Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-22
IL l2ONCASUALTYLETS
PNEUMONIA VICTIMS
Chateau.Thierry Hero Dead
After Five Months Fight
for Life

With five more dead on the city's
honor roll today the total listed fatalities
for the week among the Philadelphia
men with the army goes almost to
twenty
Twelve of this number died of pneu-
monia last month two were killed in
action in the last drive of the war.
one succumbed to wounds received in
| action several months ago.
Two deaths were the results of acci-
dents while the cause of three others
have not been determined.
Those reported dead today are
Charles 7. Kelesian, 4S45 Chestnut
street; Herbert T. Burke, S72 North
Twenty-sxth street; Jacob johnson,
4526 Walnut street, and James r. oDon-
NELL 2420 Brown street.
Seven in the citys report today are
wounded, including one officer, Lieuten-
ant Lewis F. Eastwood, 7o30 Tulip
street.
Private Charles T. xelejian, wounded
September 29, at Chateau-Thierry, died
of his wounds after Ave months in a.
French base hospital, according to word
received by Mrs. Q. Pigram, sister of the
hero, 4S45 Chestnut street, few days
ago. kelejian was member of Conn
pany c, 146th Infantry.
In letters home the soldiers wrote he
mad been in the thick Of the fighting,
three months before he was wounded,
Under date of September 8, In the last
letter he wrote, he told Of the great,
work the American boys were doing and
how. they were driving the boche out of
France
kelejian was thirty-one years old. He
joined the army last April and traipsd
at Camp Lee
Sergeant George Herbsleb, 1884 Fair
mount avenue. a member of the Seven
teenth Aero Squadron, died on shipboard
"hiie en- route to this country He is
survived by a widow, a son and r.
daughter The cause OF his death bs 1.
not been learned
Private Edward Kelly, 1851 East
Thompson street, died of wounds. His
parents, who live at the THOMPSON streets
address. had been notified Of his beinr
severely wounded, September 20. but
were unable to get in communication
with him, or to learn Of his condition.
Kelly was twenty-six years old ana a.
member Of Company F, 315th Infantry.
TWO brothers, Francis M. and William
j. Kelly, served in the army during
the war without injury
private Edward B. Smith, 1850 Ger
mantown avenue, was wounded August
16 at the battle of the Marne. He en-.
listed in July 1917, and after three
months training at Camp Hancock
sailed for overseas as a member of
Machine-Gun Company, 1osth Infantry.
Later he was transferred to COMPANY d.
United States Army Replacement Battal-
lion.
Smith has written several letters 20
his mother, Mrs. Edna Smith, who live.
at the Germantown avenue address.
since hostilities ceased. In his last
letter dated February 8, he said he had
recovered and was on guard duty in
Paris. He is thirty-one years old, and
before becoming a soldier was employed
by the Mdvale Steel Company.
The two casualty lists issued by the
War Department for the country today
contain $50 names, a few less than
yesterday.
Private Clark NJ. Snyder, $3.50 Walnut
street, another reported wounded was
gassed in June. He has recovered and
is now with Company C, 117th Field
Signal Corps. in Germany. He enlisted
in October. 1911. and received only ten
days training before sailing.