Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-05
GIFTS FROM ABROAD
AND OTHER HON
oRs BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
List Sent to the House Foreign Affairs
Committee by the Acting
Secretary Of State.

tcnGlng before the House committee on
foreign affairs. of which Representative
Hit is chairman. is an interesting list of
de 'rations and presents from foreign gov
er. -fents which the acting secretary Of
state Mr.. Loomis. has asked permission to
deliver to certain officers of the army and
navy and officials of the civil stablishsnent.
These decorations and presents have been
rendered through the State Department and
can be conferred only with the consent of
Congress. The list includes number of
officers well known in Washington, while
most of the civil officials interested are
residents of the capital city. Mr.. PIERCE,
third assistant secretary of state, comes in
for decorations from the French and Chi
nese governments. the latter comforting the
Order of the Double Dragon, second grade,
first class. Many officials of the Agricul-
tural Department are included in the deco
rations conferred by the French govern
ment.
The complete list of decorations awaiting
deliverance, as transmitted to the Speaker
of the House by Mr.. Loomis. is as follows:
The decoration of the Order of the Sec
ond Glass OF the Red Eagle, with swords,
rendered to Capt. B. III. McCalla, U. 8. N.
by the German emperor.
The decoration of the Cross of officer of
Saints Maurizio @ LaZZaro, rendered to DR..
Eugene Wasdin, United States marine hos
OI
The decoration of the Cross of Officer of
Saints MauriZio c Lazzaro, rendered to Dr.
H. D. Geddings, United States marine hos
pital service by the government of Italy.
Legion of Honor Cross.
The decoration of the Cross of Com
mander of the National Order of the Legion
of Honor, rendered by the French govern
ment to Cen John NJ. Schofeld u s. A.
retired.
A medal of merit rendered to Lieut.. W.
2. Scott by the Sultan of Turkey
A South African war medal rendered by
the King of England to Capt. Stephen LII
Slocum, L. s. A. late United States mill
tary attache Ia South Africa.
A gold watch and chain. rendered to Capt.
James NJ. Miller, L. S. N, by the German
emperor.
A silver writing table. rendered by the
German emperor to Edwin V. Morgan. for
merly secretary of the Samoan commission
and now an employee of the Department OF
State
A marine glass, rendered by the German
emperor to Surgeon Oliver y. Norton, q.
s. n.
The decoration of the Order of the Red
Eagle of the Third Glass, rendered to Capt.
\. NJ Brooks, superintendent of foreign
mails of the Post Office Department. by the
German emperor
The decoration of the Order of the
'Merite Agricole, rendered to George w
Hill, chief Of the division of publications of
the Department of Agriculture, by the gov
eminent of France.
The decoration and diploma of Officer
q Academic. rendered to Capt c. De w
Wilcox, L. 8. A, by the French govern
ment.
The decoration of the Cross of Knight of
the Legion of Honor, rendered to Lieut.
Commander Asher c. Baker q. s. NJ by
the French government.
The decoration of the Cross of knight of
the Legion of Honor. rendered by the
French government to Frank w. Clark
curator of the United States National Mu-
scum
The decorations of the Ordre du MerIte
Agrieole. rendered by the French govern
ment to Henry e. Afford. chief of the dairy
division. Department of Agriculture; G. B.
Bracket, pomologist. Department of Agri-
culture: William A. Taylor. assistant pomol-
ogist. Department of Agriculture; H w
Wiley. chief of the bureau of chemistry.
Department of Agriculture: M. A. Carleton
eerealist. Department of Agriculture, and
John l. Shuttle. assistant agriculturist De-
partment of Agriculture.
The decorations of Of1cler de INSTRUCTION
Publiaus, rendered by the French govern
ment to John A. Okerson. member of the
Mississippi river commission: Casper 8.
Crowninshield. commercial agent of the
United States at Castellamare di Stabia
Italy. and Miss Anna Tolman Smith, trans
lator Of the bureau Of education, Interior
A medal of merit. rendered to Lieut.. Col
F. Fl. Phipps, U. s. army. byt the Sultan of
Turkey.
A souvenir corona ton medal rendered to
Capt Richardson Glover. U. s. navy, by
the King of Great Britain.
Photographs of Prince Henry
Photographs of His Royal Hghness Prince
Henry of Prussia. rendered by him to First
Lieut.. Thomas Fl. Jackson and Edmund
Rhett. and Second Lieut. John H. Poole of
l.. Chaplin, Z. 8. navy: HI. Clay Evans
consul general of the United States at Lon
don. and Gen. H. V. n. Boynton commits
sioner of the Chickamauga and Chatta-
nooga National Military Park.
sword. rendered to Capt. Dorr F. TozIer
by the King of Great Britain.
The decoration of Officer of the Legion Of
Honor. rendered to Capt. R. P. Rodgers, L.
S. navy. by the French government
silver inkstand. rendered by the British
government to Arthur NJ. Beaupre, formerly
secretary of legation and consul general of
the United States at Guatemala and now
minister OF the United States to Colombia
The decoration of Commander of the
Legion OF Honor. rendered by the French
government to Mr.. II. H. D. PIERCE, third
assistant secretary of state.
decoration of the Order of the Double
Dragon. Second Grade First Class, tender
ed to Mr. II. III. d. PIERCE. third assistant
secretary of state by the Emperor of China
The decoration of Officer of the Legion of
ham. L. S. army. by the French govern
ment.
A silver inkstand presented to Mr.. George
H. Bridgman. formerly minister of the
United States to Bolivia. and now consul
of the United States at Kingston. Jamaica,
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