Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-10-22
BOYS IN o. S. SERVICE

Harry OSWALD has made his first
trip overseas. He is an electrician in
the navy.
Word has been received by relatives
that Courval Garlic has arrived safely
overseas.
Private William Leitzke returned to
Camp Grant Friday morning, after a
frulough spent here.
George Schmidt of Camp Meigs,
Washington, d. c., is af his home in
this city on ten days furlough.
Arthur Struck, who has been i'll
with influenza at tie Great Lakes
training station, is reported improv-
ing.
The name of Joseph Walter Gappa
of this city, recently, appeared in the
casualty list, under those missing
in action
Max H. Stretch of this city and Robt
w. Schultz of Schofield are reported
among Marathon casualties in the war
yesterday.
Fred Zietlow, julius Kuehl, Henry
H. Prain, Arthur Hirsch and Archie
Towle are among those recently ar
irving safely overseas.
Erwin A. Olson, a member of Co. G,
12Sth Infantry, is back with his COM
pany again. He was wounded in &C
ton some time ago.
Henry ]. Arthurs of Camp Grant
has been home on a furlough. He
has been going TO officers training
school and recommended for a COM
mission.
Mrs. Frank Slominski, 1015 Cherry
street, has been notified by the war
department that her son, Private Mike
Slominski, was severely wounded in
action September 6.
Earl E. Bandy has received an hon
orable discharge from the u. S. army
service because of some physical dis
ability. He went to Camp Grant with
a contingent of selects July %.
Chas. H. Barwig, who has been at
tending the Officers Training school
at Camp Lee, Va, has finished and
has been given a lieutenants' COM
mission. He has been transferred to
Camp Devers, Mass.
Corporal Thee. G. Mayer, who was
formerly located at College Station,
Texas, at preparatory school for U.
S. signal service, has been transferred
to Camp Kearney, Cal, where he is
acting as sergeant in the same line of
service as before.
Private Arthur Erdman of Camp
Funston, Kansas, came to Wausau
Thursday on a furlough, for a visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Erdman, 1929 Third street. He had
accompanied the remains of E. F.a
Laabs to Woodland
Many letters were received from
France yesterday. Among them were
letters from Lieutenants Norton Kelly,
Donald Gooding, George Bird and
Newman Bells, and C. H. Ingraham,
Mark Gearhart and Jennings Alex
ander. All report being well and hap
Ply.
Sergeant Henry Arthur of Camp
Grant, ILL.,, arrived in the city Friday
for a visit with relatives and friends.
Sergeant Arthur is on ten days fur
Tough and is expecting a lieutenants
commission from Washington and an
oversees order to France for active
duty.
Benjamin A. Molter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. p. Molter, of this city, has
been promoted to a captaincy. He is
in the aviation section of the U. S.
signal corps. Captain Molter was a
member of the famous Lafayette es-
quadrille in France previous to our
country entering the war, of whichj
there are only three members left
Captain Molter is in hopes of getting
back overseas for duty.
Edgar Patrick of Unity died last
week at Fort Leavenworth, Spanish
influenza being the cause. He left
Marathon county June 2Sth with the
group of selects entraining on that
day. Surviving are his mother, two
sisters and one brother. The brother,
William l.. Patrick, who was to have
gone with the selects last Tuesday
was allowed to remain at home until
after the funeral of his brother.
In the late lists of casualties of
local men overseas are found the fol-
lowing: Claude Roberts, wounded Sc
verely; VIM. r. Humber, wounded
severely; Ben Holbrook, died of
wounds, previously reported missing;
John Schutkowsh, returned to duty,
previously reported missing in action;
+. Radkey Of Marathon, in the Cana
dian army, wounded. Edward Heise,
wounded severely; r. w. Schulz and
Max Stretch both died from disease;
F. Radkey and Giles and Wesley Bar
low, all wounded.
Chas. Nutter received word yester-
day that his brother, Private George
W. Nutter, with the 49th artillery, had
arrived overseas.
Albert Stanke of the Great Lakes
Training station, ILL.,, visited relatives
and friends in the city during the past
week.
Elmer F. Young is in the city on a
brief furlough at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Young. Elmer
is in the u. S. military service, sta
toned al Camp Grant