Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-01

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Private Charles +. Zibell. she'll
schocked gassed and slightly wounded.
Is well on the road to recovery. accord
Z ing to a letter re-
No Time to Read Let grandfather. Ru.
fers Till He Was dolph Zibell. s54
North Orkney
0unded street Young Ii
bell sa ID he was en-
joying himself very
much in a base hospital, and at last had
a chance to read his mail from home.
II have not had time to even look at
my letters beforej." he added. I'VE have
been too busy keeping Fritz on the
jump"
Private Zibell is twenty-four years
old and was drafted in October of last
year. He was sent first to Camp Meade,
but was later transferred TO Camp
Humphreys Va. where he was assigned
to the 3o4th Engineers and went to
France with that unit in July of this
year. The young soldier is a brother
of George zibell. well-known minor
league baseball player, who has been
with Frank Poth's independent team, the
Atlantic City Railroad Company's nine,
and the Wildwood summer aggregation
at various times. Private Zlbell used
to work around Shibe Park
Private X. II. Aslanian, wounded, is
an Armenian by birth, but had been in
this country for six years and
had been naturalized He was called
in the draft last winter. sent to Camp
Meade and assigned to Company d, the
3l5th Infantry. In letter to a friend
in this city he says that he was wounded
by shrapnel during the Battle Of the
Meuse, September 26 to October 4, at
which struggle SO many Philadelphia
officers and soldiers were killed or in
jured. They have taken four pieces Of
shell out of me-" he said. 'and feel
pretty good today, | expect to be sent
to base hospital soon and hope you
will tell all my friends to write to M.
as letters help a lot when a fellow has
nothing to do but lay in bed and wish
something would happen" Private AS
lanian formerly lived at 14l2 North
Tenth street.
Private Robert A. Gold. of Battery ID,
Seventy seventh Field Artillery. was
slightly gassed about six weeks ago and
developed epidemic influenza while In
the base hospital The physicians were
able to head off pneumonia, however.
and he is now well on the road to re-
covery. Gold enlisted in May of 1917.
and had the unique experience of being
shifted to Ave different camps before
regular army and selected the artillery
branch OF the service. So after few
days at the concentra ton camp at Fort
Slocum, New York. was sent 10 Fort
Ethan Allen, VT. From there, when
cold weather arrived. he was shipped TO
Fort Shelby. KY. then TO Camp Greene,
N C., and finally to Camp Merritt, l.. l.,
before sailing for France. He is the
son Of John II. Gold, of 1882 North
Redfield street.
Private Jordan Powell. OF Company
d. 111th Infantry, enlisted in August
of 1917, and has been In France since
May of this year. He has been wounded
| In the left hand and shoulder. he said.
| In letters home. while his steel helmet
was fairly riddled with machine gun
bullets. none of which. however. touched
him. He is the son Of David Powell. OF
tt2l2 South Wilton street. First word
OF the young soldiers injuries came in
letter to Miss Violet Price. 1914 North
Fifty-fifth street
Lieutenant Harold II. King, wounded,
IL native Of Williamsport. Pa. but
made his home for some time at the Art
Club, Broad and Chancellor streets. An
older brother, John Craig King. resides
at the club now. His only regret he
said. when he learned Of his brothers in
jury was that Lieutenant King was not
lighting with Pennsylvania troops.
! The young officer enlisted In an
Illinois National Guard regiment while