The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-02-10
Decorated Americans.

The bill introduced Senator Eator
early last session, and passed by the Sen
ate last June, authorizing certain person,
70 accept decorations and presents from
foreign governments, and regulating the
presentation of such titles and present.
hereafter, passed the House few day.
since, end now needs only The signature
of the President TO make it law.
Section of the bill mnf Tue rathe,
queer provision that no ration ol
other thing accepted undp .proyisi0ns
OF this law, heretofore accepted, or which
may hereafter he accepted, shall be pub.
iiciy shown or exposed upon the person
OF tie officer receiving the same.
Section 2 says:
That hereafter any present, dccora.
tion, or other thing, which shall be con.
ierred or presented by any foreign gov.
ernment to any officer of The United
States, civil, naval or military, shall be
rendered through the Department OF
State. and not to the individual in per-
son."
lhe beneficiaries under this Act will
be Joseph Irish, of the United States
Marines, who is authorized to accent from
the Spanish government the Grand Cross
ot Naval Merit of the second class. for
services rendered the officers and crew of
the Spanish war vessel Pizarro.
Lieutenant Benjamin II. Buckingham.
OF the Navy. to accept from the Presi.
dent of the French Republic the Cross
OF the Legion Of Honor, in appreciation
oi services in connection with the Exuu-
sition of 1873 ut Paris.
General Francis A. Walker to accent
he decoration of Knight Commander of
he Swedish Order OF Wasa. rendered
MN oy tie government of Sweden. and
also ihat OF Commander of the Spanish
Order OF Isabella, from the government
N spain, as recognition of his services
~ Chief OF the bureau of awards at the
Centennial Exhibition nj PHILADELPHIA.
Lieutenant Henry Me,cmlfe, of the
army to accept from the Sultan of Tur-
Key decoration of the Order of the
Osinanie, rendered as an evidence of the
Su'tan.s appreciation of the efforts of
that officer in conducting the inspection
of arms and ammunition manufactured
Tor The Imperial Ottoman government at
Providence, r. l., and Bridgeport and
New Haven, Conn.
Rear Admiral John J. Almy to accept
IA decoration OF the Order Of Kemeha.
meha the First, which has been rendered
TO him by The King of the Hawaiian
Islands rs an evidence of his apprccia-
ton of that officer.
lieutenaEt II. l.. Tanner, of the navy.
late commanding the Pacific mail steamer
City of Pekin, to accept from the Japa-
"ese government pair Of flower vases
and lacquered box in acknowledgment
OF his services in rescuing four japanese
seamen from wreck ON the Pacific
Ocean on the 18th of February, 1877.
Lieutenant Francis V. Greene, of the
army, to accept from tie Emperor of
Russia decoration of the third cIa,.. of
the order of Saint Anne, for bravery
under fire nt the Shipka Pass, August 90
anu "a. 1877, and the assault of Plevna.
September ii, 1877; also, decoration Of
the fourth class of the order of Saint
vndiInir, Tor bravery under fire during
the passage of the Balkans, December IS
To Il 1877, and at the battle Of philip.
pnpolis, January Is t. II, 1873, also the
campaign medal conferred upon all per-
sons present IN the campaign.
William j. Wilson, assistant surgeon
in the United States army, to accept from
the Khedive Of Egypt n decoration of
the order of Nejidieh, for gallantry in
battle In the action near Gura, Abyssinia.
March 7, 1876.
Commodore J. w. A. Nicholson. to ac
cept from the Spanish government the
Grand Cross of Naval Merit, with white
badge, us u mark Of appreciation for the
services rendered To the officers and crew
OF the wrecked war ship Pizarro.-Na.
tiondI Republican.