Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-02
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ola. 1918 South Forty-niuth street, has
been reported victim of Shel shock.
This message. received today by ms
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Harris fol-
lowed a letter they received from him
October 3. in which he wrote he had
been gassed. The War Department re-
ports him a sheli-shocl victim of July II.
Harris was employed by the EVENING
PUBLIC LEpGER before he enlisted in
the old sixth Regiment when war was
declared. He was a member of Com
pany L., .il1th Infantry This company,
he writes had 2iO casualties among $50
men He is now detailed to special work
behind the lines. a brother. Robert
Harris. is. serving in France with Bat
terry B. OF the iosth Field Artillery.
Corporal George r. Knapp. attached
to headquarters company, E'ifty,-eighth
Infantry. has been wounded for the sec
ond time Word of the soldiers second
injury was received yesterday by his
Porter street. when letter from him
reached her. At the time of writing
he was in base hospital
Corporal Knapp was one Of the sur
Vivors of the transport MoldaNia that
was torpedoed by a German submarine.
Fifty-three American soldiers were killed
or wounded at that time. Knapp en-
listed in 1917 and went to Gettysburg:
Later he trained at Camp Greene c.hd
Camp Mills He sailed for France last
July Before entering the service he
was employed as brakeman on the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
Private Joseph clay. wounded during
ADh inU nj 10
that has taken such heavy toll OF officers
and men from this
an, J,,cL IL, Odd city, no longer be-
Heves in the an
Numbers, Says cient adage about
m. Sill there being luck in
lHS oOiuie odd numbers. THE
old saying did not
work out with me" he wrote to friends
I in this city. for 7 had been over the
top twice without getting "A scratch. ana
| then on the third trip boche machine
! gunner got me in the leg
| drafted in November of last year,
! trained at Camp Hancock, attached 10
! the 304th Engineers and sent - France
! in July of this year. He obtained fur-
/ Tough in April and was married. HIS
wife, Mrs Pauline Clay, lives al 1913
I McKGan street. In a letter to ms SIS
/ ter. Mrs. Paul Springer. who resides at
| 712 South F'ifty-eighth street, young
| CLAY SAYS that he expects to he out on
attentinn to the fact that he was
| wounded Just six months to the day
from the date of his wedding: the cere,
mony having been performed on Apri,
| Clnv was a carpenter by trade and
| was n close friend of Private Jack
1 Costa. who was reported wounded IN
yesterdays s casualty list
/ Private George Archer. previously re-
ported wounded. unofficially appears on
todav's War Department list He was
struck in the right shoulder, and the
| hin in a fierce engagement on september
IA He humorously writes his nother
Mrs. George Archer. that though he
was wounded in the battle. they mad
The laugh on the 'boches' when hey
captured eight barrels of their beer.
I Archer writes that he has been re-
ceivine the best of treatment at l, nj,
versitV of Pennsylvania base hoslital
and expects to be fully recovered f'on'
his wounds. in short lime re en-,
/ Gettysburg. Private Archer mas brer
in France with the Fourth MachinG 'un
! battalion since December last. lie u
his mother at 2224 North Masc'ier
private Israel Abrams. wounded II
action on September l., lived with hi'
street, The telegram was received bA
Mrs. Mary Greenbaum 6O6 Watkins
} street. He was trained in Texas ant
sent 10 France in June last.
Second street unotticially reported
Tpp'pD THpGER about two weeks ago, is nov
officially reported as severely wound
ed" But Foster expects TO be sounding
! .'reyeilles" again soon, for he writes IRON
: q hospital in France that his wound
are almost well. He was struck b.
flying pieces Of shrannel While While 'ryIng gri 4
1917, and left for France in November
, Foster was an all-around athlete am
clever musician when he attended tn
Stetson School In this city
in action a member of the old Thir.
Regiment ". @. F., served through
, the Mexican border campaign. I'll,
, |, official report states that he Is wonndeo
he SAYS he was badly gassed. He wa
drafted late in 1917. sent TO Camp Up
ton. X. Y. and left for France earl!
last spring, Before he Joined the color
employed by q large New York theatre
His brother. Henry Jones, is also In tn
army. After Henry Jones went over
seas practically all trace OF MIN ma
been lost for no letters from him hay'
been received In a letter TO his wife
Mrs. Helen Jones, who lives at S2l'
West oxford street, Charles Jones state
that he is rapidly recovering at bas
hospital. +
Private Charles Miller. wounded II
action. is the son Of Mrs. Charles Miller
lof 6l5g Girard avenue. He was drafted
in April of 1917
Farmer Hos Island sent to France II
July of this year
Carpenter Wounded He is member o
Company c, 316tl
Regiment Before he entered the arm.
he was a carpenter at Hog Island. Hi
father Is employed in the composing
room of the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
, In a letter he says that he Is rapidly re
covering
Corporal Horace L. n. Fornaci. Com
pany NJ. 3l4th Infantry, was wounde'
In the heavy fighting west of the Meuse
where Major Alfred Reginald Allen an'
Captain Clarence Freeman. who wa
commander of Company NJ, lost thei
lives Twice before he came of ag
young Fornaci. who is now twenty-five
years old, tried TO enlist In the Naya
! Reserves, but was rejected because h
was under weight. lie trained faith
fully. put on weight and when drafte'
managed to pass the physical examina
tton Three months after reaching
Camp Meade he had put Oh twenty
seven pounds and was In fine physica
A few days before sailing for Franc,