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

wounded in both legs by shrapnel but
was rapidly recovering and expected tc
be back with the boys" again soon.
LIEUTENANT HOWARD FIELDING
wounded in action on September !, Il
the son of Mr. and Mrs w. j. Fielding
OF Llanerch. Three days before he was
hurt he received his commission as lieu.
tenant, having been promoted from the
ranks. The young officer enlisted in the
First Regiment y. q. p. in the spring
OF 1916. saw service on the Mexican
border and was eventually transferred tc
Company 3, lO9th Infantry when that
unit was organized at Camp Hancock
PRIVATE CHARLES VI. TAGGART
the son of House Sergeant James Tag
gart, Of the Eleventh and Winter streets
police station, was seriously wounded
In action August 26, according to worC
received by his parents from the Wal
Department The soldier is only seven
teen years old. having enlisted Will,
he was still two years under the lega
age limit.
Private Taggart joined the nations
service June % Of last year, without
The knowledge or consent OF his parents
The first they learned of his enlistment
was on the day he left fer camp, wher
he walked into his home at 210S Apple.
tree street in uniform Just before TAX
ing the train. The last letter received
from him was written August IA. in
push and escaped without a scratch
Twelve days later he was wounded
PRIVATE }. }. CURRIE, officially re-
ported as severely wounded. has never
mentioned his injury in his letters home
In fact, save for the printed'he at the
top Of the paper on which one letter
was written, his parents would not have
known he was in hospital. In one
letter he said in a casual way, as If an
aftrrthought. "lf yen hear anything
about me do not worry; there Is moth
ing wrong with me-. Young Currie
whose parents live at 1908 Hamilton
street, enlisted in the ambulance corps
Cf the 10 Infantry in the summer OF
1917 and has been in France since May
Of this year I'm one letter he referred
in the most matter-Of-fact way, TO the
top of his ambulance having been blown
off by shell. but did not say whether
he had been hurt or not. A letter from
I soldier in the same regimen; to friends
IN Philadelphia told Of how young Cur
rie and two other ambulance men had
"crawlCd down a cellar under heavy
shell fire and brought out some wounded
men," hut Currie himself has never men,
toned the incident,
PRIVATE ALBERT \. BALBIRNIE
was severely wounded by shrapnel
shell two months ago though his name
did not appear on the official casualty
list until today and his parents received
no word from the War Department until
last week. They had heard direct from
their son how he and two companions
while walking from platoon to company
headquarters. had been caught by a
stray shell and banged about a bit"
In a later letter he said, that he had been
wounded in the hand. elbow, ankle, knee
and in both thighs by pieces Of the shell.
lie Is now able to get around on crutches
and expects to be able to discard the
artificial supports soon. On the day be-
fore he was wounded. he said. bullet
had taken button off his coat while
he was passing the spot at which he
got his the next morning
Private Balbirnie had heen a member
of the National Guard of PENNSYLVANIA
for four years previous to the entra nee
OF the United States into the war. He
is a graduate of the Central High school
and the son of DR. 'aldwalader Balbir-
ME, of 4SiI Hazel avenue. At Camp
Hancock, where he was sent for final
training before going overseas. he was
assigned to the machine-gun company of
the lllth infantry
PRIVATE ANDREW VI. FOLGER.
wounded formerly lived At 1870 North
Fifty-second street, according TO yester-
days official casualty list. This address
Is not correct, however. the young soldier
having nlade his home with his brother
Joseph folger at l42O North Sixty-sec-
ond street Both Joseph Folger and his
wife are critically i'll with epidemic in
fiuenza
LIEITENANT ALBERT y. JONES
! reported severely wounded I'm yester-
days ofhcial casualty list. has lust been
discharged from a French hospital after
| recovering from an operation for appen-
dlcitls, according TO letter received by
his VIE. who lives at Highland Park
Upper Darby, u am still very weak
he SAID, and do not expect to get in
actlon again for some time" His fam
ny cannot understand, In view OF this
letter now he could have been near
enough TO the firing line to be severely
wounded
CAPTAIN WILLIAM Is. BLACK
kllleu IN action, was a member OF the
marine corps He won a commissIon a
second lieutenant i'm the spring of 1917
stttr brlet course of training and the
lldsslng OF competitive eNaminat ion
tsplu promotion came to the young Of
ncer ana he was soon a first lieutenant
ana not long after that was made a cap
lalh tie had been recommended for a
commission as major and was expecting
nis papers TO arrive any day when he
mel ms death. IL Is believed that he was
Killed during the famous 'fiattening'' OF
Is. -
captain Black was the son of Edgar
y Black, an attorney with Offices in the
| Land Title Building. and who lives at
| 1901 Cedar avenue. brother Of the
dead officer, Edgar ~ Black. Jr.. is on
lhe engineering stan at Hog Island. A
smith, OF the marine CORDS. Captain
Slack was graduate of the snsineer-
.ng department of the University OF
Pennsylvania and was twfntS -<<x \,
years old, lie WAS a member of the
fhi Kappa Psi fraternity. I. I, .