Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-23
WILMINGTON BOYS
WOUNDED IN WAR
Casualties List Shows Effects of
Active Service in the
Trenches in France.

The name of Private William G. Lutz
Of i07 Jefferson street, appears on today ;
casualties list He is listed as wounded,
degree undetermined.
According Ia his father William j.
Iutz, the son. who IS better known his
many friends IN this city as Luke, WIS
wounded N the battle Of the Mcuso River
on October ;. and he is at present IN the
base hospital at Nichy, France. Ry =
remarkable roincidcncc Liillcs birthday
fell on the day the armlstioc WAS signed,
and he wrote n letter home dated No
vcmbcr "a, IN which he stated that he
"didn feel much the worse for hIS bump
His carly recovery seems assured.
'Imkc" Is we'll known in this city rs
an athlete having pitched for the Brown
son baseball team during the season IN
which Rrownson won the local champion
shin. in addition 70 having played for =
number of seasons on the Harlan basket
hall team. Private lutz is a member Of
Company u, ll2th Machine Gun Rattal-
ion. which was attached TO the 2ath dl
VISION. lie said ia hls letter that he
cxpcctcd 10 bc sent home in the near
future.
JAS. HARRISON WOUNDED HEPEaTEDLY.
COUNTRY entered the war, one OF the
first to hC wounded, and ono Of thc first
10 bc transferred "a base hospital III
this country is the record Of Frivatc
James HARRISON. son of Frank Harrison
Of $40 du Pont street, gardener in the
employ of T Coleman dn Pont 81 the
du Pont home at S0S Broomc street
Harrison WAS one al the hrSt to en-
list and was sent overseas on one OF
the first transports 10 GO across He
was severely eaSsed during one OF his
earliest battles and Was confined IN the
hospital for some time, but soon got
back IN the harness
During the recent drive on Metz.
HARRISON was wounded IN the right leg,
and lav on the battlefield for more than
three hours before he Was picked up
II was while he was being carried 10 an
ambulance hv four German prisoners
that shell exploded nearby and severely
wounded him in the left arm and shoulder.
None of the four Germans were injured
bv the she'll he said.
Harrison Was In q hospital In France
for some time About three weeks ago
he was transferred to this country, and
Is now in ward % in the base hospital
at Camp Dix. His father has visited
him several tunes since that time, and
saws that his so Ill recover from the
wound IN tho leg and has ALREADY com
pletelv recovered from the gas attack
The wound IN tho arm NAV mean a
partial loss Of the Use of that limb for
. time, he says, but II is likely that he
will eventually regain the use OF the arm,
TOO.
CECu. EWING RECOVERING.
Private Cecil p Ewing of Sl9 Shipley
street. whose name appears on today's
casualty list as having been wounded in
action. degree undetermined, has written
to his father from the base hospital near
Pans. in which he now Is, that he has
nearly recovered from the severe gassing
which be suffered during the Argonne
Forest drive. He Was gassed on October
"A, and Immediately wrote his father,
Alfred r Ewing of the Delaware Terra
Gotta Co, Of his misfortune. His father
received another card from his son this
morning stating that he expected TO be
home IN the near future. Ewing IS a
member Of Company D, 3l2th I. :.
Infantry
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Today : casually list also noted the
utdii VI WOUNDS td 1ItNdtt iibitdS
Robinson Of illG PINE street, this city.
Robinson wounds werereoeived in action
some inc age and his father received a
notice telling him Of the fact News Of
his death was received about q week ago,
while his mother and l4-year-old sister
we're on trip TO Toronto, Canada
During the trip The sister was taken
severely III and died before the end of the
Journey was reached
The Robinson family were formerly
residents Of Greenwood, having lived
there before moving TO this city, where the
father and two sons are employed in the
Electric Hose and Rubber Co s factory
Another Wilmington boy, Private
William Feeley, Of 1922 Wawaset
avenue, is listed on today's casualty list
as wounded also degree undetermined
He is now in n hospital in France.