Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15
SKETCHES OF HEROES

SKETCHES OF HEROES
Lieutenant George l.. Roat, the we'll
known athlete Of this city, who. while
at the University of Pennsylvania gain
cd fame on the swimming and baseball
teams, has been gassed while leading
his men in France. and is now in a
base hospital behind the lines
Il am IN a hospital over here recov-
cring from a siege If gas" hc wrote
The shell blew up right under my nose d"
Lieutenant Roat is 4 member Of Com
pany y, ll0'h Infantry. and trained at
amp Hancock before sailing for France
II" enlisted in the army on April lS,
1917. and was assigned the duties OF
an orderly His rise in rank until he
secured his commission as first Heutcn-
ant was rapid
Just before he enlisted Roat played on
:hc Varsity team at the University. and
III 1915, while on the Penn team. gained
tn" Intercollegiate swimming champion-
ship. His home in this city is "A, 6lO
North tifty-Severth street.
Private Wii'iam Merkle, the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Merkle. 6667 Ger
mantown avenue. has been killed in
France. according to unofficial word re-
ceiyad hers today IIo sorysd ,,.i,h ,,,,,,
many {, MN Infaptry IIis ,ara,,,,
ref,,ea ,o haIfn,, that Lo b,, ho,,, ,.i,,os
in tho face Of tho renor+ r1ads 70 thao,
today.
lrNdte ntro'rI r. l'e"eeS. OF COM
PahE ~ Ith lhlahIrJ' wrote 10 a
friend in Germantown
Il suppose you have heard that Will
liam, Mprklp was killed I was king
10 MN an hour before and when | re-
turned I saw what was left of him.
MerkIe was t"enty-one years old and
enlisted IN the oid Ihlrd regiment. TO
he transferred later to the lllth In
fantry. He went to France in May.
Before entering the service he assisted
ms iathef IN meat market the latter
conducts at the Germantown avenue ad-
dress.
Private Max Boris. who on separate
occasions since July % has been re-
ported missing, wounded and Killed in
action, is believed to be unharmed and
with his regiment in France. He Is the
son OF Samuel BORIS 1918 South flt'h
street.
on August 81, the soldiers father re-
ceired word from the war department
that his son had been missing since july
2s. Last Wednesday second telegram
came from the war department an
nounCing that private Boris had peer
Wouhaeu III a'''oh' i-aS' 'uat ne "'s
unofticially reported Killed in action.
Mr.. Boris today received Word
through the Red cross that n" o'nCIa
record had been received OF the solaieF
death Despite the fart that ne was
5ald 10 nave nee" NoulI"eu
have been received from the soiuleF ul,'
der dates or August an" III "'II
he makes no mention OF Wou'IuS n.
was hehino 'Ae Iies N!.n ms o,,,
at that uthe, resting "i1e' N''''Ns ""
OF me lro't Llne 80 C,or,.
frlNhle b"i' Is 70 '..','" nos. ~,
panN r. HeNeh'" TIE sii,Iei'''
terlng the serN'ce "e was ''''
operator. ,,oo >.,..,
ir''a'e 'ar""'e &c., =,
sloan street. vas -. roat,.o.
July TO- acCorulIs " rai,ar
by MS ih"'he' ,no,t rahia
ne was ,, nle'i' to.,,,a,,,,. Cnn,nany u
s'3.',n Pnajn,ar, OfiriaI notice Of hi
;,,i,Ir,. hae NOT haen received from Wash
;ngtor
FaIIon's brother George. who is
,,or,her of Companv l., lllth Infantry
recently wrote to his mother sayins
/ that his life was probably saved by
Bible that he carried. \ shell exploded
near him and a piece Of it penetrated
, the book
Captain J. Burke Cousart was seei
with number of other American oricei
on his way to prison camp III ger
many, according 10 WORD recelNeu neI
by his wife. Mrs Marie NJ IouSar'' '0'
willows avenue
Lieutenant Jean bern"In' VI VI
French army, Wh" Is inter heu III =" ''"e
land, wrote 70 "fS' .ouS"i / HId.'"e
had seen her huspahu AZ
tion and that aptaln ous"r. ""Ii '%r ,',.
the French "thcer 10 "rI.e 10 "'' wa
and inform her ne was SAT-, ,.o,,oi
Al the tI''e ~ inr bottaIio
"uS''' ,no,I m"T r,,sn,,r,. vi, own CON
" e,,' ,,, Cor,nanv At first he wa
.n..ad missing hut on August 12
bIo Fror, tho International Red Cros
,'ta ,'.jsn statsd tnat ne was a prisone
L,ar,n Paeta-- Germany.
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frNate " man 80 b. ,.ms h
written ho,.!e ~. , ~, rnre,, Iette
family AT -\o' ""ou .,. ',a aod,iny shaI
because ne t,n,,,j,al M
and huile.S .,',5 ~ - ,I,, foo
su1cr'hs Ion. .'1,,.,',I,i,,or .%U ,,.,, coir
HIS letter say, ,ha foot
well untIl 'heE ~" sI, '.te 'h, ,ool, ir
August II - a.. 49, ,ovn
new paper anu .s,e, ,!o,I ore here
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minutes oel'i q ,.iuod ,ba 9TH
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