The sun., 1918-08-02
REGULARS SUFFER
LOSS OF OFFICERS
Capt. Wersebe, Perth Amboy,
and Lieut.. Brigham
of Bath Dead.
NEW WORKERS WOUNDED
Memorial Service for Capt.
John D. Irving to Be
Held Sunday.
NEW WORKERS WOUNDED

The War Department list OF dead and
wounded In France yesterday contained
the names Of several officers Of the Reg
ular Army.
A memorial service will be held Sun
day at s 40 o'clock In st. Paul's Chapel,
Columbia University, for Capt. John
DUR Irving, "a. Prof. J. F.. Kemp will
deliver an address The officers OF the
American Institute Of Mining Engineers
have made arrangements for the SER
vices. Capt Irving was a collateral des-
cendant Of Washington Irving. and
leaves, besides his brother. DR.. Peter
Irving, 1S3 East Seventy-third street.
sister. Anna DUR Irving. His death
had been reported previously in news
dispatches.
Other deaths reported were those or
Capt. George w. Wersebe OF Ferth
Amboy, n. j., a regular army officer.
who was commissioned in the First
Ca valry in 1916 First Lieut.. Robert A.
Brigham of Bath, n. Y, West Point
graduate of the class OF 1917. and Major
James c. williams OF Kramer, Ala, who
| was graduated from West Point in lSoS
| and assigned to the Twenty-sixth In
fantry. All of these deaths were from
wounds.
The list Of those severely wounded in
cluded a number OF commissioned Of
ficers and several privates. First Lieut..
Albert II. Spence. wounded July Is, was
| In service with the 105th Engineers. His
wife lives in Auburndale, l.. l. She re-
ceived a cablegram fron-him before the
| War Department record was trans
mitted stating that he was feeling
! hne," and believes It was sent to allay
her fears.
! Educated in Dublin University.
| Lieut.. Spence Is 81. and was educated
| as a civil engineer in Dublin University
He served in Company I. OF the Tenth
Regiment, n. Y. n. G.. in 1908 and was
made q corporal in 1911. The Tenth
Regiment did not 60 to the border. Upon
| the declaration of war Lieut.. Spence en-
| listed in the 105th Engineers and was
sent to a Southern camp. receiving his
! commission from an officers school a
year ago. He has been in France since
| early in May.
Broken leg. that's all was the cable
message sent by Lieut.. George II. Nor
gan. Company f. Eighteenth Infantry
to his father, william Morgan. OF IL.
Sterling place, Brooklyn. Lieut. Morgan
was wounded in the recent action on thu
Marine. He is 30 years OF age. He wa:
commissioned from the first PlattsburS
camp and attached to the QuartermasteI
Department at Spartanburg, $. c. II
January he obtained transfer ant
| went to France with the regulars. In
recent letter he said he had been OF
continuous duty in front line trenche
for three weeks without being able Il
change his clothes.
Brooklyn Private Wounded.
| A message that he was soon to be sen
to the front line trenches was sent b!
Private Joseph Lusk OF $50 Metropoli
tan avenue, Brooklyn. to warn his par
ents Of the official report that he wa
wounded His name appeared yester
day in the casualty list. He was drafte'
last September. and was stationed IA
Camp Upton until his regiment boarde'
transports. He is %.
Mr. and Mrs W. V. Rowe Of Sea Cat
have received news by cablegram OF IN
, woundlng in the recent fighting OF thei
nephew, Second Lieut.. jefferson A
Healy Of Company I, Thirty-eighth In
fantry. and tina: he IL in base hospital 81
Lieut.. Healy is Columbia Cniversit
= 1916 man and was captain OF the foot
ball team OF that year. In 1916 he too
the voluntary military training at &C
Iumbia and entered the second Platts
burg training camp, graduating wit
, high rank and passing the examinatio
for Second Lieutenant, Regular Arm,
1 He sailed for France about March -
was in the trenches in May. and wit
his company has been In the last bi
ha,tleS