Pohalski, Jesse Gilbert

71st REGIMENT SOLDIERS

Men of the New York Command Killed or Wounded Before Santiago.

JESSE GILBERT POHALSKI, who was wounded in the foot, was but nineteen years old, although he gave his age as twenty-one when he enlisted on the first call. He joined the regiment two weeks before ti went to camp, and went into Company F, in which there are many other Harlem boys. Young Pohalski lived with his parents at 70 East One Hundred and Eleventh Street, and was well known in Harlem, having been Vice President of the Kenworth Literary Society of One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, and having played right guard with the Credendas for several years. He is a graduate of the Night High School of Harlem, having taken honors in English literature, political economy, and chemistry, and at the time of his enlistment was in the employ of Dr. James H. Stebbins, Jr., a chemist of 114 Pearl Street, with whom he was associated since leaving school. Mrs. Pohalski, the boy's mother, while showing great worry for her son's welfare, said last night that she was nevertheless proud that he was one of those on whom the country could depend.

The New York Times, New York, NY 5 Jul 1898