Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04

SKETCHES OF THE HEROES

" Private John J. MeskiiI. who has seen
more than two years service III the army
lH1though he is not yet nineteen years OF
Y - severely wounded dT fly al Sis
Ssss;,ls age. was severely
iesss 81. =. wounded in action
4 OushfuI ~Teteran on July %. accord
( S4rerely W 0unded lnE nagyed 70 from TTru the the
~ ~ War Department
today by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
10. y MeskiIl Mr.. Meskill is chief of the
Hog Island fire department; Private
Meskill enlisted six months before the
4c{.Iaratian of war. and has been in
france SINCE last May.
Corporal clayton J.. buchanan. the
}Son of Mrs Robert Buchanan. of 54l9
North Lawrence street. has wStten from
330unded in action October 4. He l.
&senty-six years old, and member OF
Eoynpany L, 314th Infantry. \ brother.
Edward r. Buchanan, Is IN france WIN Win
the 10Sth Field Artillery. Clayton, who
MAS printer. was selected for army
service in April of this year and sailed
Tor France July s. In the letter to his
: 5iiother he said he had "a good smack at
the boche" before he was wounded in
the right leg by shrapnel
y Cprpors. Frederick W. Keiby. Com
suany H. 111th Infantry. was wounded by
35infapnel and shell shocked July 20, and
\ 9ha6 just been dismissed from the hos
y nIiaI according to word received by his
mother Mrs |. Kelby, with whom he
X Si1Sed al 63I4 Kingsessng avenue He
4 Al twenty-five years old and was en-
%6l0yed as a machintst previous TO ms
s9I1fistment in July, 1917,
III Private Robert ID. Martin. Company
&C. 112th Infantry. was wounded July
Z I'll but is now AT the front onte more.
HI ts twenty-four years old and lived at
4 6872 Girard avenue with his parents.
HFfeyious TO his enlistment III september,
1917, he was married.
~ Private Gardiner smith, wounded on
August 28, was only seventeen years old
when he enlisted in April of last year.
4 He was trained at Camp Hancock and
1a6 been in France Since May last, with
u no 110th Infantry Private smith was
x 54bf1nerIy employed by the Pennsylvania
X %&Hitroad and lived with his mother at
,T1H34 Haverford avenue.
ses Private Warren J. Brunt. Company
fyH Forty-seventh Infantry was wounded
AUgnst Is. He is twenty-three years
>1S1H and with his two older brothers,
4 William and Joseph Brunt, enlisted
& Glaorfiy after the United States entered
j&&6 war. Their parents are dead, and
Z my lived with Gus Bartes, at 262S
NORTH Third street.
'1t1 s1srIyafe George Archer. Company h
X SUufth Machine-Gun Battalion was
= 10pded September rs i'm the right hil
"a left shoulder. He is eighteen years
and lived with his parents at 2422
&fth Mascher street.
<&E1ersyste George Il. Apple. Company l.
X61fh Infantry. was wounded July %
a <1tffering the loss Of several fingers on
- right hand. He lived with his
Al 6nther at 5G14 Usage avenue, until his
& ljs.ment in April, 1917 when but
t4teen years old.
EZy sPfiynte James =. League. Company
S:13 i0sth Infantry, was wounded july
k:11 He Is thrty-three' years old, and
~ residence was at 1873 Davis street
&nayunk. Until his enlistment at tht
1thrAak of the war he was employed
" waiter
Doersl Joseph ). Roche. Company
!0sfh Infantry, was report et
I3eF at 1919 Rowan street, Nieetown
" twenty-four years old. and priol
- Bio Enlistment in MAY, 1917 was EN-
fod rs teamster. a brother is il
r (&1vate Roy Tadlock. colored. Com
~ X 36sfh Infantry. is reported a
IIe4 In action. He Was selected 70
Tbce In the National Army in April
vas at camp Meade only fve week
nof he volunteered TO go TO Franc
y out Company X. of the 36sth,
days before he was killed, Tadlocl
~ 40 his mother Mrs NJ Tadloei
NJ II am not afraid because tn
X Germans run when they see u
|pG.f He WAS twenty-five years old
>vete Michael Litn,H. Company l
~ Infantry, formed employed I
circulation department of tn
EVENING PUBL
verely wounde
~ Public Ledger in recent az
-. M ton. accordn
y ou"oed 10 letter jus
from him by his parents. MI
Morris Litman. 333 Monro
He was recovering In base hos
"a the letter was written an
he expected TO return to tn
~ weeks.
11Inan " twenty y-fVur year
m1t 10 CAMP Meade 10