The sun., 1918-08-28
EVENING sun MAN
MISSING IN ACTION
Lieut.. Mills, Political Au-
thority, Was Friend Of Roose-
welt and Mitchell.
CHAPLAIN SEWELL DEAD
Brother of Naval Constructor
in Brooklyn Slain at
Chateau Thierry.
CHAPLAIN SEwELL DEAL

Lieut.. Quincy Sharpe Mills, Company
G. lssth Infantry. Is missing in acton.
His parents. Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Mpls.
100 wadsworth avenue. have been 50
notified Until he received his commits
sion Lieut.. Mills was a member OF the
STAFF OF THE EVENING Sun and was re-
earded an authority on politics. He
failed TO respond to the roll call after
the engagement July &c.
The day before she received the mott
fcation Mrs. Mills received two letters
from her son. dated July 80 and - In
the latter he declared the situation con-
tlnued favorable for the allied armies.
Lieut. Mills was born in Statesville.
y. c. January Is. 1854. He was sradu-
sted from the University Of North Caro-
lima in June. 1907. and in the following
September joined the stan OF The
EVENING SCN. For several years Lieut..
Mills was City Hall reporter and his
work won the esteem OF many men OF
national repute politically. Col Roose-
welt and the late Major John Purroy
Mitchell were his warm personal friends.
Among the Lieutenani's most valued
possessions was a note from Col. Roose-
welt. which he received after his arrival
IN France. reading. Good for Lieut.
Mills" An automatic pistol which he
took overseas was a gift from Major
Mitchell. which the Major had carried
ct Plattsburg.
Covered National Conventions.
During the first season at Piattsbu-g
Lieut.. Mills and Major Mitchell. then
MAYOR, were members of Company A
Mills returned to Plattsburg the follow
ing year and later Joined the newspa-
per mems training corps, organized by
Capt; J. Blanton Barrett, another member
OF THE EVENING Sun san, who was re-
Gently killed in action
Among some of Lieut. Millss big as
sgaments were the national conventions
al Chicago and Baltimore in 1912. His
last service on Tie paper was as editorial
writer.
Although his name has not vet ap-
reared on the casualty list First Lieut..
Wilbur S. Sewell. chaplain OF the Thir-
tieth United States Infantry, was killed
July Is, IL was learned yesterday. His
wife, who lives in Tennille. Ga. has been
notified. Chaplain Seweu volunteered
TO- service early this year.
Capt. John Carver Adams, Gathers
burg. Nd. killed in action with the
Thrtieth Infantry in the engagement
around Chateau Thierry July IS. was
brother Of Richard R. Adams, as
distant naval constructor at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard. He was one Of the
youngest Captains in the service. being
only -. He entered the Regular Army
from civil life in the spring Of 1917
and was graduated from the training
school at Fort Leavenworth. His mother.
Lrs. X R Adams lives in Washington
Brothers VIII Avenge Him.
When told that his son. William Col
e. sy, n ThirTiAth
Infantry. had been killed in action
July Is. Edmund Coils. 2ls West 1sed
street declared yesterday that his
other two sons in the service would
make the Germans pay dearly. Coils
vas 81 While his regiment was passing
through England on its way TO France
ne received the Communication of his
officers for saving the life OF a woman
and child who were in danger OF being
run over by one OF the regimental
trucks
Although Sergeant Joseph C. Bar
rows. IL Livingstone place. was listed
Yesterday among those severely wounded
IT. action. his mother does not even
know that he is overseas Mrs Bar
VOWS is in poor health and the other
member. of the family are keeping the
news from her. Sergeant Barrows Is
81. and was with the banking arm OF
Andrews & Co, 81 Pine street He at
tended the City College of New York
and for a time was an acrobat In
vaudeville.
Fred Stein. Hoboken. wounded in ac-
ton. al one time held the title Of anna
,eur lightweight champion of New York
State He Is a member of the 113th
Infantry.
Private Joseph F. Murphy. 3o5th In
fantry is the first Babylon, l. l.. boy
10 lose his life in France. His father
James Murphy. received a telegram yes
terday stating that Joseph had been
killed in action August IL. Just before
the telegram arrived his brother. Ed
ward P Murphy. had requested his local
exemption board to send him and two
OF his friends to camp together.
Private Clinton Ritter. son of Henry
Ritter. Huntington. l. l., has been Sc
|. verely wounded and is now in French
hospital according to word received by
his family last night
Tells of Drive July IS.
AZ was in that big drive July IS and
was severly wounded about ten min
utes after We started over the top"
Private Frank Kraft, Company F.
Twenty-sixth Infantry. wrote to his
mother, Mrs. E. Il Allen, 34s Fourth
avenue. Long Island City. II have the
piece Of shell that hit me and i am go
AlE 70 keep II as a touNrHf
Private Kraft is now in base hosp!-
tai AZ Vichy and may soon be able to
walk with a crutch, He enlisted July
q, 1915. when he was only le. He gives
the following description OF the fight
The First and Second divisions
started the attack. and they did splendid
work. They advanced and reached their
detectives, after which they were re-
heved. They did not have a drink Of
water for forty-eight hours. All the
American troops who took part in the
drive did splendid work"
With one son m hospital in France
with a leg wound and two other sons in
the service Mrs. Protanelli. EOS Pacific
street, is ready to give her youngest son,
now only 5. TO her country.
He Is itching to get in. and I'll let
him 20 Just as soon as they'll take him"
she said yesterday. Vincent. who was
wounded, Is only II. Before his final
Enlistment his mother had twice pro-
cured his release from the army on the
pea that he was under age
Private Louis Langdon. Rockville
centre. l. T.. previously reported
wounded, succumbed to bis injuries Au-
gust 20.