Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10


wounded in the left arm just rs ne was
about TO crawl in the hole for shelter,
He has returned TO the United states
and is now at the Camp Dix conNalesclhg
hospital He has visited his parents at
o717 French street once on furlouGh
since he returned n few weeks ago
Three other men In the citys casualty
list today have arrived from overseas.
"Only eight of my company escaped
unharmed," said Dyer, Sometimes l
cannot sleep in the night for the silence,
was SO accustomed to the noise Of
battle, and the silence makes me think
Of the dreadfulness of it."
Returned to his home with stripe
for n wound received at the battle OF
St Mihiel. private Henry l.. stevens,
B23 Hansberry street. reported wounded
today. says he had good time.
what IL the use to talk about it,
said the youthful veteran yesterday, 1T
rs all over now. 1 had a good time and
/ am back and had rather talk about
Philadelphia than about that awful
nightmare over in France
wounded with ShrapneI
Stevens as a member of Company b.
103d Engineers. was severely wounded
by shrapnel in the right shoulder NOvem-
ber 3. He enlisted in July, 1917. and
regiment sailed last May. He is twenty
one years old and n graduate of the
Llanerch High School.
After being wounded he spent six
weeks In a hospital at Chateau Reaux.
A brother who served with the same
regiment and company is now in Ger
many.
Antonio Zesperi. 1928 East Rittenhouse
street. another Of the wounded reported
today. has returned from overseas on
going over the top his second time.
October 10, he got a dose Cf the much
dreaded tear gas" He recovered after
ten weeks. zesper! was "A member of
Company NJ. Fifty-ffth Regiment In
fantry, and had been in France since
August He was drafted In May He
IS twenty-seven years old and an auto
mobile mechanic
Private Morris Goldstein was killed in
action October 4 while carrying wounded
from the field at Nantlllois. He is at
tached to Ambulance Company 800. He
is nineteen years old and before join
ing Ne army lived with his parents al
1425 West Susquehanna avenue.
Although the name Of Private George
T. Willis. Fifth Regiment Marines, has
never appeared on the casualty list. re
Is casualty. according to his parents
living at $40 Poplar street. Their son
say Mr.. and Mrs. Willis, has not writ.
ten since early in May and all efforts
TO trace the fate of the soldier further
than June have proved futile. Moth
Ing can be learned from the War De-
partment and the parents of the boy
believe him dead.
Through some error the War Depart
ment yesterday issued two casualty lists
Tor Sunday. bringing the total for the
city up TO fifteen.
One man from here and one iron
Camden with the overseas forces are
dead from accident or some other cause
according to the report. TIE remainder or
the report for this section are classified
as follows: Wounded severely, one
wounded. with degree undetermined
seven. and wounded slightly, three.
Included in a total OF 43l for the na
tion there are fifty-six from Pennsyl
vania on the honor roll today.
Sergeant samuel J.. Trotta, son oi
Joseph r. Trotta, 25l3 Fast Clearflelt
street died of wounds September 80. ac
cording to the War Department. A let
ter from Adjutant Harris received th'
same day as the telegram to the boys
father said that he was severely
wounded
He left his work as a machinist il
the Frankford Arsenal and Joined thu
father says he is relieved now that HI
knows the fate of his son. He was
member of Company /, 315th Infantry
brother, Robert Trotta. who served
during the war in the navy CAM
through uninjured.
Michael v. Kennedy. 6O55 Stentol
avenue, Germantown, had his right lei
shattered by machine-gun bullets DC
tober Q. According TO recent letters h
wrote a sister. Mrs Margaret Cody
living at the Stenton avenue address
he is still confined to base hospital Il
France.
Kennedy is an automobile mechanic
He enlisted in Company NJ. 33sth Motto
Transport Corps. but was later trans
ferred to the Twentv-eighth Infantry
newspapers. said Kennedy in a lette
home. has the distinction of having ha
the largest number OF casualties or an
infantry unit In the army He traine
at Camp Custer and has been oversee
since June of last year.
Infantry. originally reported wounde
September 27. Is dead. according to
telegram received by Charles j. A
brecht. 2sl3 Fast Fletcher stree
father of the soldier. yesterday. \
cause for his death was given, In r.
ply 10 letter written 10 the nrst Sc
reant OF the company to which hts 50
WAS attached the father was told thu
his son had been buried In France !
the chaplain. and the father Is anxiol
10 locate the chaplain to verify II
Private william Cetter. 622s De Lane.
street. Is reported dead overseas by q
War Department today. No cause
given In the official notice.
4. cotter was drafted In May. trained
Camp Meade and has been oversee
since July. The adjutant's report sa
~ died October S. According to siste
Xr~ ~ A Ward, the soldier has bes
~ 1,,irssna from his unit since Septemb'