The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
NORTH JERSEY MEN
LEAD CASUALTIES
Iieuts. Bailey, Nivcn and Du-
gan Lose Lives Near End
Of HOstiliticS.
ETH'S "BABY" DIES A HERO
Corporal Harris, Youngest of
Famous Regiments Men,
Succumbs to Wounds.
ETH'S "BABY" DIES A HERO

Word was received yesterday Of the
death OF Lieut.. Kenneth A. Bailey of
% Ridgewood avenue, Glen Ridge.
~. j.. and Lieut. Maurice Philip Niven
of los Bellevue avenue, Upper Mont
clair.
Lieut. Bailey was Killed October ..
News OF his death was received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Weston
Bailey, through n letter written to
them by his regInental chaplain in
France. He was 20 years old and a
graduate of Peddie Institute. He was
a student at Stevens Institute of Tech
nology when he entered the service as
an ambulance driver. Later he was
transferred TO the 102d Field Artillery
and received his commission after he
reached the other side. His last letter
home was written six days before he
met his death in battle. According to
the letter written 10y the chaplain he
was buried with military honors In
grave marked with cross bearing his
name
Lieut.. Niren was attached to the
3fSth Infantry and was killed in ac-
ton on November 3. He was Born in
|ortclair and was graduated from the
Montclair High School in 1907. For
three months he served on the border
with the old Essex Troop. the crack
mounted unit of the New Jersey Ma
tional Guard. He won his commission
a. Fort Afyer. lie was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. D. McMartln Niven.
..Baby" Harris Dies of wounds.
To the list of casualties which have
thinned out the ranks of the old Sew
enth Regiment-now the 10th In
fantry--was added yesterday the name
OF Corporal Edwin r. Harris, Baby
Harris OF Company B. as he was af-
fPctionately known among the men Of
tho Old Seventh. IIo was scarcely
~ Ncar3 old when he received
his morta. wound in the battle Of the
Argonne Forest. His youth did not
detract from his ability as soldier
When Capt. riske OF the old Seventh
Nas killed ana al Its other officers dis
abled, "Baoy' Harris assumed the
leadership OF the company for two
davs during the hottest part of the
fgnting. lie was wounded in both
legs, the side and the back and was
sent to Burks Hospital. London.
where he rallied at first. but later had
O relapse. A letter written by his
nurse to his parents, aGr. and Mrs
Hooper Harris of 157 West 1881 street.
told of the boys death on October T.
Corporal Nathan Solomon of 1875
Dean street. Brooklyn, who was cited
for hcroism in the battle of the Marine.
was killed in action on October IL, ac-
cording to an official telegram from
Washington. which reached his pa
rents yesterday. He was % years old
enlisted in the marines in May. 1917
and was fighting with the Sixth Ma
chine Gun battalion when he received
his mortal wounds.
Lieut. Daniel \. Dugan, Jr., of Com
p1ny u. 317th Infantry. killed in ac-
iion November 1, was the son of Judge
Daniel \. Dugan of Orange, \. j. He
was 26 years old. and had attended ST.
Francis Xavier and Seton Hall col
1cges He was with the Essex Troop
on the Mexican border, and after this
country's entrance into the war at
tended the officers training school at
Camp Mcclellan. where he received
his commission. lie left for overseas
last June.