The sun., 1918-11-02
MAJOR KILLED SOON
AFTER PROMOTION
John E. Hardy, Brooklyn, Son
of Civil War Veteran,
Served on Border.
TELLS OF FIERCE BATTLE
Machine Gunner, Wounded at
st. Quentin, Writes Account
of u. 8. Attack.

A letter has been received by Mrs.
Matilda Hardy. PASS Bedford avenue.
Brooklyn. announcing the death In ac-
ton of her husband. Major John u.
| Hardy. Company G, 106th Infantry.
Major Hardy had been a member OF the
Fourteenth Regiment for fifteen years
and had served on the Mexican border
prior 70 his transfer to the 106th Infan-
try. He had but recently been promoted
to Major.
He was the son Of the late Michael
| Hardy, a civil war veteran, and was en-
gagged in the banking business with Bond
& Goodwin, III Broadway, before his
departure for France. In addition to his
widow he is survived by his mother, two
sisters and two brothers
Another Brooklyn man reported killed
Is Lieut.. Edgar NJ. whitlock, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar whltlock, 1908 Pacific
street At the outbreak OF the war he
was living In Berkeley. Cal, and enlisted
at once in a California regiment.
Later he was with the 1920 Engineers
in Flanders under Gen. Organ OF the
Twenty seventh Division, which included
the 1o6th Infantry. He was n graduate
of Cornell University and had received
his preparatory education at Boys High
School. During his college days he was
prominent in athletics.
Describes st. Quentin Fight.
/ =,
New York stormed a ridge In the Tight
ing about st. Quentin the morning of
September 81. in the face or terrific ma
chine gun FIRE. Is described wildly in a
Eletter received recently by arthur J.
Brooks IS Maple place, Port Chester.
from his son Arthur, Company A, 105th
Machine Gun Battalion, who was
wounded in the fight. Tho letter runs:
ut was o'clock In the morning when
We were ordered to capture a high ridge
at the left OF the city, from which tho
Germans were pouring down deadly
machine gun fire upon our position. Just
half way through that section OF the old
H,ndenburg line. At It we went, and
then all he'll broke loose as had never
seen it before. The Boche opened up on
US with everything he had. We had al
most taken the ridge when a shell burst
about ten feet behind us and almost
completely covered me and my gun with
dirt At the same time a piece Of shrap-
mel struck me In the bach.
II dug myself out and crawled to q
shell hole to escape the flying bullets
intending TO wait until daylight wher
| could get back to a dressing station. I,
was raining hard and l had not eater
| for twenty-four hours, as no food could
reach us. Finally daylight came and
could see that the ridge had been cap
tured There were no Germans in sigh
except the prisoners who were being
herded down by our soldiers in droves.
safe as in the Old "FIivver."
1T could not walk as was too weak
from loss OF blood, but hnally some
stretcher bearers came along and car
| rled me back to an ambulance that tool
: me to one OF the large dressing stations
where an X-ray was taken of my bacl
} and morphine administered to deader
: the pain. The pieces OF shrapnel were
then cut out"
IT felt Just as safe as II were hom'
driving the old flivver." was the com
ment OF Sergeant Isaac T!snower in 6
letter 10 his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Map
Tisnower, Southampton. Long Island. II
. describing his feelings during his frs
experience in an outpost 200 yards be
yond the American FIST line trenches
The young man. whose death in actor
has since been confirmed In letter from
one OF his comrades. is the third South
ampton man killed IN France. He wa!
"a, a member OF Company X, 307th In
fantry. Two other brothers, Morris anC
: William. are In the service.
The parents OF Sergeant Howard W
McDougall. Remsen street and Norris
avenue, Jamaica, have been informed b,
a letter from a nurse Of his death from
wounds and burns October l. He wa
rs and In 1916 had seen service on th
Mexican border with the Twenty-thirt
Regiment.
Private Duncan G. Quincy. Yonkers
!. who was graduated from New York Uni
yers,ty with the degree OF Bachelor o
= science and Bachelor of Law in 1917. en-
LIFTED the day following the declaration
OF var, resignings from his position II
: the Office OF William F. Burr. corpora
!. ton counsel. at 100 Broadway.
In letter TO his parents, written JUS
. nine days prior TO his death. he prophe
sled that Il might well be that h
d was approaching the end, but added h
could not have a chance equal to tni
had he lived 1000 years.