The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-24
BROOKLYN CHAPLAIN
Il: DENIES HE Is DEAD
Edward A. Wallace Writes
Home Eight Days After Wash
ington Reports Demise.
40 MASSES SAID FOR HIM
Lieut.. Romaine Shepard Dies
of Wounds Received in
Argonne Fighting.
40 MASSES SAID FOR HIM

Mrs. b. Wallace OF Brooklyn and Miss
Mary Phelan, her daughter, were telling
the story yesterday OF the resurrection"
OF their son and brother respectively
Chaplain Edward A. Wallace, who was
reported by the War Department to have
died OF pneumonia in France September
IL
He was formerly assistant rector Of
Be- Patrick's Church. at Fort Hamilton.
and was the first Brooklyn priest to enter
the army. More than forty masses have
been said for him since the War Depart
ment message came. His mother and sis
ter attended another mass Monday at
Fort Hamilton. On reaching home they
were overcome with Joy, for they found q
letter from him dated September 21.
eight days after his reported death. He
said he was In the best of health and in
aviliage behind the lines.
j The error, Il developed, was due to
The confusion OF ms mes In reporting the
death Of Lieut.. Edward Wallace OF Man
haitian. Yesterday Mrs Wallace and
Miss Phelan laid aside their mourning.
took In the new service flag with its gold
star and again put out the old one with
In blue star and cross.
wounds XIII Brooklyn Man.
Mrs. Lillian Wilson Shepard. 21s JEFF
ferson street, Brooklyn. has been notified
by the War Department of the death of
her husband, Lieut. Romaine Shepard,
on September 80, as a result OF wounds.
He IL supposed to have received them
when fighting In the Argonne sector. He
was a son OF Mrs Margaret and the late
Fred Shepard of Potsdan, n. Y, and
was born in st. Lawrence county rs
years ago.
He was graduated from the Albany
Law School, and later from the second
Piattsburg camp. being commissioned a
Second Lieutenant and assigned to the
316th Infantry. He married Miss Wilson
last Thanksgiving Day. He was men,
Der Of the Central Presbyterian Church
Lieut.. Frederick Charles Klingsmith
OF Company F, 111th Infantry. wounded
September 6. received a compound frac'
ture Of the thigh and probably will be ir
a hospital until spring, according TO 9
letter received by his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Klingsmth. S7s Greene ave
nue., Brooklyn. Before entering the ser
vice ne was a salesman for a Manhattan
wooiien house. He went to Camp Uptor
in September, 1917, and was graduated
from the officers training school there.
A shell fragment entered the leg o.
Park place, Brooklyn, OF the 1920 1nfan
try, in the drive on the st. Mihiel salem
from September 12 TO rs. 1t has beer
removed and he is now on the road 4
recovery In a base hospital. ACCORDING
to word received by his family. HI
Joined the old Twenty-third Regimen
six years ago and served on the Next
can border where he was made a ser
geant He later went through the OF
fraf v1tv at On rta nj O
sailed for France last May. receiving hi
commission after his arrival abroad.
Lieut. Herbert G. Biankfort, 5l9 Put
name avenue. Brooklyn. has rejoined hi
command after having been discharged
from hospital in France. In the Woevr
sector he was wounded September "a
Lieut.. Blankfort was graduated from tn
second officers training camp at Platts
burg and sailed for France with tn
Seventy eighth Division last May. H
was a graduate OF the Manual Training
High School and was in Princeton whel
he entered the service.
Brooklyn Omcer Wounded.
Lieut.. Edward s. O'Neill, 1870 Stat
street. Brooklyn, wounded and gassed i
action July 81, Is a member OF Compan
T., 1920 Infantry and a graduate OF tn
Piattsburg camp. He was graduate
from the University Of Michigan. Hi
two brothers, Thomas and Arthur, ar
in the navy
Mrs. Margaret Silverman. 2o5 Middle
ton street Brooklyn. believes there Is a
error in the War Department report tina
her husband, Sergeant Benjamin Silver
man, Company B, 10th Infantry. died @
wounds in France August 26. She re
ceived letter from him September !
which he said he was well. A secon
message came from Washington sayin
he had been wounded September 8. Sh
has asked the Red Cross to try an
straighten out the tangle.
CT have lost two fingers. was gasset
lost my hearing and my arms and leg
are full Of shrapnel. but I am feelin
fine and have gained fourteen pound
since coming to the hospital" wrote Pr
vate Hugh A. Duffy, 1osth Machine Gu
Battalion, TO his parents in 507 Ea;
Seventh street, Brooklyn, from nos
pital in England.
He is 90 years old and entered tn
army soon after the war started II
was formerly halfback on the Brool
lyn Preparatory School team.
Major of Marines Dies.
Major Harold d. McLachlan, Unite
States Marines died in n base hospit
IN France September 81, according to
message received from the war DepAr
ment yesterday by DR.. A, c. McI,achla
Major McLachlan's uncle, who is priI
cipal OF the Jamaica Training Scho
for Teachers. The cause Of death wa
not made known In the official messag
Major McLachlan's home was at Bini
hamton. where he was married a yes
ago to Miss Dorothy Chaplin of Ricl
mond HILL Queens.
Word was received yesterday by NJ
and Mrs. Harold p. Thorne of Montcla
that their son, Lieut.. Harold Il. Thorn
Jr. is in a base hospital In Franc
The message did not state whether Lieu
Thorne had been wounded.
Second Lieut.. Irving Smith. Jr,, WI
was reported as "mlssing" In casuali
lists in September. not only Is a prison'
in Bavaria but Is wounded and confi's
20 a hospital In Bayreuth, according
q cable message received from the off
Ger yesterday by his mother. Mrs. Irvr
Smith of South Orange, N. ]. The me
sage said he was rapidly recoverin
Lieut.. Smith is % years old and WI
graduated from Williams College in 191
Missing Pittsfield Filler Dead.
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