The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-07-27
Tragedy of Captain Hamilton
Adds to AppaIIingIy Long
List of Victims.
CAREFUL OR DARING, THEY GO
is It Luck, Avators Ask, or Are They
Needless of Minor Dangers Since
the War - Distinguished
Names in List.

Neutrality-suspicious. facing death a
thousand times with the marines at
Chateau Thierry, st. Mihiel, Belleau
Wood and in the two Meuse-Argonne
offcnsiyes, Capt. George ID. Hamilton
returned to this country and peace
times TO die u few days ago while pi-
loting an airplane in a sham battle in
Gettysburg. His machine crashed TO
earth from a height of 400 feet above
the historic battlefield
In France Captain Hamilton's rec
ord for daring and for hairbreadth es-
cages was not surpassed by that of
any one in the a. +. f. He received
the Distinguished Service Cross from
his own government, and was dec
grated twice by the French for gal
lantry a thrilling war painting com
mcmorates one of his deeds. 1t de-
pjctS him, at that time Il major, lead
ing a battalion Of marines across a
pontoon bridge over the Meuse I'M
der the heavy artillery and machine
gun fire in an effort to establish
bridgehead.
Uniniured by enemy bullet gas, or
high explosive shell, Captain Hamil-
ton was mustered out of the service
after the armistice, He rejoined, how
ever, few months later, and en-.
tered the aviation corps. In the air
the former soldier of the sea" dis
played the same courage and audacity
for which he had been known at the
front. These qualities, combined with
skill and a natural aptitude for fly
ing soon put him in the forerank of
oar airmen.
Then came the end. With num-
Der of others of his corps Captain
Hamilton was sent to take part in
the maneuvers at Gettysburg, where
playing at war. While scouting ahead
of the Fifth regiment of marines
something went wrong" and death
claimed a life that had seemed
charmed against all mishap.
The passing of Captain Hamilton
adds another name to the already
dreadfully long list of airmen who
dared every peril in war or in epoch
making flights across land and sea,
and iiyed-only to perish in some cas-
ual enterprise that hardly seemed
Il venture. To compile the appalling
record, it is necessary to go back to
the days Of pioneer aviation, when
men like Arch HoXey, Ralph John
stone, John b. Moisant and others met
death in their rudmentary machines,
The history Of the air since the war
brought aircraft TO high degree Of
perfection, has caused it to become
almost an omen among aviators that
their best may win a hundred odds-on
CANDLES with the grim reaper and then
lose when everything seemed in their
favor
No country has been exempt Eng
land, France, America, Italy. In fact,
every nation where flying is com
mon has furnished It's quota of vic,
tins
Carlstrom's Care of No Avail.
Seven years ago Victor CarlstrOm
was regarded as one Of the great air
men in America, lie was already
holder of three American records when
in 1916 he attempted nonstop flight
from Chicago to New York. for the
New York Times. He was unsuccess.
full in this, being forced to land at
Erie, Pa and IIammondsport, N. J.
When he finally got out of his plane
on Governors island, Carlstrom said
81 shall never he killed by taking
chances because | do not believe in
taking chances But some day my ma.
chine will collapse, and | win get it,
just as so many other ayiators have
Cotton IT,"
His prophecy came true, on May 8,
1917 while flying at Newport News,