Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-25

Details of how Lieutenant Jacob Field
man, Philadelphia, was mortal,y wound
ed in action have just reached his rela-
tives.
Samuel Kolb. n private in Lieutenant
Feldman's platoon, who recently ar
rived at his home, 412 Tasker street.
tells the story of the officers death.
He was the only officer left. The rest
were casualties or had been detailed To
the rear" said Private Kolb. when
the order came to attack Lieutenant
Feldman reformed us, and we jumped
of into the face of machine-gun fire.
The lieutenant ran on ahead.
"I was twenty feet behind the lieu
tenant. When we had gone a short
distance across the open Fe,dman sud
denly crumpled up. He was struck in
the stomach by an explosive bullet. But
he was game. He struggled to his feet
and kept reckoning us to follow.
Almost Immediately he was struck
by two more bullets and fell. Then
the boches added a gas barrage TO our
party, and / got mine. Feldman and I
were taken away in the same ambu-
lance. The next day the driver told
me the officer had died before We
reached the hospital"
No PhiladelphiaDs Killed
With a total of 1899 on the nations
honor roll today, the casualty list is
smaller than usual by several hundred
names. Included among 1873 Pennsylva-
mans there are forty-eight from Phila-
delphia and vicinity in the report
There are no city men on the death
list today. One man from Camden. PR,
vate Charles Thompson, 425 Market
street, who was originally reported miss
ing, is now declared to nave been killed
In action.
OF the city men one is wounded Sc
verely, twenty-five slightly anC
eighteen wounded with degree undeter
mined. Three who were reported miss
ing from their units have been accounted
for. Two Of these are still in hospitals
where they are recovering from wounds
and one has recovered and returned
To duty
The name OF Private Edmond Szczd
pakewicz, 2662 Westmoreland street
wounded severely in the right side octo
Der 2. appears in today's report. Hi
wife, Mrs. Anna Szczdpakewicz. has re
ceiyed letters from her husband confirm
ing the War Department report. Sh
married the soldier the day he entere'
the service and left for camp, ten month
ago. He is thirty-fye years old an
before joining the colors was a morocco
worker. According TO letters home h
has nearly recovered and expects TO sai
for home soon.
Two Others Gassed in Action
Private Charles A. Vaughn. 118 PA
torius street, Germantown. a membe
Of s2oth Infantry, gassed In the Al
gonne sector November 4, has returne
10 his unit. according to information rS
ceived by his parents.
In the letter TO his father he sal
that on the morning OF November 4 III
boche used an ocean of gas and ths
he got a taste OF II. A first the dos
was 80 light that II didn't stop me,
said the soldier. but later / got NOR
Now I am back with my regiment
Corporal william Mulvey, n of Il
men reported wounded today, wal gasse
Ave days before the aTmistice, but hs
recovered. He Is attached TO Compan
y. Sixth Engineers. He has been a
army man for 1--WE years and saw serviC
4 ~ PanaAa and on the Mexican bords
rs vious 10 going overseas. At presen
Il <.r><n. utr1y ~ his parents, he " 81
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