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Show Nil OUT OF 01 FAMILY IN WAR SALT LAKE. April 4. Filled with patriotism and the fighting spirit which has made his family name noted i in army circles for many years, James J. Drouillard, 18 years of age, 579 Eighth avenue, enlisted through the army recruiting office yesterda morning morn-ing for early service in France the last male member of the family to reach military age. The family lighting history commenced com-menced when V. K Drouillard. the father of James, graduated from the United States Military academy at West Point in 1880, went to the army 1 as a lieutuenant and gradually worked his way up to a colonelcy through In- I domitable fighting spirit and sheer ability. Colonel Drouillard met a gallant gal-lant death while in the service. Next in line to assume the war bur dens of Uncle Sara wa-s Major Pierre Drouillard, another graduate of West Point, who went into the army at an early age and has seen nineteen years' I hard service. Major Drouillard was in command of the famous 'Fighting Ninth infantry." with service in every part of the globe and the first into China during the Boxer campaign, and is now in France with the American army as a staff officer. Major Drouillard Drouil-lard was in several of the Philippine massacres and carries many scars of wounds received In battle. Another uncle who espoused the cause of ihe army is Kent Drouillard, at present a colonel with the American expeditionary forces. Colonel Drouillard Drouil-lard has been at the front for several months as a United States army ob- i server on the Italian Austrian battle line, but has lately rejoined his command. com-mand. Anthony De Portaliays, 21 years of age, and still another member of the fighting Drouillard family as a couuin, left this country in 1915 to Join the ! French army, and was assigned to the flying corps. In a recent battle with a Boche airman, De Portaliays was sent crashing down to death behind the German lines. He had but recently recent-ly won the coveted honor of being an "ace" and was considered one of the ! best and most daring of the French birdmen There are three cousins of the Drouillard family lighting in the sky-blue sky-blue uniform of France on the torn field near Arras; each of whom went in at the beginning of Ihe great confute con-fute and has since participated in its j largest and most bloody battles. A brother of Mrs. Drouillard, Fred Mac-i Mac-i Gregory, is a lieutenant in the Canadian Cana-dian army, and is now with his com raand at the front. Previous to the j coming of war Lieutenant MacGrogory j was with the Northwestern Mounted police, and was transferred to th ' fighting zone at his own request at I the age of 42. There is hut one lefi now of the family the mother of young Jame,?, , Mrs Jennie Iirouillard. whose residence resi-dence is at 579 Eighth avenue and she is an earnest worker for thrift stamps, holds a number of liberty loan bonds and is thoroughly interested in the work of the Red Cross. |