Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-07
AZ 0 DANIEL
KilLF0IN ACCIDENT
OVER IN FRANCE
Official Notice From War Depart
ment Received by Family
in Newark.
WAS POPULAR YOUNG MAN

on july % Although the accident
happcned six weeks ago, II was not until
Yesterday that his relatives received
definite announcement OF ms death IN
the following telegram from the War
Department: Deeply regret to inform
YOU that il Is officially reported that
Lieutenant James A. @ Daniel, air service,
died of aeroplane accident July y. "t.x-
ccpf that the was killed on the aviation
field at Rennes the family have no other
details of the accident.
Lieutenant O'Daniel's father, Amos
O'Daniel. lives at Ashland but he. with
his brother. Lieutenant John Wilson
O'Daniel, who is also in France, made
their home while attending Delaware
College with their grandmother, Mrs
Rebecca \. Wilson on East Main street
When the trouble broke out with
Mexico. in 1916. the two brothers who
were attending college both members
of the Sigma Nu Fraternity were both
also members OF Company T., Organized
Militia of Delaware. went 10 the Mexican
border with that cOmapny. Al, rs
the deceased soldier was known to Is
friends was Il corporal and Wilson
sergeant SHORTLY after the company
returned Al was promoted I o sergeant
and when the regiment was organized
he was appointed second lieutenant by
Governor Townsend. He went with the
regiment to Anniston. Ala, where he was
attached 10 the One hundred and tenth
Heavy Field ARTILLERY lie renamed
At Anniston only short time, being sent
from there to a school Of military aero
nautics in Texas, from which he graduated
laast January. as All aerial observer.
He was then sent To a camp at Garden
CITY. y Y, Lieutenant ODanIei stopped
in Newark for few days on his way from
Texas to New York, and came home
again late in the winter on short fur
Tough. He was promoted to first
lieutenant while AZ Garden City and was
.nt over he latter part Of last March.
BROTHERS N rHE sERvIcK-
Il was n coincidence that the day
Lieutenant Al O'Danicl landed IN
France. early in April hls Older brother,
Lieutenant Wilson O Daniel sailed from
This country. The former on arriving
in France was placed IN an aerial obscr-
walton school - learn acnal gunnery.
While he had gone through three aerial
training schools since arriving in France,
a. far as is known here he had not been
in actual service The last letter received
from him BY relatives. lntlmatcd that nc
would be in real artillery fire soon
His relatives have been somewhat
of not receiving any letters from him
Recently friend of his aunt living al
Rising Sun, Md who has sister in the
Rcd Cross service in France, notified her
that her sister in a letter. said Lieutenant
s'A" O'Danicl was killed on the AVIATION
field al Rennes more than week before
the letter was written While this lntor-
nation worried his relatives considerably.
they wer,> Of the opinion that Il was
mistake as no word had been received
from the War Department and his name
never appeared in the caSualtv list e.
terday. Secretary Of State Everett G.
johnson 81 the request ot the tamliyr
wired Ia The War Department as Di-
rector-tie ieneral Of the state Council OF
Defense. asking for any information about
Lieutenant O.Danlcl and the telegram
quoted above was received IN reply late
Yesterday afternoon
POPULAR YoUNG MAN.
AZ ODaniel was very popular
among his fellow students and was often
referred to as one Of the ''ganlest boys that
ever attended Old Delaware. He PLAYED
centre on the scrub football team and
also PLAYED on the scrub baseball team.
He would have graduated last year
had he remained in college. and his brother
who was less than two years older, was a
senior when he went 10 the Mexican
border
The two brothers were exceptionally
fond OF each other and were fast pals
Wilson was scrub quarterback on the
varsity team for three years and made his
ID in baseball It happened that they
never saw each other after this country
got into the war Wilson attended the
first Officers Training School al Fort
Mver and won second lieutenancy
In August of last wear he went TO Fort
Oglethorpe, where he remained until
last April when he WAS sent over with
an Infantry regiment having been
transferred TO the regular army He has
seen considerable service at the front
and was planning TO visit hls brother
LETTER PROM BROTH ER.
Yesterday morning he relatives of the
deceased soldier received q letter from
his brother Lieutenant }. Wilson o.
Daniel In the letter the latter refers
TO ms brother as "Old Al and says while
he has NOT heard from him for some time
he was expecting a letter every DAY.
This letter was dated Augu,t ) and
according TO the despatch from " ashng-
ton Lieutenant ] A q Daniel had oeen
dead for nine days when his brother
wrote the letter Las week q letter was
received from Iieutenani J Wilson
O'Danltl IN which he stated that he
expected to get ii ten-days furlough
early IN Auguet and thai II was his
intention 10 VISIT hir brother al 7
The. letter received from Lieutenant
J " ODaniel yesterday. follows
August ). 1915 Dear Folks AZ Home
Mail came Yesterday with delayed
one from homo Even the old letters
arc very, very welcome YOU can bet.
The weather is fine here now as know il
is in the good old L :. A. believe
am lucky lad for having the kind Of
family and friends that | have. Never
do ] get a letter that makes me down
hearted They make me want to fight
harder than ever before and add to making
me glad that ! am into il with tse men Of
the grandest and most glorious country
IL the world We are giving il to them
all the time and are constantly doping
out some new way to get him
Believe me, Fritz is on the run now
and our Job is TO keep him moving !
got letter from Uncle Dan O'Daniel
and one from Dad the other day They
are all inspirations to 20 get the Hun
Write often for there are times when your
letters just come in time. ] know ! am