Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
MAX BORIS
Wounded


Ontfnreu from ihlt WIG
report received here. He was twenty
one years old.
Private Norman Lomas. said to be the
youngest soldier to enlist in this city,
has been wounded and Is now in hos
pital "over here" recuperating. His
home Is at 504 East johnson street, Ger
mantown.
Private Samuel Robertson is in a base
hospital in France. suffering from gas
poisoning In a letter written to his sis
ter he tells of being burned by mustard
gas. but assures her that the burns are
not expected to result seriously. He is
member of Company G.. 10th Infan-
try.
Private william B. FurlonR. twenty
four years old 2O2l East Tloga street,
was wounded in action July 90. He is
a member of Company G, Twenty-eighth
Infantry. The letter informing his
parents that he was wounded was mail
ed in a New England city, and for that
reason his parents believe he has been
sent back to this country to recuperate.
Before he was wounded he killed nine
Germans, he recently wrote'a friend In
this city.
Master Engineer Robert q. Marsh. in
headquarters company of the 103d En-
the first fatality reported among Bristol
soldiers. HIS widow ana a five-year-od
son live in Bristol. At the outbreak of
trouble on the Mexican border he en-
listed in Company F. rourth Infantry.
y. G. p. Later when he went to Camp
Hancock with his company, he was
transferred TO the engineers. His wife
has just received letter from him
dated the day before he is reported to
have been killed.
Private Thomas 4. VOss, Battery r.
Sevanty-sixth Field Artillery. report ed
wounded. is a son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Noss. Bristol. The official tele-
gram telling of his wounds arrived a
short time before lutter from him.
He says in his letter that two horses
were shot from under him while going
into action.
Corporal James Russell Patton, 1910
Florence avenue, West Philadelphia, re-
ported killed IN action July II. Is alive
in base hospital No. 25. according to
letters received by his family in this
city, bearing dates of August $l6 and
August 49, He wrote he was recovev wing
from smell shock.
Corporal Patton enlisted soon after
war was declared. trained at Camp Han
cock, and went to France last spring as
a member of Company T., 111th Infantry.
He Is a native Philadelphian, and was
graduated from the West PHILADELPHIA
High School.
Private Joseph WPkrssewski was pre-
viouSly reported to have been killed in
action late in August. He has been To-
Gated at Camp Gassel, Germany where
he is captive.
Corporal Thomas G. Candy was
wounded about five weeks after he
reached France NewS of his injuries
have been received by his parents. Mr.,
and Mrs. G. a. Candy, 2s2a West Hunt
ingdon street Candy enlisted in the
Third Regiment Of the New Jersey Ma
tional Guard more. than year ago. his
County at the time. He was sent to
Sea Girt and then to Admission. Ala.
where his regiment was transformed into
TO Company NJ He was wounded on
August ..
Private Henry s. Kiefer. Company NJ,
Twenty-eighth Infantry. reported by the
Government as missing In action July
81, Is now in a base hospital in France
with a wound in the leg. Letters written
to his aunt, Mrs. Anna ]. Wisinger, 2204
West Lehigh avenUe, tell of his injury
and In the last letter, dated August Il,
Private kiefer says he will not lose the
foot.
Drafted in February, 1918, while an
employe of Isaac Starr. the broker,
young Kiefer went to Camp Meade, and
was sent to France in May. He has
been In the thickest Of the fighting, haV-
ing gone over the top" three times. On
the last trip German bullet hit him in
the leg just above the ankle, shattering
the bone. He writes of the fine treat
ment given by the Red Cross nurses
and medical corps. His mail has been
delayed In some manner, and since July
20 he has not had a letter from friends
at home. Private Kiefer is twenty-fouf
years cid and an orphan.
Private william +. O'DonneiI, reported
missing in action, is believed to be In a
base hospital behind the lines Accord
ing to the official report of the War De-
partment. he has been missing In action
since July is. Ms parents have re-
ceived two letters from him recently.
both bearing later dates.
Under date of July 22, four days
after the Government listed him as
missing in action, O'Donnell wrote that
he had returned to the rear of the
battleline after having his first expert
ence In the trenches.
Il expect to go back soon." he wrote,
ito give the Fritzies more American
steel They don't seem to like 1t very
much, as we have them on the rum"
He added in the letter that he was in
the best of health. Under date of Au-
gust IL, he wrote:
Il have met Henig and have had a
few of his meals"
The young soldiers parents have
learned the man named Henig is cook
in field hospital In France, and be-
lieve that their son Is confined there
and did not want to worry them by tell
ing them so.
O'Donnell Is twenty years old, and his
home here is 1716 Wylie street. He
was member of Company A, Of the
old First Regiment. for Ave years before
the war, When the First went to the
Mexican border. however, ODonnel
was rejected because of physical dis
ability Later. when President Wilson
issued his first call for men to go to
France. o'Donnell succeeded in enlist
ing. He was on guard duty in the west
90 A. "a lata ~