The sun., 1918-09-01
AMHERST TEACHER
WOUNDED IN BATTLE
Lieut.. Waldo P. Subway
Knocked Down by a Shell
and Also Gassed.
LIEUT.. STILWELL KILLED
Sergt. Hugh Mcmillan, Cited
for Bravery, Now Appears
in Casualty List.

its usual quota to yesterdays list of
heroes killed. wounded or missing in &C.
tion.. Topping the list was the name of
Lieut.. Thomas v. Stiiwell of 11s West
12lst street. who died fighting for his
country.
Word was also received Of the wound
ing OF Lieut. Robert H. Wilson. Jr., Of
i42 Rugby road. Brooklyn. who fell in
action July 80. His father. a lawyer.
has asked the War Department for in
formation regarding the extent Of his
cons wounds. Lieut. Wilson Is twenty
five years old and a graduate of Eras-
mus High School and Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute. He also took course
In the Cornell law school and was just
about to receive his degree of LII. b.
when the United States entered the war.
Without waiting to receive his diploma
he entered the training school for off,
GERS at Plattsburg. His last letter home
was written July "a.
Corporal Joseph Francis Viacava.
missing In action since August 10, was a
member of the 305th Infantry. He lived
with his sister. Miss May Niacava, in
72a Willow avenue. Hoboken.
Cited for Bravery.
Sergeant Hugh Mcmillan of Corona
was wounded in action on July 81. ac-
cording to word received yesterday by
his sister. Mrs. Carrie Christie Of IS
East avenue, Long Island City. He Is
IS years old and a member of Company
E. 26th Infantry. He was cited for
bravery and earned his sergeant's chew
rons by an act of heroism.
DR.. Waldo p. Shumway. First Lieuten-
ant and adjutant Of the Third Battalion.
1880 Infantry. who gave up his work as
a teacher of biology in Amherst College
school at Plattsburg. has been gassed
and wounded. His father DR.. Edgar S.
Shumway, head Of the department Of
Latin in the Manual Training High
School of Brooklyn, received letter
from the Lieutenant written from his
hospital cot. 1t read in part:
Il was banged up SO little that It
probably won't even be reported in the
casualty lists. Was In the big push and
came through the first three days ali
right. But the fool surgeon thought i
showed signs of being played out so he
sent me back to the hospital. Honestly,
all the matter with me Is a little ex-
haustion from lack of food and sleep.
II got knocked down by a shell that
exploded alongside Of me and put the
man next to me out of action. i was
very lucky and only got two tiny splin-
tiers, one in the cheek and one in the
leg. and a scratch on the forehead. l
commanded the battalion for a day
before they sent me back here"
t.. % ~ hn a,,fa vly,.r
statement about his physical condition.
however. a letter received some two
weeks after the one above quoted shows
Lieut.. Shumway still in the hospital and
somewhat weak .......
All Men Are in Service.
Lieut. Shuni~ay at the age of 20 was
sent by Amherst on a trip OF, exploration
through Patagonia. He was also the CO.
editor with his father of the Macmillan
edition of Pope's translation of the
odyssey" While he was taking post
graduate work at Columbia preparatory
to receiving his doctors degree he was
the intercollegiate sabre champion. His
father. DR.. Edgar Shumway. is SER
geant in Company II. Fourteenth In
fantry, New York Guard. All the other
male members of the family are in the
service. The Lieutenant's brother. Con-
rad Shumway. is a Lieutenant in the
124th Machine Gun Battalion, Thirty
third Division. and another brother. Erie
who was rejected for enlistment in the
army and navy. is now in the merchant
marine service. All are graduates of
Amherst.
Meyer Feldman. reported as wounded
in action. is a bugler in Company A.
Thirty-eighth Infantry. He is 10 years
old and lives at 400 Saratoga avenue.
Brooklyn.
Private John Cullimore Smith.
wounded in action on August 10. Is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Smith of
Rockville Centre. He is 20. When the
United States declared war he enlisted
in Nebraska. where he had spent two
years on n ranch.
Lieut.. James Valentine. Jr.. a member
of the Canadian Air Force and the son
of Mr. and Mrs, James Valentine of
Glen Ridge. n. j.. is reported missing
since the allied air raid over Mannheim
August %. He was close friend of
Briggs X. Adams OF Montclair. who was
killed several months ago while flying in
France. The young men went overseas
together and trained in England.
Gnsscd and wounded.
fTlNdte refer pdiIdSner, WOunQeO on
July II. Is the son OF Thomas Gallagher
OF 100 Greenpoint avenue. Brooklyn. He
enlisted In September, 1871, when he
was II years old. In letter to his
father he told of being gassed and
slightly wounded with shrapnel, but said
that he was recovering rapidly and only
regretted that he couldn't rejoin his
company at once so as Ito get hunk on
the Huns"
Private Edward T. Walters, a member
OF headquarters company of the 3O5th
Infantry, was severely wounded In ac-
ton on August ~. according to a War
Department notification received by his
father, Jacob Walters, l4sS De Kalb
avenue. Brooklyn.
Private Max Grabman, 2S, of Com
pany d. 3O5th Infantry, was included in
the list Of severely wounded His mother,
Mrs. fetta irabman. lives in l746 Ster-
ling place. Brooklyn.
at certainly was some charge our
boys made the morning ! was hit"
wrote Corporal Howard r. Morton OF
Company /, 165th Infantry, to his
mother, who lives at 1928 Hobson ave-
nue., Laurel Hill, Queens. I'VE started
out early In the morning and met the
GermaDs In n thick woods They were
well protected with machine guns, but
we charged them with fixed bayonets
and chased them. know they had re.
treated five miles when | was shot
through the left arm. The bullet went
through my shoulder and came out at
the elbow. ] was operated on and the
wound Is sewed up now. Guess I will
be after the Huns again before Ions"
Corporal Morton received his wound