leonard p, Grant Twenty
sixth Infantry, reported missing in &C
ton, has written to his father saying
that he Ia recovering in a French hospi-
tai. lie says that in the Argonne drive
October he was struck by a shell.
knocked unconscious and rolled into a
brook. Revived by the water, he
climbed to the bank and was able to
drag himself back to the Colonel and
deliver a message for reenforcements.
Lieut.. Grant Is %, and his home Is YEA
East Fifth street, Brooklyn.