Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-21
BODIES Of &c WAR
HEROES HERE TODAY
as PhiladeIphians, Five From
Camden Are on Funeral
Train
SIMPLE HONORS PLANNED

The bodies of fifty-six soldiers
brought back from France will arrive
in Philadelphia this afternoon.
The consignment consists of the bodies
of forty five Philadelphians, three men
from upstate, five Camden men and two
from other parts of New Jersey.
They are due at the Reading Ter
minal at 4 :05 o'clock. daylight saving
time. 1t was intended that they should
be brought over on the same morning
train used for the former consignments,
but difficulties in getting cars caused the
delay.
| OF the ffty-six men nearly all
were killed in action or died of wounds.
| accidents. Five scrgcants and eight
! corporals are among them.
This is the largest consignment to
come here and Is the second group of
bodies sent to this city from the 1000
which arrived recently in New York
The bodies will come from Hoboken
under an armed escort and will be re-
ceived at the station by Colonel J. b.
Houston. depot quartermaster. and
Captain George Geiger. A delegation
Of the Philadelphia Chapter. National
| American War Mothers, and members
/ of the American Legion and other pa
triotic organizations will be present
! when the bodies arrive.
Special police arrangements have been
made to facilitate the handling of the
bodies. Commerce street, which runs
under the terminal and Is twO-w
street, will for the period Immediately
before and after the arrival of the bod
les be converted into n one way street.
by orders Of Captain Andrew Jolly, Of
the Traffic Division.
\ squad of mounted men and traffic
police will be on hand under the com
mand of Lieutenant Harry Shultz. to
handle the traffic. The wagons which
will receive the bodies will come south
on Twelfth street, receive the caskets
from the platform. and then go through
Commerce to Eleventh, and 20 north on
Eleventh to dispcrse to their destina-
tiOns.
List OF War Heroes
The bodies brought here in this con =
signment include:
Sergcants-Clarence c. Knepp. Hunt
ingdon. Pa. o.; William Robert Cleveland.
Crosby, Pa. ; George Gerhart, Jr., G63
West johnson street. Germantown !;
John p. Martin, 1928 Barring street !;
Edward f. Iearsley, 5000 Baynton
street.
Corporals - Charles Matthews, "a
North Thirty fourth street, Camden.
y. j.; George d, Hopes. GlO5 Lans-
downe avenue; ; Albert Is. White, 2GlO
! Ellsworth street; William u. Geizer.
1866 Columbia avenue: William NJ.
Smith. 203T South Alden street |;
EruStNrino A. Crudilc. no address. body
consigned to Mrs. Antonio Fantini 4,
William Taylor. 2l5 Rightcr street,
Wissahickon Elmer Stevenson, Col.
ingswood, \. j.; Emil IIorsey, 4643
North Front street.
Privates-Gcorge NJ. Donohue. 2OJ3
East Sargent street; George Valance,
2l5 West Ashdale street; Joseph A.
loyle, 4S35 Darrah street John Fay,
2O25 Ogden street Albert Forsytb 5I"35
! Florence avenue; Philip Narino, Iool
South Twenty: first street Harry Hol-
'ant Till Upland street; Elwood
nn"s. G22O Vine street: George ID,
Koch. 30 Pine street; William Kotzen,
| I'LL Brewster avenue: John Nusbickcl
22lO North Twenty sixth street: VIII.
| liam Oxley. G645 Dittman street George
Richard. 1914 North Twenty ninth
street; James Smith, 1920 Rninbridge
street; Conner kcs. 2744 North Fiji
t"enth street Richard Taylor. 1lO7 Lev
icK street RAYMOND Trengrove. 1902
Mulberry street; Frank Wankmiller,
J
liams. 1925 South Twentieth street 4;
Philip Glasshofcr. 100 Gormantown
avenue; Harry Anderson. 1910 North
Front street; Harold Atkins, 3O4 West
Forty first street.
Indiana Avenue Man in List
Fred BaumCister. 52J West Indiana
avenue; Stanley II Berry, lS7 West
Weaver street; Joseph Dalton, a733
North Daricn street Lawrence De.
laney 1928 Wood street Paul Hartley
G45 North Frazier street William Hi
1903 North Fifteenth street; Harry
Sandrow, 30l1 Germantown avenue
Herman TresSlet. 2s2S Grimes street ::
Frank Boehn, 4045 Ogden street; John
Lynch. 1906 West Somcrset street !:
Robert Robinson, POT East Rellmore
avenue; Michael McCabe. 1913 Wallace
street; Harry HEM, 3175 Belgrade
street
Up Stat"--Louis Joseph Downard,
Arnold. Pa.
| Camden, y. J.--Kcnncth Maxwell,
35l1 Merrill avenue: William Albert.
us Royden street; Joseph Fornerk.
1869 Atlantic avenue.
Outside of Csmdsn--Irwin Pangburn,
'Manahswkin.
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