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

is listed as missing in action. A letter
received from him recently stated that
he had been wounded in the foot by
piece Of shell and had also been gassed
He enlisted on February 8 last. Since
going into action Seerth has gone over
the top five times, according to his
father, and alone captured sixteen Ger
mans. He is a member of Company M,
Twenty-eighth Infantry. Before enter
ing the service he was a salesman. His
father, Philip Seerth. is a butcher.
Private vincent Stotto,' twenty-seven
years old, $50 West Pike street. is listed
as missing In action. He enlisted in
December of last year, and was detailed
to Company T of the Thirty-ninth In
fantry. His parents and two sisters live
in Italy.
Private Nicholas Trafficante. wounded.
lived at 732 Salter street. He was serv-
ing with the old Third Regiment, now
the 10th Infantry. Letters to his rela-
tiVes here state that he received his in
juries In July. He had been in the regi-
ment for three years, having served on
the Mexican border.
George NJ. Weaver, private, twenty
four. was wounded In July while serving
with Company d. Eighteenth Infantry,
according to a letter to his mother at
their home, 730 North Forty-second
arm had been amputated. Some time
ago he was in base hospital suffering
from injuries to his hip and arm, sus-
tanned when shell blew in a dugout in
which he was. He had recovered from
those injuries and returned to duty when
he was wounded again. He enlisted
fourteen months ago and was sent to
Gettysburg. going to France in October
of last year.
Private Bernard j. Casey, Company
*, 315th Infantry has been wounded In
the right leg. according to Government
notification received by his wife, who
lives at 2540 Meredith street Casey was
drafted in September. 1917. He was sta
toned at Camp Meade until last July.
when he sailed for France. He has
three brothers in France.
Private Jack" Harris is twenty-six
years old and well known in pugilistic
circles. He formerly was physical in
structor at the Star Garden Recreation
Centre and served on the Mexican bord-
er with the old Third Regiment, n G..
p. now the 10th Infantry.
Word Of his being wounded came In
letter to Harry Ringold, a friend. who
boarded at 1928 Pine street 1t also
conveyed the information that Private
Harris had been wounded previously.
He was first wounded June 30, short
time after the Twenty-eighth Division
arrived in France. His second wound
was sustained July 80. and his present
location is Base Hospital No. 25. The
letter to Ringold follows:
would have replied to your card
sooner but for the fact that 1 was
wounded, and that's reason enough.
got my second bump July 30 (first June
h,,t M
am still smiling.
Remember me to all my friends and
tell them I'm o. X. The Americans are
all proving their worth and living up tC
their names as fighters, and the old
| keystone state is getting goodly share
| of glory"
Sergeant Walter J. Leitch, husband OF
Mrs w. ]. Leitch, 1877 South Fifty-nintf
street, has been wounded in action In
| France and Is now in a base hospital
behind the lines. according to word re-
ceived here today. He was fighting with
| Company NJ. 111th Regimbnt, wher
| wounded Sergeant Leitch spent eight
months on the Mexican border before
sailing for France. He was connected
with the old Sixth Regiment for seven
| teen years.
| Lieutenant j. Il. keenan, was wound
ed July 90, according to word that has
reached his family at 272S West Somer
set street. He was serving in the Nintf
Machine Gun Battalion and went tc
France in February after receiving hi
training and commission at Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga. The last letter from hin
was dated August II and stated that HI
had been recommended for a captaincy
He is a graduate Of West Chester STATE
| Normal and was professor o.
mathematics at the Railway, n. j., Higf
School. and also at Swarthmore.
Sergeant John A. Dickinson, twenty
eight years old, 9l5 Newton avenue
Camden, has been missing In action sine
July 90, according to word received here
He sailed for France with Company G
Twenty Eighth Infantry. After servin,
four years in the navy, Dickinson en-
listed in the army during the trouble
with Mexico and served for time ol
the border.