The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-19
AFTERMATH OF WAR

formation that Corporal Martin J.
Monk residing on rural route 3 of this
city was killed in action on Oct 20
Monk was 27 years of age and was in
Quoted into the service May 20 last.
He wrote a cheerful letter home six
days before his death in which he ex-
pressed his determination to do his
part in the gigantic task.
Major A. l.. Nash missed getting into
the big fuss by less than day After
a year and a half of intensive prepar-
alton, he was about to take part in an
artillery duel when the armistice was
signed on Nov. 11th. He was stationed
on the Mosele river near Metz, his
letter indicates.
The remains of Joseph Hoffman,
who died at Camp Hancock, Georgia, |
arrived in the city last Saturday and
were taken to his home in Gibson
whence the funeral was held.
The casualty lists last week had in
the wounded, degree undetermined
class the name of Arthur Bayrenbruch
of Newton. His family have received
no news of his being hurt and the cas-
ualty list is the only source of their |
information.
Relatives at Two Rivers have re-
ceived letters from Private Melton
Sonntag, of that city, written in hos
pital in France where he is recover
ing from severe wounds. This is the
first news of his injuries.
Harold Brady, with the Marine avia-
ton corps in France arrived at New
port News, Va, Sunday and is expect
ed in the city shortly.
Edward Wilfert, wounded "over
there" is en- route home.
Seargeant Anton Lonsdorf of the
Twentieth Engineering corps writes to
his parents of fourteen day furlough |
which he evidently spent with other
Wisconsin boys in seeing as much OF
France as was possible.
Young men who have returned fIom
army camps each with an honorable |
discharge the past week include the
following. Arnold Vogelsang from
Camp Shelby, Miss; Edgar Born from
Camp Grant, H.. Victor Kruger from
overseas; Louis Svacina, former
Manitowoc boy who went into the |
IL I in
and John Campanite from Jefferson
Barracks, Mo; Robert II. Boeder Jr., |
from Camp Sherman, Ohio; Marvin |
Vollendorf from Indianapolis; Lieut.. |
Ottmar Schroeder from an Alabama |
Camp; Arthur Schley from Camp Dix, |
n j.; Hugo Esch, Camp Ranall Madi-
son.
Edwin Bigel, from Camp Grant; |
Martin Reedy of Maribel from Camp |
Sherman and the following, all from
the Students Army Training corps, |
Michael Riehdorff from Washington,
d. c.; Reginald Hammond. Albert |
Smith, and Ralph Koenig from Madi-
son, Wis.
Arthur Gerpheide from the S. A. T.
G. at Marquette College; William Bier
man from Camp Grant; Ed. Koene from |
1 Jefferson Barracks, Mo-; Water Koch
ler and Lewis Pankratz from the Train
ing Corps at Madison.
1t is almost impossible to keep track
~ t,,p IND
streaming home daily.
John Ellis, who went to England
and enlisted in the British army, has
returned to the city and will resume
his position as salesman for the j. F.
Rammel company.
Casualty lists this week have in the
severely wounded" column the names
\ of Arthur Bolzenthal of Two Rivers
and Henry Stedie of Grimms.
Martin H. BAIL of Whtelaw, writ
| ling from Base Hospital 6S in France
1 says that six days before the signing
1 of the armistice his command went
over the top and three machine gun
bullets reached him. His worst injury
was to an arm, from which, however
i the surgeons assure him he will COM
+ pletely recover.
Herbert Brick writes from France
of the splendid work of the Red Cross
and tells of meetings with other Mani
towoc county boys over there,
Chas. Kieselhorst received a message
Saturday from the war department
notifying him of the death of his son,
4 Private Elmer Kieselhorst, in France
N on August IL. He was wounded on
August and died three day later.
He was % years of age and left here
= for Camp Custer in September, 1917.
J On September Il messages were re.
N ceived from the war department an
nouncing that Priv. Kieselhorst had
been wounded in action on August \
i but no further word reached the fam
ily Several weeks ago Mr.. Kiesel-
horst made an appeal to the Red Cross
! to assist in securing information as to
j the fate or whereabouts Of his son, but
the society was unable to find any re-
4 cord OF the case and Mr.. Kieselhorst
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