The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-01-02
AFTERMATH OF WAR

WHO Cdllle HOluS JHS phoi "SSh' N"
charged from the army are the follow
ing: Reuben Pech from Camp Grant;
Sergt. j. M Kupsh from Jefferson
Barracks, Mo-. John H. Kennedy; N.
w. Hansen; Henry Westphal; Earl
Pelkey; John Hussey Joseph Golatta;
William Koch from Camp Grant; Max
Schmitz from Camp Shelby; Frank
Barts from Camp Grant; Corp. Fritz
Zander from Camp Forrest, Ga;
Frank Hussey from Camp Greenleaf,
Ca; l.. A. Stolberg, who has been on
overseas duty, from Camp Grant; AL
bert CHA, John Sievert. Arville West
eor. Gust Koska, Edward Myszewsky
and q. Herbst, all from Camp Shell by
Miss; Corp. William Schade from
Portland, Me-; Sergt. George Fl. Alter,
from Valparaiso, Ind; Irving Weln-
further from the Officers Training
school at Camp Grant; Elmer FL. Wilde
from Camp ,rike, Ark; Emil Bonip
from Camp Devons, Mass. and Joseph
Stoiber from Camp Grant.
Among the Two Rivers men who
are home most of them discharged
from the service, are Albert Molle'
George Eisenbeiss, George Frye, Wal
ter Suettinger, Fred Hahmlow, Philip
Weber, Sam Sygman, John Tadych'
Clarence Becker, Arnold Doehler,
Clarence Gesell, Walter Iahey, John
Mizera, John Schroeder, Joseph Am
mermann, Walter Schmeichel, Frank
Shekowski, William Mertens, Arthur
Tomek, Peter Colanchek.
Henry Meihsner, an employe of the
Aluminium Goods Co., has received
word from his two brothers who en-
tered the German army at the begin
ming of the war over four years ago
This is the first information he has
had of them since. Both are well, al
though one spent the whole four years
in active service at the front. Meihs-
ner hardly expected this good news.
Herbert Tech arrived in the city last
week direct from overseas service. He
was a machinist on aeroplane work IN
Belgium while over there. He is on a
fifteen days furlough.
The casualty lists last week con-
tained the names of three following
Manitowou- cuungy bO.6 az being
wounded, degree undetermined:
Priv. Joseph Wilhelm, Reedsville;
Priv. Ed Schlegelmilch, Manitowoc;
Priv. Charles Hirschman, Coopers-
town.
Noel Duhnke, 910 South Seventh
street, the first wounded local boy to-
arrive home, reached the city last
Friday. Duhnke left with Co. II OF
National Guard, being then only IL
wears old and now only IS. Over there
he was member of the 127th infan-
try, Co. II composed largely of mem
bers of the former local company and
the Monroe company of the old First
regiment, w. N. G. They sailed for
France on March 4th and after a brief
stay in England were soon on the fir
ing line in France. On July l2th
Duhnke, and his companion, liaison
runner, Lyons attempted to rescue
Can't. Harrison of the 18th artillery
under she'll fire. The officer was lying
wounded under horse. Another shell
came. The captains orderly, ana
Lyons were killed and Duhnke had his
right ankle shattered. He has been in
hospitals since and has had three
operations with promises of full re-
coyery. He said the American army
astonished the allies with their dash
and courage.
Adjt-Gen. Holway of the Wisconsin
State Guard is authority for the state
ment that the former National Guard
men now in France will not be re-
leased from foreign service until next
August at the earliest.
Albert Mrotek, first of five brothers
in the service to be discharged, ar
rived home last Friday. Two are over
seas one is at Vancouver and one at
Camp Treverse, Texas.
Sergt Arnold Pfefferkorn of
Branch writes Interestingly of Euro
pean scenes and of fighting in which
he participated. He was in the big
drive" at Chateau Thierry and at Ar
gonne Wood and was under fire for
weeks. He was wounded on October |
and on November "a when writing
was still in hospital but was await
ing orders to rejoin his command who
were far on the way to the Rhine
Capt. Max Staehle was home last
week on leave. He expects to be soon
discharged and to resume the practice
of medicine here.
Lieut. C. J. Primm, formerly secre.
tary OF the local Chamber OF Comm cree
is with the American troops in Russia
Walter Houghton, Jr., has written