Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Representative of the family let 1t
be known that the colonel would
have nothing to say in addition to his
brief statement, and that the Roose-
velts desired privacy during their
stay in this city.
In messages of sympathy to the
parents of men who have been killed
in battle, Colonel Roosevelt has ex-
pressed the same spirit which ap-
pears in his statement yesterday,
that pride in their sacrifice should
be their dominating thought. While
he allowed no expression of grief to
escape him on receiving the news
yesterday, his affection for his sons
has been one of chief interest in his
life, and he forcibly expressed him
self on the subject last November at
a meeting at Madison Square Gar
den, where he was campaigning for
Mayor Mitchell. A man in the audi
ence shouted at the colonel to ask
him why he was not in France Col
onel Roosevelt replied:
II asked not only to go over there
but l came with 100000 more men
in my hands to help. But L will tell
you, you man over there, that have
sent my four sons. l have sent over
my four boys, for each of whose lives
L
care for my own, if you can under
stand that, you creature over there y
Colonel Roosevelt's decision to
speak at Saratoga Springs to-day was
not a surprise to those familiar with
his views on the manner in whlch
parents should regard the loss of the
lives of their children in war.
Downed German Plane
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt be-
gan active service as an American
aviator in France this spring. only
July he took part in an aerial bat
tie between American and German
machines in the Marne region. Only
July 10 he brought down his first
German airplane in a fight north oil
Chateau Thierry.
Quentin Roosevelt, who was Il
years old, was in his sophomore year
at Harvard when this country de-
clared war. When it was still in de-
bate whether this country would
send expeditioAary forces to Europe
he went to Canada and enlisted In the
Canadian Aviation Corps Tor lnstruc-
ton. When it was decided to SEND
troops to Europe he was transferred
to the United States Signal Corps as
a nrivate. Lawrence f. Abbott, a bio
grapher of Colonel Roosevelt and a
close friend of the family, gave this
account of the attitude of Colonel
and Mrs. Roosevelt toward the en-
listment of their youngest son, III
Munseys Magazines:
During a recent visit at Saga
more Hill 1 asked Quentin's father
and mother if they did not feel II
tc be a special hardship in his case
that at so early an age he should
have to give up his education and
many of his associations at Harvard
if the war leaves him unscathed
They both replied that they were
particularly glad that on his own
initiative he had taken exactly the
course which has put him in one
of the most eXacting and dangerous
branches of the service"
Other Boys Wounded
Quentin Roosevelt was a graduate
of the Groton School, standing Sec
ond in the class, and entered Har-
ward in 1916, where he was known
as a lively and highly popular stu
dent.
His death is the third casualty in
the Roosevelt family. Captain Archl'
bald Roosevelt was wounded or
March IL, his left arm being broker
III two places and his right leg anc
knee-cap penetrated by shrapnel
The French War Cross was pre-
sented to him and Colonel Roosevelt
sent him a telegram in which hC
said:
Your cross is the greatest pos
session the family has"
Theodore Roosevelt Jr, the eldes
son, was the next to be hurt. He
had attended the first Plattsbure
Camp and went to France in June
1917, as member of the staff OF
General Pershing. He was gasseo
about three weeks ago and cited fol
bravery in remaining with his bat