The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-05
SLAIN LIST HEADED
BY CAPT. MANNING
Brooklyn Winner Of Victoria
Cross Had Reenlisted After
Being Gassed and Shelled.
FATHER TO AvENGE son
New Casualties Reveal Hero
ism Of Soldiers From the
Metropolitan Area.

der of fortune, was reported In yester-
days casualty list as having died from
wounds on July 25. He was wounded
In the carly days Of the lighting along
tho Marne salient. and II Is quite prob
able that tho list that bears his name
10 the immediate forerunner Of tho re-
ports that will tell the real story Of the
American casualties in the fighting that
sent the cream Of tho German army
scurryins back to the Aisne River.
| Capt Manning was SO years of age
and his home address was at 25 De
Koven court, Brooklyn. lie had served
with Gen. Peyshing in the Philippines
in the early fighting days Of the Ameri-
can commander. and the present war
gave him an opportunity that he i'm
proved al the opening by winning the
Victoria Cross for an act OF exceptional
bravery.
| After Gen. Pershing returned to the
| United States from the Philippines Capt.
Manning remained in the islands as q
member of the constabulary. He was In
! civil life in this country when the Lusi-
| tania was sunk, and went Immediately
| al
| OF Philippine veterans. he took service.
The Canadians made him Captain on
April Is. 1915. and before the end OF the
! month he was overseas and had been
wounded. After a hospital term he
went back to the front. where he was
gassed. Finally shell shock got him
and he was honorably discharged.
AS soon as Gen. Pershing was placed
| in command OF the army he enlisted in
| the United States Army and was soon
advanced to the rank OF Captain. He
wrote his friend. Thomas Rdgeway. a
short time ago. saying that he was glad
| TO be with his old commander again
Turned Captured Guns on Foe.
News dispatches relating TO the fight-
Ing Of July % told how the Captain,
| with two other veterans. had taken a
battery OF German IT'S" and turned
them on the retreating enemy.
The lives of many of his fellow
| soldiers were saved by this act" said
the report.
Capt Manning told Ridgeway In his
letter that he was about the only one
OF the original band OF Philippine VET
Grams left. He ended his note
Il suppose that they will get me soon
but IL You people back in the States
do your share you won't have TO worry
about U.S."
George Franklin, who was 22 years
OF age. was a wireless operator attached
to the headquarters company OF the
Twenty-eighth Infantry. His family
resides at 1926 Forty-second street.
brooklyn. A card was received from
him Friday. dated June 90. in which he
said that he had been wounded in the
jaw. but that the wound was RAPIDLY
healing and he expected to get back to
the trenches at once. In one OF his
letters TO his family he said that he
had been in Paris during an air raid.
and he said that "the raid was more
exciting than damaging"
Charles Bremen, who was one Of tho
Americans reported yesterday as killed
In action. was an employee OF Brill
Bros. before entering the army and
lived with his widowed mother Mrs.
Sarah Bremen, at 42o East l4Sth street.
He had seen service In Mexico and en-
listed eighteen months ago IN the Six
teenth Infantry
Frank Ankelein. a private In a pro-
visional supply train. who died in France
from disease. was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Ludwig Ankelein. who were born
In Germany. but who have been citizens
OF the United States for fvy-one years.
Young Ankelein was 20 years Of ago
and was drafted In September Before
being drafted he was chauffeur for a
music house
II only hope" Re wrote his mother
that the American boys will get tho
Kaiser and riddle him with bullets and
plant one American flag in each bullet
hole"
McNamee to AvehEe Sons Death,
Private William J. McNamea ,5,,sa
In action. was 81 years of are. and ,,ved
at 2i65 Eighth avenue. He Joined ~.
Thirty-eighth Infantry in SeptembAr
and was transferred to the Third d.
vision Ammunition Train. Mr.. and Mrs
David McNamee who live at the family
home. said yesterday that they have an
other son. Daniel. who enlisted in tina
F1fty-hfth Infantry when he was fifteen
years OF age, He Is now on his way to
France.
David McNamce. father o. N. vou,g
man. announced last night that he in
tended TO enlist at once and go 10 tho
front TO avenge the death OF his son
Il want to get over there as soon as
possible" he said.
The father gave UP n position na wing
him $4,000 year at the beginning OF
the war to take a place with the Staten
Island ShipbuildIng Company. Up 10
hve years ago he was a member O, the
SSty-nlnth infantry. National Guard OF
New York. now the l65th Infantry. T.
S. National Guard. He is ~ Years q,
age Va
Lieut.. William Hopkins Chandler
Seventh Field Artillery. was severely
wounded during the Marine fighting. a
telegram TO his wife. Mrs Maud Scala
Chandler. AT 573 East Eighth street
Brooklyn, came from the War Depart
ment yesterday announcing his injury
Lieut.. Chandler was born In Madura
southern India, IN 1894. He was honor
man in the Yale academic class OF 1918
and member OF the Phi Beta Kama
and Beta Theta Pr At the time OF his
entrance at the Plattsburg training camp
In 1917 he was attending the Union The
illogical Seminary at Columbia He was
commissioned a Second Lieutenant OF ar
tillery.
Lieut.. Chandler married Miss Maud
b. Scale OF Brooklyn August IS, 1917.
His father is the Rev. ]. s. Chandler. a
Yale graduate OF tho class Of 20, and a
missionary at Madura. India. The father
is engaged In compiling a Hindu die
tionary for the British Government.
Needed Twins Prayers, He Said,
Edwin Olander. 90 years OF age. had
more interest in twins that had blessed
the home OF a neighbor than he had in
his own safety when he wrote to his
mother at 1902 Eighth ayenua prooL,,,,