The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-06-14

Medal. forty-three the Royal Red Cross, first
tlass. and one hundred and forty-nine the Royal
Red Cross, second class
Canada built $500 airplanes for the royal air
force and was building bombing planes for the
United States when the armistice was signed.
About 1SOOO men were enlisted In the royal air
force from Canada and three Canadian air fight
efs won the Victoria Cross, The best known Of
the trio Is Lieut. Col. William A. Bishop Of To-
ronto. who was a cavairyman In the Mississauga
Horse and went overseas with the horses, but got
transferred 10 the flying corps. Bishop is Oh
dally credited with seventy-two and unoffcially
credited with one hundred and ten enemy air.
planes. and Is called the worlds greatest living
ace King George sent for him and awarded him
the Victoria Cross the Distinguished Service Order
and the MlntMy Cross
Next in reputation Is Mai W. G. Barker. v. c..
D. 8. O.. n. q, royal air force fighter from
Mapitoba. He was given the Victoria Cross Dis
nnsuishsd Service Order. with bar, and the Mill
hry Gross. with two bars. His grand total Il
0fty enemy machines
According to Colonel Bishop. the Quickest air
AHht Of the war was that Of Lieut.. Alan Arnett
Mcleod v. G, royal air force pilot from Stone
WALL Manitoba This eighteen-yearold boy, at
tackled By eight enemy airpaanes. shot down three
az them. He was wounded i've times, and then his
machine caught IRE. Climbing out on the left bot
tom piano be controlled his failing airplane from
the side Il the fuselage landed In No Mans
Land. nscusd his wounded observer from rhe
blaxing eifEIAft and was again wounded BY an
enemy bomb. Shortly after his return to Canada
Mcleod died Of pneumonia IN Winnipeg
The nrst Canadian to win the Y. G. was q heroic
surgeon. Capt Francis A. g. Scrimger, Of the
Canadian army medical service.
Color Sergeant Frederick ". Hail, Eighth bat
talon. heard q call for help In No Mans Land.
b the face Of q very heavy enflade fire Hail made
two attempts at rescue. As he was lifting the
wounded man Han was wounded MORALLY By bul.
let through the head He paid for the coveted v. C.
with his life. So did Lance Corporal Frederick
Fisher, Thirteenth battalion.
At Givenchy, June 15 1915, Lieut.. Frederick
w. Campbell. First Canadian battalion. went over
the top with two machine guns. arrived at the
German first line with one gun and maintained
his position there under very heavy fire. though
every man In his detachment had been killed or
advancing his gun still farther and firing 1000
rounds from an exposed position. He was wound
"A subsequently and died; the " G. was post
humously awarded him.
q Private Leo Clarke, v. G.. Twenty-seventh bat
hlion; Private John Chapman Kerr, V. c., Sixty
mn battalion; Capt. Thain w. MacDowell. Y. @.
and D. S. c., Thirty-eighth battalion; Lieut.. Fred
erick M. W. Harvey, V. c., Thirteenth battalion
MI these men performed prodiges Of valor in kill
Ing foes capturing prisoners. enemy trenches and
nositions and machine guns. They earned their
Victoria Crosses.
j Serct. Ellis w. Sifton V. c., charged a machine
orn alone killing all the crew and stopped coun-
ser.attach until REINFORCED; he was killed. So
ms PrtNaA william ]. Milne '. O. Forty-sixth