The sun., 1918-11-27
Medical Officer Tells Of Death
Of Lieut.. Dowd in Letter
to Their Father.
Hath INF. LOSES HEAVILY
Wounds Fatal to Elizabeth
Captain-Sergeant Report
ed Killed in Action.

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Of the fatality reached Col. DOVE
through a letter written bv another
son, Lieut. II. Laurence Dowd Of thu
Medical Corps. who witnessed the ali
battle in which his brother lost hi
NE.
with six other American fiiers Lieut.
Meredith Dowd had started for the
German lines on a reconnaissance
flight. Something went wrong with
his engine just before he reached the
German lines and he was quite a dis
lance behind his companions when q
party of six German airmen attacked
him. He fought valiantly. but the
trouble with his engine made II i'm
possible for him to outman9uvre his
enemies and he was sent crashing &c
the ground in a hail Of machine CUR
bullets. He was dead when his ma
chine struck.
Lieut.. Dowd was 70 years old. He
enlisted two years ago as an ambu-
lance driver but gave up this form OF
service for the more exciting life OF
an aviator in the French service. Sew
eral months ago he was transferred
to an American aviation unit. He was
q graduate Of Newark Academy and
Princeton.
Generals Son Dies of wounds.
Capt. Dawes Rossell Of Elizabeth, N
J., who died OF wounds received while
Leading his machine gun unit into
action. was the son Of the late Brig
Gen. William p. Rossell. He was one
- IN hn aN
West Point graduates. Early in 1917
no was graduated from the Point with
one Of the classes whose courses were
shortened because Of the demand for
trained officers. He was assigned to
Fort Ogelthorpe and before leaving
Ger overseas as a machine gun in
Htructor he married MISS Beatrice
Sawyer of Elizabeth.
Capt. Rossell and his brothers, John
y. and William Trent Rossell, made a
militant record at the Military Acad-
envy. Capt. Rossell was one Of the ten
honor men In a class Of ESQ.
J In q letter to his wife telling how he
was disabled by gas during the fight
Ing north of Verdun Capt. Harry Har-
sin of Asbury Park also describes the
heavy losses sustained by his regi-
nent, the Hath Infantry OF the TWEEN
ty-ninth Division. from October IL to
the cessation Of hoetilities. Capt.
Harsin makes little of his own in
juries hut he writes with feeling about
the depietIon Of has unit. At the time
he was gassed. he says. all the other
regularly appointed Captains in his
regiment had either been killed,
wounded or gassed. The letter Is dated
Novem Der 6.
Il hope" says Capt. Harsin in his
latter, that President Wilson does
something or there won't be anything
left OF the l14th."
Predicted Kaiser's DOWNFALL.
In his letter Capt. Harsin antici-
pated the abdication of the Kaiser.
Quoting from interviews with Germah
prisoners he declared that the ex-
istence Of a movement to depose the
Emperor was well known and en-
couraged among the German soldiers
IN the trenches. Two boyish looking
prisoners taken by men in his COM
pany as early as October 20, he de-
clared, spoke OF the efforts to unseat
Wilhelm Hohenzollern and predicted
that the war would be over by Christ
mas IL these EFFORTS succeeded.
Lieut.. Robert Leroy Leighton of
Spring Lake, N. j.. was slightly
wounded September 8. He was a
member of the Medical Corps and
sailed overseas in July, 1917. Before
receiving his last injury he was twice
gassed
Lieut.. Albert E. Billings, 1907 Ridge
Boulevard, Brooklyn. gassed on July
20. was a member OF Gen. Pershing's
stafr.
Sergeant George W. Lacker of Com
pany e, Sixth Engineers, killed In ac-
ton October 20. was the brother of
Mrs. ]. C. Knipnnd. S1s Birch street
Richmond Hill. He had been In the
Regular Army four years.
Capt. Marsh's Death Confirmed.
Confirmation of reports Of the death
in action Of Capt. Arthur D. Marsh,
Company d, 1l3th Infantry, was re-
oeived by his wife In her home, 2OS
Orange street, Newark, yesterday, in
War Department telegram. Ser
geant Costell OF his company wrote
that the Captain was killed by burst
ing shrspnel In the advance on Sedan
early in October. He hal been In the
New Jersey National Guard since 1890
and served in the old First Regiment
in the Spanish War.
In letter from the regimental
chaplain, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Keston
Bailey OF Glen Ridge, N. j.. yesterday
received news OF the death In action
early in October of their son, Lieut..
Kenneth A. Bailey OF the 1920 Field
Artillery. He was born In Newark
and graduated from the Stevens Insti-
tute. He went to France with a field
hospital unit, was transferred to the
Field Artillery and won his commits
sion July 10 last.
Lieut.. Albert Slesenger, Company II,
t25th Infantry. was killed in action
August 4, according to word Just re-
ceived by his mother. Mrs. Rose Sles-
enger 536 West Hath street. He was
graduate OF the officers training
school at Camp Upton.
Lieut.. Alfred X, Noon OF Hampstead.
l.. l., was killed while leading his men
NJ the 306th Machine Gun Battalion.
according to news received yesterday
in his home. He was an architect, with
Offices at Westbury, l.. l.. when he en-
tered the service. He was a graduate
or the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and
OF the officers training school at Camp
Upton.
ontcial word was received yesterday
In Montclair that Lieut.. Maurice Phil
ips Niven, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. d. Mac
Martin Niyen los RelIay,,a o,,or,,o