Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
EUGENE JslfvN LIEUT. Lohv CORP JDlCK5oN A. PARsoN
V/ouneJeJ Wovn ded Wounded . Wov nded

wrote to Mrs. Mcnamara that her son
had been brakinx for five months on a
narrow gauge railroad. He wrote:
duty W a he e met rs ss ena After Ge this his
serting the coupling pin for. the con-
nection of two ears laden with logs for
sawmill and unaware of the .protru-
sjon of logs on either car over the ends
Of the cars. he stood. upright. only to
get caught between two logs. He was
killed instantlv.
AT tn. Z NJ. G; a. or his station
and sorrow prevailed the thronE or 800
soldiers present
He ais. wrotes that the body was
buried with military honors on sep.ern-
her II. Your son was an excellent
soldier" he concluded.
Mrs Mcnamara also received a letter
written IN English from Ivonne lie
Bo,Iffy, Eclaron. Department OF the
Marne, expressing sympathy for his
death.
II send you a small flower from his
tomb" she wrote. THE Fl fench love
painful sacrifices made by the Ameri-
cans My father and brother have been
at the front TOR four years and I
understand yoiIr sorrow
Private Mcnamara enlisted In Sep
tember. 1917. and trained at Camps Lee
and Meade. File went overseas in De-
cennber He was employed in box
factory and attended the Immaculate
Sergeant william G. Numbers. of tho
3o9th Machine Gun Battalion. is in a
base hospital in France with a shat
tered right leg. received when n smell
burst near him about September 1s.
His home is at 3311 Freemont avenue.
Camden, and the news was received in
a letter dated September Is and ad-
His wife, formerly Miss Alice Bromley.
Camden. and infant child. also live at
the Fremont avenue address The
went overseas in April. 1918. He Join.
ed the colors in September. 1918. and
trained at Camp Dix. He was made a
CORPORAL and Promotsa .1s 70 ;, sergeant nj be
gun school in England.
Private Jane. Roche. who was
wounded during the repulse Of the Ger
mans at the Marine, but Is back with
Merton Cnddy Masterwas formerly an
Wounded in France ass'slan' a. er ca ths y
Merton cric = ket W
Clubs Ardnore avenue golf course, He
and younger brother Joseph Roche
brother. John Roche. had Joined the old
Third in 1915. and eventually all three
m pany W NJ, 10th infantry John Roche
was reported wounded some time ago.
but Is rapidly recovering, according to
letters received at his home. 2221 carp
street
Private Dominic BOcalo, of 92S South
Eighth street. reported wounded In
action on August l. Is recovering in a
base hospital. He came to this country
four years previous to his enlistment in
September. 1917, and was employed by
an italian banking house. His parents
live in Milan, Italy. He is thirty years
old.
Private Eugene J. Slevan. Company NJ.
110th Infantry. who lived at 1872 Dud-
ley street. was shot in the left leg on
July 80 and is still in a base hospital
In France He received his education In
a Philadelphia parochial school and was
formerly employed as a plumber He is
twenty-four years old and enlisted in
March. 1917.
Private william ,. Turner. Company
x, 10th Infantry, was hit In the right
shoulder by shrapnel on August 20 End
is still In a base hospital He enlisted
in June, 1915. when sixteen years OF