Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . ars old. Ivt. Charles I!. Johnsoti. Ivf. Charles Fdwin Johnsmi. son ofTTarry Johnson of Broailway Say-•1:\ Li- I., filed on October 26 ofwoundn received In aclion. He wasborn In ,«a\-\illR 22 years ago. but wasdrnfled from Naples, .\. where hewas employed on a on April 29last. Ho was sent to Camp Dix, whereho was mustered Into Pnit. D. SOSthI A., and after lIx weeks of training started for France. In his last letter,written on Septerhber 4, he said in an active sector. He was amember of the Sayville CongregationalChurch. Three of h
Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . ars old. Ivt. Charles I!. Johnsoti. Ivf. Charles Fdwin Johnsmi. son ofTTarry Johnson of Broailway Say-•1:\ Li- I., filed on October 26 ofwoundn received In aclion. He wasborn In ,«a\-\illR 22 years ago. but wasdrnfled from Naples, .\. where hewas employed on a on April 29last. Ho was sent to Camp Dix, whereho was mustered Into Pnit. D. SOSthI A., and after lIx weeks of training started for France. In his last letter,written on Septerhber 4, he said in an active sector. He was amember of the Sayville CongregationalChurch. Three of his brothers arein the service. Lt. Frank Johnson ofthe 302d Kng., in France; AlbertJohnson, in Batt. B. 26th F. A., CampMcClellan, Ala., and George Johnson,in the .Vavv, aboard the V. S. S. Foam,in the Mine .Sweeping Division. Asister, Miss p;ilen. and a , live at home with their father. Corp. F. C. Gchrsitc. Frederick C. t;ehrsitc of 15 TroutmanSt., was killed in action on September29. He enlisted in the old 23d ^^ FRED C G£H{?S1TC OH, ^..„ ^?..;i;iAia>-~>ii:^ .and was transferred to Co. G, in which organization he becamea corporal. Sgt. Robert R. ;Sgt. Robert E. Watson, 29 years old,of Ainityville. L. I., was the first boyfrom that village to l|e killed in fell on October 12. .Sat. Watsonwas a member of Co. M. 307th Inf .and a son of Mrs. Annie Watson, whoresides on .Nortli Broadway, Amity-villf. He was born in the liavenswoodsection of Long Island City, and wasa steam titter by trade. He went over-seas with his reginieni from CampIpton lust April. A brother, KlliotcWatson, is in the Mili1;iry Iollce atCamp rpton. and another , lives at home with hismother. Jlrs. Watson received a let-ter from her son about four week,*;Tgo. in which he .said he had been inthe thick of the fighting, and had seenmany of his comrades and friendsgive up llicir lives bravely, and will-ingly for llieir country. He had sev
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