Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-05
Cooking Too Siou.'
He Joins Bonlbers;
Finds Death Quickly


p;,Js D.,,b O,,;ckL, slow and insisted |
"'"' - ' S'' on joining n o |
bombing squa d |
For n month he had the finest Kind or a |
time. then a boche shell landed almost !
on top OF him. and his brief career as a /
fightirg man was over. About Il month /
before he died Private Scgal wrote to /
his mother that he did not believe the /
war would last much longer. as tho /
Dutch seemed TO have had all they |
wanted Of the fighting He was thor
oughly enjoying himself on the firing
line. he said - get all the tobacco, I /
at this very minute, eat a whole two !
pound box of chocolates. You can get
more excitement up here at the front in (
one day than in the cook tents in IA /
dear, | always was keen on excitement |
Private Segal enlisted shortly after this |
country got into the world war, Joining |
the regular army and being assigned 10 |
Company II, Fifty-third Infantry, rcgu- |
lar army.
bernard Pepplcman. gassed is mem !
Der OF Company II, Fifty-second Pioneer
Infantry. He was tWcnty-four years of
age when he was drafted in July of
this year. He went to France at the
end Of the same MONTH after only three
weeks training. In a letter to his
father he states that he is rapidly re
covering at a base hospital.
Acting Sergeant Edward y. Kane.
wounded, enlisted at the age Of eighteen
In the medical corps and was sent to
Fort Slocum for training. Although his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Peter i. Kane,
220 Wolf street, have not received an
/ official notification from the Government
! that their son has been wounded, they
| have been informed by a letter from
I tho young soldier himself that he had
| been hit by flying shrapnol in the knee
| but believes that he will soon be able
to return to the firing line. Owing 10
his youth he was unable TO secure a.
] ,,t,tt, 9t.sgi, he ~
| Training Corps, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
At that time he received a recommends
/ ton for promotion, whicl. now will soon
| secure him a commission as n second
| Lieutenant Kane's grandfather fought
/ in the civil war and there are now nifty
| two members of the family participating
| in the present. fight for democracy
| Prior to his enlistment young Kane was
| employed in the legal department of the
| United Gas Improvement Company. He
| is graduate of the Southern High
| School.
Private John Breidenfield, the son OF
MIR. and Mrs Charles II. Breideniield. 81
East Tulpehockcn street: Germantown
died of pneumonia
" ounded Hero Dies in a base hospital
Of Pneumonia tober l. on July
! 1G he was gassed,
shell-shocl,ed and wounded about, ne
head by shrapnel From then nhtu w
| time he died he was confined to the
| hospital.
Private Brcidendeld was born in Phil
adelphia and attended public scnGol IN
! Mount Airy. Before he ennsteu, ~
, April Of 1918, he was employed as
halter by q local concern. After hye
weeks training at Camp Hancock he
sailed for France with the 1850 Batlal-
on Of the Signal Corps.
Private Benjamin Doner, Company h'
i 9th Infantry, in a letter TO his mother
Mrs. Rose Doner, 727 Mercy street SAID
There's nothing like hearing from home
| when you are 5000 miles away over mere
! In devastated and strange country,
/ with your arms and legs fun OF bullet
| holes" Private Doner, who Is only sew
enteen years old now, enlisted IN the oId
! Third Regiment, n. q. p. In 1915, IL rap
idly recovering from gunshot WOUNDS IN
base hospital at Bordeaux. HiS ietter
continues: when the first bullet got
me in the leg kept on. But II ava nor nor
I do me any good, for another bullet got
me in both arms and I lost'my gun be-
fore 7 went much further.
"But when I get out of here I'll have
another crack at Heinie," he added.
Doner saw service on the Mxtcan border
| and spent six months at camp iiahcoch
before going overseas last April.
Private julius Friedman, Company r,
IO3d Engineers, reported wounded July
! 16, has now almost fully recovered. iiG
is doing light work at base hospital
and expects TO reJoin his command in a
week or 50, In a letter to his parents;
who live at 1903 North Fifty-second
street, Friedman said that be had re-
ceiyed no pay for six months.
Private Robert Marsh. Company, j,
lO9th Infantry. is reported wounded sep
tember Z. His parents recently received
n letter, dated September 2e, in which
Marsh said he would soon be back In
action. lie enlisted In December, 1915,
and saw considerable service on the
border before sailing for France. His
home is at ia North Yewdell street.
Corporal Joseph A. zeiier. Company
G, l99th Infantry. wounded during the
fattenng OF the st, Miheiel salient, is
the son Of Mrs
"Mother of Company C." Catherine Eel
They Call Mrs. Zeiler srine U0V' street, %
She is known
20 the rest OF the boys as the mother
OF Company c." as she did everything in
her power to make things pleasant for
sons comrades when they were on
her sons comrades when they were on
furlOugh, Corporal Zeller has written
home that he is convelescing rspidiy but
will have to use crutches for several
weeks yet. Joseph zeller and his
brother Anthony zelier. enlisted in