Evening star., 1918-07-27
DEATH IN BAH[E
FOR men OF RANK
List Includes Col. Hamilton
Smith, Lieut.. Col. Clark
Elliott, Maj. McCloud.
FIVE CAPTAINS LOSE LIFE
BY the Associated Press.

By the. Associated Pren.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNE FRONT. July z4.-Col.
Hamilton Smith. of the United States
Army died on July 20. within . few
hours after receiving machine gun
wound below the heart Col Smith
was making observations after
morning attack in anticipation Of i'm
proving the American positions south
Of scissors, near Missy-au-Bois-
Lieut.. Col. Clark Elliott was killed
by machine gun nre in the same sec
tor while inspecting the American
front lines.
Maj. ]. M. McCloud. while leading
his men when the Americans crossed
the Soissons-Arras road during the
offensive, was wounded in the left
arm and in the left side by machine
gun bullets. After receiving first aid
he continued fighting. The major
was killed soon afterward by q high
explosive shell.
Lieut.. James c. Lodar was killed
by machine gun fire near where Nc
Cloud fell.
Slain Leading Men.
On different days the following cap
tains were killed by machine guns
and shells, all Of them leading their
men when they fell: James A. Edger-
ton, Julius A Mood. Alfred R. Hamel,
James N. c. Richard and James H.
Holmes.
Lieut.. Lodar. Capt. Holmes and Mai.
McCloud were buried at a CROSS
roads in q wheat field two kilometers
southeast of Missy-au-Bois. Col
Smith was buried at Orry-la-Ville,
near Luzarches. The other officers
were inferred on the spots where they
died.
Col. Smith was looking over the
edge of a hill endeavoring to locate
the Germans when he was struck. The
Americana already held their objec-
tive. but Col Smith desired to i'm
prove the position. He was in an out
post, accompanied by Private Charles
Aug of Sacramento, Cal, who rem
dered first aid and called for assist
ance.
Dragged to Safety.
Becoming impatient, Aug suggested
dragging Col. Smith back. The colonel
said:
That would be too much of a
chance for you. Aug. There is no use
of exposing yourself. The wound is
not serious; / can-wait."
Aug insisted and started with Col.
Smith through a wheat field. There
WAS no COuplAluI 1TOH Sultn
the trip. Aug frequently stopping to
rest and inquire how the wounded
man felt, and the colonel replying:
I'm all right: look out for yourself
Those machine gunners can see you
move, but not me-"
They finally reached = farmhouse
where American soldiers were shell
tered. The farmhouse was more
than geo yards from the spot where
Col. Smith was wounded. The injury
was dressed at the farmhouse. Col.
Smith died on the way to q field hos
pital.
The cemetery at Orry-la-viIle,
high ground overlooking forests and
grain fields. On clear nights the
lights of Paris are visible.
Long Careers in Army,
NEW YORK, July 26.-col Hamil-
ton A. Smith and Lieut.. Col Clark R
Elliott, who were killed in action in
France. had both served many years
in the Army.
was a West Pointer. On reaching his
commission as a second lieutenant he
was assigned to the 5th Infantry,
serving later with the Sd and 21st.
He attained field rank in 1912, and
was made a colonel in the reorgani-
zation that followed the expansion of
the Regular Army. He was forty
nine years old.
Lieut.. Col Elliott, born in Ohio in
1872. began his career as a trooper
in the Sd Cavalry, serving in the
Spanish war as a second lieutenant
in the 18th Minnesota Infantry.
Later he went to the Philippines with
the 35th Infantry, United States Vol
unteers. and became q major in the
Philfppfno ScoutS