The sun., 1918-08-24
M'CLOSKY, WOUNDED,
Is NOW A GENERAL
Colonel Of Regular Field Ar
tillery Promoted for Eff,
ficiency and Bravery.
COLUMBIA ATHLETE DIES
Lieut.. jefferson A. Healy Sue
cumbs to WOunds-WidOw
Loses Three Sons.
COLUMBIA ATHLETE DIES

! Field Artillery has been severely
wounded in France. The publication Of
his name in the casualty list yesterday
was colncident with the announcement
that he had been elevated to the rank
Of Brigadier- General for efficiency and
bravery.
Col. McClosky is ~ years old. He was
graduated from West Point in 1898 and
immediately was assigned to the Fifth
Artillery for service In Cuba In the
Spanish-American war He also saw
service in the Boxer rebellion in China
and In the Philippines, where he was
wounded in an engagement In Luxon.
He comes from Pennsylvania. A pre-
vious casualty list also contained the
name OF his nephew. Lieut.. William L.
Munro, Jr., who was serving with tho
same unit. Uncle and nephew are sup
posed to have been wounded In the same
battle. July 10.
Lieut. Jefferson A. Healy, former cap
tain Of the Columbia University football
team. has succumbed to wounds he re-
ceived in action. A telegram telling of
his death was received vsesterday at the
Sigma MI Fraternity House at the uni
versity.
By mistake THE SUN printed the name
OF Samuel L. Sargent yesterday as one
Of those who had succumbed to wounds
received in action. 1t was Samuel Sar-
gents brother. Edward b. Sargent, who
died in a French hospital August 10.
He was an efficiency expert for the
Fairbanks Scale Company and enlisted
in the Seventy-frst Regiment. His
home was In 80 East Foray-second
street.
When she received word yesterday
that her son. Edward A. Platkin. had
been severely wounded in action Mrs.
Sarah Platkin Of - Felix street. Brook
Ign. said that she hoped he would re-
cover soon so that he could get back
into the fight and avenge his injury.
Platkin Is % years old and enlisted with
the Twenty-third Regiment. New York.
Has Three Brothers in Service.
Charles H. Zwillich Of 1890 Prospect
avenue. a member Of the Marine Corps,
reported as wounded. has three brothers
in the military service. He enlisted in
June. 1917. sailing for France several
months later A postal card received by
his family August said his wounds
were slight.
Private Hyman Tokowitz, reported
killed in action. formerly lived with his
parents In $40 Madison street. The fam
lily moved to Brooklyn recently.
Kenneth Price. reported killed In &C.
ton. was the son OF Harry Price, a coal
dealer OF Burlington. N. ]. He was 81
years old and enlisted the day after war
was declared. He was with the 1l4th
Engineera
Henry Norman. who died Of wounds
July 16. lived In Sta Myrtle avenue,
Brooklyn. up to the time OF his enlist
ment In the Twenty-third Regiment, in
April. 1917. He was serving with Com
~
received his fatal wound. He was en-
gagged to Miss Bertha Mccarthy, 81
Cumberland street, Brooklyn.
The Dutch are scared to death when
they see the Marines coming" wrote
Private William Elgesheiser Of the Ma
rine Corps to his mother. Mrs. Julia
Elgesheiser. EOS Hamburg avenue,
Brooklyn. They call us devilhounds
and. believe me, we live up to the name
when We go over the top"
Mrs. Elgesf eiser received the letter
only a few days ago. Yesterday she
received another communication. this
this time from the War Department. in
forming her that her son had been killed
in action. Elgesheiser was 10 and has
two brothers in France, one Of them a
sergeant with the F1fty-nintt Artillery
and the other a corporal with the Third
Field Artillery
Three Gold Stars in Her Flag.
Mrs. James Cotter of 2l2 East
N.netieth street received a War Depart
n-ent telegram recently informing her
that her adopted son. Sergeant William
O'Neill, of the 166th Infantry. had been
seriously wounded. She had scarcely
finished reading the telegram when the
sergeant's brother, Jerome O'Neill. also
a sergeant in the same company Of the
165th. arrived home on a furlough and
told her william had been killed in
battle July IS and that he. Jerome, had
helped to bury him. A third one. Dan
lei. was killed before the other.
Jerome manned q machine gun after
the officer and the squad in charge Of
the gun had all been killed and sue
ceeded, single handed, in capturing or
killing several Germans. For this he
was awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross.
Another member Of the 165th gave up
his life July 16. He was Private WILL
lam ]. Cassidy of 724 Vernon avenue.
Long Island City. Cassidy carried a
message through hail OF shrapnel and
was wounded. He was treated at the
first aid station but refused to go to the
hospital.
He was fighting In the first line.
with his wounds bleeding. when he re-
ceived the final passport" read a let
ter received yesterday.