Show vet loses hope hone T T of vindication andt cation 0 flying feat of captain in world war Is branded asbie as lie 1 washington the arlie last hope for the official vindication 11 of E edmund dmund G chamberlain of san antonio dishon orally discharged captain of the united states marine corps was blotted out a short time ago when aben the supreme courts refusal to review ti the k 1 validity of his court martial wrote tile the legal igal finish tb I 1 n fen en year fight for re r instatement ln nt which has bas ebb embroiled rolled the th civil and military authorities of the united states and great britain rind stirred the sympathy of the world 1 I will make no further furt lier tight light be cause there is no place to which I 1 clin carry the case declared cut but I 1 still stick to my story 0 of f the events which led to my court martial and believe tho the evidence in the case proves that I 1 awas was not guilty of the charges champions Cham of tile the former marine cup cap tain bold that lie he Is one of the most distinguished heroes of the alid world war a brave man who tins haa been cru by the pettiness and obtuseness of military nry his wife the daughter of bf gen francis win winter ar mar aled him when his troubles were darkest over parental objections and hns has fought loyally at ills his side for eight years ills friends and army assoil aies convinced of his integrity have aided him champion prevaricator the ten tribunals to which chum cham beri bertaln alts tins has appealed have upheld the validity of the decision of ills his first court martial in london in 1910 1911 which represents the former marine as the champion prevaricator of the A B E F r 4 n man w whose pose scandalous conduct tended to the destruction of good morals ln in july 1018 captain chamberlain was for the voctoria VIctorI 8 cross and the congressional medal of honor because of his heroic conduct ahe british ir t lab front front according to the story t ry that flashed ln in hen ditner at 1 over the world lie he was invited to make mak e a flight luring during a visit with british oth friends ut at the air field while on furlough lie en encountered counte red twelve twelve german planes and brought d down own pur four 0 of them his plane rid ald by bullets was forced down between lines while making his way back to jouquin touquin he rescued a wounded french soldier e r and brought in a n captured german ger inar chambee lain did not report the story of his exploits to the authorities he deser thed the events to a few friends ana seemed to wish the he matter to go po ro fart farther in the meantime reports report t flight supposed to have heen been watten written by four officers at wore weye forwarded to chamberlains cli su an perlor officer off icar who sent thein to headquarters the marine was tile the hero of th the hour lie he modestly deprecated ills hi prowess deplored the wide publicity anil ann stress stressed eO the nature of tho th right flight jl lie refused to g the name name aullie of the of ohp nili bea because ause liable halle to court martial for permitting flight t t Jj Char ae preferred d v in march 1110 1010 nine months lutes chi charges ages were pr preferred i referred against chain it r before a court martial which opened at the lie american navy headquarters in london the british authorities ties declared that his heroism was a myth that he had forged the reports of his exploits and lind had never been nt at at all gen john A M salmond field commander odthe of the british air force said he could not get any information re garding the british aviators with whom chamberlain said he had flown oai Ofil cers who lind had been stationed at sat said they had not seen chamberlain be rint there i the forgery charges fell down ex arx jon on handwriting agreed that chamberlain could not nol have written the reports of ills his heroism because of misspelled words and signatures that tant could not be identified the documents were held to have been forged by somebody ume BrId bridoux aux keeper of a hotel near the jouquin touquin avin aviation tion field remembered that chamberlain had been there she told how the officers had discussed ills hla flight with great excitement when he did not return they ibey were worried for his safety the next day she heard them say that he had returned she testified major bell admitted that part of a damaged british plane had been found near where chamberlain said he landed georgette Bo daughter of the mayor of ste sie jemme said she had seen a riddled plane flown by an american her testimony tallied with chamberlains decision appealed the court martial declared that chamberlain bad knowingly failed to |