Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24


being treasurer Of his class. He is a
member of the Phi Gamma Delta
Fraternity at the University of Pennsyl.
rania, and was In the chorus of the 1917
mask and wig production. He was an
usher at the Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church, Forty-eighth and Baltimore
avenue and was a Sunday school pupil
of J. p. Coursard, sr.. father of Captain
Jimmy" Coursard whose name ap-
peared in recent casualty list.
Corporal Charles v. Beck, wounded,
is twenty-five years old and the son OF
Mrs. John Beck 2113 South Carlisle
street. His right leg was cut by shrapnel,
| according to a letter received by Mrs.
Reck yesterday. The young mans name
has not yet appeared In the official cas-
ualty list. He was a member Of the Wan
amaker cadets for four years and en-
listed in the Third Regiment. y. G. P, a
year ago. Sent to Camp Hancock he was
assigned to Company II. 10th Infantry
and went to France in May Of this year.
| Private Charles W. Han, wounded, Is
twenty-five years old and the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Hall. 6134 Chris
tian street He was drafted last April
and sent to Camp Meade, but showed
such an aptitude for military life that
he was soon transferred to Camp Han
cack to fill up the ranks of SEN, to
France to fill up the ranks of 109th
Infantry. being assigned to Company c.
His name has not yet appeared on the
official casualty list. but a letter re-
ceived by his parents states that he is
in a French hospital after having had
the pleasure Cf going over the top"
He was not seriously injured, he added,
but was mostly suffering from shell
shock.
two years ago, and was educated in the
parochal school of the Church of Our
Mother of Sorrows He was active in
baseball, basketball and all other inter-
scholastic sports. Before going into the
service he was employed as a tranman
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
In one of his letters home Corporal
Harvey used just three words to de-
scribe the first battle in which he took
part
III was some" he wrote, and in those
three worSs told it all
In another letter he said he regretted
he could not attend his sister Helens
graduation at the Catholic High School
because I'VE are too busy kidding the
Huns"
Again. he wrote Of a night action: 1T
was dark. but our boys shot calmly and
steadily and some Of 1t sure must have
gone home"
Although a service flag containing
three stars floats from the Harvey home,
the patriotism of the father is not en-
tirely satisfied. Il have three boys in
the service" he said yesterday after
noon, and I would he there myself If
my health permitted It,"
Robert B, the oldest Harvey boy. is
John p, the next oldest. is n member
of Battery F. 10Sth Artillery.
Private Harry Calvin Korroth. sew
erely wounded. comes from fighting
stock, and enlisted in March of 1917 in
,l... ,1s..
Slocum and later to Eagle Pass. Tex.
He was sent to France in June of last
year.
Comes OF Old Family
Private Keffroth is descended from
an old Holland, family that was num-
bered nong the earliest settlers Of the
State. They took up grant in Lancas-
ter County and the young soldiers
grandparents, as we'll as many uncles
and aunts. still live in that section.
His grandfather fought in the Civil
War, other ancestors fought in the War
of 1912 and the Revolution. An uncle.
Sergeant Lloyd y. Wakefield, is a MEM
ber Of Company F, Thirty-sixth In
| fantry and is in France now. Kef-
froth made his home with his mother,
Mrs. Bertha Helen Fite, at 1926 North
Twentieth street.
Private John Joseph Dempsey, Jr.
severely wounded, is rwenty-seve years
| old. He is a moder by trade and en-
listed in the old Sixth Regiment. n. G
p, in August of last year. After being
trained at Camp Hancock. where he
proved an expert handler of a machine.
gpn. he was attached to Company II,
11lth Infantry and sent to France In
May of this year
His parents received letter from him
| dated July 20, in which he said that he
| was only slightly wounded. but in a
letter to girl friend he admitted thai
he had two bullets in his chest. They
can't kill me. though" he added, my
! time has not come yet. All I want Is &c
get well and go back at the Dutch" Ir
another letter to his parents he speaks OF
the Red Cross nurses as angels from
| Heaven" and says that going frcm thu
trenches to hospital Is like being sud
denly transported from Hell to Heaven
Private John r. Zell, wounded in &C
tion, enlisted in the regular army at
Easton. Pa in August of last year was
trained Mt Fort Slocum and finally as
signed to the 149th Machine Gun
Battalion. Later this unit was attached
to the Rainbow Division. He has been
in France for nine months and has been
wounded twice before. The first time
was six months ago. the second three
months ago. In letter to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Zell, he says
We'll. here l am in the hospital again
but this time II Is not serious. The
Dutch are certainly paying dearly for
every one Of us they get and we intend
to make them pay even more before we
finish with them"
Young Zell was an elevator operator
in the City Hall for a year or two and
later worked in a machine shop at
Easton, Pa. His father Is an inspector
in the Bureau Of Water. The family
lives at 60 North Farson street.
Sergeant Fred Pole. wounded, enlisted
In 1915 when only twenty years old, in
the Sixth Regiment. n. G. P. He wen,
through the Mexican border campaign
and rejoined the colors when the United
States declared war on Germany. After
being given intensive training at Camr
| Hancock he was promoted to Sergean,
of Company II. 1llth Infantry and sent
to France last Spring. Pole was shot
through the legs, according to a letter
received by his wife, who lives at 6O2t
Kingsessing avenue. A few days after
this letter arrived a telegram came from
the War Department stating that tht
Sergeant had been wounded in action
Private John W. wark. Jr., wounded
in action, was just nineteen years OLE
when he enlisted in the Third Regiment
y. q. p, in the summer of 1915. HI
served through the Mexican campaign
and later was sent to guard bridges ant
steel plants near Pittsburgh. Youn,
Wark was one of those poisoned b,
German plotters In Pittsburgh restaur
ant during the summer Of 1917 but go
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