The Daily News, October 14, 1918
PRIVATE MARTIN LUTHER HAHN, another county yankee killed
Another Frederick County Yankee, Martin Luther Hahn, of near Emmitsburg, has been killed on the bloddy fields of France. Word to this effect was received by Hahn's grandmother, Mrs. Wilhelminia Ovelman, near Emmitsburg, last week. The telegram stated the Private Hahn had been killed in action of September 17.
Private Hahn, before being drafted into the service about a year ago, worked on the farm of his grandmother. He was trained at Camp Meade and left for France several months ago. It was impossible to communicate with any of the boy's relatives last night, but it is understood the Hahn was a member of the Three Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, which has been in the thick of the fighting in Verdin recently.
Besides his aged grandmother, he is survived by his father, James Hahn, near Emmitsburg.
The Daily News, November 11, 1918
PRIVATE ROY W. HAHN, wounded, then killed.
Word of Private Hahn's death was conveyed in a telegram the parents received Friday from the War Department, stating that he had been killed in action on October 7. He was a member of the 17th Field Artillery.
On July 20 Private Hahn was wounded in action. He returned to the lines for duty a short time before his death only to be killed in battle. He enlisted in Baltimore in June 1917 and sailed for France prior to last Christmas. He was given his military training in Wisconsin. Private Hahn was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Hahn, of near Mt. Airy, and besides his parents, is survived by one sister, Miss Beulah Hahn. He was 19 years of age this past May.
The Daily News, November 4, 1918
PRIVATE LLOYD D. HALE, of near Jefferson was killed in action on September 27, the day after the big offensive was launched by the Americans northwest of Verdun. News of his death was contained in a telegram to his father, James Hale on Saturday. Hew was a member of Company L of the 313th Infantry and went "over there" when the 9th Division sailed. He was one of the selected men sent to Camp Meade last year on election day by the county exemption board. The last received from him was written a day or two before he was killed. Further particulars of the casualty are expected to be received later. In addition to his father and step mother, young Hale is survived by two sisters and three half-brothers.
The telegram merely stated that " D Hale" had been killed in action on September 27, but it is believed that in compiling the casualty list, the first name, "Lloyd", was omitted. Is was directed to his father, but word of the casualty was conveyed by the family of Walter D. Stockman, who had the nearest telephone.
NORMAN C HALLER
The Daily News, November 2, 1918
EARLSTON L. HARGETT, first lieutenant of the 150th Field Artillery, the famed "Rainbow Division," who was severely wounded in fierce fighting on September 30 in France, died the same day from the effect of those injuries.
The following telegram was received last night by his mother, Mrs. D. H. Hargett, Rockwell Terrace:
"Deeply regret to inform you that it is officially reported that Lieutenant Earlston L. Hargett, Field Artillery, died September 30 from wounds received in action. Harris, the Adjutant General"
On the evening of October 16, Mrs. Hargett received this communication: "Department regrets to inform you that it is officially reported that Lieutenant Earlston L. Hargett, Field Artillery, was severely wounded in action September 30. Department has no further information. Harris, the Adjutant General"
Lieutenant Hargett was 26 years of age. Despite his youth he was an LLB, being a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania law school and also a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania. His early education was received in the public schools of Frederick and at the Boys High School, where he was a graduate.
During his course at the University of Pennsylvania he participated in intercollegiate debates, being an orator of exceptional skill.
Fought at Chateau Thierry
Lieutenant Hargett was commissioned a second lieutenant at the Fort Niagara training school and was promoted to first lieutenant while in France. He participated in the fighting at Chateau Thierry, coming out of the battle without a scratch. Having served in France for about a hear, he wrote a number of interesting and entertaining letters of camp and trench life. His letters were distinguished by keen humor and graphic bits of description. These articles were widely read and were among the most interesting sent home by Yankees in France.
He is survived by his mother, one sister, Mrs. R. E. Clapp, Statesville, N.C., and one brother, Dr. W. S. Hargett, Philadelphia. His father, Douglas H. Hargett, formerly clerk of the Circuit Court, died a number of years ago.
Two uncles, P. L. Hargett, and Schaeffer T. Hargett, this city, are among the survivors.
Just a few days before he went into the battle in which he received the wounds which caused his death, Lieutenant Hargett wrote home describing his camp quarters. On September 26, just four days before his death he sent his Christmas label, with a brief note attached.
Letter written September 24:
"Time has been slipping by so quickly that I hardly know when I wrote you last but think it has been about a week; a very busy one, too, for me. After our successful offensive, when we gained all our objectives, took more than 15,000 prisoners, and gained more than 150 square miles of territory, we are now resting and are stabilizing the lines for winter. I am in charge of the 'echelon' or combat train. We are occupying a camp in the woods which the Germans constructed. There are barracks for the men, stables for the horses and splendid quarters for the officers. Some of the buildings were burned by the Germans before they left. There are enough remaining to accommodate our battery. We even have a piano which they were compelled to leave behind. I am living in a little log building which is very attractively decorated with papered walls and mission work finishing. Being the senior officer at the echelon, I am entitled to the best place. I have a big mirror, four feet long and two and a half feet wide, with a gold frame. I have a splendid German stove and in the camp there are about twenty cords of fine oak wood which the Germans cut and about fifteen tons of their coal. Se we are very well fixed for the winter if we are compelled to stay here. They had running water and even electric lights, but neither of these are working now. One supply I wish they had not left so plentiful and that is German fleas. They have almost eaten us up since we have been here, but I suppose they will quiet down after a while. I have not found any 'cooties' recently and that is some consolation for the fleas. Oh, yes, we also have a big kettle which we use for a bath tub, so that I will not now have to go eight weeks without a bath, as I did at one period this summer. Tell all the folks that I have not much time now to write but if all goes well we will have things organized in a week or two and I can write again to every one."
On September 26, a short letter was received advising what to enclose in the Christmas package and ending by saying, "I just wrote you day before yesterday. As I was up all last night, I am pretty tired now. I will get to bed now and write you again in a few days.
The death of Lieutenant Hargett brings the county's honor roll up to 65 men. Of this number, eight were killed in action, four died of wounds, one was killed in an accident, one died at sea, 28 died of disease, 20 were wounded in action and three were missing in action.
The Daily News, November 23, 1918
In a letter to Mrs. D. H. hargett, this city, just received today, Colonel Robert H. Tyndall, commander of the 150th Field Artillery in Frances, dated October 21, gives the first account of any details of the death of her son, Lt. Earlston Hargett, formerly of Frederick. Lt. Hargett was fatally wounded by an enemy shell on September 30 and died a few hours later in a hospital.
Col. Tyndall pays the young Frederick soldier a splendid tribute. Lt. Hargett was a member of the famous Rainbow Division and had been in France more than a year. He was buried in France, his grave being marked with a cross and emblem of his division.
The letter follows:
Mrs. D. H. Hargett, Frederick, Md.
My Dear Mrs. Hargett:
Allow me at this time to express my deep and most sincere sympathy for the great loss that you have suffered in the death of your son, 1st Lieutenant Earlston L. Hargett.
Being wounded by an enemy shell while performing his duties with his Battery, on September 30, 1918, he died later in the hospital, giving all that a man can give in this great cause.
He was admired and respected by all his officers and comrades, and his Battery realizes the great loss of such a man, not only to our organization, but to his Country.
You, as his mother, have made the greatest sacrifice that a mother can make, and no doubt you feel great pride in knowing that your son died while fighting civilization's common enemy.
I personally was talking to Lieutenant Hargett a few hours before his death. He was unusually spry and very much interested in the particular work he was doing at the time. I can assure that it was quite a shock to me to learn of his death.
His grave will be marked with a cross and the emblem of the Rainbow Division, where it will stand as a monument that will inspire future generations with the willingness of the sacrifice made by this young man.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT C. TYNDALL, Colonel, U. S. A. 150th Field Artillery, Commanding
The Daily News, November 8, 1918
PRIVATE EARL J. HARPER, Brunswick, died of disease.
Word has been received that Private Earl Harper, aged 29 years young, son of Mrs. Emma V. and the late Lloyd Harper, had died in France, October 9 of bronchopneumonia. He was a member of the U. S. Engineers and was drafted into the army last summer and sent to Camp Meade. Later he was transferred to Camp Humphrey, VA, and assigned to Company E, 116th Engineers. He sailed for France from an Atlantic Port the first week in September.
He is the second Brunswick boy to die in France, the first being A.Garland Alder, who was accidentally killed June 22. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Emma V. Harper, three sisters, Mrs. Annie Flynn, Mrs. Katie Reich and Mrs Zula Myers, and three brothers, Edward, Leonard of Brunswick, and Harry E., now in France.
The Daily News, October 9, 1918
PRIVATE (No first name) HEDGES, WHO WAS WELL KNOWN IN Frederick and the county, has been in the service since August. He was attached to headquarters of the Eleventh Sanitary Train. Just recently he was promoted to sergeant-major and was to have received his commission next week.
The youth was taken sick on Thursday last with pneumonia, following influenza. He had been seriously ill up until Monday, when there was a decided improvement in his condition.
His father, David L. Hedges, was at the camp on Monday and saw him late at night. He told his father that he felt much better and only needed a little sleep to complete the cure.
The next morning early there was a relapse, death following soon afterward.
Private Hedges is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hedges, Walkersville. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers and one sister, Harry Z. Hedges, at home; Solomon D. Hedges, New York; and Mrs. Edgar Roderuck, near Frederick. No arrangements have been made for the funeral.
The youth was a graduate of the Walkersville high school, and of Blue Ridge Collete, New Windsor. For five years he was employed at the Citizens National Bank, this city. He was a member of the Grace Reformed church, Frederick, and sang in the choir. He was 25 years old.
ROY L. HOFFMAN
WILLIAM SHUFF HOOPER
The Daily News, October 3, 1918
PRIVATE ROY C. HUFFER, the second soldier to die of influenza, was aged about 24 years and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Huffer. The parents were not aware of their son's illness and suffered great shock when the word of his death came. It will be recalled Private Huffer underwent an operation at the City Hospital here the past summer in order that he would be physically fit to enter the service. The operation was a success and young Huffer was accepted about two months ago, and has been at Camp Meade. He leaves, besides his parents, four brothers and two sisters. The body will be brought to his late home for burial.
CHARLES WINFIELD JACOBS
The Daily News, September 30, 1918
Camp Dix Officials Telegraph Death of GEORGE H. JOHNSON
A telegram directed to Mrs. Laura V. Johnson, R. F. D. No. 5, Washington Junction, was received at the Junction office from Camp Dix, N. J. yesterday morning stating that her son, George H. Johnson, was ill with pneumonia and advising her to come on at once. At 5:50 o'clock in the afternoon another telegram was received stating that the young man had died and asking disposition of his remains.
Up to a late hour last night every effort to locate Mrs. Johnson had failed. There is no R. F. D. route out from Washington Junction or Point of Rocks and no information whatever could be obtained as to the home or parents or relatives of the unfortunate young man. The telegrams were signed by Captain Stevens and the first merely stated that he was ill at the Base Hospital at Camp Dix and requested his mother to come at once. The last contained the news of this death.
The Daily News, October 17, 1918
Two More Yanks Fall Victim to Flu
Private George H. Johnson, colored, was the son of Albert Johnson, 318 North Bentz. He died at Camp Upton, N.Y., and had been ill but a few days. He was in the army service for some months.
The Daily News, November 16, 1918
SERGEANT ALVEY DAYTON KEENAN, son of Mrs. Frank Keenan, of Brunswick, and a member of Company L, 313th Infantry, has been missing in action since September 29, according to a telegram received by his mother from the War Department last week. Later, however, a letter was received from Private William Hahn, in which he stated that he had seen Sergeant Keenan in a hospital.
The Daily News, December 9, 1918
BUGLER ROY KELBAUGH Made Supreme Sacrifice November 8.
Another Frederick county soldier has been killed in action. He is Bugler Roy Kelbaugh of Thurmont, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelbaugh, of that place. Word received by the family states that the young soldier was killed in action on November 8.
Bugler Kelbaugh was a member of Company L., of the 313th Infantry and was sent to Camp Meade a little over a year ago, in November, 1917. This past July he went overseas with the 75th Division.
The family received word of the casualty through Bugler Kelbaugh's wife, who is in Altanta, GA. They had been married about a year. Besides his widow he is survived by his parents and four brothers and four sisters. No further particulars about the soldier's death had been received by the family until noon today.
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN KING
The Daily News, October 3, 1918
LEWIS LAMBRIGHT
GAITHER LEON LEWIS
HENRY W LOWERY
The Daily News, October 8, 1918
RALPH DANIEL LYLES
The Daily News, November 11, 1918
The Daily News, December 5, 1918
Frank T McNALLY
The Daily News, October 17, 1918
WALTER A MONATH
The Daily News, June 17, 1918
WALTER THOMAS MYERS
PRIVATE D. FRANK KOOGLE was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. D. Koogle. He was drafted into service in August last and sent to Camp Meade. He was stricken about Monday and yesterday his parents received word that their son's condition was critical. They left at once for the camp and reached there a few hours before he breathed his last. Private Koogle was aged about 21 years and was very popular in the home community. He was employed before entering the service as stenographer in a government office in Washington. Previously, he held positions in Baltimore and Hagerstown. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters.
The body will be brought to his home for burial services being held on Saturday afternoon, and interment will be made in the Reformed Cemetery at Middletown.
MARTIN LUTHER LUTZ, Middletown, Dies of Disease in France
A telegram was received from the War Department at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kefauver, about two miles northwest of Middletown, announcing the death of young Lutz on September 17. At the Kefauver home it was stated that pneumonia was the cause of his death. The young soldier was a brother of Mrs. Kefauver. He was sent to Camp Meade on about June 24 by the county exemption board, and remained in camp only about five weeks before being sent to France.
PRIVATE JOHN R. MARSH, Headquarters Company, One Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion, a son of Rev. John T. Marsh, pastor of Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, Baltimore, and formerly of Mt. Airy, where his father was pastor of the Methodist church for years, died in France on October 8 of influenza-pneumonia. Private Marsh, who was 20 years old, served as mounted orderly to Major D. John Markey. He was educated at Western Maryland College.
ROLAND W. MARTIN, Monrovia, Succumbs Pneumonia Overseas
A telegram from the Navy Department to Mr. and Mrs. Tobias L. Martin, of near Monrovia, a few days ago, announced the death overseas from pneumonia, of their son, Roland W. Martin, a marine. While no details were given, his parents are inclined to think that he died in a hospital in England.
Young Martin enlisted as a marine May 20 and was sent to Paris Island, South Carolina, to train. Later he was transferred to Quantico, VA. From the latter place he sailed about the first week in September. His parents received a card from New York at the time he embarked but have heard nothing further from him until the telegram announcing his death.
He was 24 years old and prior to enlisting worked on a farm. Besides his parents he is survived by four brothers, Virgil, now in France, William, Roger and Roscoe at home, and two sisters, Misses Esther and Helen, at home.
Private Jacob E Mercer
Two more county yankees have succombed to pneumonia which developed from attacks of Spanish Flu, one being Jacob Mercer, of Mount Pleasant. Private Mercer, who was a son of Mr. And Mrs. Edward F. Mercer, left for Meade in the last draft contingent. He succumbed last night at camp after a few days of illness. He was aged about 23 years. Besides his parents he is survived by one brother, William, at home. The body will be brought to his parents home, from which place the funeral will be held.
GEORGE SLEADER MORNINGSTAR
George S. Morningstar wounded in Marine offensive
New fighting names which will for generations be household words emblematic of heroism are being forged over on the Western front. To those of William C. King, the first Frederick countian to be killed in active service, and Clarence Crummitt, near Plane No. 4, severly gassed has been added George S. Morningstar, of this city. Morningstar was mentioned in Saturday's dispatches as being severly wounded in the U.S. Marine activities in France.
Two years ago, young Morningstar who is 22 years old, enlised in the Marine service. For the last year he has been with the Twenty-third Company, Sixth M.G. Battalion, United States Marine Corps, in France. The youth is a giant in physique, his head sticking far above the six-foot-in-his-stocking-feet point. He was active in boy scouts here.
The Daily News, June 19, 1918
County Boy Hun Victim
Following the official cable the their son, George S. Morningstat, had been severly wounded while engaged in trench fighting in France, a telegram received by William E. Morningstar, 431 East North avenue, Baltimore, father of the former Frederick county soldier, from Major General Barnett, informing him that the supreme sacrifice had been made. Although the previous word that his wounds were critical prepared the family somewhat for what followed, the official confirmation of his death came as a severe shock.
Morningstar was a member of one of the famous detachments of the Marine Corps which distinguished themselves in several engagements in the past two weeks. Letters received by his parents during the last month from their son were unusually optimistic and cheerful. No intimation was ever made by the lad who sacrificed his life for democracy that he had any doubtfulness of his outcome, and his only wish in the missives was for the opportunity to come to grips with the Huns. His wish was granted and his parents feel that despite his death his wish was fulfilled and that death probably came easier.
Young Morningstar was formerly employed in a store here and later as a machinist in Baltimore and at the outbreak of the war volunteered his services in the Marine Corps. He was an assistant scout master of the Boy Scouts attached to St. Mark's Lutheran Church, St. Paul and Twentieth streets, and was an active figure in the younger set of Northeast Baltimore. Besides his father, he is survived by two sisters, Annie F. And Meriam Morningstar, and two brothers, McClain G. and William G. Morningstar, Jr, who is also a member of the Marine Corps, and stationed at Quantico, Va.
