Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24

Private James +. Garrett. Mount
Private Dewey Bowman. Chester, Pa,
| sassed.
Private t. a. Burke, Camden. shell
shock.
Sketches OF the Heroes
Lieutenant John r. Graham. killed
| in action, was the son of Mrs. A. f.
Graham. 1912 Chestnut street. He was
a civil engineer by profession and had
| worked on the Panama Canal. He went
| into the Red Cross service two years
| before this country entered the war and
| served with Ambulance Unit No at
Verdun, being decorated with the Croix
de Guerre by the French Government
for gallantry in rescuing women and
| children at Bar-le-Duc. where he drove
his motor ambulance through hail of
bursting shells to the safety zone be-
hind the lines
The lieutenants name has not vet ap-
peared on any of the official casualty
lists. but word of his death came to his
mother in n letter from the American
y. NJ c. A. service in France. This let
ter informed her that her son had died
gloriously on the field of action and that
his personal effects. including a heavy
gold ring that he always wore. had been
forwarded to her by a brother-oftfcer of
her son.
Private Mitrofan MichaIik, killed in
action. was a Russian by birth. coming
here from Eolynska. near Petrograd,
| about four years ago. He had never
| been naturalized. but made no efforts to
escape the draft. and had been in the
service since September, 1917. He made
his home with his godmother, Mrs. Ma
trona Smyrnova, at 927 Gray street. His
father, Demtri Mchalik, is fighting with
one of the regiments opposed to the Boil
sheviki, according TO a letter to Mrs.
Smyrnova. Private Michalik's name has
not yet appeared on the official casualty
list.
Sergeant Louis Chicone, wounded. has
a brother, Corporal Jesse Chicone now
in France, second brother, Henry
| Chicone, was a member of the Sixth
| United States Cavalry but was acct
| dentally killed in Texas during the
| Mexican border campaign in 1916. while
a third brother Joseph Chicone intends
to enlist in the regular army this week
| The Chicone family resides at llO7
Christian street and before enlisting in
the old Third Regiment. N G. P, Ser
geant Chicone was professional boxer,
hghting under the ring name of Tom"
| Sheridan.
Private william Clark, whose right
fense of the Marne by the men of the
1Osth, 10th and 111th American regi-
ments of infantry. was formerly en-
pioyed as driver by the George 3.
Newton Coal Company at the corpora
tons branch. Taney and Pine streets
Clark lived on Taney street. not far
from the coal yard He was drafted
last September andNsens FIRST to Camp
| Meade. but proved such am ant punil
and picked up military drill so quickly
that he was soon sent to Camp Han
cock and assigned to the 109th In
| fantry.
Private Charles A. Mclean, wounded,
| is son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Mclean
907 South Forty-fourth street and Is
twenty-five years old. His name has
not appeared on the official casually LIST
but he has written his parents that he
was struck in the face by a piece of
shraprel and slightly injured. He is re-
covering rapidly in a base hospital he
said, and expected to rejoin his regiment
soon. He is a member of Companv c,
lO9th Infantry. having enlisted In the
First Regiment, y. G. P, a few davs
after this country declared war on Ger
many.
Private Francis j. Dunn. wounded,
enlisted in the First Regiment, n a
| ~
service on the Mexican border before
being sent TO Camp Hancock for final
training and assigned to the losth In
fantry. He has been wounded in the
right leg, according to letter received
by his mother, Mrs. John McFadden
5513 Oxford street. His name has not
yet appeared on the official casuaitv
list.
Corporal Leo r. Harvey, officially re-
ported as missing, is really in a hos
pltal. near the front line, suffering from
badly wrenched leg, according TO a lot
ter from the young soldier to his parents
who live at l705 North Fifty-fifth street
The leg injured on the Mexican borde,
In 1916. had given out under the strair
Of trench duty, he said, but was improv
ing under treatment. and he hoped soor
to be back with his regiment
Corporal Harvey enlisted in Compan,
l. of the Sixth Regiment ~ G. p, iusl
before the Mexican imbroglio. At tn,
outbreak of the war with GERMANY h,
was recalled to the colors and went Il
Camp Hancock for training. In May o.
this year he sailed for France
Harvey was born in this city twenty
Born In Philadelphia and educated Al
! the Episcopal Academy, Lieutenant era
ham was first employed by the Pennsyl
Yania Railroad before entering the Gov
ernment service and going to the Cana
Zone.
When the United States declared wa
/ on Germany he resigned from the am
' bulance corps, returned to this countr,
Z and entered the first officers trainin,
- camp at Fort Niagara, being commits
: stoned in September of last year an,
3 sent to France at once. He has see,
much active service, but apparentl,
bore a charmed life for he had neye
: even been wounded before the battle Il
i which he lost his life.
. Lieutenant Nelson w. Perine, missing
: Is twenty-five years old and the so
n of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson d. Perine, So
n South Forty-eighth street He was 4
n the senior class at the Towne Scienti
School of the University of Pennsylyani
6 when the United States entered the wa
= and Immediately after graduating h
enlisted In the First City Troop II
was sent to Augusta. Ga, and wa
finally admitted to the third oficers
training camp, graduating from ther
in April of this year. He was sent I
France in May and though his commits
sion had been approved and he wa
nominally a lieutenant, he acted a
sergeant for Company b, 10th Infantr
is until July Is, when he was finally swor
n in as a second lieutenant.
a During his absence from the front-lin
trenches taking the officers oath Gel
man scouting party sneaked around III
rear of the lines he'd by his compan
. and stole all the personal belongings q
the men, these having been placed in
" field in the rear of the trenches IN sav