Major George C. Hart
97th (American Legion) Battalion
Major G. C. Hart, a big muscular soldier with a scowl engraved on his leathery face…
(J. W. Pegler, Altoona Mirror, 23 Nov 1916, 2)
George Clark Hart was a twenty-year veteran of the New York National Guard who fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American war and Mexico during the revolution. He was born on 16 April 1875 in Elmira, New York. He was also military drill instructor and disciplinarian at the Elmira Reformatory.