Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-26
HERO, HOME, GETS
WIRE HE'S HURT
Another Boy Signsfor Tele-
gram Telling He Was
Killed
~ r o HERE ON LIST
War Department Sends Out
More Corrections in Pre-.
viously Reported Casualties

Another Philadelphia hero has come
homo In time TO receive with his own
hands the War Department telegram in
forming his family hat he had. been
severely wounded. ..
Mark Singleton is the soldier. and he
"a the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Singleton, 1907 South Second street.
He limped around the house today,
his arm temporarily paralyzed and one
leg badly torn. He was wounded in six
places by shrapnel. and gassed to boot.
on July is at Chateau-Thierry. p r.,
About the fight in which he was
wounded he would tell little, except to
praise the way In which the American
soldiers drove the Germans back, I'M
dnnnted by the storm of machine u
bullets and shells they had to face.
Fight in Shirt Sleeves
1.-THE Yanks didn't stop for food or
in the battle in their shirt sleeves and
stayed In It until they dropped wounded
or killed"
Singleton passed through eight hos
pitfalls on the way home. He sailed from
France the day the armistice was signed,
landing at Hoboken, from where he was
sent to Camp Dix. He came to Phila-
delphia last Sunday to spend Christmas
with his parents.
Singleton enlisted November 20, 1917.
and was assigned to Company +, Motor
Supply Train. He sailed for ran Jun
10. this ear, after training at Fort
Slocum and at Jacksonville, Fla. He
caught influenza shortly after he ar
rived In France, and when he was dis
charged from the hospital he was sent
to Company F, Sixtieth Infantry, and It
was with this unit hat he went into &C
ton at Chateau-Thierry
Receives Notice Of own Death
A West Philadelphia soldier who re-
turned home a month ago, severely
wounded, arrived in time to receipt for
n telegram informing his parents of his
death In action.
Seventy-seven names of soldiers from
Philadelphia and vicinity appear in the
honor roll for today. One was killed in
action. another died of wounds, two air
plans accidents and twenty-four were
wounded severely, twenty-seven wound
ed, degree undetermined, sixteen slightly.
One man Is missing.
The following Phi%ladelphians are
named in a long list of corrections given
out by the Wal Department today: Pri-
waite Bolesley Umiski, 2547 Salmon
street, PREVIOUSLY reported missing, has
been located in a base hospital suffering
from wounds received in action.
Private Francis Kleschick, 322 Cato
street {; Domenico Petrosino. 1919 Cayuga
street Andrew Proc, 1920 Juniata street,
previously reported missing, have been
located in base hospitals suffering from
influenza.
The following, previously reported
missing. nave returned to their units. !
They were separated for a few days
during the hard Sighting in the Argonne
forest, blu finally found their own out
hts"S:
Privates Harry Apothaker, 2o1s South
Tenth street: Charles Bremen, 926
North Second street; Joseph Canio.
212o West Clearfieid street; william T.
Crawford, 1892 North Hancock street
Thomas III. Easton, 2706 North Boudi-
not street; Robert C. Erisman, $50
Race street; Matthew ]. Fitzpatrick,
'2iis Marston street; Thomas Fox, 3O17'
North Fifth street James G. Grenner,
.2s4S Waterloo street; James Harding,
sos North Eleventh street; James F:
Hogan. 1903 West Huntington street.
and Walter F. Kent, 3174 Cedar street.