The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-01-16
AFTERMATH OF WAR

last week for France under orders for
overseas service. He will probably be
in transport service. A brother, Sterl-
ing has been in France for months.
Many soldiers in France write let
ters home. They are always interest
ing but the boys are not trained cor
[ respondents and they write of things
one can read better done in Stoddard
or an encyclopedia instead of writing
Of the personal things, the army, the
manner of living and other things
that are doubtless commonplace to
| them, but which would be more inter
esting than the things they send.
Relatives of Rudolph Reimer re-
ceived a message last week that
Michael" Reimer had been killed in
action in October and fears are enter
tanned that the soldier reported on is
Rudolph No Michael Reimer went
into service from this county.
Word was received last week from
he war department of the death OF
4 Private John Miles, a former Two
Rivers young man, who was killed in
kw1ction the last month of the war.
Frank Woznicky of this city re-
ported some time ago as missing in
Elction' was reported in last Fridays
casualty list as severely wounded"
Relatives have received more direct
Information that he is improving
Among the Manitowoc county sol
diers who arrived home last week dis
charged from further military duty
were Henry Miller of Cleveland from
Camp Grant; Edwin Bartel and Her
sman Ladwig from Camp Hancock Ga.
Noel Dunke, who was the only sur
vvor of three soldiers who attempted
the rescue under shell fire of a cap
tain pinned under a horse and who
escaped with a shattered ankle, ar
rived home last week with his honor
able discharge.
Carl Ladwig, writing from Bor-
deaux says that it gave him a thrill
when in handling some aluminium
ware to find inspection slips showing
\ that the goods came from his home
town.
Lieut.. Clarepcs PriraM is in north
crn Russia With The american Iorces
there. An interesting letter was re-
ceived this week from him from Arch
angel. When writing there was three
hours of daylight daily but next June
there will be only one hour of dark
each day. The old money of the en-
pire, the Kerensky money and the
Bolsheyiki monev is all about at the
same depreciation. There are more
Manitowoc boys in the north.
\ Private Jerome a Meyer, who re-
turned home this week surely did
crowd into the short period between
September IT last when he sailed
from New York, and December %,
when he disembarked at Hoboken,
enough action to last a life time. His
ship was torpedoed going over and
limped into port under her own
steam He was in a train wreck at
Chcresbourg when twenty-nine lives
were snuffed cut. He then had thirty
one days under fire in the frort Inc as
a member of the 13Sth Field Artillery,
part of the Cyclone Division, before
the armistice was signed. He came
through without a scratch.
A rumor that the U. S. steamer Blue
Ridge rebuilt here into a troop ship
from the Goodrich passenger steamer
Virginia, has been found unseaworthy
and would not be taken over is secuted
by Inspector r. w. Kacerovsky. He
says that the Blue Ridge is sound and
seaworthy. The steamer is now at
Boston.
Messages received in the city Tues
day added two more names of Manit-
owoc soldier boys to the list OF dead.
Lieut.. Otto Gas died January 9th at
Bordeaux, France, from wounds re-
ceived some months ago, and P.ivate
Oscar Staalson was killed in action
October II.
Lieut.. Gas was 25 years of age. He
was a son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Gas,
North l4th street.
Oscar Staalson was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Staason and was 32 years OF
age. He left here in April. He was a
printer and worked for the Brandt
Printing Co. for several years.