The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-06

s.oeo Already or-.tes 10 Oresr- ana Pei.
Yates wac served n the Late war

sceo Already ar-stes 70 Oaaesr- ana Pei.
Yates wac served II the Late war
WASHINGTON. March 5.-An interestine ,,u.
inlet IL now In print and will be issued t,or,
the War Department in few days II vii
give list OF the com issioned and non.cor,.
missioned officers and privates who bav.
received medals OF honor under the provision,
Of the laws OF July H. 1Sj2 and March 4,
1868 Army officers are eriticising tho re-.
oueney with when these medals have hoe,
granted during tho last few years and IL !.
said that during the Harrison Administrators
every application for a medal was grantod
1t was evidently the intention OF ConCress
when the laws we're passed. TO reserv.
these marks OF distinction for those who had
been conspicuously brave in battle. but thar.
has been such burst OF industry in the modal.
of-honor business lately that. IL II continue,
much longer. every man In the army from
Gen. Sehoneid down TO the post trader Will
wear one OF these marks Of honor on his brsa.,.
Indeed. Gen. schoneld already has one OF the
medals. which he granted 70 himself aaa
other officers OF the army are being honored
in the same way lust about as fast as IN.
medals can be struck on. This Is why thos.
officers whose Rallantry on the battlefield
really deserve recognition are holding the
medals very cheap
Tho law OF 1862 authorized tho President ia
cause 1000 medals OF honor" TO he IRE.
pared. with suitable mathematical devices
OF Congress to such non commission ed officers
and privates as should distinguish them.
them in progres . and si6.ooW was npt WSI
priAted SO that the m edal~ are worth IN money
S a SbS Tn GiSs n law Il YgESRFISd az;
that medals should he Rtren TO such officers
o oIss HT6 Te'
ysSrs the srpss,iSn. medals under tSss,,
made only in the cases OF nen, whose friends
thought they were Justly entitled to wear the
When the Army Register f,r the current year
was published It was found that l0i medals
@sI oe sT and nHH
ya;es now in the service. AT the head OF the
list OF officers stands the name Of Mator.cen.
gave himself medal Tor conspicuons gal.
son Aug 11o % I'll Ss led M,
in successtuI charge against. the, enemv
Ter S'Dsaa ao Of tie the b5'' Fist .S
Inisntry and Acting. AdIntant; General
granted are: Gems. Howard. Miles al STANLEY:
co.'s Tomppkins; Irwin. Arnold. Green. Mood.
Saxton, Lawton. Henry Majors Gardiner. vii.
listen. MacArthqy Gilmore. and Wheeler. anil
ton. and Cheever. Gen, Schofeid didn't give
himsel. the medal uutil about two years ago.
Col Pennyracker got his some time before
Gen. schofield.
Under the rules OF the War Department no
application is now granted when made per-
sonally by an officer or an enlisted m an. Gen.
Sch?neld passes upon the applications for OIL
GERS medals. aud Col Ainsworth. Chief Of the
Records ana Pensions Division unon those for
non co m m lisa oned officers and privatea Only
such Applications are considered as are made
by others than the persons for whom the
IN edals are desired.
These once coveted medals OF honor"
which are now So lightly given. are made OF
bronze. and resemble somewhat those worn
hv memhers OF the Grand Army Of the Eepub-
lie. As tho medals cost hut So each. aud a.
the pamphlet about to be issued will show that
O bout 1000 OF them have heen granted M TO
priation. ard II the mon y holds out II may b.
possible for every man who served In the late
war to get q III edal OF honor before he dies.