El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
COL Ely Wins
Citation For
War GaILant1y
Other Officers Well Known
in FL Paso Cited After
Battle at Cantigny.

With the American Army in France
Aug. Correspondents of the As
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GERS and men Of the 2Sth infantry have
/ been cited by Mai. Cen Robert L. Bull
lard, commanding the first division Of
the second army corps. for "conspicu-
Gus gaIlantry in action during the oD-
I erations CONNECTED with the capture
and defence Of Cantigny from May y
/ to 81"
Col. Hanson z. Ely. commander Of
the 2Sth, was one Of those cited for
having displayed conspicuous gal
lantry in the handling Of his troops.
making quick decisions and preserving
the mission Of his regiment" (CoL
Ely was inspector Of the FL Paso dis
trict on the staff Of Gen. George Bell
He was then major Of the 9Th in
fantry)
Lieut. Col Robert J. Maxey, Of Mis-
soula. Mont. who was fatally wounded
in that action and who died a few days
later, was cited for having advanced
with his first wave in the face Of
heavy shell and machine gun fire"
His citation adds: He was cool under
fire and dependable leader Al
though fatally wounded, he gave de-
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mand as to just what TO do and caused
himself 10 be carried to the post Of
command Of his regiment 10 give in
formation 10 his regimentaI COM
mander that he considered very i'm
pOrtant before being evacuated This
was under intense shell and machine
gun fire" (He is very well remem-
bered in FL PasO as Capt Maxey, 18th
infantry-)
Capt John S. Manning. Of Brooklyn,
y. Y, whose death was later an
nounced. was cited for having dis
played unusual GOODNESS and diregard
Of danger under heavy artillery fire
when he visited the various portions
Of his sector and encouraged and set
an example 10 his men"
Put Out a Machine Gun.
Pvts. Edward c. Pitt. Clarence
Fields and Fred D. Marshall. auto
matte riflemen, who received citations,
were posted in a particularly exposed
place and put an enemy machine gun
out Of action, killing six Of the enemy
They continued at their post until Pitt
and Fields were killed by shell fire
and Marshall wounded
Sergt. J. c. Hurd. Intelligence sec
tion. was cited for devotion 10 duty IN
maintaining three observation posts
under his command Twice. his posts
were destroyed. but Sergt. Hurd dug
his men out and continued TO send
back valuable information Others
cited were
Lieut. Col J. II CuIlison. CFormer
captain, 2Sth infantry, Fort Ringgold, .
Tex
Maj. George F. RozeIe. 5r. CFormer I
captain. 22d infantry. Douglas. Ariz-) I
Caps. Willis ]. Tack, A B Stewart, F.
Clarence r Oliver, James A Ander-
son. Edward S. Johnston. Henry No I
sher, Clarence r Huebner. William G. I
Livesay and Jean Simouths, Of the 4
French army
Lieuts-- Jean Hugo. French liaisoE.
officer; William A Davidson, Theo-
dore s Sien. Einton A bearing, Geo
Carey. Thomas Barber. r. B. Anderson,
Il W. Williams. George G. HaydOck,
Richard Newhall. s c. Sorenson. sam
uel Smith. J. l. Hartney, H L Gayer,
Paul O. Cox, Thomas H. Watson,
Joseph P Terrence Carl W Barnett
John h Caron. Wilmer J. MOntgom
cry. Sydney L. Crowley. John Douglas
Crawford, Nelson Poe. J. Rowland
Donaldson
Enlisted Men Cited.
Sergts- Louis Geiger- H l. Johnson
Floyd i. Potter. Hans p. Christensen,
jeremiah Sheehy. Keron ] Ryan,
Crockett c. Lack. Frank L. 9Iabeiros,
Mainline Sronecipher, Henry Johnson,
= .
John D Licklider. Earnest E Carlson,
Arthur Taillencourt, James Whalen-
Corps August H DeFord. Stanley
Lageaise. Clair A. Wallace. Gust
Behlke. Clarence r Branton. Robert
Finnegan. George c. Keltos. Edward
Hayek, Edward McGlone. Charles P.
Prime. Joseph J Jindra. Raymond
Stewart. Hugh L Thompson, Abe L
Allen. Martin Jensen.
Interpreter r H Lecoiu.
Pvts. Harry F. Edmondson, Wyatt
Pridemore. Daniel P. Freeman. Dewey
Tom O-Keefe. Fred L Gum,
John B. White, Joseph F. Noffat,
Frank D. Miller. Phillip Miller. Bro
mislaw Ptak. Raymond Joholski, Hec-
tor EIkout, Kenneth S. Wells. Donen-I
clio Cerio. Hugh B. Smith, Frank J.
Reynolds, Emory AIahafey. Charles Z.
Marvin G. Wright. George
V. Austin, Harry Skinner. Albert Ag-i
new John NJ Griner. Benjamin A.
Moreland, William ". Schovillie, VIII
liam Kidd Charles Wethrington. Ed
ward White, Jasper Reed, Frank Gil
Kobin. Emery l. Baker. Samuel J. Err
NEE or II