Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11

He has two uncles in
Had Tpo Uncles the German army,
and on the day the
in the German armistice was signed
Army, But He ne rG1 GG"sSea no poh1noh NAN
Fought for with the German
Uncle Sam speak German, and
he told several German soldiers that his
parents came from Germany and that
he had two uncleS in the German army.
The German soldiers angrily deandcd
why he did not fight for the Father
land" to which he replied: Il live in the
United States, that is my home. and [
fight for her If ] wanted to fight for
Germany / would live in Germany"
Private Madle's name appears in the
casualty list for the second time today.
On December a Washington telegram
announced that he had died OF disease
on october 5, on December IL another
telegram arrived stating that Private
Made had returned to duty. His mother
Mrs. Charles Made, who lives 4l4 East
Belgrade street said: "We were terribly
worried when the first message came
But we knew dead men could not write
letters. and he wrote US in his own
handwriting on october l and November
g. That was after thu telegram said
he died So we wired Washington for
more Information and then We heard
% that he was all right
Private Made stated in 'etter that
he had been in the hospital for "rheu-
matism." He had never had rheumat-
ism at home, and his parents suspect
that he was "camouaaging' the fact
that he had been Wounded
Farrier Harold q. Gross is another
Philadelphia soldier who was separated
from his company when wounded in ac-
fion reported as missing, but has been
located and is now listed as wounded
In his last letter, written December .,
he told his mother Mrs. Henry NJ
Gross, 3549 North Warnock street, that
he had recovered aud had returned 70
The Young soldier, who is just twen.
tv-c1e years old, has never gone into
details as to the eXtoiN OF his injuries
He ioined the regular army in May
: 1917, and was assigned 70 the cavalry
as a member of Recruit Troop IT, This
. unit was eventually broken up and he
: was attached TO the Scve1ty-siAth Field
E ARTILLERY. In a recent letter he casually
: mentioned that he had never received
z any pay since last July.
Private Thomas II. MCCool, Company
y, of Philadelphia own the heroic
: 3i5th Infantry, was reported IN a re-
s cent casualty list as having been founC
Z in the German prison camp at Lenburg
That information came in a Washing
ton report dated January /. on Decem
sber l3 card had arrived from Private
McCool, written from the Lenburl
prison. The date It bore was Septembe
g. 1t came via London and bore Lon
don postmark of November IS Priyat
Nj
il has been so long since you hear,
from me that you have worried a grea
deal about me and heard all kinds o
rumors. The third day Of the fight
was In I was struck In the leg with
she'll and lay on the ground for thre
days before ! was picked Up by the Ger
man Red Cross, taken 70 a tirst-aid sta
.tion and from there 70 a base hospita
There are eight American soldiers 4
the same room with me- When IN
Washington dispatch arrived. the frs
week. in January, the soldiers mother
Mrs. Mary McCool, 1447 East Colurnbi
avenue, felt that her boy would he re
turning soon from the German priso
camp. But on Thursday, January
there arrived an official notice. date
November 28, from the American sec
ton of the International Red eros
Agency, Of War Prisoners, Geneva
Switzerland. accompanied with q deaf
certificate from the German Red Cros
: at the Lemburg prison. stating that Pr
yate McCool had died of his wounds q
November 8. Mrs, McCool is hear
2 broken. She has not utterly given u
= hope. but the many conflicting repor
1 x following his capture have been Il
|, 5much for her.
va Private Leon Roberts, officially T,
ported killed IN action, was twenty-thr,
years old and son of Mrs. Minnie Rol
!. X erts, 2044 East Fletcher street He NV
I . member of the National Guard Il
eight years, saw service on the MeXlca
border, was sent 10 Camp Hancock Il
intensive training ana embarked {,
j E overseas duty In May as a member f.,
Battery b. l0sth Field Artillery. A
1 s cording 10 letter received by h
mother from his commanding office
: Captain G. ID. Shaw. II appears TN
: young Roberts was wounded severely |
n high-explosive shell on September
1 4 and was taken ito a nearby first-a
I station for treatment.
- Captain Shaw added that Rober
nd begsed the men carrying TInnu5 him .
Is, the field to go to the assistance
IS ethers who might have a chance for r.
" covery. The young soldier died tw
Z days after reaching base hospits