The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-09
ONE OF FOUR CHUMS
WOUNDED SEVERELY
RidgewoOd Boy Was Charmed
by Army Life Overseas. He
Wrote Home.

Private Albert Weinrich, who was re-
| ported in Sundays casualties as
wounded severely. is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank weinrch of j56 Woodwork
| avenue, Ridgewood. He was a member
| Of Company G. Thirty-first Infantry.
He sailed for France last April. In
his letters home he has expressed great
| satisfaction in army life and has often
times mentioned three boyhood chums
| who are in his company. The three boys
are William Schroeder, Frank Leykam
and Edward Hertling. He has brother.
Frank. Jr. who Is member of Com
pany 81 Of the Fifteenth Depot Brigade
now stationed at Camp Upton. He also
has cousin. Albert Weinklauff. who is
| at Fort Slocum. Private Weinrich Is %
years old and has lived in Brooklyn and
Queens all his life. He is a graduate OF
Public School IS.
Private Arthur L. Snnell OF Babylon.
L. l., who Is mentioned az having died
OF wounds, Is the first man from that
community who has given his life IN the
war He was 90 years old. and enlisted
in the Twenty-third Infantry year ago.
He was a son of Clarence Sinnell. a
Brooklyn school teacher. He died
June Z.
1t is felt by the parents of Edward
VI. Young of Elmhurst, L. l.. that a mis-
take has been made by the War Depart
! ment in the report that the boy was Sc
verely wounded on April 90. Several
letters have been received from Young
since that time the last letter being
dated May rs. In this letter he said
! that he had entirely recovered from his
injury and would be back with his
| company in about week.
Private Joseph II. Schultz. who Is re-
ported as having died Of wounds. lived
| with Charles Medenbach at II Howard
street, Newark. When he was baby 3
months old his mother died and the
whereabouts OF his father being I'M
| known. he was adopted by his grand
father. He enlisted in the army April
II, later sailing for France. When the
grandfather received the telegram stat
, ing that his grandson had been wounded
| on June and had died on June 16 he
suffered stroke OF apoplexy and Is In
a critical condition. He is p years OF
| age.
Lieut.. Gerald f. Reynolds, who died
| in France on June 81. Is the first Ruth
erford boy who has lost his life. Lieut..
| Reynolds enlisted with the Canadian
forces about three years ago. in a regi-
ment recruited to reinforce the famous
! Princess Pats. About year later he
| was wounded in Flanders and on his
| recovery he received a commission in
| the Royal Flying Corps.
He returned to service last January.
and since that time has been member
| Of a night bombing squad. 1t was In
performance OF his duties with this or
sanization that he was killed. Lieut..
Reynolds was the son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Charles s. Reynolds of rs East Newell
avenue, Rutherford. He was "a years
old.
His wife received a telegram on Sat
urday that Sergeant Ray A. Wood OF
| Highlands, N. j., had died OF wounds
| received in battle on June 16. Beside
the wife, Sergeant Wood leaves an In
| FAINT child. He had been stationed at
Sandy Hook in the regulars for several
years previous to the declaration OF war
When Corporal Joseph Sabatini, "a
of liz Sackman street and Private
Bernard p. Lynch OF 645 Forty-sixth
street, both of Brooklyn. went Off TO
| France as members of Company ID, 102d
| Infantry of Connecticut. they told their
| friends that whatever happened to one
| Of them on the battle line was certain
| to happen to the other. They had been
| inseparable friends from boyhood.
Apparently the youths have kept their
] word, for their parents received tele-
grams from the War Department yes
| terday announcing that both had been
| located as prisoners Of war in the Ger
man camp at Hammelberg. Details OF
| their capture were not contained in the
| War Departments message. They were
FIRST reported as missing In action In
\ Gen. Pershing's casualty list on April Fl.
| Sabatini was working in New Haven
| Conn. when this country entered the
| war and already was a member of the
| Connecticut regiment. He sent word to
his friend that the unit was likely soon
| to be called into active service and
Lynch promptly enlisted in the same
command They went to France In Sep
TENDER and had been on the firing lines
several weeks when they were captured
The War Department last evening no
tified Mr.. and Mrs Frederick c. Young
Of IS woolley avenue. Newtown Heights
| that their son. Frederick M. Young. had
been wounded In action on April 20
They had previously heard Of his In.
juries. II was stated that he was well
on the way to recovery. He 10 IL years
old and enlisted year and half age
in the Seventh Field Artillery.