The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-15
HONORS TO HEROES
MEDALS FOR THIRTY-THREE
OFFICERS AND MEN.
ONLY ONE FOR CUBAN AFFAIR.
PHILIPPINE HEROES GET MAJOR
ITY OF HONORs.

Ten Commissioned Omcers ana
Twenty-three Non-Coms and Pri-
Yates VIII Get the Coveted Medal.
Fifty-six Certificates of Merit Are
Also Awarded - Sergeant Major
Baker of Tenth Cavalry the Only
Man Awarded "A Medal for the Gu
ban CnmpaiEn-Chinese Heroes
Get Two Medals.
Washington. Feb. I4-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin to-day made public the report
of the Army Board, of which Gen. Nc
Arthur was president appointed to
consider and report the names of Of
ficers and enlisted men of the army
who distinguished themselves during
the recent campaigns in Cuba, China,
and the Philippines. so as to entite
them to the award. either of medals
Of honor. or certificates of merit.
Medals of honor will be awarded In
thirty-three cases, of which ten go to
commissioned officers, and twenty
three TO on-commissioned officers and
privates. Only one medal is awarded
on account of service in the Cuban
nese campaign, and thirty in the Phil
ippine war The medal list shows few
names of persons familiar to the pub
lie, perhaps the most notable ones be-
ing those of Musician Calvin p. Titus.
who was the first to scale the wall at
Pekin, and who afterward was sent
to West Point, and Lieut. Matthew
A T4a nh.
bebe scouts.
The certificates of merit are all
awarded to on-commissioned officers
and privates, and of the total number
of fifty-six. four are on account of the
Cuban campaign, forty-five of the
Philippine campaign, and seven on ac-
count of the Chinese trouble.
The medals of honor list is as fol-
lows:
Cuba-Edward Lee Baker Jr., SER
geant major. Tenth Cavalry.
Philippine Islands--Capt George w.
Matthews, Thirty-sixth Volunteers;
Lieut.. Col. William r. Greve, Thirty,
sixth Volunteers; Capt. Harry Bell,
| Thirty-sixth Volunteers; Lieut.. Arthur
NJ Ferguson, Thirty-sixth Volunteers:
Capt. George W. Biegler, Twenty eighh
Volunteers; Capt. Hugh j. McGrath,
Fourth Cavalry; Lieut.. Matthew A.
Batson, Fourth Cavalry; Lieut. Col
James Parker, Forty-fifth Volunteers;
Lieut. Allen j. Greer. Fourth Infantry;
Private John c. Wetherby. Fourth In
fantry; Sergt. Henry =. Schroeder,
Sixteenth Infantry; Charles II.
Pierce, Twenty-second Infantry,
for most distinguished gallantry
in action, in holding a bridge against
a superior force of the enemy and
fighting, though severely wounded, un-
til the main body came up to cross,
this near San Isidro, Luzon, p. l.,
Oot 10, 1899; Sergeant Charles w. Ray,
Twenty second Infantry; George M.
Shelton, Twenty third Infantry; Sergt.
Clarence NJ. Condor, Third Artillery:
Charles Cawetzka, Thirtieth Volun-
teers; James Mcconnell, Thirty third
Volunteers; William p. Maclay Forty
third Volunteers; Joseph A. Nolan,
Forty-fifth Volunteers; Frank o.
Walker, Forty-sixth Volunteers; Will
liam b. Trembley, Twentieth Kansas
Volunteers; Edward White, Twentieth
Kansas Volunteers Sergt. Amos Wea-
yer, Thirty-sixth Volunteers; Corpi.
James r.. Gillcnwater, Thirty-sixth
Volunteers; Thomas Sletteland, Fourth
North Dakota Volunteers; Cornelius j.
Leahy, Thirty-sixth Volunteers; Sergt
John A. Huntsman, Thirty-sixth Vol
unteers: Sterling A. Gait, Thirty-sixth
Volunteers.
China-Capt. Louis b. Lawton,
Twenty-sfxth Infantry; Calvin p. IT.
tus, Fourteenth Infantry.