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in|MiAN I0LA BOY KILLED IN WARWILLIAM CHILCUTT MET DEATH FIGHTING AT DARDANELLES.Am Mvinlir-r of llrllt;i«lt I3xilt;*«Htionnry Force lie “Wn* Seen to Full NVliftle Kukhki‘(I In uit AnniiiiK With an AdvunciiiN; Force,Itepoct Snyn.n*-KhIcfB,no,a.v,ro111n,II:kid:'o-■o IIr.no.-11IB, 0, 111 111 ho lei th toat,ndallw-oaii’yourn*ad10--iyhotll-iUltois(•(1ofonirittt i-IfLondon. Oct G (by mall).—William Chilcutt, a young American from tola, Kaa., was killed recently while fighting with tho British array at the Darda* net tea.Tho complete details of the innnnorIn which ho met his death are not avail-aide here, and only a little of the story of his enlistment l/ the cause of the Allies is Known. It has been learned, however, that in Juno the American ambassador, Mr. Pago, received instructions from the State Department to malio Inquiries of tho British authorities concerning Chilcutt, whose paronta desired to obtain their son’s release from the army, (ho boy being under age.The embassy took the matter up with the British foreign office, which instituted a search for the young Kansan. Now Ambassador Page is in receipt of u letter from Sir lSdward Grey which saya that Private William Chilcutt of tho Seventh Lancashire Fusiliers of the Mediterranean expeditionary force, was seen to fall while engaged In an assault with an advancing force in tho Dardanelles on August 7.”KlTOIIKNHt ME.XUM 8YMIWTIIV.Tho foreign office naked that Its condolences ho conveyed to tho soldier’s parents, and also expressed the sympathy of Lord Kitchener.Thero are now a groat many American boys in the British army. The embassy alicady h;u* obtained the releaao of half a hundred ox- more. The British government is under no obligation to release those young men, but when they are under ago and are claimed” by their parents they are given their dis-cluirgo as a sort of act of grace.FUtKT ON Oi X iu.u. DteATH r.lHT.Young Chilcutt is the first American.bo far as tho embassy is officially awareto have been killed. Unofficially, (heroare a number of others, but this case isthe find, to come through official channels.TitiKu roll hT^iTiTijTasf in vain.The Damn ml From IS»7l*.U|t»e FulhorMrldontly Wiim Too I.ntc.Ioi.a, Kah., Oct. 17.—A correspondent for The star broke the news of William Chllcutt’s death to his father, A1 bort (L Chilcutt, engineer for the Prinu Western Spelter Compuny hero, tonight Young Chilcutt was J7 years old. He left fohi about n year ago and went, to Bordeaux, France, with a shipload ot mill ch. Later he drifted to Southport, Fuglund, from which point he reported his enlistment in the British army to his parents. Mr. Chilcutt ut. once petitioned the State Department to obtain his son’s dismissal and several weeks ago Secretary Lansing replied that demand had been made tlirough Ambassador Pago at London for tho youth’s discharge on ground of minority.Tho last, letter received from their non came to Mr. and Mrs. Chilcutt from tho Dardanelles. Ho wrote that ho had enlisted with a boy from Kansas City who was with him, but whose nume ho did not give.When told of his son’s death tonight Mr. Chilcutt bitterly denounced tho manner in which Ills son had enlisted. Mr. Clilh iitt declared that British recruiting officers came aboard the vessel belore It landed and enhstod the Kansas City and the (ohm as Canadians.Ciillcutt was a Hue specimen of young manhood, standing six feet, tall and weighing 1112 pounds.
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Kansas City Times
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Mon, Oct 18, 1915
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