The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
LIEUT.. 0. H. COWAN
KILLED IN ACTION
Young Coast Artilleryman En-
tered Service Through Con-
necticut Guard.
NEW YORK LIST GROWS
nne Private Sends to Mother
Shell Fragments That
Wounded Him.
NEW YORK LIST GROWS

| first Lieut.. Oscar II. Cowan OF Bat
,.rv n. Fifty-sixth Field Artillery. was
,n,ed in action OF August 81. He was
IN. only son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James B.
cowan of North Stamford. Conn. Al
enough the casualty lists have not in
GUIDED his name up to date word Of his
.,.th was received by his parents in an
o,scia, despatch from the War Depart
ment last night.
Lieut.. Cowan was 20 years old. He
,olned the Seventh Company, Coast Ar
,l,ery, Of the Connecticut National
cnsrd in 1911 and rose to the rank OF
v,rst Lieutenant in that organization
hsfore the United States declared war.
sn,ain,np his commission after his COM
n.nv was mustered into the Federal
sar,;ce Shortly before he sailed for
rrance announcement was made OF his
.ngaeement to Miss Ann Acker, daugh-
Ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Acker OF
greenwich, Conn. He planned to marry
a, the close of the war.
Lieut.. Cowan's parents received a let
Ear from him dated August /, In which
NO said that he had been on the firing
,na for three weeks and that those
,bree weeks had been the most trying
period Of his lie.
In A letter to his mother dated Au-
Gust S and written from a base hos
nital in France, Private Louis Marko-
rltz OF 1900 Pitkin avenue, Brooklyn,
enclosed several sIvers OF metal from
Tho she'll which wounded him on July
10 Markowitz is a member OF Com
pany X. Sixteenth Infantry.
On the evening of July 10, Marko-
wiz said in his letter. he and four
other prvates under the command OF
Lieutenant started out to do patrol
duty in No Mans Land. They encoun-
tered twenty Germans and during the
fight that ensued the German batteries
cot their range. After Markowitz was
struck he was carried back to the
trenches by the Lieutenant. He told
his mother that Sergeant from his
company would return home on fur
Ioueh within a few weeks and would
bring her more detailed information
regarding his wound.
Paul G. Gelpcke Of IS Eighth avenue,
Brooklyn. severely wounded In action
on August IL, Is a graduate Of Brook
Iyn Polytechnic Institute. He enlisted
on June 80. 1917. and went to France
IN November with Battery c, Fifth
Field Artillery. In a letter to his
father. Paul c. Gelpcke. he said that
he had been hit in the leg. but was get
ting along nicely. Gelpcke Is % years
old. His older brother. Alfred. Is in
the navy.
Ernest A. Potter. a private in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force has
been severely wounded in action. ac-
cording to a communication from the
Canadian Government. received by his
wife. who Is now living with her father.
william Alworth Of North Spring
street. Bloomfield. N. ]. Potter was a
,alesman for a firm in New York city
when he enlisted in April, 1917. He has
son years old.
Y. Newsboy Killed in Action.
william Butcher, superintendent of
TIE Newsboys' Lodging House at 224
William street, received word yesterday
from the War Department that one of
his boys" George Hammer. colored,
had been killed in action on August IL.
hammer was "a years old and had lived
IN the Newsboys' Lodging House for
nine years. He enlisted on June IL and
was assigned to Company c OF the Ser
wee Engineers Battalion.
Harry Phillips. youngest Of four
brothers. who left the employ Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to en-
list in the British army. died in an in
ternment camp at Convert, Switzerland,
on July IS. according to word received
81 1888 Flatbush avenue. Brooklyn. All
Inc other three boys have been wounded.
Tie Phillips boys were born in Liver
pool. England, and came to this country
with their parents in 1913. When the
var broke out they and their father were
eorking as motormen with the b. r. T.
Harry was only Is years old at the
time, but he followed the example set
b. his brothers and applied for enlist
nent in the Canadian overseas forces.
His size enabled him to persuade the
recruiting sergeant that he was more
than IS years Of age and he was as
Watch Regiment.
Late in 1915 he was captured by the
Germans at Ypres, having first been
Wounded in the arm. The bullet, which
had not been extracted, was slowly
paralyzing his arm. but in spite OF this
he was forced by his captors to work In
the mines. He was sent to the intern
ment camp in Switzerland, where he
tled OF pneumonia
Border Veteran Wounded.
Mrs Elizabeth OeIrich of 1871 ST. Paul.
lvenue, Jersey City. was notified by the
War Department yesterday that hei
husband. Private William II. Oelrtch
Vas severely wounded in action on Au
gust "a. Private Oelrich served on tho
Mexican border with the Fourth Regi
bent Of the New Jersey National Guart
Ind after the declaration of war agains
Germany was sent to France.
Private Leroy Husser of Rockville
centre, l.. l.. killed in action on July 10
was not yet Is years old. His father
Arnold Husser. fought under Gen. Law
Ion in the Philippines After the declara
lion Of war the boy managed to get int
the Government transport service. Thu
Vas too tame for him. however. 90 h
assumed another name. added few
years to his age and enlisted with tn
American expeditionary forces in Franc
year ago.
Private Anthony p, Mastellone o
Company I. Eighteenth Infantry. is re
ported missing since July IS. HI
parents. who live at 225 Pine street
Jersey City. are convinced that a mis-
take has been made In the official record
however. as they received a letter from
iheir son dated August Q and writer
from base hospital in which he sal
mat he had been wounded In the leg
blt expected to be out OF the hospita
IN few weeks.
Mirror Saves This Soldier.
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