Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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CORPORAL HARRY HEINS ESCHBACH

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ORIFLAMME 9 CAPTAIN lll'1NltY C. Wl'1I.Kl'1lt, M. D. I Captain Henry C. 1Velker of Norristown, Pa., died at the Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on May 2, 1918, after having heen invalided hack to this country from France. He was a captain in the United States Medical Reserves. Dr. Welker enlisted in the United States service early in September, 1917, and was assigned to Episcopal Hospital Unit, No. JM-, as a lieutenant. Shortly thereafter he was promoted to a captaincy and left with the unit for Allentown, where he remained several months in training. Ile left in Novemher for France and was on duty. Ile did most heroic service directly haek of the firing line and was undaunted in his zeal to aid the fallen men, when hc was slriken with sciatie rheumatism and had a general nervous breakdown. Treatment was givenrhim in two hospitals in France, hut his condition did not improve and it was decided to send him hack to American soil. When he arrived here he was given treatment in a New York hospital, at Fort Mellenry, and later at the hVZlltL'l' lteed Hospital, Washington, D. C. There he showed some signs of improvement hut soon his nervousness hccame more aggravated and he sank rapidly. On May 2, 1918, he passed away. Dr. Welker was horn in Tulpehoeken, Pa., May 19, 1879, 1le was the son of ltev. llenry J. Welker who was a pastor in one of the Reformed clmrehes of Norris- town. At an early age Dr. Welker enrolled as a student of Franklin ami Marshall College from which institution he graduated with honors in 1902. Ile was a memher of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity and the Goethean Literary Society. Ile then lnatrieulated at the University of Pennsylvania. Medical College and graduated from there in 1906. In 1908, Dr. Welker hegan his practice in Norristown, Pa. lle was one of the hest known and most successful physicians and surgeons of his lmorou'gh, when he answered the call for volunteers to the flag. llc was on the staff of surgeons at Charity llospital and also on the consulting staff of physicians at the State Ilospital for the Insane. Dr. Welker was a memher of the American College of Physicians and the Mont- gomery County Mcdical Society. llc was also a memher of Norristown Lodge, No. 020, I . and A. M.

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ORIFLAMME 11 i'0lll'0llAI, llAllIl.Y IIIGINS IISCIIIIACII Corporal Hurry lleins lflsehhneh wus instuntly killed on Muy 28, 1918, hy at high explosive shell while eurrying u wounded man under henvy fire. Ile wus performing his duly us u true U. S. soldier under mosl: trying eonditions. Ile wus u line type of munhood und n true son of I . :md Ill. Corporul l'Isehhueh wus horn Aug. 10, 1896, ut llurto, Pu. After going' through F. und M. Aendemy he entered ltrunklin und Illurshull College in the full of 191-I+. Ile wus u. memher of the lVlurshull Cluh und the Porter Seientilie Soeiely. Dl1I'llIg' his Junior year he wus on lhe .lunior Ilop l'ommillee, :md wus very well liked hy ull his clussmules. Ile wus studying for u liuehelor ol' Seienee Degree. Ile enlisted lute in April, 1917, in the Novul lteserve. lmpntient heeuuse he lmd not us yet heen culled to uetive duly he upplied for an trunsfer on Illuy 7, 1917, from the Nuvul Iteserve to the llospitul Corps. Ile was inmlediutely lirnnsferred und sent the sume dny to ll1ll'l'l8l1llI'g without lulvinp: time to soy good-hye to his purents. Ile left llnrrishurg for Columhus, Ohio, from where he wus duly trsmsferred to Fort Benjamin llurrison, lndiunu. llere he was uttnehed to the First Division Ilospitul Corps, Ile wus given his eorporanley und mude orderly lo Major Grissinger, Ileud Surgeon of the Post llospitul ut Fort llenjomin Ilnrrison. Corpornl Iflsehhueh wus in training here from Mny lo Oetoher, 1917. On the 39th ol' Ueloher, 1917, he emhalrked for over-seus duty on the Crown Prineessen Ueeelin. 'l'he voyugge wus exeeedinpqly dampgerous ns ill wus her muiden voy- age under Amerienn eolors und the Kaiser hnd o1I'ered 50,0011 murks for her sinking. Corporal I'Isehhueh urrived snfely on the 13111 of Novemher ut llrest, Frunee. Ile wus immediately sent for further trnining to the rear of the 'l'oule Seelor. Here he wus plneed with regulnrs, und uttuehed to the Second I'-nttulion, Medical lJl'l2lClIIll0lIl', 28th Infantry, of the First Division of the A. IC. F. Ile wus in und out of uetion from Morch 1918 until IVluy 28, 1918, when hc wus killed. I About the middle of Moy he wus removed from the 'l'oule Sector und sent to Cuntigny'wliere one of the wur's fiercest bottles wus wnging, during the drive on the ehnunel ports. llere he wus in oetion eontinuonsly. Ile remnrked in one of his let- ters home thut, nt the time, he wus serving here with l'Inglish, I reneh, Foreign Legion, Algerian, African, Indo-Chinese, und Indiun soldiers. During' the heut ol' the huttle on Mny 28th, 1918, Corporal lisehhneh wus killed. A subsequent letter from the lied Cross stutes that Corporal ldsehlmeh wus instantly killed on Moy 28th hy u high explosive shell while eorrying u litter with an wounded mun on it from the Ilnttulion Aid Stution to the ltegimentnl'Aid Station. Ile wus huried in the vieinity of VIIIl0l'S-llI0ll1'lIll'l. Ile wus exceedingly well liked hy the men of the detuclnnent. He died while splendidly performing his duly under heavy fire. '