The Washington times., 1918-04-15
FIVE D. c. BOYS
ON THE CYCLOPS
AMONG MISSING
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world" sobbed his mother this morn
ing, her tear-stained face showing
deep lines OF grief and loss of sleep.
He didn't want them to. say they
had to make him so when his country
needed him, so on the very day they
had the boys registering he enlisted
in the navy.
"He never caused us any worry. And
now
HE was the finest boy physically
you ever saw" said the father. 81
never saw him use tobacco. l never
knew him to TAX "a drink and never
heard an oath on his lips"
Wilkerson enlisted in the navy as
shipwright June 8. 1917. He was
twenty-five years old.
Three Service Stars.
Three blue stars on a field of white
are in the window OF the Sellers
home today. In the parlor OF the
home Mrs. Amelia Sellers, mother Of
Valentine Sellers, seaman. bows her
head In prayer. A younger brother
of the sailor PAGES the room. trying
to comfort the weeping woman.
well. IL they've got Val, they've
got me to fight, anyway" said the
boy this morning. Two stars are for
James A. o'Brien and Charles Trun-
nell, Mrs. Sellers sons-in-law. A
gold star for a life sacrificed for
love of country will replace one of
the blue emblems IL the sailor def
nitely is reported dead.
Enrique Hernandez. formerly a
chef In Washington restaurant, en-
listed as cook in the navy last Au-
gust. He Is thirty-five years old and
married. His. wife lives at 1924 Sixth
street northwest. She received a let
ter several weeks ago from her hus-
band. mailed in a South American
port.
Sailors Mother IL Ill.
There was sadness in the home at
S21 Twenty-first street northwest, to-
day. Even the service flag, so proud
ly displayed in the front window,
had a disconsolate droop. News of
the Cyclops had given the mother
and sister of SurVain A. Williams
other things to, think about.
I'VE can't let a hint of this get
to our mother" said one of the COL
ored boys sisters this morning. at
would kill her. She Is sick, anyhow,
and-for he was such a good boy to
her"
Their drawn and tired faces showed
the strain of a nights anxious vigil
with the sick mother.
The boy enlisted June s, 1917, in
the navy. He was a mess attendant.
second class. .-
GottschnIk Once In Army.
Abroad the Cyclops was Alfred 1.
Moreau .GottschaK. American consul
general at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He
was returning to this country. after
four years consular service in South
America. to offer his services to
the army. He was a soldier in the
Standardization war.
Consul GottschallC was well inform
ed of German intrigues and plots to
embroil South American republics
with the United States. His home Is
in New York, although he has been
In the consular service since 1902 Be
fore entering the consular service he
was a newspaper man. During the
Spanish h-American war he was attach
ed to General Brooke's division in the
Porto Rican campaign as correspond
ent for the New York Herald and the
London Telegraph.
Later he became a sugar planter in
Santo Domingo and Haiti.
Sent To London.
In 1914. after consular service to
several Central and South American
Mr.. Gottscha!k was
sent to London on work in connection
with the war. He was appointed to
the Brazilian post in the fall of the
same year.
President Roosevelt detailed Mr.. |
in 1905. to write special |
reports on the Liberian situation.
He is a member of Delta Kappa Ep- |
silon. the Louisiana Historical Society, |
and the Society OF the War Of 1872
Carl w. Page, assistant paymaster |
of the Cyclops, was a grandson OF /,
Carroll S. Page, once Senator from |
Vermont.
Due to graduate this year from the |
University OF Vermont he was com
missloned in the navy last July. He
was about twrnty-four years Old |
The last letter his relatives r."~iv 7 |
from him was written from Rio de |
Jan"irO IN March.
Although but an assistant pay
master he was in charge OF that
branch of service on board the |
Cyclops.