Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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ELLIOTT B. CLARK, JR. NENN'BI2RRY HoI.BIz,00K WILLIAM J ONES DAVID VV. BIILLER 16

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A Glllh Starz l ' S A' W HESE are the chosen few. These are the sons M X K 'Q 1 of Morris who laid down their lives in the ,ii V war to end war. -iggx To us they represent the best that Morris p hi ,,, . ever can boast of. To us they are an incentive ik ,! 5 M i to greater achievement. They are our heroes, ,r I +1 p the bravest of the brave, and so we honor them. ' A ' . But our words can never do them justice. ii 1 THEIR DEEDS speak for them. These splen- 'muse did youths have a tale that is simply told, but oh, how glorious, how inspiring it is. Theirs is a tale of duty done, which in the doing cost them life. Each one 's story we give to you. Some are long and some are short, but all tend toward the self-same end, Death for hu- manity. ,,, ,, ,. Emanuel Abel graduated from Morris in June 1914. He left Cornell where he was studying mechanical engineering and enlisted in Company A, 39th infantry. As he was a member of the Regular Army he was sent Over thcren at once. On Sep- tember 30th, 1918, Private Abel lost his life in the Argonne- Meuse fighting. He was twenty-one years old at the time of his death. Lieutenant James f'owan Andes graduated from Morris in 1910. In school he was a member of the Rifle Team and won many medals. To him was given the signal honor of being one of three New York men to receive the Distinguished Service Medal. It was on July 19th, during heavy fighting near Sois- sons that he, at the head of his platoon, went over the top. He led his men in the face of heavy machine gun fire to a cave in which several Germans had taken refuge. Rather than allow his men to undergo the risk, he entered the cave and demanded the surrender of the enemy. As a result of this heroic act he was slain. Elliott B. Clark, Jr., met his death in the carrying out of his duty. While carrying a despatch on a motorcycle he col- lided with a truck. This resulted in his death. He was but seventeen years old at the time. Elliott had attended Inwood Annex and then the main building. He showed considerable activity, being a member of the Boy Scouts and several other organizations. Sergeant Lawrence F. Condon, of the 106th Infantry, was killed in action. On September 4th he entered battle and was 15

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Gold Stars severely wounded by a shell which shattered his left leg. Un- conscious, he was borne to the operating table where he died. His unconsciousness saved him from terrible suffering. Sergeant Matthew f'1'0SS0l'l sailed for France with Com- pany E of the 54th Pioneer Regiment during August 1917. He was there for about a month before he came down with pneumonia. First reports showed that he was progressing fine- ly, but eventually he succumbed and on October 7th passed away. He was twenty-five The sergeant was a veteran in the service for he had been on duty at the Mexican border with the 71st Regiment. He graduated from Morris in June, 1912. Frederick Eriksen entered the service in 1917. He sailed with his regiment, the 107th of New York's famous 27th Divi- sion, for France in June 1918. The regiment was combined with British forces on the West front and soon entered battle. Eriksen on going over the top was struck by gunshot and in- stantly killed. He was buried by his comrades under a little wooden cross at Abeele, France. e Second Lieutenant Henry Gundlach entered the service in September 1917. At Camp Upton he was recommended for the Officer 's Training School, and obtained his commission. While in France he served with the 305th Infantry and the 111th, suc- cessively. As a member of the latter regiment he entered the fighting at Fismette on the Vesle River. It was during this action, on the morning of August 11th, that he met his death. Jeremiah S. Hennesey entered the U. S. Naval Reserve on May 27th, 1917 . After finishing his probation at the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station he volunteered as a guard over a T. N. T. plant in New Jersey. From here he was transferred to various battleships and in a very short time became coxswain. He was to have received his commission as Ensign when he fell sick of influenza. Ten days later he was attacked by pneumonia and succumbed. Before we entered the war, Newberry Holbrook went over with the City Ambulance Unit. For one year he saw conside- rable service with the French. Then the United States entered the conflict and he enlisted in the American Expeditionary Force. He was in active service until January, 1918, when he fell sick with typhoid fever, and shortly afterward died. Hol- brook was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Govern- ment for displaying great bravery. He drove his ambulance about under heavy gun fire regardless of self. Williani Jones entered the Officers' Training Camp at 17