Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-19
llJEIFHIA
HEROES CITED
Acnts and individuals
Fight Bravely at
Marne
oW UTMOST COURAGE
Captain Biddle Downs Two.
]: Seated Plane. but Is
Z Wounded
lkiladeiphia's two crack regiments

Z HhilAdelphias two crack regiments
g the old Pennsylvania National
Z Quar0--the First and Third Infantry
4 are In the thick of the big German
drive, lighting around a wooded area
known as the Boise de Conde, on the
8 Northern bank of the Marne.
The Philadelphia units have been
z mentioned In official dispatches as dis
Z p9nylng the utmost courage. and with a
/ number of Pennsylvanians, several
youths from this city have been cited
{ IN oficial orders for conspicuous gal
Mntry.
Philadelphia. too. is represented in
the "eyes of the army" Captain
Charles J. Biddle. of Andalusia, hero
0f many air battles has had another
remarkable escape. returning slightly
wounded to the American lines after
eending big German two-seated
plane crashing to the earth
Dispatches from the battlefront de-
fAiffne the bravery of the old National
Guard regiments and the citations for
Individual gallantry is the first intl.
q nation that the former National
Guard Of PENNSYLVANIA had reached
the front.line trenches and gone over
\ the top"
And how they went-"they fight like
Hons. they never give up and they
/ never get tired"
Courage of Keystone Division
This is how a seasoned French Off
Ger, who took part in the first battle
OF the Marine. described the stamina
and courage of Our boys"-the Twen-
ty-eighth Division, better known as the
'.Keystone Division" 1t is under the
command of Ma jor General Charles II.
Muir and is part of the Second Army
Corps.
u Taeutenant Thomas r. W. Fales,
well.known cricketer and University
of Pennsylvania graduate. his men
scattered. managed to get them to-
gether and led in thirty-ive privates.
being prisoners. for which he was Of
fcialiy cited. He is thi:'tv.two years
I'D ana q nephew Of John Wanamaker.
4 lieutenant Fales Is a member Of the
nfm of Tales & butcher and lives at 4407
Spruce street He went to the Mexican
border as corporal in the old Second
city Troop and was promoted TO ser
tered the third officers training school at
Augusta and was commissioned one day
before the order came to embark for
France
Reformed Scattered Company
Lieutenant James Schoch. 420l Pine
street, and Sergeant Frank Benjamin are
French by reforming scattered groups of
their company and fighting their way
step by step to new positions. This COM
paay. which was cut off from the main
50dy Of the regiment. has been reor-
Hhuixed and is again in the thick OF the
HHhtlng The lieutenant went to the
Mexican border with the old First Regi-
ment and won his commission at the OFF,
Gers training camp.
Lieutenant Gilmore Hayman. of Ber-
wyn, also Ia prominently mentioned IN
the official orders. With other officers
of bis company, he returned with l23 Of
his company. after steady combat of
twelve hours, in which hand-to-hand
flghting played a big part OF the re-
turning heroes, twenty-six were wounded.
Serving Third EnIistmens
Lieutenant Hayman is a member of
the Third Regiment. and is now serving
his third enlistment
4 He IN a well-known figure at Berwyn
where his father. brothers and sisters
reside, having been a catcher for the
Berwyn nine during the existence of the
Main Line league.
Hayman. won his commission while
nervinR with the Fighting Third"
along the border He was promoted
from the rank Of sergeant. The report
from over there states that Hayman
lieutenant Claude Smith, New Castle
and the commander of the company,
Captain William Fish. New Brighton,
Pa. returned with l23 men Of the COM
peny, twenty-six of wirom We're wounded
The company had been fighting con-
tinuously for twelve hours
On each contact with the Germans
The boys of the company, an all-Phila-
delphia body bested the enemy, hurting
them back when they assaulted and
then participating in the counter-attack
that was launched by the French and
Americana.
The little community of culph Mils
OH the Schuylkiil River opposite Con-
shocken was thrilled this morning with
the account of the bravery of one of its
scns Joseph Bennett.
i: He distinguished himself by shooting
down an enemy machine gunner perch
TO turn his deadly weapon on Bennetts
platoon commander. He accounted for
another Teuton descending tree with
his bayonet and finally captured the ma
chine gun nest single handed.
Bennett, who was farm hand in
civil life Joined the old s Xth Regiment.
commanded by Colonel Ellis, just be-
fore the outbreak of the war. He was
member Of the company organized in
Norristown.
News of his daring deeds was brought
4 10 his aged father. George Eennett, and
his mother, Catharine Bennett. this
morning at their home on Montgomery
avenue.