Armour Institute of Technology - Cycle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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I) K D I C A T I O N IIIU Jasper J. Jffrendj I I KIT. JASPER J. FFRENCH the son of the late Charles Ffrench and Mrs. Florence Ffrench, met with a fatal accident on October 15, 1918, while flying at Payne Field, West Point, Miss. He was a graduate of Notre Dame University, later a student of architecture at Armour Insti- tute, and at the time of entering service was studying law at Northwestern University. He was among the first Chicago boys to enter service after war was declared, and qualified for the hirst Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Due to his fascination for the air service, however, he decided to try for the Flying Corps. He was then sent to Texas where he completed his ground school training. He obtained his commission as Second Lieutenant and was kept at Dallas as an instructor. He met with an accident while carrying a pupil at 3,000 feet. The machine caught on fire, became unmanageable, and crashed to the earth, where he was instantly killed. The student, although injured, recovered. i IKUIIIIU ■MlllimillliMUimiilHIMIM [iiNiiniiHiiaiMiiiaiiminiiiiiimiimniiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimniiiimiiiiiiuiiiiiiDiiiiimiiimuiMiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiudiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiminiimiMiiiimiiiiimiiiiii

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IBIIIH I) I l I C A T I O X (Kiimiwmmn iiiiniiiiiMiiiimiiimiiiiHMiiiUNt Claube $3 IIEUT. CLAUDE B. HILL, the only son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hill, was born in Seattle, Wash., on August 13, 1894. He graduated from Hyde Park High School, Chicago, in February, 1913, entered Armour Institute the same year and in 1916 completed the course in Fire Protec- tion. On May 9, he enlisted with the hirst Officers’ Training Corps at Fort Sheridan and in June was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Commissioned as Second Lieut, in the Engineers in August, he was assigned to Camp Custer, Michigan, Co. A, 310th Engineers. On July 20, 1918, he sailed from New York with the 8 th Division, landing at Archangel, Russia, on September 1st. It was in Russia that he met his terrible fate. He and his platoon had been sent to Seltsoe on the Dvina river. On October 8th he was ordered by the commander of forces at Seltsoe to bring in a tug deserted by its Russian captain and crew. He was under fire all the time and in order to get back before daylight was forced to abandon the tug. Attempting to swim across, they were carried down by the current before assistance could reach them. While at “Armour” he had been active in athletics, and was three years catcher on the “Armour” baseball team. He was also a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. MHIIHMIUI IMIU 17