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Show 17 ENGINEERS MISSING SINCE CII1! FIGHT Men May Have Been Taken Prisoner by Germans or Killed in Shell-Swept No Man's Land. PERSHING SENDS NAMES OF VICTIMS Three Soldiers Die From Natural Causes and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant in Medical Service Serv-ice Is Wounded. ! By International News Service. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. .Seventeen of the American engineers who dropped their shovels to pitch into the fish ting when they were caught by the German advance in front of Cambrai were reported report-ed today as "missing in action." The toll of these Americans, whose bravery, promptness and fine spirit won a commendatory com-mendatory letter from General Haig to General Pershing, was announced by the war department tonight. Nearly all of thein are from New York City or nearby near-by territory. Reports at the time told how the German Ger-man counter-attack surged forward and caught them between the lines; they dropped into shell holes, abandoned the railroads they were building and, running close up behind the British lines, waited for the thin British line lo surge forward again. It was known then that there had been casualties, but today's announcement an-nouncement is the first official confirmation confirma-tion of the fact. Reported as missing, the wen may iiave been taken prisoner by the Germans. It is feared, however, that few escaped death in the shell -torn, bullet-swept wastes of No Man's Land if they were Jiiable to rejoin their . comrades in the first rush. - The missing list Is accompanied by three names of men who dlexL from natural nat-ural causes and by the name o an American Amer-ican doctor with the British forces, who was seriously wounded. Dead and Wounded: The list follows: DliA D. CLARENCE M. M1NKLER, first-class private, field hospital, died December 11, scarlet fever, nephritis, acute; emergency emer-gency address, Ira B. Minkier, Proctor, Vermont. PRIVATE GEORGE SCH ENCKM AN, infantry, died December 14, tuberculosis chloric, pulmonary; mother, New York City. HERBERT J. WOLFE, bugler, headquarters head-quarters troop, died December 11, scarlet fever ; fa ther, Morris Wolfe, Hoxbury, Massachusetts. WOUNDED. H. C. Boyle, first lieutenant medical officers' reserve corps, attached to British Brit-ish forces, severely wounded, December 7; Mrs. Margaret. Boyle, Luzerne, Pa, Missing : Following missing since November 3i: Arnold T. Andrews, privati . cn'.cl ncers; Frank Bradford, uni le, Portland, Me. Frank Brooks, prl va te, eugmfprs; Mrs. E'.. Wnrshoppky, sister. No .v Y"rk. Michael Dlnna, private, ci uiuncrs; father. fa-ther. New York City. Charles A. Geughepan, pi ivatc, engineers. engi-neers. New York City. Solomon Cold wet I or. pi i v ! r, engineer; Miss Rose Perlstpin. friend. New York. .John bally, private, engineers; father Golden Bridge, New YorU. Duke A. Lovely, private, engineers. South Amboy. N. Y. T'iri'di N. Manpy. private, engineers; father, fa-ther, .lohn M. Mnney, New York. Harry T. Mason, priv; te. engineers; morher, Mrs. C. Mason. .Jersey Cily. Alphonso .1. McGi'Hlh. private, engineers engi-neers ; emergency add res.. Timothy Mc-Grath. Mc-Grath. Chestnut II ill. Mass, i Pal ton Runlet, private, engineers; fa-iher, fa-iher, Palton M. Runlet. Con.cia. X. Y. (ieorge H. Seaman, nriv;ilc. engineers; mot !icr, Mrs. A una Seuuui n, Wood haven, Lonsr Island. X. Y. I Pnul M. Sw?n son. sergeant, en ringers: i nrntlier, Mrs. .1. f. Swmisnn. Nw York. i Pter .1. Tingo, private, end ttfi : : I ninth" r, Mrs. Antbonv Tingu. ,N- Yurk ' City. ! Ilerhert F. Leltr.. privau-.. enginTrs; j mot nrr. M r?. A . Karl. Npwh i k. :V. .1. j Krnuli .1. ("plon. corpm-; !. eudneers; ' wife, rs. .lane Fpton. NVw York 'i!y. j Myron Van IVnmrk. p-1 m Ip. pndnr-erf ; ! Mrs. A. R. Van I icmark, ri'.J Ikt, Xr j Pal;;:. N. Y. 1 |