The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1918-07-17
ROOSEVELT WENT TO FRANCE
WITH The FIRST U. S. AIR Unit:
DOWNED GERMAN WEEK Ago
Youngest Son Of Colonel, Now Believed Slain
Trained at Mineola-Shot Foe Filler Down
When Three Attacked Him.


mentioned in connection with air
tghting in France early this month
when he and other American air
scouts had about twenty combats
with German flying circuses, in which
at least seven enemy planes were
brought down.
Lieut.. Roosevelt was credited with
his first victory July 10. when he
brought down a German plane at
height OF 5000 yards eight miles inside
the German lines, north OF Chateau
Thierry. He saw three planes ap-
preaching, and thought they were OF
his own squadron. They attacked and
he fred nifty shots before one OF them
went down in a nose spin. The two
other Germans attacked, but Roose-
welt escaped and returned to his field
without a scratch on himself or ma
chine.
Lieut.. Roosevelt went over with the
first United States air unit. having
graduated at Mineola as a First
Lieutenant in the First Aero Reserve
Corps last July. At the time he sailed
his brother, Theodore jr., was a
Major, Archie was a Captain on Gen.
Pershing's Staf. and Kermit was with
the British in the Mesopotanian
campaign. His brother-in-law, DR..
Richard Derby, is in the Medical Re
serve Corps.
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Quentin attended the 1916 Plattsburg
Camp. On leaving thero he received
commission in the Signal Officers
Reserve Corps, and was sent into
training at Mineola.
Quentin Is the youngest Of the
Roosevelt children. He was born in
Washington Just before the Spanish
War, while his father was organ
izing the Rough Riders. While Col.
Roosevelt was President, Quentin
was the Joy and life OF the White
House and. at times. OF all Wash
ington.
Even as a small boy he displayed
signs of the Roosevelt pluck. He had
two pet snakes that received consid-
erable newspaper notice, rode a pony
had a stray dog for a companion,
roller -skated all over Washington
and bad a juvenile romance with a
letter carriers daughter. the written
accounts OF which amused the capi-
tai. He played clown in ohildren's
circuses, was a baseball fan. took a
ride in a locomotive from Washing
ton To Philadelphia with his friend
the engineer, and in othar ways
showed his democracy
On one occasion. when he displeased
his teacher, the President assured her
that Quentin had been attended to
"in the good, old fashioned way" In
the woodshed. His interest in cleo
tricity. later shown In his study Of
wireless, came to public notice once
when he did something that all but
put out the White House lights. His
faVorite playmate was Charlie Taft.
In 1908 he went TO Europe with his
mother, his brother Archie and sister
Ethel. He attended St Paurs Epis-
for a time and later the Groton
School. AT Harvard he took a promi-
nent part in athletics in 1915, and was
among the 1874 Harvard men chosen
TO take special military training in
1916. but decided to 20 to Plattsburg
instead.
Col Roosevelt has three more sons
in the war. They are:
Capt Archie Roosevelt-Woundcd
with shrapnel during fighting on
Tout front. Decorated with French
War Cross as he lay on operating
table.
Major Theodore Roosevelt jr -
Gassed during fighting at Cantigny,
Refused to be cared for until assured
Americans had won,
Capt. Kermit Observation-Disclosures
to British expedition in MesopOtamia
as motor car commander, but recent
iy obtained transfer to American Ex-
Enrca N ENranoa