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Page contains 4 newspaper clippings titled: "Chased down behind lines in Germany - Lieut. Hutcheson was tackled by five enemy planes;" "Ottawa officers reported killed;" "Lieut. Andrew S. Fraser awarded Military Cross;" and "Soldiers Service Club Incorporated." People mentioned: Scott, Harold A.; Robertson, Lyall P.; Fraser, Andrew S.; Hutcheson, Walter B.; Westman Florence; Robertson, Martha; Campbell, Martha; Powers, Jean; O'Dell, Sarah

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  • [start clipping] CHASED DOWN BEHIND LINES IN GERMANY --- Lieut. Hutcheson Was Tackled By Five Enemy Planes. --- Lieut. Walter B. Hutcheson, R. F.C., of Ottawa, who is a prisoner in Germany, writes to Mr. H.R. Cram, of the Irrigation Branch Interior Department, an intereresting letter, which is the first received from him since he was taken prisoner in Flanders about two months ago. Lieut. Hutcheson writes: "I am still alive and kicking, although I have gone through rather a horrible experience. I was chased down to earth about (here the number of miles is deleted by the German censor) on the German side of the line by five enemy scouts. "The fight started at (altitude censored) feet and my observer was killed at practically the first burst.It ended at juast above ground, hence when I ran into a telephone line my machine and engine were practically riddled but all that happened to me was about four bullet holes in my coat and a split hip from the crash. "How the machine ever held together I do not know. Will tell you more about it when I return to Canada." Lieut. Hutcheson is only allowed to write two letters a month, but no doubt he will be glad to receive letters at the following address: Care of Offizer, Kriegsgefangenenlager, Kaserne, Holzminden, Germany. [end clipping] [start clipping] OTTAWA OFFICERS REPORTED KILLED. 2 photographs MAJOR HAROLD ARCHIBALD SCOTT, son of Mrs. Archibald Scott, killed in action. LIET. LYALL P. ROBERTSON, son of the late Dr. John and Mrs. Robertson, killed in action. [end clipping] [start clipping] LIET. ANDREW S. FRASER AWARDED MILITARY CROSS Lieut. Andrew S. Fraser, R.F.A., son of Mrs. H.J. Fraser, 380 Elgin street, has been awarded the Military Cross in recognition of services rednered by him during the German push initiated in March and continued without abatement until the second week in April. Details of his exploits have not yet been received by his mother. The recipient of the mark of valor is a young officer, having only attained his majority in February last, when he celebrated his twenty-first birthday in France. During the early period of the war he spent a year at McGill, after having graduated from the Collegiate here. Then came the call to arms, and he gave up his course in engineering to attend the Royal Military College, where he obtained a commission in the Royal Field Artillery graduating with high honors in July last. Proceeding to the Old Country, he spent some time in training, and finally got to France in January of this year. From that time until the German offensive slackened he was in action with D Battery, 330th Brigade. An attack of trench fever then necessitatet his going to hospital, and he was invalided to England, where he still is. The young officer is a nephew of J.D. Fraser, secretary-treasurer of the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. [end clipping] [start clipping] SOLDIERS SERVICE CLUB INCORPORATED Notice has been given of the incorporation of G.F. Benson, A.E. Ogilvie, A.S. Holt, R.T. Heneker, K.C., and A.C. Stead, all of Montreal, as the Khaki League. The object of the league is to look after the health, welfare and interests of the soldiers of the British Empire and its allies. Another organization for the benefit of the soldiers, is the Soldiers' Service Club of Ottawa, which has also been incorporated by Florence Westman, Martha Robertson, Martha Campbell, Jean Powers and Sarah J. O'Dell, all of Ottawa. [end clipping] May 1917 [annotation in pencil]
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