The sun., 1918-10-07
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
GAS ATTACK VICTIM
The Rev. Edward j. Wallace
Is First Priest to DIE With
U. s. Army.
SAID "GOING TO BE BUSY"
Corp. Weidle Severely Wound
ed After Writing Of Ex-
pected Fighting.
SAID "GOING TO BE BUSY,

The Rev. Edward J. Wallace. former
assistant rector OF ST. Patrick's Church.
Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. was the first
American Catholic chaplain to give his
life for his country. Word OF his death in
q hospital near the American front In
France following a gas attack has been
received by his mother. Mrs. Mary wal
lace. 1868 Dean street, Brooklyn.
He was commissioned First Lieuten-
ant last year and sent as chaplain to
p Camp Lee. He sailed for France last
April and was q favorite with his resi-
ment He was born in Boston in 1887
and received his early schooling in
Prince Edward Island. Later he en-
tered st. Johns College in Brooklyn and
was ordained to the priesthood six years
ago. He was linguist, skilled musi-
clan and composer and popular with the
priests OF the Brooklyn diocese. He is
survived by his mother and two sisters.
Prayers were offered for him in many
Brooklyn churches yesterday.
Lieut.. Charles II. Eypper. Montclair
who Is in France with his two brothers
was severely wounded September IL
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs George H
Eypper received q cablegram from him
in which he said he had been slightly
wounded.
In Trenches Four Times.
Sergeant Carl H. schumm. %. killed
IN action, lived with his parents at ~;
West Forty-fourth street until Septem.
Der. 1917. when ne went to Camp Upton
He sailed for France last May. Hi,
father. the Rev. r. c. A. Schumm. held
services for his son yesterday In the
English Lutheran Church of which III
Ii pastor.
Private Vincenzo Dondiego. %, KILLED
in action, lived with his mother at 10!
Mott street. He sailed in June and wa,
killed in September. A letter received
by his mother which was dated Angus
so stated that he had been in the from
line trenches four times and was abou
% go again.
Don't worry IL you don't get mai
from me for some time" wrote Corpora
Charles NJ. weidie to his mother Angus
i. We've got 'em on the run. An
going to be very busy for some time and
think we've got old Bill worried some
now. I expect to be home around the
holidays.
Since then Corpora, weidle has beer
severely wounded. He lived with hi.
parents at $40 East Fifty-ninth street
until he was drafted in 1917.
Corporal. Frank NJ. Riley, %, Com.
pany @. 106th Infantry, severely
wounded, lived with his father at 53C
West Forty-sixth street until he volun
L., al Ar.x
Guard. He was sent to France in May
and in the last letter received from him
he said he had been slightly gassed. but
expected to be back in the fight before
long.
Sends shrapnel That Hit Him.
Private Isadore ]. Dronsick. 90, Sc.
verely wounded August 26. is a member
Of Company I. 307th Infantry. He lived
with his brother. Benjamin, at s54 East
10th street. Tho Bronx. In a recent
letter he sent his brother piece Of
the shrapnel which struck him in the leg
Dronsick said in one of his letters thai
the Germans ought to cash in before
they are all shot to pieces" He was I
bookkeeper. Two brothers are in thu
service.
Private Walter T. Henry. 20. 1914
Infantry, severely wounded, recently
wrote to his father. Daniel F. Henry
237 Willis avenue, The Bronx. that h,
was in a base hospital In England re
covering from wounds in the right hill
and left ear received when he was car
rylng ammunition into the trenches. HI
was a semi-professional baseball playe
In The Bronx.
Don't worry. The bullet only wen
through my stomach" wrote Privat
James H. Harvey, Company G. 106th In
fantry. to his mother at 213 Divisio
avenue, Brooklyn.
Corporal Frank ]. wiss, 103 Ba,
Thirty-second street, Brooklyn, wa
killed when his regiment, the 106th In
fantry. was serving with Gen. Haig o
the west front September l. He was
bombing school graduate and rated a
an instructor. He was formerly a cler
IN Wall street office.
Another member of the 106th Infan
Try, Private Walter f. Evers, &c, ha
written to his father. Henry Evers. 113
Hancock street. Brooklyn, that he wa
wounded July 80. but expected to
back in the front line shortly. Ever
was born in Brooklyn and enlisted in tn
old Twenty-third Regiment in Apri
1917.
Brothers Meet I'm France,
Liouts. william n. and Joseph John
ston, brothers, "a and &c. ga Lexing
ton avenue, Brooklyn. have been fight
ing near each other in France for som
time. The former has been severed
wounded. He entered the first Piatts
burg camp. received his commission an
called for France in January with Com
pany II, 18th Infantry. In letters {
his father he mentioned having seen hi
brother several times. In one Of his lot
tiers he wrote: I'VE had three days o
he'll and ! remembered nothing until
awoke in a hospital in England"
II has been persistently reported 1
Montclair for several weeks that Cap
Newell Wood. who Is in the tank ser
Tice In France, had been shot in tn
Sead. Col. Moses Greenwood. the Car
gins father-in-law, has established b
sable that the reports are incorrect an
stamps them as German propaganda In
ended to cause pain to the Captain
FAMILY. Capt. Wood was slight
wounded October /. He is a brother G
Lieut.. Walker T. wood. who was kille
an airpiane accident at Cape Ma