The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-03-21
Awarded Medals OF Honor.

NOT lIHlN the past ten u"J
n thirty-three commissioned
" " officers and enlisted men In
the United States Army
have been awarded medals OF honor
and fifty-slx certificates of merit have
been issued TO enlisted men for "dis-
tlnguished gallantry in Cuba, the PHIL
ippines and China" The list Of achieve.
ments for which these medals and GER
tlfcates were conferred makes most In
teresting reading. We find many In
stances of individual heroism which
carry the mind back 10 the days OF
chivalry, and into the material and
prosy life Of to-day there Is interjected
a spirit of the past which many have
supposed to be gone forever. The
prowess of D'Artagnan and his fellow
musketeers, the achievements Of the
Crusaders, or, in later days, the nota-
BILE exploits OF the men Of Kipling's
fancy, have seemed TO be things Of days
other than our own, and irrcmedlaDIy
lost to the times we live in, ana yet
upon this roll Of honor just published
we find the gallantry Of the musketeer,
the courage and self-sacrlfice or the
Crusader, and the daredevil reckless
ness Of the men Of India. For instance,
here are First Lieutenant Arthur NJ.
Ferguson, Of the Thirty-sixth VOlun-
teer Infantry, charging alone body
of the enemy, and capturing cap
tain" Second Lieutenant Allen j.
Greer, Fourth Infantry, charging
alone an insurgent outpost with his
pistol, killing one, woundng two and
capturing three insurgents, with rifles
and equipments" Private John q.
Wetherby, Fourth Infantry-who died
of his wounds-"while carrying impor
tant orders on the battle field was des
perately wounded, but crawled far
enough TO deliver his orders" Sergeant
Clarence NJ. Condor, "in command of
four men, charged and routed forty In
trenched insurgents" Private Joseph
l.. Epps, Third Volunteer Infantry,
discovered seventeen insurgents In
side a wall climbed TO the top Of the
wall, covered them with his gun, and
forced them to stack arms and surren
der" Private James Mcconnell, Thirty
third Volunteer Infantry, who fought
for hours, lying between two dead
comrades, Notwithstanding his hat was
pierced, his clothing plowed through
by bullets, and his face cut by dying
gravel" and Privates William II.
Trcmbley and Edward White, Of the |
Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, |
who "swam the Rio Grande dc Pam |
panga in face of fire. fastening n rope |
to the occupied trenches, enabling the |
crossing Of the river, and the driving |
of the enemy from his fortified posi- |
tion."
These are few among the many
deeds of heroism which. until now,
have not been recorded nor rewarded |
They read like extracts from the pages |
of romance. and II Is fair to assume |
that they are but the noted instances |
of n prevalent gallantry among body |
of men who, but for the war, would |
have walked their path through life |
utterly ignorant of the potentialltes |
that lay latent within them. 1t is good |
10 reward such men, and in days when |
we hear much 20 the discredit of the |
man-at-arms and when chivalry has |
become an obsolescent, If not wholly |
obsolete, virtue, the publication of svch |
an honorable roll Is of salutary value. |
A further deserved recognition Of gal |
liant action in the pursuit of duty is |
awarded in an increase of pay, amount
ing to 50 n month, for those who re-
ceived certificates of merlt.-Harper's |
Weekly.