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Show Five More Utah Soldiers Die 35 53 43 . 3 Another Is Severely Wounded CAPTAIN HAROLD LEWIS of Salt Lake, top left, who died of pneumonia pneu-monia in France, and at right Private Le Roy E. Benson of Coalville, who died of wounds in Prance. Below, Corporal Eldredge S. Coffin of Salt Lake, who died of influenza at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and Private Rufus.C. Bolton, who died of pneumonia in Prance. - ? ' ' f s ; - ! V . ' .r. - ' -j-- ' ' .?,.-?i f ! ' - i f ' j I - v ; Hi $h, 'I mmmwm '',, jr''r' I Influenza and Pneumonia Continue to Take Toll of Life. ADVICKS receive I vestcrjay pla'e 5ix more brave youn I'tah men in the casiinlty lista of tlic rcat war. ( 'apt ain I larol'l T.ewis of this city died of pneumonia in a hospital in France; Private Fiufus C. Bolton of Winder ward. Salt Lake county, also ilieM of pneumonia in a hospital hos-pital in France; Private William Arz of Salt Lake ( ity is severelv wounde'l in Franee; JVivate Fe Hov F. Menon of ','oalville died of wounds in a hospital hos-pital in France. ( orpnral Kllrel"e S. Coffin of Salt Fake City died of influenza influ-enza at lamp Zachnrv Taylor, Kv. Burnell Coleman of M Id way died of pnenmniiia in France. Captain Harold Lewis was a native of this city and was "J years of ni;e. He was a graduate of tiro West hitfh school and later took a course inieiiL'i neerinfr at the University of Ft ah. He kh$ formerly a member of the National (iuard of Ft ah, and was with the guardsmen on the Mexican border in f 1 1 n. Tho yonifr man enlisted for nrmy service in April. 1017. and wnn. first sent to Fort Douplns for training. Later he went to the Presidio, where he at tended the of f ieers ' t ra i n i n pcho'd and was promoted to a second lieutenancy. lieuten-ancy. From the officers' training sehnnl ho was transferrer! to an artillery company com-pany in Texas, wluye he was promoted to a first lieutenancy. Sent to Oklahoma. From Texas he was transferred to Fort Sill, OkJa,, where he took a course in aerial observation. In .lulv of the present year ho arrived in France, and for a time was with a special French artillery corns. Lat er he ret u rued to h is own rcfji men t and w a s soon a forward for-ward promoted to a captaincy and also was made battery adjutant. Captain Lewis is survived by his par- , ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. IL Lev in; two! brothers, Arthur and Frank Lewis, and t hree si t ers, M rs. Ifnhert Adams. M iss Kdith Lrwis and Miss Amy Lewis. Private Kufns C Molt.on was 'JS years of afje and was born in Winder ward, Salt Lake county. He was graduated from the Latter-day Saints university in Ifl.l, and for some years thereafter was prominent, in church work in Cottonwood Cot-tonwood stake. For a con si d era ble period lie was clioirister of the Winder ward and the Cottonwood slake Sunday school. Mr. Pad ton en to rod the er v ice in Airil, Hi 1 7. and was first pent, to Camp K earn v, where lie became ;i runber of the M.'lrd fidd artillery, a California organization, i was sent to France in duly of the present year, bift it is doubtful doubt-ful if he had been in the front lines si uce his arri va I. Wrote to Mother. In the last loiter received by hi mother two weeks ago, he wrote of the excellent treatment the boys were re-I re-I eeivini in France, ami said he w:ih eu-! eu-! jovinj his experiences. In addition to his mother, the voiin man is su r v i ved by t li ree brol hers and Hirer sisters. The brothers aje .1, (J. and Merv i u f In It on of b'oose el t , and Charles M. M'dton of Winder ward. The ''inters nm Mrs. M. ,1, Miller and Mrs. Ihivid Atipiin of Winder ward, and Mrs. M on roe Chapman of S;i 1 1 La k e, Private Le Ifoy He main entered the se r v ice from Con f v i Mo n nd was li rsl, ent to Cantp Lewis for tniiuiii;. This was a bou t a ea r il'". 1 1 p w.mi then transferred in the oi-er named to Camp Greene and Camp Mills, and from the latter camp embarked for overseas duty in Mav of this year. Thc'vouDjj man was wounded in the first bitf drive of the allied forces on July 19 of this yea;.' Ha ivas sent to a base hospital, where he soon recovered re-covered and went ba'-k to the battle-front. battle-front. The date of his subsequent in-jurv in-jurv is not (riven, but it is stated that he died September ln Survived by Father. I'ri ato Benson is survived by his father, Eben L. Benson, a resident of Detroit. Mich., and by his uncle, Frank Rippon, of Coalville, withwhom the voting man had knadc his home since the death of his mother, when ho v.' a s a child. Private William Liet. is a Salt Lake boy and cnlited with the marines February Feb-ruary J of the present year. He trained at the marine station at Mare island and was sent to France several months ao. He has been with a machine ma-chine ixun battalion since his arrival overseas and is understood to have participated in th recent drives of the allies acainst the Huns. Corporal FldredL'f S. Coffin enlisted with the I'tah artillerv in April, :17. He was born in Salt Lake City on March i'.O, 1 si,"i. For t he past ten years he had made his home with his u rati dm ot her, and was a graduate grad-uate of the Kast hi'h school. At the time of hi enlistment lie was employed bv the Ft a h Power .' Fiht company and went to (amp K en rny wit li the Ftah artillery, which was designated later as the ll'dh, and whs there nuide a corporal. (tn July 1. 101 S, he was transferred to tho officer-' training school at Camp Xachary Taylor, and died in the last week of his training. To He' Buried Here. Corporal Coffin's mother. Mrs. T. F. Outer of New York, is accompanying the body to Salt Fake for burial, nr-' ranu'emriits for which will be announced later. The young man was the grandson grand-son of M rs. C. A. Kldredge, LMti Fast First South street, and tho mo?.sago announcing an-nouncing his dent h w as recei ed by M rs. Kldredge yesterday. Walter l. Lewis, Sr., of t he Deseret News Hook Store, has received a letter let-ter from hiH son. First Lieutenant Hugh C. Fowis, of I) -company. ."07th engineer en-gineer corps, now in Frn nee. Lieut en -ant Lewis writes from Biarritz, where ho is temporarily stationed in a Red Cross lu'spital, and upon the naming of which station no ban has been placed, he advises his parent.. In view of the fact that numerous friends of the Lewis family believed they had read of the death of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Lew is since his a rri al in Franco, the father requests that it bo made known that he has hoard from him as la te us Sopt ember In. Lieutenant Lewis refers in his letter to a slight injury, which, lie sa vs, has been on the mend for some time. Ho is delighted with his surronndingH, the; t roa Intent accorded him, and a vers it i is as good if not bettor than he could I poss ibl v recei vo- hero j n 1 ' t ah. Referring to beach hajhing, glorious I sunshine, and to en jn vi n n- ' ' M adn me f lut terf ly, ' 1 his f a vnrit o 1 igh t opera , Lieutenant Lewis aptly remarks: "To be here is a pleasure almost too good 1 o be t rue. ' ' ' P.innHI I'nlrnmu, L'l ye;ir of ngr, son of IIiikIi t ( 'rile'imn of Midway, is de:nl in France, according tn vn?-d rvcrlved hv his fa Hut li' nlirhl fmni the war d-pi.ri d-pi.ri immi., Vouug t'olem-m lofl SaM I. ale June "7, to ("amp Lewis ;iml w:,h In I or ( ra iisTcn-cd to ('amp K ea rny , l 'a II-fnrnln. II-fnrnln. , lie arrived In France on .ui;nst IS and died f mm pncummi la, Srpl iin -hrr i |