New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

ceived his commission year ago last
May, when he reached his majority
and was still attending st. Johns COL
lege at Manlius, N. Y.
After receiving his commission Lieu
tenant Dennis was sent to the training
camp at Alexandria, Va, later going to
Quantico, Va. There he received an
assignment to the 9Th Regiment, and
went to France With that command last
January.
William II. Dennis, father Of the
dead officer, is the senior member of
the firm of Dennis G. Young, expert
accountants, Of Manhattan. Besides
him two brothers survive.
Lieutenant Shannon Severely Wounded
Lieutenant Harold G. Shannon, re-
ported severely wounded in the Marine
Corps casualty list, was married last
September in North Bergin, N. j., to
the sterdaughter of ]. Owen Smith,
president Of the North Bergen Board
Lieutenant Shannon sailed for
France u week after his wedding. He
was born in Chicago twenty seven
years ago and is a graduate of the Vir-
gina Military Institute.
MIS-. shannon Idu Il AtLCcI lIOIAI iiiAA
on April IL, in which he told of being
the victim of gas attack. Mrr. Shan
non is now in Goshen, N. Y.
Thomas J. Connolly, of 1888 Bristow
Street, The Bronx, named in yester-
days casualty list as killed in action,
was member of a vaudeville team
when he enlisted in an engineer regi-
ment a year ago. He was twenty-six
years old. His father, Thomas j.. Con-
nelly, retired policeman, received a
letter from him only two hours before
the arrival of the telegram telling of
his death.
Two Newark Boys on List
Private Anton J. Ptacnik, sop Of the
late Sergeant Joseph Ptacnik, of the
Newark Police Department, has died
of disease in France, according to q
War Department telegram received by
his mother, who lives at 582 South
Eighteenth Street, Newark, yesterday.
Ptacnik was twenty-five years old
and was a skilled worker on aeroplanc
parts before he was called in the first
draft. He went to France a member
of the machine gun company of the
312th Regiment.
Another Newark boy, Max Feinsol,
reported among yesterdays casualties
as severely wounded, was born in Rus
sia. He was studyin. at the Stevens
Institute in Hoboken when drafted.
His parents, living at 402 Hunterdon
Street, have not yet heard faom the
War Department the date or nature of
his injuries.
Private Howard Ehrig, of Phillips
burg, N. j., member of the artillery,
was killed in an air raid over the AL
lied lines. while Private j. Earl Rausch.
also of that place, has been seriously
wounded in action at the front
Ehrig, who was twenty-three years
old, was a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Ehrig. He enlisted May %. 1917.
Rausch is nineteen years old and is the
son of Mrs. Henry Metz. He volun-
teered for service in April, 1917.
Lieutenant Charles E. Walton, of the
Royal Flying Corps, was shot through
the nose after bringing down his first
enemy flying machine at the French
front, according to word received by
Supervising Principal Edward " Wal
ton, of Springfield, N. j., his father.
Lieutenant Walton went to the front
in April, but had previously trained in
Canada. He enlisted in the Royal Fly
ing Corps on the expiration of his en-
istment in the 7th Regiment, New
York National Guard. A brother, Frank
l.. Walton, is lieutenant in the Amer
lean army.
Mrs. Nora Forbes. of Hoboken. was
| notified yesterday that her son, George
Stanley Forbes. had been severely
! wounded in France. Forbes a year age
shipped aboard a merchantmen. and
while en- route to Europe his ship was
torpedoed. He was rescued and wher
he returned to this country he en-.
Iisted in the army