Show cabi m m 0 G 05 0 e s co y for this D e apartment part ment supplied by tte american L eglon news service MAKE MOST TRAGIC COLUMN missing men list tells story any pen would be unable to portray little stories of tho the world war that bring it home 0 1 n e to a land now at peace tile tho sacr sacrifice 1 fl ce of men who ho gave gac their I 1 lives ives 0 on n the lie battlefields of france end and th the r sorrows of thousands of gold star mothers are coming to light every day in the search that goes steadily on for the missing and for information regarding the deaths of soldiers overseas from every section of tho country and from every state come these queries to the american legion weekly which in its Alls sIng men column places where nil all may see an array of items back of chioli llo ile some of the greatest tales of tho the war missing men Is in itself the most tropic tragic column in tile the world into its short compass Is compressed combres sed a host of heart throbs and a sweeping sleeping human emotion that tho the pen of the most gifted novelist noell st would be unable to portray the items are short of necessity but in the few words that go to make up each volumes are arc spoken take for example such communications as these INV CO I private floyd billitz died july 29 1918 2918 after having been wounded at vaux on july 1 2 government bureaus can furnish no otter other information hla Is mother died last november while mourning for or him details of ills his death are sought bought by sister bister tire mrs florence ins IBS 83 bridgeport avenue devon conn CO private eitner P huches was reported wounded on october 6 1918 but ft a later letter from the adjutant general genera bald that ho he had died on october 4 ilia Is mother bel believes even that he may still be ba al alive ive and wants information from hla budd buddies loa write private michel babak second company ix B n guard r ortt haaven worth nan kan tit Samuel du bols owings died in an E anglish army hospital at rouen on the flanders front on or about october 21 1918 last word from him bald he wits wag in bood spirits after suffering buffering an attack of gas gaa information about his death to Is wanted by philip B S sichel mamaroneck Mam aroneck avenue Mam mamaroneck aroneck N Y CO chatles charles M smith was reported missing in battle near the town of villette on the morning of A august u gust 26 25 1318 1918 and has not been heard from since war department has reported him killed in action but has not been able to locate his grave brave or find anyone wh who 0 sa saw w him fall fal 1 F further u arther details from his buddies are de desired 8 tred by his br brother 0 ther omar II 11 west liny fifty eighth street estreet new ne york city these Iter items fis picked at random from a typical column of Alls missing sing men afen are only a few among thousands of a similar tenor they tell their own stories and add themselves to the long list of mysteries of the war that may never be solved others however have bave N hcan en solved through tho ined medium luin of missing men bien an and many letters have come into the office of the legion magazine containing the information sought in a published query |