Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19
SEVEN AMERICANS WIN
HONORS FOR BRAVERY
Receive Military Citations for
Extreme Courage and Self
Sacrifice in Balkans
PARIS. June 10.

PARlS. June ~,
Seven more Americans in the service Of
France have just been honored with mill
tary citations for brave exploits on the bat
tlefleld and for GOODNESS under heavy fire All
of them are members of Section 3, of
the American Ambulance Field Service
which for the last eight months has been
experiencing some Of the toughest work Of
the war in the Balkans.
Prominent among them are three New
York boys, Lowering Hilr and Charles Baird,
both graduates of Harvard, and Cornelius
Winant, a Princeton graduate, This makes
the third citation for him. He is assistant
commander Of the division and has already
been mentioned in divisional orders of the
day.
Three others are from Massachusetts,
They are Daniel A. Sargent, of Boston;
Graham Carey, Of Cambridge, and Frank
Baylies, Of New Bedford. The seventh is
Donald Armour of Evanston, III.
Hilps citation calls attention to the fact
that for two years he 'avished in the serv-
ice of our wounded an indefatigable devo-
tion served by the most brilliant qualities
as a man and leader.
Baird and Winant were both cited for re-
peated acts of bravery during the transfer
of the French wounded soldiers from Mon
astir.
The old Macedonian city has been under
continuous shell fire from Bulgarian artil-
lery ever since the German allies evacuated
IL. There has not been a day when it was
safe TO pass through the shell-wrecked city,
much less drive an automobile ambulance
through it, The roads were in plain sight
of the Bulgarian trenches and in range of
the Bulgarians' heavy cannon. Between
December 10 last and March 26 Baird and
winant made from one to four trips over
the dangerous ground, continuously under
shell fire.
Sargent has distinguished himself more
than once. He was in the thick of the fight
Ing on the Nerdun front and was cited for
bravery i'm removing wounded through
ground swept continuously with German
shells and shrapnel.
During March a mission which even the
official citation describes as particularly
dangerous" was confided to young Sargent,
who was then OF the Macedonian front.
In the advanced trenches beyond Monastir
a French superior officer lay grieyOusly
wounded = bursting shell had torn one
of his legs to shreds, making an immediate
operation necessary. The Bulgarians were
shelling the entire sector with shrapnel and
asphyxiating shells. volunteer was called
for to bring in the officer and Sargent
stepped forward,
you are taking your life in your hands" {"
warned an officer. Il know it, sir" re-
piled Sargent saluting. Il am ready to
go now"
over a road that was almost concealed
by smoke from bursting shells, Sargent
drove his car to safety not only with the
wounded officer, but two other wounded
men as well
Armours exploits that won him signal
recognition were similar to the others, that
Is, driving his car through heavy barrage
fire for wounded.
Armour also had the honor TO be the
American who went the farthest with his
ambulance in the fighting around Fort
Travennes during the battle Of Verdun