Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-10

G5ssed ANoWounded Wounded
town. and was employed in grocery
store. On March 10, 1917. he enlisted
in Company X, 109th Infantry, and has
been in France since April.
CORPORAL Waiter a. Hausler, Forty
fifth Company, Fifth Regiment. L. S. NJ
c. "A member of the famous Seventy
sixth" lost his life the first time he went
"over the top" according to word re
o,tvr1 nv~e yesterday by Mrs. A. HauS-
Ter, glS Wagner avenue, in letter sent
by Franklin Hewson. 2934 North Camac
street. one of the soldiers chums.
"Hausler was the best friend I had
in the company. but he laid down his
life on the field of honor the first time
over the top" Hewson writes. Hewitt
another fellow from Logan. met the
same fate. 7 am now the only one OF
the Philadelphia bunch in this company
who is left. The rest are either wounded
or killed. One is a prisoner"
Young Hausler. who was twenty-one
wears old. enlisted April 7, 1917, and left
for France June II the same year with
the little delegation of marines hastily
organized at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
Private Hewitt. of the same company
of marines, mentioned in the letter as
having also lost his life in action, has
not been further identified.
Private Horace J. Wolfe. tWenty-nlne
wears old. ZIG East Thayer street was
killed in action on August 10, according
to word received by his mother. MIS-
John Wolfe. on her birthday on Septem-
her He was member of Company
r. lO9th Machine Gun Battalion, and
Iii liStn
wear ago was an electrician.
Private Angelo Inverse, VINO died OF
wounds. was the only son of an Italian
family who came to this country only a
few Years ago. He was twenty-four
wears old, and enlisted soon after the
entrance of the United States into the
war
Private Nathan LaLaar. twenty-five
wears. Company A, 316th Infantry, was
| accidentally drowned on August IT,
| This was the only information con-
| tanned in the dispatch from the War De-
partment.
I.azaar and his sister, Miss Ida, were
| the only children of their widowed
| mother, Rachel. sixty-five years old
When Lazaar registered for the draft
he lived at 14O2 South Fifth street. After
/ five weeks training at Camp Meade
l
! from the boy was dated August IL, II
which he said he did not regret being
drafted and was enjoying the best Of
health.
| Lamar left Central High School ir
| his sophomore year to accept place
with the Electric Storage Battery Com
pany, where he was when drafted.
| Private George Taylor, Jr.. is the frs
member of the Philadelphia department
| to make the supreme sacrifice In France
| Offjcial war dispatches from the wa
| Depar artment to his father. George Taylor
| of BIG Tracy street, last night, tell o
| the sons death, at Brest' on August J
| Iess than a month after his command
,ha 1OSth Field Artillery. went to tn
| front lines in France.
| vlor was a policeman only one day
and his expectation of returning to thi!
| city and resuming active protective dut!
aea member of the force will never b.
realized, He was only twenty-six year
| of age, On July Is, 1917, he was ap
| pointed to the force. attached to tn
| Frankford station, where his father is
| natrol sergeant. An hour or two late
! he was granted leave of absence 10
the duration of the war;" to permit hi
enlistment. He was assigned to tn
1Osth Field Artillery-the old Secon
Regiment-trained at Noble, and wen
| To Camp Hancock with the command
He arrived overseas in July, almost
| wear TO the day after his enlistment
and died on the field of honor trifi
more than three weeks later.
| Corporal Fullerton and Privates Ca
willie. Dougherty and Healis, reported Il
the official casualty lists today, alread
have been recorded among the Philadel
phians who have given up their lives o.
the battlefields of France
Corporal Harry II. Haines is the thir
member of his family to receive wound
, while fighting in France. The third si
yer star was added to the service flag a
, l6O35 Usage avenue yesterday by Mr.
: IHaines after she received a Letter fror
lher husband saying he was wounded |
; a recent engagement and is now recoN
, erinE in base hospital behind the line
v The other two stars are for brothers
! Mrs. Haines, who are likewise in ba!
hospitals. They are Lewis w. Dillo
Battery B. Fifty-second Coast Artiller
now recovering at a hospital in LAX
wood, n. j., and Private Theodore Di
| Ion, hurt in recent air raid the Ge
mans made over the United States arm
| barracks In Liverpool. He Is in the
James Auxiliary Military Hospital, Ii
| erpool
Corporal Haines enlisted in Jun
1916, in what was then the old Six
Regiment. He served for seven mont
On the Mexican border and Is now a
tached to Company NJ. 111th Unit
States Infantry.
Corporal Thomas j. A. Lees. Compai
NJ, 10th Infantry, in a letter TO b
mother, Mrs. l.. NJ. Lees. of Nor
Philip street, is certain of three thin
| that the 10th put up the create
battle ever seen in France, tnat I
nurses in the hospitals are queen
with the Philadelphia contingent I
lueenliest of all. and finally. that t
Huns haven't made any error in desi
mating the Annex (American expeditio
ary) boys the real Devil Dogs" I
letter follows:
II have been slightly wounded wh