American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-23

Medal. forty-three the Royal Red Crosse first
class. and one hundred and forty-nlne the Royal
Red Cross, second class.
Canada built $500 nlrplancs for the royal air
force and was building bombing planes for the
United States when the nrmlstice was signed
About 1900 men were enlisted IN rhe roynl mir
force from GAMBIA, and three Canadian air nght-
ers won the Victoria Cross. The best known of
the trio is Lieut.. Col. William A. Bishop of To
ronto, who was II e~avalryman In the Mississauga
Horse aud went overseas with the horses, but got
transferred to the flying corps. Bishop Is ON
CHILLY credited with seyenty-two and unoficlaty
credited with one hundred and ten enemy mir
planes. and Is called the worlds grentest living
nee. King George sent for him and awarded him
the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Oruer
and the Military Cross.
Next IN reputation Is Mini. w. G. Barker, v. c.,
~. s. o., NJ. G., n rovNl mir force fighter from
Manitoba. He was given the Victoria Cross, Dis
tlnguished Service Order, with bar, nnd the Mill
tnry Cross, with two bars. His grand total Is
nifty enemy machines.
According Ia Colonel Bishop, the plncklcst air
fight Of the war was that of Iicu'. Alan Arnett
Me- cod, V, G., n royal mir force pilot from Stone
wnll. Manitoba. This eighteen ycar-old hoy, at
tackled by eight enemy nlrplnnes. shot down three
of them. lie was wounded five times, and then his
machine caught fire, Climbing out ON the left bot
tom plane he controlled his falling airplane from
the side of lhe f~uselnge, landed III No Mans
Land, rescued his wounded observer from the
blnzing aircraft and was again wounded by m
enemy bomb. Shortly after his return to Canada
Mcleod died Of pneumonia In Winnipeg,
Tie first Canadian 10 win the V. G, was a heroic
surgeon, Capt. Francis A. c, Scrimger, of the
Canndinn urmy medical service,
Color Sergeant Frederick w. Hall, Eighth bat
TALON. heard n call for help in No Mans Land
In the fnce of n very heavy enflpde fire Hall made
two attempts ut rescue, As he was lifting the
wounded man Hall was wounded mortally by a hui,
let through the head. He paid for the coveted V. G,
with his life. So did Lance Corporal Frederick
Fisher, Thirteenth battalion,
AT Glvenchv, June 10, 1915, Lieut.. Frederick
w Campbell, First Canadian battalion, went over
the top with two machine guns, arrived nj the
German nrst line with "ne gun and maintained
Nls position there undcg very heavy tire, though
Very man I'm his detachment had been Killed OF
wounded. Later he stopped an enemy attack ny
advancing his gun still farther and firing i,Ws
rounds from an exposed position. He was wouhu
ed subsequently aud died; the V. Z, was post
humousiy awarded him.
Private Leo Clarke, V. c., Twenty-seventE SNt
tnlion; Private John Chapman Kerr, v T.. Sixty
nfth battalion; Capt. Thain w, MacDoweil' =
and ID. s. C., Thirty-eighth battalion; Lieut. FRED
prick NJ. w. Harvey, v. c., Thirteenth battalion
all these men performed %prodigies of valor In XIII
inc foes. cauturing prisoners, enemy trenches an'
nns,,Ions and machine guns. They earned thei
Victoria Crosses,
sergt Ellis w. Sitton, v. G, charged a machin
~,n clone killing all the crew and stopped a coun
, terattack until REINFORCED; he was Killed >
as private William J, Milne. V. @. Forty-sixt