Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
SKETCHES or THE HEROES

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ECKER reached his home at 1894 East
Moyamensing avenue three days before
his name appeared in the official casualty
list and two days after the War De
was received by his parents. He was in
this country fortnight before the Wash
ington authorities found Ntime to send
any word to his family. as he arrived
in New York two weeks ago.
Private BaschcnoCk"r is one of the
first men wounded during the capture of
reach his home in this city. He has
Chateau-Thierry by the Americans to
lost his right arm, it having beer
amputated in n French hospital. and was
also wounded in the leg and his gas
mask was shot away. The darned old
mask saved my life. however" he said.
for 1t DETECTED a machine gun bullet
that otherwise would have made hole
right through my head
Private BaSchcnecker is not entirely
well yet and must return in few days
TO a convalescent hospital in this cCun-
try. whore he win stay until he has
completely recovered and been fitted
of the famous 1l0th Infantry. former
" the Third Regiment. y. G. F.. WHICH
took such a. gallant part in stopping the
German drive. at the Marne. 1t was
hard to get him TO talk about himself.
but he finally consented to explain that
his unit had been sent to the front
line to relieve French regiment and
was in action for two days and a half
of section of woods. filled with ma
chine-gun nests and of how the Ger
mans would keep on shooting until the
Americans We're right on top of them
and then threw up their hands and yell
"Kamerad."
''rhey are yellow. those Dutch" he
said. "They don't like the cold steel.
Give us a fair chance at them in the
cpcn and we would clean them up in
no time
Like all other soldiers back from the
war zone; Private Bascheneeker her Sk, was was
and the Salvation Army Referring to
the latter organization. he said NO one
will make fun of the Salvation Army
again after the boys get back from
France. It's a very real religion they
teach and they practice what they
preach right straight through. They are
always up near the front and their pies
Harry b. Baschenecker, younger
brother of Private Baschenecker, is in
the motor mechanics training camp at
Newark, DEL. and expects to go to
PRIVATE FRANK A. CAMPBELL.
wounded in action. is member of the
motor repair squad, Sixtieth Regiment.
He was formerly employed in the COM
posing room of local newspaper, and
Joined the colors in September of last
year. In a recent letter home he told
of a night attack by the Germans on
an American trench sector. I'VE Were
all asleep" he said. when suddenly
about 2 o'clock in the morning, shells
began raining down on our sector. We
stayed in our dug-outs, nice and snug.
until the artillery stopped then we
hustled out, manned the sides of the
trenches and when the Heinies came
over. we gave them a hot reception.
They had figured. seemingly. that we
were a green regiment and that they
would drop down on us before we could
crawl out of the dug-outs and get ready
for them But we fooled them badly.
We picked them off by the dozen and
soon drove them back. The next morn
ing we counted more than two hundred
dead Dutchmen lying out in No Mans
Land. How many wounded they car
ried back with them nobody knows. We
did not lose a man and our only casu-
altes were two men slightly gassed"
Charles Campbell. brother Of Private
Frank Campbell. is attached to Quar-
termaster supply Company No. 302
and is now in France. Daniel Bradley.
cousin, who Is in an infantry regi-
ment was reported as wounded in a
recent casualty list.
PRIVATE JOHN 4. KELLY, killed
In action. was the son of Mrs. Sarah
Kelly. sG2 North FortYseventh street
Word of his death came as the climax
OF a series. of misfortunes that have
overwhelmed the Kelly family. on
Monday Of this week. daughter-in-
law, Mrs Thomas Kelly, died of infiu-
enza, leaving three small children. on
Tuesday a nephew died of the same
disease while on Wednesday the official