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Nc-foocLtnuaia Ao rmvAit/Refuses British Commission as Caplain Because he Would Have to Act as Instructor. _ -ENTERS THE FOREIGN LEGIONIf-nit■mmftmmmftftmmm■■■m*mftmftmsiLieutenant Pat O’Brien of Mo-mcnce, Illinois, a flyer, who escaped from a German prison camp, and delivered Chautauqua lectures in Indiana last summer, has refused a commission as captain in the British royal flyers, because he would not have the opportunity to engage in active battle and has enlisted as a private in the foreign legion so that he can get some-real fighting. News of his leaving for the bqttJesfront is contained in a clipping from the Momence (111.) Press-Reporter, received by Mr. and Mrs. Panl Allen, both of whom are acquainted with Lieutenant O’Brien. . LieutenantO'Brien was here fcW short time as1 • • • .the guest of Mr. and~Mrs. Allen during the chautauqua last August, enroute from Connersville', where he . ,lectured at the chautauqua.According, to the Press-Reporter, Lieutenant O’Brien' is exfroate to the western front to enter a /branch of the service, which would assure him that he would be assigned where things were happening. He refusedftft■*«■■fta commission»as a captain, \ offered a -i. . -n , * */ *.him by the British government, be-cause he woiild not have the opportunity to fight but would Viet in the capacity as an instructor \in flying. The foreign legion,inrwhich he enlist-j ed as A .private,^is* the most cosmo-‘ politan and mostf ainousmiHtary or-.• • 1* • -• Vxi- ‘’v::' :;^lconization in ih^world.N - . f vgonization in the; world. , . .'• : .*'}'/••’ *L\ ^i.. ■ i ■1 ■■■.— - i . — :•.
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Rushville Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana, US
Mon, Oct 28, 1918
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Porter C.
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