Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 42, 31 December 1917 — Page 2

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THE E2CH3KJND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGBAM. MONDAY, DEC. 31, 1917.

IIOOSIER SPUNK CAUSES BOY TO GO ASPRIVATE Brcxkville Youth Resigns Appointment as Alternate to Naval Academy. WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. That boy's e punk Is the stuff that will win this war for America." declared Representative Richard N. Elliott of Indiana recently, after receiving a letter from a Hoosier Tad, Horace H. Shirk of Brookrille, who is resigning from an alternate appointment to the United States Naval academy to enlist in the aviation corps as a private. The young man, though under conscript age, prefers action now that his country is at war rather tb&n the peaceful and academic life of a naval cadet Before he received the Annapolis appointment, he underwent an operation to remove a 6light physical defect. John C. Shirk, president of the Brookvllle, lad., National bank, Is his father. "I would not have you think I do not appreciate your kindness in giving me the appointment as first alternate to the naval academy," said the letter, "for I do, and I hope you will

understand my step 1 n enlisting X want to serve by cob i iter during, the war. rather than spe ji d the time . In school, and then when t.' peace has been restored return to pr IJ ate life; while if I were to enter the !; naval academy I probably would conti a ue in the navy. ; - One Out of j -Ive. ' "There are five boya, in our family. The oldest is married, f with hie wife and child dependent d a blm; he was in the first draft, bu jf was exempted because of physical j disability.'. My next oldest brother xp?cta to enlist before the 15th. Q.-fllaer tried to enlist in the navy and 4 Jso the signal corps, but both times v as rejected on account of defective h, earing. That leaves my brother Cha t e and myself, both of us under dra fl ; age. He is now a sophomore at h idiana university. So you see this l n akes only one out of five serving his c ountry; I feel that this is not enougi , and the only right thing for me to io Is to enlist and do my part. "I hope you do not hink hard of me for taking this stej &v ter Son were kind enough to recrp end me for the naval school. I reel, it would be an injustice to you nd myself and my country to go ci d with this when I feel I could t ,' more by enlisting. I am enlisting ai a mechanic, and I hope to become ct 'able of being a pilot of an airplane." i , Representative Elliott was proud to receive the letter. "It flakes Hoosier spunk to resign as fin tt- alternate to the naval academy to i trve as a private in the aviation cor ps," wrote Mr. Elliott in reply. "I am j glad you are from the Sixth Indians L district, and may God protect you w jhile you serve under the American fla; f."

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(Continued From Pago One. like a conquering hero and was given the keys to the town, as the ; first American aviator there. I haven't time to go further into the Interesting details. I'd like to. Some day you may read them all In my diary. I had lunch in the Hotel du Commerce with a soldier, and In the after noon went back to the machine without having found the mayor or a guard at the "Geudarinerie" for my machine. The fog had cleared, so I decided to try to get away, and got a couple of peasants and a soldier to hold the machine while I cranked the motor. I had a deuce of a time. It's hard to swing the big propeller I'm so little and I was worn out when I got it going, and safety, too, for it's quite a trick to crank It and not get hit by the propeller. It would mess one up a little to get hit. The field was muddy and slippery, too. I took to the air with only one cylinder missing and flew at 500 meters, and with the wind I got to Chateaudun in about 15 minutes, to find there four of our boys. We couldn't chance going on to Tours then, so we took off our clothes and went up to town, and here we are, at the Hotel St Louis, a fine little place, and great food; and the beds oh. Lord! one and a half feet thick, and so soft and wonderful I couldn't sleep the first night while the second I slept 10 hours, and tonight will be the same If it's raining in the morning, as it bids fair to be and as I hope it is. The town here

Is very quiet and quite deserted, but we are a happy, gang and. having a great time. The town la most Interesting historically. It was taken by the Prussians in 1870, and has an immense, wonderful old chateau, the Chateau du Chateaudun, which has had a remark, able history,' serving among other things as the seat of the revolutionary tribunal. . It's full of dungeons, damp, dirty cells, rooms galore, and kitchens. Some rare riots they used to have In the olden days, when you 'could get away with murder" literally, and where a man was a general one day, and hanging the next; even more exciting than these. "Voyages" Are Fun. I must quit; I've. written a book now. These "voyages" are a deuce of a lot of fun. The altitude test was really quite trying. I climbed to 3,000 meters, then came down to 2,700 meters, where I stayed for one and one-fourth hours (the test is 2,400 meters for one hour), at the end of which time one is supposed to descend half way, -stay there a while to accustom the eyes to the change of altitude and to properly Judge the ground, and then continue in steps of halves. Many a man had broken up after an altitude because he came down too quickly and his eyes fooled him. I dropped from 2,700 meters to 600 meters in two and one-half minutes, because my motor failed to take half way down. The pressure backed up in my eyes awfully, my head ached and swam and I don't know what I was thinking except probably I was swearing at the motor. It took at 600 meters. I came down to 400 where I

felt I could Btep out on to the ground and probably would have tried It if my altimeter hadn't told me It would be foolish to try. At 100 meters I felt my wheels were touching the ground but by the grace of Ood when I did get near the -ground I only dropped five feet and didn't break anything. It's very funny the way your eyes fool you that way. I was In the air four hours that day and it was quite a nervous strain. And now, Kidsie, I'll quit, only to add that If you, too, knew1 the French, knew their spirit,' saw their country and appreciated what they are fighting for, you'd hate the Germans, too, its traditional with them ' and poor France has been overrun with wars, most of them with the Prussians. I'd die trying to drive the Bochea out of this wonderful country and maybe I will, but there are 6ome things even better than life, to have known it, understood it lived it and helped It and to leave the finest memories of oneself to the world there -are many can't do that I've had the opportunity I've wanted a long time, to express myself fully as I felt and it only came because I'm where I am in the little old Hotel St. Louis at Chateaudun, France, and not somewhere else, where I would be if the weather bad not so kindly helped me out. Adlos. Kid, I love you all now, as I never did before, as I never really had the opportunity of knowing how to

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