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Show I'ishmen at the Front. The tiist American officer to ne killed ii. France was Lieutenant Fits-simmons Fits-simmons of Kansas City, wl.o losl hi - lite when German airmen ben. bed hospitals hos-pitals in the rear .f tie Fritlsh line where be was stationed as a m. officer In charge of a mnded, The Ainerii an noncon ml -ii ned offl" .er to lose Ids life 111 the overseas cv pedltlon was Bergt Patrick Co recuse, N Y. The tirst a can private soldier to give up bis life for bis country In France was Private James Tracy of Philadelphia. "The t st aim " i ..a sol ll r to win the I reach war cross with palms, aw; for conspicuous gullui try. was Piivute John Mo 'tain of Peeksklll, N. Y. All ihese young men, as their names indicate, in-dicate, v ere Ai lencans of Irish descent de-scent which is a fan- enough record, soya the San Antonio i.iiii!, for the ds icfudnnts of the Bmerald Isle, All of ih. in are said to hao teen ,i:itie- iioiu Americana, too, |