Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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t, 4xQ 2 -0' QNX 'N 1 5 1 ,c D , . ., X 1 1 0 NQXX A i ...M X e Exeter Men in thelGreat War HE clash of arms, the roar of battle, the screech of shells, -these and all similar con- eomitants of gory war have been stillcd for some sixmonths. Now we are engulfed in the terrible backwash of a mighty struggle, we are battling to stabilize the world so nearly disrupted in these past terrible years. At this moment the greatest intellects of modern times are associated in the stupendous task of gathering up the tangled ends of the skein of national life and ol' weaving them into a fabric of right, justice, democracy, and enduring peace. It is a monumental task and one fraught with momentous consequences to the world at large. To those Iilxonians who helped make possible the initiation of this tremendous project of a new world order, it is meet that we pay some small tribute - a tribute, were it tendered by the greatest orator or the noblest poet, were all too weak fittingly to express the depth of our love of our grati- tude and of our unbounded admiration for the way in which their strong hearts and keen minds answered the eall to arms and yielded up on the altars of their country whatever sacrifice was demanded of them. To review those first few frightened weeks that immediately followed the outbreak of the war in Europe is unnecessary for us all who are so well acquainted with the history'of those stirring days. We on this side of the Atlantic maintained a calm aloofness, a dignified reserve which set us apart from Cwhat it seemed to us at the timej merely a reiteration of the centuries old domestic struggle which has continually rent the old world since the days of Caesar in Gaul. But there were some among us even then who were quick to discern the issues involved and who were eager to throw the weight of their lives in the balance that right 'and democracy might prevail. Among those pioneers in the cause from a nation unmoved as yet from the lethargy of peace, Exeter numbers some of her bravest and most illustrious sons. 'l'hc rosters of the Foreign Legion and of the French Army, of the Royal Field Artillery and of the Royal Flying Corps, of the Cana- dian Expeditionary Forces, the French Ambulance Corps, the Red Cross and kindred organiza- tions bear most eloquent testimony to service performed by lflxetcr men when the war was yet young. Records of their service, as yet incomplete, are nevertheless sullicient to show the undy- ing courage that inspired their heroic deeds. Among them we find the names of Florence .l. Price, '01, killed in action at Ypres, May, 1016, llenry 141. M. Sucklcy, '06, of theAmericanAmbu- lance Field Service, killed near Salonica, Harry A. Butters, '00, killed in action, August 31, 1016, Oliver M. Chadwick, '07, killed in action, August 14, 1017, Edwin C. Parsons, '10, American ace, member of the famous,Lafayette and Stork lilsearlrillesg John ll. MacVeagh, '11, liritish Field Artillery, Appleton 'l'. Miles, '12, Ambulance Corps, Frank Fitzsimons, of the American Ambu- lance, Arthur liluethenthal, '00, American Ambulance Service, later transferred to French Avia- tion, Foreign Legion, killed in action, June 7, 1018, these are but a few, but they are typical and characteristic of lCxeter's contribution to the war. The following list indicates the decorations received by those who were in at the first: Henry E. M. Suckley, '06, Croix de Cuerre, John ll. MacVeagh, '11, Croix de Cucrre tliighest elassjg Appleton 'l'. Miles, '12, Croix de Cuerre, with Palm, Arthur liluethenthal, '00, Croix de Cuerreg Norman C. Lee, '16, Medaille Militaire, Oliver M. Chadwick, '07, Medal of Aero Club of America, 12