The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-18
IRISH FLAG BEARER
IS KILLED IN ACTION
Corporal Foster Carried Green
Banner Against the Ger
man Advance.
WON CROIX DE GUERRE
Wrote His Cousin That Boys of
Goth Were Thinking Only
Of Victory.
WON CROIX DE GUERRE

Corporal Robert A. Foster. 81. who
carried the Irish flag over the top when
opposing the German advance at the
Marine, was killed In action June 2S.
He was a member OF Company d, 165th
Infantry. AS an enlisted man in the
old Sixty-ninth ne had been in service
on the Mexican border and after being
mustered out took a Government posi-
ton at Sandy Hook. When war was
declared he reenlisted.
Corporal Foster believed that a won
derful victory awaited the efforts Of the
soldiers Of the Allies the old Sixty
ninth was making a grand showing, the
boys were thinking of nothing else but
victory, and he wrote to his cousin. Mrs.
Emma Mcclellan. TOO Nostrand avenue.
Brooklyn. that he would rather be in a
trench fighting than back of the line.
II was this spirit that prompted him
TO seize an Irish flag and go against the
enemy with It, Il held on to that old
green nag" he wrote to his cousin June
u, land went right over the top with
my comrades. I feel mighty proud Of
the feat. too" The flag which Foster
carried "over the top was brought back
to America and sent to President Wilson
at Washington. In May Foster was
decorated with the Croix de Guerre. He
was the son of the late Lieut.. Charles
Foster and was born at the Pensacola
navy yard. where his father had charge
OF ship. His mother Is Mrs. w. Sea-
grave, Tarrytown.
Located By Flashlights.
Private Alexander X. MacBride. Jr..
81, Company C, 104th M. G. B., was
killed in action August II. His parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Alexander X. Mac
Bride, 1902 President street. Brooklyn.
Private MacBride. with several COM
panons. was unloading truck when
German flashlights revealed their pres
once Bombs were throwS by the
enemy, killing FIVE and wounding four.
Private Harold w. Hubert, Company
c, sixth Engineers, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. s. Hubert. 10 Stone street, Yonkers.
was killed in action July IT. Private
hubert was one of a detachment guard
ing 500 pounds Of gun cotton. The Ger
mans searched for the ammunition dump
for seven and one-half hours with gas
shells. Private Hubert stuck to his Job
until relieved, when he collapsed, and
then 1t was found that he had been
gassed. He had been out OF the hos
pital only about two weeks when he was
killed.
Corporal Edward H. Oelschlager Ma
rine Corps, son of Mrs. NJ. Oelschlager
of Hoboken. was killed in action June 6.
In a letter dated May rs he wrote to his
mother that he had been in three big
battles and he was about to 60 in a
fourth.
In Several engagements.
Corporal Henry George Herroeder. Jr.,
Company G. Twenty-eighth Infantry. al
though reported missing In action July
so. has written two letters to his home.
IL Short street, Mount Vernon, dated
Atu O oRl 10 hs. hno hnan
IN several engagements. but Is all right.
Private Nicholas Rice Twenty-seventh
Infantry. IS. 353 Pershing street. Jew
ark, Is missing IN action. Rice was born
In Italy, but came to America with his
parents when he was years of age.
Corporal p. Edgar Price. 20. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Price, 1874 Tomp-
kns avenue. Brooklyn, wrote a letter to
his parents august II. making no men,
ton Of any injury. although official ad-
vices to his parents state that he was Sc
verely wounded August 4. He was re-
porter for the Brooklyn Citizen.
Private Joseph Duval, Company c,
Fifty-third Infantry, severely wounded,
lived at 1924 Monroe street, where Mrs.
James Devlin, the landlady, has I'M
fured an eight star service flag In honor
Of Private Duval and seven others, two
OF them her sons, who are in the service.
fFINdte lHoHas y. WhkeHeiu, E'' son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Wakefield,
So Carnegie avenue. East Orange, Sc
verely wounded August 10. went to
France as an ambulance driver with the
Columbia Unit. While working on the
firing line two machines were shot from
under him and June ~ he was decorated
with the Croix de Guerre for bravery.
Lieut.. Fairfax Stuart Landstreet Jr..
who was appointed Captain and sent to
Camp Meade with other experienced ar
t!!lery officers TO train candidates for
artillery commissions. was gassed July
"a in the assault on Chateau Thierry
with the Twelfth Field Artillery. He is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs Fairfax Stuart
Landstreet, $50 Park avenue, and trained
with the Yale Battery at Tobyhanna, Pa.
He was third on the merit roll at Fort
Meyer.