The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-03-31

His grandfather, my husband, was
decorated for his military services In
Algeria, and my son, Georges father,
also was an officer nut George him
self has been decorated youngest OF
an of them, and, woulG you believe IT,
he did not tell me of the fact.
The Legion Of Honor
"Elo came here one day and | looked
at him closely, for my eyeslght mas
become very poor on the left side OF
his uniform IN a confused way, I no.
ticed something George, | said, you
have stained your Uniform
Very calmly he replied, Why no.
grandmother that is the Legion oi
Honor
Thus the young man has been de-
scribcd by the person who knows him
perhaps best of all
The French newspapers for some
time have been very anxious to Obtain
permission to mention the name OF the
new brilliant aviator, but this was for
hidden, as the censorship does not al
low the names OF the aviators 10 be
mentioned except in the rarest ol
cases. The citation in the oih'lal
communication, however, opened the
way for making George Guynemer
known and honored throughout
France
A mention in orders Of a brigade,
division. an army corps and OF the on.
tire army is cherished by the soldier
as a succession Of very high disiinc
tions. but to attain TO mention in what
is allied an order Of the nation
means that the military authorities
consider the individual mentioned ms
heroic and as servicoable to the ma.
tian in the very highest degree
Among the hundreds of brilliant
aviators in the French service scores
are men of the very highest qualities
as pilots, fighters and Observers But
once in a while a man emerges who has
peculiar qualities that put him in
special class, qualities Of initiative,
extraordinary capacity for sudden and
accurate decisions and a genius for
strategic and tactical maneuvers,
Such were Pegoud, who lost his life
in a struggle of reckless bravery.
Garros. who was taken prisoner by
the Germans, and Gilbert who having
been forced to come down inside Swiss
territory. has been interned there as
a prisoner
Great Aviators in Captivity.
Garros is kent under such close
watch in Germany that there is no
prospect Of his taking any further part
in the war Gilbert on August p last
made his escape from Switzerland and
reached Paris. but he was sent back
by the French authorities, as there
was question Of his having violated
his parole in escaping.
How great the value Of one man in
the air service is considered. when
that man is of exceptionally dis'in
guishod ability, was seen in the case
Of Gilbert. as the whole French nation
regretted the fact that he had to he
returned to intemment
He had written a letter to the com
in chief of the Swiss army
formally notifying the latter that he
was withdrawing his parole and would
feel free to escape If he could. The
letter was delivered in time to give
the notification before Gilbert started
for France, but was allowed to remain
on the Swiss generals bureau for
time before bcinq opened
and in the interval Gilbert had slipped
the guards.
On being returned he refused to en-
gage his parole and on February 8 he
again escaped from the military bar.
racks where he was intcrned in Hu.
rich. Accompanied by another French
aviator. named Parry, he succeeded in
getting aboard a train for Geneva on
board which i'll French prisoners were
being returned from Germany. The
aviators, however, were recognized at
the station at Often and were Obliged
to return to their captivity
The little monoplane which Guy
nemer mounts is Of a type which the
French censorship does not allow TO
be described in detail but it is small
and seems under the perfect control
Of the young aviator Following the
name which the French troops have
given to it, "ie vieux Charles, the
British soldiers, who have already be.
come acquainted with it, refer to it as
old Charley
"Der AIte Karl"
II is said that the German aviatOrs
themselves, by the peculiar process Of
ntercommunication Of information be-
.ween adversary airmen have learned
he sobriuuet of the machine and that
hey call it der alte Karl This is
he first machine on any side which
1as been accorded popular name by
he soldiers.
1t was stated that during the recent
Ienpolin raid on Paris a very brilliant
French aviator had gone up hastily
md pursued the Zeppelin and attack
ID it at close quarters for an hour
Turing part of which time he was
within thirty yards of the airship, and
iesisted from his attacks only when
through lack of both ammunition and
gasoline he was unable any longer to
'ender service 1t has been hinted
hat the aviator in question was Guy.
lemer and permission was sought to
Lnnounce the name. but the authori-
les would not consent
Guynemers special mission being
he destruction Of the Fokker machine,
he new fighting monoplane which the
Germans for a while had so success
ully used, his exploits are said to
lave car7ed a great deal Of alarm on
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