Evening star., 1914-06-08

diverted from their extremely impor-
tant duty of keeping unbroken and eff
! ficient communication by signals with
!, the Prairie.
| y. Dustrup. Brooklyn. \. Y. chief
| turret captain. battleship Utah-He was
in command of the second section of the
| third company. For several hours ne
| was in charge of an advanced barrlcade
| under a heavy fire during the afternoon
! of April IL and not only displayed the
| utmost ability leader of men, but by
| his marked composure and courage. ne
| exerted a great steadying influence ON
| the men around him.
| w. B. Weeks. Red Key. Ind. ordinary
! seaman, battleship Utah-Although one
| of the youngest men of his company. ne
| attracted the attention of his compah!
| officers when, afte- a section had broken
| into the customs warehouse without
| being subject to more than ordinary
| fire. they were suddenly exposed TO
| severe fire at close range from 'ne
| Oriente Hotel and roofs of buildings on
| Zaragoza street He was one OF the
| leaders in returning this fire through the
| iron grillings, and set an example Tor
| others to follow.
| Located Mexicans' Position.
B. Berton, New York city, boatswain' s
| mate second-class. battleship Utah
| With NJ Hutchinson, seaman. he occu-
| pied an advanced position exposed to tue
| fire from the old market and hotels Bue-
| ma Vista and Oriente and nearby build
ings. while scouting to the southeastward
! of the customhouse until ordered to with
| draw His work was of special value in
| locating the established positions of the
MeXicanS.
F n. c. Overall lola Kan. boat
swain's mate first class. battleship Utah
During the night of April 21 he with
small squad of three men. occupied the
old Benito Juarez light tower, under fre
and later patrolled the surrounding roofs
in the darkness. thereby preventing
surprise attack upon the section of his
company in the streets below. con-
slider this service of special value.
F. E Norman, Butler, n. j.. coxswain.
battleship Utah-With R E. England
and Copeland and two or three other men
he occupied position on the rear OF the
roof of the Hotel Mexico that was under
a severe fire from the church tower. Dill
gencias and Universal hotels, and tower
of the municipal building. Three men
were wounded here in about ten min
utes Norman's example TO others uh-
der trying conditions. as well as his own
well directed fire. prevented any siach-
ening of our own fire at TINS time
]. Dermondy Brooklyn. n. ". boat
swain's mate second class. battleshlp
Utah-About 3 pm. April H. ne ied
squad to tthe roof of the customhouse
and succeeded in silencing the hre from
the roof of the Hotel Oriente and the
houses in that block HIS WORK was par
ticularly effective.
Fired Gun From Shoulder.
7 G. Smith. Iai Angeles. Cal, fireman.
second class battleship Utah-Was with
detachment
These guns did not have tripod mounts.
and the small struts fitted were not SUIT
able for use in the streets.
Early in the action Smith, finding that
under these conditions the Eenet MERCER
guns were ineffective. fired the gun from
his shoulder and by so doing rendered
valuable service. This has never oe1ore
been done to my knowledge
A. J. Fogarty. Cleveland, Ohio. gunner
mate, third-class, battleship Utah. led a
squad which relived the Flcsdia's squao
on top of old customhouse and iatter
battered down the doors OF the puo,s
library under fire and occupied the old
light tower, where he greatly ASSISTED
in silencing the fire from snipers-
H. c. Shipman. Terra Haute, lnd- coal
passer. battleship Utah. was especially
noticed by his officers for his calm ano
delibrate bearing while alone engaged
in returning the direct fire OF three oi
four Nexicans who had his range.
w s Glynn. Middlesburg. KY; S. Neu-
,on Highland ILL.,: r. A Duryea, Perry,
N. Y.:C -. Cameron, Brooklyn. n me
above named seamen of the oattieship
FLORIDA were members of the macnne
qun crew under E. Wertman, gunner
mate first-class. April 81. They assistea
in operating the gun under neaVy aHu
Continuous fire, and on one occasion help
ed to shift the barrel Of the gun.
Cleared Roofs of Hotels.
Robert Semple. Sheridan. Ind. chief
turret captain. battleship F1orlda' was
in command of the second section OF the
second company under Ems gn WllKln-
son. This section was stationed on the
roof of the post Office on the southern
end and was under a continuous ana
the fire of his men with great coolness
and precision and finally succeeded in
clearing the roofs of the hotels 1rohung
on the Plaza Constitution Of the enemy
Semple was at all times exposed to the
Are of the enemy Poinsett seaman.
was killed there and ]. A. Anderson,
coxswain. was wounded.
G. E. Bancroft, Milton. Wis, seaman,
battleship New Hampshire-Picked up
wounded man and carried him to near
by house under heavy fire from the
Naval Academy. Fire being opened
upon him from this house, he called for
assistance, SldUOHSu HiiHSch III iioiN u
this house and kept down the fire from
it with his own weapons until the wound
ed man was carried to the rear. He
promptly returned to the firing line.
Harry Smith. Suffolk. England. boat
swain's mate. first class. battleship New
Hampshire, showed a good example of
courage to the men of his piece. He
was assiduous in instructing men in the
proper handling of the piece while under
heavy fire. At times. due to the in
tense heat, the men appeared to become
exhausted dragging the heavy field piece
over railroad tracks and through soft
earth. / personally noticed this petty
officer urging and assisting and making
light of the difficulties
Worked Coolly and Rapidly.
Ray Holloway. Syracuse. Ind. gunners
mate, first class. battleship New Hamp-
shire. acted in a cool and courageous
manner throughout the action. He re-
placed and secured an extractor pin
which had jumped out as a result of the
firing. At another time he overhauled
the firing pin during the action. Each
time he worked coolly and rapidly. so that
very little time lost. This was done
under a heavy fire.
p. w. Green, ST. Louis Mo-. gunners
mate. second class. battleship South
Carolina, is recommended for exception
ally excellent pointing. This piece was
under a heavy fire.
F. f. Jorgensen. Chicago, seaman bat
tleship Vermont, showed great skill