Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-20
mine FROM CITY
ARE MENTIONED
AMONG CASUALS
Many From Suburban Towns
Suffer Death and Wounds
on Battlefields of France

score. The only fatality given for this
section in to-days list is Private Ed
win c. Wells, the son of County Com
missioner and Mrs. II. c. Wells, HOS
Penn street. An account of Private
Wells death, which was caused by
pneumonia, was printed in the Tele-
graph recently.
1t was learned to-day that Corporal
Paul w. Kelley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Kelley, 173 East Pomfret
street, Carlisle, was killed in action
September l. This information was
contained in an official notice from
the War Department to Mr.. kelley's
parents.
Company G, One Hundred and
Twelfth Infantry. He enlisted for
service over a year ago and was sent
to Camp Hancock for training, after
which he was sent overseas with his
regiment. His death adds another to
the growing list of Cumberland coun-
ty boys who have given their lives to
make the world fit place to live in.
Corporal Kelley is survived by his
parents, three brothers, Oliver and
Ralph, of Carlisle, and Roy Kelley,
of Boiling Springs, and three sisters,
Ellen and Kathryn, of Carlisle, and
Mrs. Blair Kuhn, of Boiling Springs.
To BE Home Soon
Sergeant Russell Leroy Matchett
is reported this afternoon as wound
ed. degree undetermined. A telegram
from Washington was received by his
wife at 141S Liberty street, yester-
day, and stated that Sergeant Match
ett has arrived in this country and is
at Camp Merritt. Wednesday his
wife also received a personal tele-
gram stating that he was at the New
Jersey camp and that he expected
to be home soon. He was wounded
witS shrapnel in the left leg some
time in the early part of July, and
is also reported to have been gassed,
although the latter report is not
official. Sergeant Matchett was a
member of the old Eighth Regiment
and is now with the One Hundred
and Twelfth Infantry. His arrival in
this city is expected at any time.
Reported this afternoon as wound
ed slightly, Lieutenant Alexander NJ.
Kinds, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Kinds, Route 2, Linglestown, was
wounded October IL, it was learned
to-day. In the last letter to his par
ents he stated that his wound, in the
right leg, had healed and that he was
back with his company. He writes
that he expects to return home soon.
Lieutenant Kinds is q member of
Company /, One Hundred and Four
teenth Infantry. He was formerly q
member of the National Guard of
Maryland, and was one of the first to
go to the Mexican border when
troops were called for service there.
During his border service Mr.. Kinds
had the rank of sergeant, and was
made a lieutenant later when he be-
came a member of the One Hundred
and Fourteenth, whSle in training at
Camp Admission, Alabama. He has
two brothers in the service, Robert
n. and George w. Kinds. They are
in training camps in this country.
Others on List
Other men from this city reported
are: Private George E. Fletcher,
wounded slightly, 313 Herr street;
Private George Martch, wounded
slightly, 1400 South Thirteenth
street; Private Giuseppe Gonovere,
2S2 South Second street; Private Guy
w. Zeigler, 124S Walnut street; Me-
chanic Clayton G. Brown, wounded,
degree undetermined, r. F. D. 5; Ser
wounded slightly, sos Race street,
and Sergeant Frank w. Arter, 1917
Marion street.
Sergeant Arter is reported this
morning as severely wounded. He is
the son of Mrs. Emma Arter, 1917
Marion street, and is a member of
Company NJ, Three Hundred and
Sixteenth Infantry. He was wounded
November 8, but the exact nature
of his injuries is not known. Private
Paul F. Shope, of Perdix, is also re-
ported this morning as wounded Sc
verely. He is member of the Three
Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry.
and was one of the five men selected
from Company c for special machine
gun service, while in training at
Camp Meade. He is a brother of
James A. Shope, engineer in the Of
flee of the City Park Department.
Private Thomas p. Wightman. of
New Cumberland, is reported slight
ly wounded. He is a member of the
Machine Gun Company of the Three
Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry. An
account of his being wounded ap-
peared in these columns in Novem-
ber. He was formerly q member of
the Telegraph's circulation force.
Private Fred d. Mumma, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Mumma, Mechan-
icsburg, is also reported as slightly
wounded this Afternoon. Private
Mumma, who is member of Com
pany c, Three Hundred and Six
teenth Infantry, was wounded some
time between the da les of September
26 and October 1. The wound was
caused by fine shrapnel which
lodged in the left hand. Word was
received this week from Private
Mumma that he has fully recovered
from his wound. He was a ieweIer
in Mechanicsburg before entering the
service.
From Nearby Towns
other casualties reported from the
immediate vicinity of Harrisburg are:
Private Ralph Kern, wounded de-
gree undetermined, of New Cumber-
land; Private Anthony Sandanna.
wounded. degree undetermined. 373
South Third street, Steelton; Private
Harry ID. McCauley wounded. degree
undetermined, 2603 South Third
street, SGelton, and Corporal Clar-
ence n. Crone, wounded slightly. 23O
Race street, Middletown.
Among the marine corps Casualties
reported this afternoon is First Lieu
tenant William A. Keiter, Elizabeth
vile. He is reported wounded severe
ly in action. Other casualties renort-
ed to-day from this section of tba
state are: Private Thomas Iesber
wounded slightly. Palmyra; Private
Clarence d. MacGregor, wounded
slightly, Carlisle; Corporal Albert r
Frank, wounded slightly, Chambers.
burg; Private James L. Zeger. wound-
ed slightly, degree undetermined
Route. 4, Mercersburg. Private James
w. Bohn, wounded, degree undeter-