The Washington herald., 1918-09-14
BATTLE WOUND
PROVES FATAL
F. Barrack, City, Succumbs.
Three Capital Boys Are
Wounded at Front.

llOI'NO OAi Niat AahA CdSutlilY 1lSI VI
American soldiers who have been
killed or wounded fighting On the
Western front.
Frederick Barrack. who died OF
wounds on August !, wrote his las.
letter 10 his mother. Mrs. Catherine
Barrack, 7o7 Second street northwest.
on June 80, and she received II three
weeks after she had received the .cle-
gram notifying her OF his death.
Private Barrack enlisted in tho Ma
tlonal Guards In 1914. He wes called
back to his company from Phlladel-
phia, where he was employed as a
pressman, and vas sent to the MeM-
can border. He left this country for
overseas duty last December, with
Company " of the Twenty-third U.
S. Infantry. Second Division.
Barrack was born In November,
1895, and attended the public schools
I'm this city. His mother has been
employed in the Bureau OF Engrav-
ing and Printing for number of
wears. Barrack has three sis: ers,
Mrs, Bernard Buschor. of Norfolk.
whose husband is serving in France;
Miss Caroline Barrack. who has re-
Gently taken a position in the Gov
ernment Printing office, and Bernice
Barrack, a messenger in the Aircraft
Bureau.
Two Brothers Wounded.
William CIaggett Fowler, reported
wounded severely on today's casualty
list, is ore OF the three sons OF John
7. Fowler, 1881 " street southeast.
fighting with the American army in
France. When he was being carried
from the field to the first aid station,
wounded In the hip. July l3. he met
his brother, Milton Fowler. also be-
ing taken to The fist aid stSticn with
a slight wound in the shoulder. No
word has been received pv tie family
as to whether William Fowler has
been discharged from the hospital
Milton Fowler returned 10 the trenches
some time ago. according TO a Letter
received by his mother week aEo.
In the same letter lie wTota that The
machine gun company OF which the
third brother, Charles Fowler. "ts n
member was in the vicinity. He sad
his major granted him 4 four-day pass
in order that he might visit with his
brother. At the time the letter was
written, August Is, the two brothers
were together.
William and Milton Fowler both
served on the Mexican border in the
National Guard. Milton, at the time,
was but sixteen years old. Seeing
that the boy was determined 10 go,
his parents gave their consent TO his
enlistment.
Harris Haynes. the youngest of two
Alexandria brothers serving the flag
in the front line trenches abroad. is
reported severely wounded on the last
casualty list.
In a letter to his brother, Harry
Haynes, 72O Eleventh street north
west. the oung soldier describes how
he received his wound.
With a small party OF Americans he
was sent into No Mans Land where,
as he expressed il, the bullets were
coming thick and fast" Haynes
received a wound in the leg, but still
the shrapnel kept coming" and he
received a second wound in the other
leg before they could get him back to
the hospital.
Haynes was born in Alexandria
twenty-one years ago and received
his education in the public schools of
that city. He enlisted with the
National Guards a short time before
they were sent to Mexico and served
with them on the border. He left for
France last November. He had been
at the front twice before being wound
ed. His brother. Samuel ]. Haynes,
of Alexandria, is now in the trenches,
according to a letter received recently
by his wife, Mrs. S. J. Haynes.
Besides his two brothers Harris
HAYNES has sister. Mrs. Joseph
REYNOLDS, of Alexandria. Both Of his
parents are dead.
John Crawford, a 19-year-old Wash
ington boy. was officially reported
Yesterday as having been sc rerely
wounded in action.
His mother Mrs. Marian Crawford.
1915 C street southwest. learned of her
sons condition nearly a month ago,
having been reported in the Herald
August IS. The boy wrote TO his
mother from a hospital in England,
where he had been sent for treatment.
Young Crawford comes from fight
ing family. His father, Charles Will
liam Crawford, served twenty years
in the United States cavalry and
wears the black and red service bar
denotinG service in the Indian CAM
paigns of 80 and 81. The veteran
soldier tells a story of holding \ pass
in the Bad Lands of South Dakota
during the Christmas week of 1890.
He isThew~a, machinist in the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing.
Two Of the young soldiers sisters
are serving Uncle Sam as yeoman-
cites in the Navy Department. They
are Miss Isabel Crawford and Mrs,
Marian Crawford Cox. Crawford had
been in the United States service
since he was Is years of age. He
spent year on the Mexican border
in 1916 with the National Guard. Mrs.
Crawford stated last night that she
had not been informed officially of
her sons wound.