New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-24
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
President Presents Medals OF
Honor to Five Men.

Washington. Nov. aS.-Five men of dis
tinsuished courage among men OF oour-
age" as President Taft called thenn' re-
oeived formal acknowledgment 1or Ihei'
hrevsr,, in the East Room of the White
IIouxa to-day. when the President pre-
sontsd N them medals of honor awarded
for exceptional service on the heio oI
battle. -Four Of them were young cav
airy officers: the other, an enlisted man.
was a sergeant.
Surrounded by high army officials most
of whom wore the medal OF hohor lot eN
trsordinary courage. the young army mon
showed they would rather have rusneu
again into the lannon's mouth than sfep
ont before the commander in chief Of the
army 70 hear his WORDS OF encomium ana
accept their reward.
The men thus honored were Captain
Archie Miller, quertermsster's depart
ment; Captain Julien h. Gaujot, LIST cav
airy. First Lieutenant Arthur II. WILSON,
9Th Cavalry: Second Lieutenant John L.
Kennedy, 9Th Cavalry. and Sergeant
Joseph Henderson, 9th Cavalry.
"T understand this medal Is granted
said President Taft, mot for that courage
that officers and mon are expected 10
show under all circumstances, but ior
/ valor of that extraordinary CHARACTER
which. to use the expression OF my pred
eoessor, puts q fine edge on the courage
! that Is shown and entities you to bear
! mark Of distinction among men OF cour-
\ age"
/ With the exception of Captain GauJot
! the men won their medals in the running
| down and capture Of the noted Filipino
! pirate, Chief Jikiri, in 1909. In the hnaI
nght Of a campaign noted for personal
acts Of bravery they rushed ahead OF the
| fne and engaged in hand to hand fighting
with the chief and his followers.
Captain Gauiot was in command OF
troops on the border line when the battle
Of Aqua Prieta, Mexico, threatened the
lives and property of the citizens OF
bouglas, on April lS, 1911. Seeing the
Ehavoo wrought by Mexican bullets on the
hAmer1oan side, the captain rode through
yhs FIRE into Aqua PItets, where he in
tduc%d the Mexicans 70 lay down their
arms and stop the combat
ORDERS IssUDD.-The following Or
lters have been issued:
| ARMY
lSaptain GLENN Il. DAVIS, 12th Infantry
Army War College, Washington, December
lcsptain RICHARD II. MINISTER. field ar
7 tllIeTy from present duties January ], 1915
kroliowipS cSpIsfns nom General STAFF Corps
December IS. 10 troop or company assigned {:
! JAMES T. MOORE, 9th Infantry WILL
JAN ] GLASGOW. cavalry; GEORGE c.
l. h
pOREy, infantry; HARRISON HALL. and
I JOHN r. PROCTOR. coast artillery
FRANK r. McoY, I'd Cavalry; JOHN w.
Captain PHILIP s. GoLDERMAS, coast srtil-
Iery. from present duties, December IS. 10
sTolowinS olfiesrs from Washington, December
Is 10 troop battery or company assigned .
Captains JAMES A. MOSS, 18th Infantry (,
X WILSON, coast artillery: First Lieuten
ant WILLIAM V. CARTER, 9th Cavslry :
Second Lieutenant EDWIN at. j. GREBLE
iBoliowing officers coast artillery from coast
ARTILLERY school. Fort Monroe, December IS.
70 company asrignsa; Captains EDWARD
MARI L IRELAND. FRANK {. JEWELL.
ALBERT I. RHoADES, LEWIS >. RYAN,
CIATuIUS II. SEAMAN and JAMES tor
TEN: First Lieutensnts RALPH y. BATES.
FREDERICK HANNA and NATHANIEL
,volioTins oficers from institutions Indicated
December Is, 70 troop or company assigned:
Captains HENRY GIBBONS. 9th cavalry,
University Of Tennessee, Knoxville; WILL
IAN T. PATTEN, 9Th Infantry, University
Of Washington, Seattle; CHARLES L.
REESE, Infantry, Concordia college. Fort
WAYNE; First Iieutensnts JAMES NJ.
CHURCHILL, infantry, Connecticu- Agrl-
cultural College, StoIrs; NATHANIEL 81.
CAFTMELL. cavalry, Gordon Institute,
Barnesvile. Ga, JOSEPH 4. ATKINS. 10th
Infantry University OF Georgia, Athens
JAMES A. MARS, p Cavalry State Univsr-
city Of Iowa Iowa CITY; HUGH NJ KELLY,
g inees S!a' wuEs y'T infantry Tea!asky
Military Institute Lyndon. JOHN 5; up
Ham iGfantr{ Msrys1d Agricultural ca Col
Jr, cavalry. College Of Il. Thomas ST. Paul;
RALPH TALBOT. Jr.. 10Th Cavalry, Shat
tuck School Far.aau,t. MINI; ELLERY
FARMER. infantry. University OF Missouri.
Columbia, ALLAN ". POPE. cavalry, st.
Johns school MInltus y. y; WILLIAM r.
GILMORE 18Th Infantry Cornell Univ"r-
atty: THOMAS T. DUKE. infantry Okla
hon1a Agricultural College. Saltwater: WILL
IAN c. MILLER, ga Infantry, oregon Agri-
BRANT. eth Cavalry. Pennsylvania Military
College, Chester; PHILIP B. PEYTON, 18th
Infantry South Dakota state College OF Az
WILLIAM g. WEEKS. 4th Infantry. West
Virginia University, Morgantown: CAMP
BELL = HODGES. infantry, Louisiana state
University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Baton Rouge.
Following officers rom mounted service school.
assigned: Captains EDWARD DAVIS, 18th
Cavalry Guy Y HENRY, 18th cavalry:
BEN LEAR. IT., 18th '-svalry: HENRY r.
RICHMOND. i0th Cavalry: First Gieutenants
ADNA r CHAFTEE. Jr., 18th Cavalry
GEORGE NJ LEE and ISAAC s MARTIN
cavalry; BERKELEY T. MERCHANT, 18th
Cavalry: CHARLES w STEWART, 5tt
cavalry; JONATHAN A. WAINWRIGHT
Isl Cavalry: EDMUND L. GRUBER 9TH
Field Artillery; WILLIAM n. FUCKER. %
Field ARTILLERY: Second Lisutenauts JAMES
r. BILL. 18th Cavalry; LOUIE A. BEARD.
9th Field Artillery.
'Following Officers from army service school
Fort Lesvenvorth, December IS, to troop,
battery comuany ASSIGNED: Captains
CHARLES T. BOYD and ROBERT J. FLEM-
ING, 10th Cavalry; WILLIAM KELLY. Jr..
9th Cavalry: CHARLES r MARTIN 81