The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-29
RESCUES COMRADE
At COST OF LIFE

The stun OF which American light.
ing men are made Of Is being broughi
out more and more clearly as thu
casualty lists come in each day
With the brief announcements Of the
killed and wounded are coming talol
In the like OF which our forefather5
were the heroes and about which oui
grandchildren win boast.
In the memorandum accompanies
the announcement OF the death q
action OF John McGeary. twenty-tiat
years old. OF $50 Tenth avenue
member OF the 165th Infantry--lat
old 69th-is Just such q story. Tn
der sleet-like rain OF German steti
he went out into No Mans Land Az
carried back to the safety OF ~
trenches a wounded co.nrade.
Reseues HIS Conrade.
On the way In he had seen anothei
of the men in his company lyina
helpless and exposed to the mercfless
pelting of the shot Unhesitatingl1
McGeary went out again IN the faes
OF almost certain death A bullef
reached him when he had just start
ed back with the man. In some way
he managed to half carry, half draa
his companion to the trench. Tbs
next day he died In the hospital
And then there IL Corp. John J. FIN
negan. OF the same regiment. killed
In action last month. He wa
twenty-four years old and lived vita
his sister. when In New York. At az
East Nineteenth street.
Corporal Finnegan wore q CroiK d
Guerre and q Distinguished Sefyicl
Medal In addition, he had been cited
only a few days before by the French
government for valor. Corp. viii
liam Finnegan. Of the same regi.nent
Is In a hospital at present suRerina
from severe wounds received in ae-
ton
Harry Schneider, private. nineteel
years cid. OF go Gates avenue, Brook
Ign. died on August 10 from woands
received in action Two days befort
his death he had Chaplain Rolfe p
Crum write from the hospital to hif
mother. saying he was getting along
nicely. Private Schneider enlisted b
May, 1917.
Killed By Side OF Brother.
Cornelius P. Fitzpatrick. sergeant
twenty-four years old. Of 80 vlsItAr
ton Place. Brooklyn. was killed II
Chateau Thierry while going lnts
action, side by side with his brother
Michael, two years his junior. In
letter TO his mother. the younEel
Fitzpatrick boy merely wrote: ia
was shot dead beside me going Into
charge" itH
Harry Won DIezelski, private. Of ia
East Fourth street. was killed iniae-
ton on July -. A service nag 10 =
be raised in the block OF East Fourth
street. where Private Won Diezslsld
lived His sister Is to draw 1t to fAt
top of the pole raised to ny It aboEa
the street One gold star was added
yesterday for the soldier. who wa
the first to go from the block and
who Is the first to be killed
John J. RedheId. lieutenant. re-
ported missing, II q son OF Major
Herman J. Redheld, Overlook road
Montclair. n. J. He was attached e
the aviation section OF the Royal Fly
ing Corps. Lieutenant Redheld left
Williams College in his junior yeal
to enlist. He was known as one Of
the most daring young flyers at the
aviation school, and two weeks before
he was seen to come down behind thu
German lines he was credited with
downing three German planes in one
day. The day he disappeared OBJ
servers reported seeing his machine
alight behind the German lines. but
under control. and II Is assumed he
is prisoner somewhere In Germany