The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
LIEUT.. BATTLES
DEATH CONFIRMED
Was Slain With 25 of His
Comrades by a Heavy
Shell July 10.
CORNELL NAN Is KILLED
Lieut.. Riley, Orange, Enlisted
Day After U. 8. Declared
War on Germany.
CORNELL MAN is KILLED

George tIOTuOu battlo tHlS CITY
formerly an assistant on the stan OF
District Attorney Swami. had been killed
IN action July 10. the second day of the
great allied offensive Of this summer He
had been reported previously as
wounded. It was learned yesterday that
he and twenty-five of his comrades were
killed by heavy shell which burst over
their position
Lieut.. Battle was q son of CASTOR
Battle OF Hopewell. Va. was a graduate
OF the University OF North Carolina and
Of Fordham University Law School. He
vas commissioned Second Lieutenant
At Plattsburg, at the first camp in 1917,
snd went to France in August of last
year with the Twenty-third United
states Infantry. He was promoted to a
First Lieutenancy after reaching France.
other Plattsburg Men Killed.
Three other graduates of Plattsburg
are among the New Workers. whose
names have just been listed among the
killed
Lieut., Samuel Gardner. Jr., was the
only son of Samuel Gardner, 231 West
Ninety-sixth street. He was born in
Texas and came to this city to live seven
years ago. He was commissioned at the
close of the second Plattsburg camp last
November and sailed for France in
January. He was attached to Gen. Per-
ehings headquarters when a call came
for American officers to volunteer for
service with the French army He was
killed August 10. He was a graduate Of
staunton Military Institute, Virginia,
= and of Lafayette College.
Lieut. James c. Andres, %, killed July
-. was son of George s. Andres, 901
Ogden avenue, The Bronx. He was
trained and commissioned at the first
Plattsburg camp in 1917 and met his
death fighting with the Fifteenth Infan-
Try.
Lieut. Conrad Crawford, "a. son of
Mrs. Sarah Crawford, 100 East Seven
tenth street. went to France as an Of
deer of the Forty-seventh Infantry, was
Killed August 1 on Hill 22O, and was
buried where he fell. He was the son
Of the late Gilbert Holmes Crawford. a
lawyer, and brother of DR.. Mary
Crawford. He was commissioner at the
first Plattsburg camp of 1917.
The name OF Lieut.. Lowell Hobart
Riley. %, appeared twice before in the
casualty lists before it was written there
finally as among those killed in action
ct Vile la Sazoye, near Fismes. August
I, He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abram w. Riley, SO William street.
Orange. They received definite confirma-
ton of his death yesterday in letter
from Capt. +. w. Gano. his close friend
and company commander.
Was Prompt to Enlist.
Lieut. Riley was a graduate of Orange
High School and Cornell University. He
al in ha
after the declaration of war; and was
quickly recommended for an officers
course at Fort Myer, Virginia, where
b., was commissioned last autumn.
He was among those missing after the
torpedoing of the Moidavia May 90. A
correction was made the next day. and
Il was learned that in making his es.
Cape from the vessel he had first brought
dying man to the upper deck after
rsking his life to go below after him.
duly "a he was slightly wounded.
Corporal Thomas r. Nulty. 642
leonard street, Brooklyn. was killed in
s..ion August l. His brother Joseph,
ESQ in the army in France. notified the
family. Corporal Nuity was with the
machine gun company. 165th Infantry.
lie was a graduate of St. Francis Col
l"se, Brooklyn. Another brother, James,
is also 4 soldier in France.
Requiem Mass to he Sung.
A requiem mass will be sung at St
Renedict's Church in Newark this morn
Ing in memory of Sergeant William Bir-
,nele, who has died OF wounds Sergeant
Eirmele, %, was a son of Mr.. and Mrs
B'rmele. 1903 Marine street, Newark. He
enlisted in the Regular Army last Febru-
sry. was trained at Syracuse and Eagle
Iass. Tex. and was with Company D.
Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion. His
brother Louis Is in France with the 345th
r,antry
Frank J. Kinch. 81, water tender or
the men killed in her engine room when
she was torpedoed. He lived at 4sS East
Twenty-seventh street. Manhattan. ant
had ben in the navy since May, 1915.
Private John +. Lehman, 26. dead Of
Wounds, lived with his parents at III
central avenue. Far Rockaway. HI
was born in Poland, and was drafted
last March after several unsuccessful at
lenpts TO enlist. He was a member o.
Company l., 3O5th Infantry.
Veteran Severely wounded.
Private Michael Quinn, 36. severel.
wounded August 1. is a veteran who en-
listed for the third time in the Regular
eight years service in the Philippines
lie was with the 106th Infantry. II
we'd with an uncle at $50 Sands street
Brooklyn.
The same hospital in France shelter
F?vates Arthur Mcdonald and william
X Bamott, the former of 1874 Washing
''n street and the other of 1104 Par
avenue. Hoboken. They were member
o, the Fourth New Jersey Infantry
which was Federalized, and both wer
Wounded early last month. but Barnott
mother received a letter from him yes
"rday telling her both will recover
Private Frederick o. Brown. SO Lin
Gen avenue, Flushing. wounded severed
August IA, enlisted with the Tenth Ne'
York Infantry last June. when he wa
nnly lS years old. and was transferre
% the l07th Infantry just before goin
sbroad
Accepted by Canadians.
Sergeant louis w. Corris, 191st Bat
TALON, Canadian Infantry. was killed 1
action on the Flanders front August q
MS uncle. John J. McKehna, lives at rs
linton avenue, Jersey City. Sergean
,ofrls was 20 and an orphan. He en-
Asted with the Canadian forces afte
having been rejected for the Unite
slates service because OF physical dis
ability
Sergeant George Clayton, Thirty-nint
infantry. wounded August 4. has write
20 his mother. 1874 Randolph avenue. Jei
sey City. that he has fully recovered.
corporal John @. Little. 10Th Infar
Try. killed In action. was the son OF NJ
and Mrs. John H. Little. 33G West Mini