Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-30
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LIED By SHELL
Itc of Walter i. Butch
Has Been Def.
N nilcly Learned
ASUALTY LIST LARGE
ap,cs Of Fifiy.onc From
rcrc in Latest Rcpori-Two
Die in Action

k;kfhe fate Of walter Butch, the
l|}eerful buglcr" and mail orderly Of
'k<ofn rany *. 3iith infantry. vito with
Mies Pauline I'rci,hc. n singer or Cam
'(on cntcrtancdy 20 Camp nix soldiers
(ysp, violin audf ing for eight months,
h&r hccu dcnnTf ). learned.
s,f Nccordiuc to ! letter received by the
<nfros father. trncst Butch. $50 North
'Eflh street, Camden, from Reginentsl
.kergcaut Theodore Roller. Of the St1th
Y fantry. Butch died from wounds Mo-
lcmbcr in an old church at Vichy,
Erancc.
~. News OF tho death of Private Butch
Id been received previously from tho
Mar Department. but was discrcdlted
IGfcause of conflicting statements OF
i<}hmden hoya In letters home. Several
a kclared Butch was only wounded. and
nc parents and many friends had clung
6 the hope that he might turn up
<{lvc.
s# The last letter to his parents was
a8ritten under date of october 10, and
~ tho same CHEEKY and optimistic tone
at he always used. This letter came
NC same day as tho official notice Of
His death.
III In the letter verifying tho report that
1 Butch was dead, Sergeant Roller said;
Died n. Ue Lived
s- walt was faithful TO the last. lie
fWas wounded severely october 80 while
carrying mail to a lonely post In the
n Aryonre Forest, when n shell burst
|near at hand. This was at Iancon. and
sfwe carried him to tho ruins of an old
church that was being used for Il hos
*pital in Nichy, where he died seven days
latcr. lie died as he lived, cheerful
His last words were: There should be
peace'"
a,'s Private Butch was twenty-four years
old and entered the service in Septem-
ber, 1917. IIo went TO Camp Dix and
twas training thcro for eight months
Before sailing for overseas. At Camp
83Diy lie and Miss F'reithe, to whom he
E~as engaged, were very popular They
gave musical entertainments twice each
.8week during his entire stay. Butch was
4a talented vlolinist.
I'd Immediately after his arrival overseas s
fhc was selected to MI two places al
Vone time. that of company bugler and
mail orderly.
III lie ubllN casualty llSl lS'utc ny 'iic
,avsr Department keeps growing. Today
= Is names were given out
NJ 81 From Here on List
We total of nfty-one for this city
is tho largest In several weeks.
arc :s5 Pennsylvanians on the
bA rhc major part of Philadelphans
tcn / honor roll today are slightly
fwount. The fatalities for this city
today folio Killed In action. william
T. Gallagher Fifty-fifth street and
Springfield avenue. and Benjamin
Traficcian. 1743 North Eleventh street.
Died OF disease, Leroy S. Tracy, 2o09
Emil street: Charles Myers. 929 South
streot. and George T. Nickerson, 1907
4 iNorth Twenty-fourth street.
IRa Included in the list for Philadelphia
there are seven wounded severely.
twelve wounded degree undetermined
and twenty-three wounded slightly -Four
\ corrcctions are added to the list today,
SalI, were previously reported missing.
One of these is now said to have been
killed in action, and three havo been
located I'm hospitals where they are being
treated for wounds. One man is re-
ported missing in action TODAY