Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-03 | Page 9 | World Will Watch Roosevelt's Sons

1 World Will Watch W atch Roosevelt's Sons Sons' S ons The world has haJ seen that tho four sons of or the late Colonel Coonel Roosevelt were as a true American fighters a as their fa fa- ther and now it naturally will watch their careers to see sec if It the they continue to follow tollow In Iii his footsteps Great things will ho bo expected of these men who whose father lather was such a a. power In n America Although the tho government refused to permit Colonel Roosevelt to organize a no l dl division lon of or volunteers for service In France ho lie was exceedingly proud o of or his four our bo boys nil of ot whom saw active aCU service in the tho world war Jr G rd Theodore Roosevelt Jr was commissioned com corn a major by the war department depart depart- mont ment on the day that Washington announced announced an an- flounced that the colonels colonel's offer to raise a division dl would no not be accepted Ho He saw Raw active f service on the western front having been slightly wounded and later severely gassed lie Is now from lom the tho gas Jas attack in Paris lie He was recently promoted to be oe a a. lieutenant colonel Capt Archie 4 Roosevelt commanded a company compan in the carlle earliest t American righting fighting on thu tho western front Ho was graduated from the first Plattsburg Platte Platt burg training camp as a n second lieu tenant and was promoted to a captain after he had been under fire In France orance I l-ast l t March he was wounded by being struck b by shrapnel Complications set il n however cr and he was wa invalided home borne Ho lie Is still receiving recel treatment at it a n base haSe hospital here his arm in ha having be become be come paralyzed Ho lIe was decorated with tho the Croix de Guerre for tor gallantry m itt action S tl r In I I Roosevelt poIse was Wai va in training at the training camp when on Jul July 9 1 In 1917 7 ho hu huVaR was VaR offered an m op op- op to servo on the staff stat of ot General General Gen Gen- eral Maude commander of ot the tho British forces in Mesopotamia Ie Ho accepted and received the rank o of lieutenant Later he wai I promoted to be bo tempo lar vary and honorary captain in lion tion of distinguished conduct and some months ago agu ne he le was transferred d to the tho American forces and promoted to a a. captaincy Quentin Roosevelt noose the colonel colonels colonel's colonels col col- onel onel's youngest OUn son was killed In an air combat la t Jul July luly his machine be being be be- ing brought ht down don by ly a German aviator fator O over o r Chateau Thierry within three days das after ter Quentin himself had downed a German plane pian He lie enlisted as 9 a private private vate In the tho signal corps April 20 20 O. O 1917 and was commissioned a as a first t. t lieu tenant Jul July J 10