Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-29
AMERICAN 'G|MPER!s'
RECEIVE HIGH HONORs
french government Confers Legion
OF Honor and Croiy dc Gucrre
on L. s. Air1ncn.
islCKENBACHEn is. DECORATED
Captain Kenneth Mari and Lieuten.
ants Hamilton and Coolidge and
Quentin Roosevelt Among Famous
Aviators Who Win Decorations.

PARIS, October 10 (by maiD.-As Bill
Shakespeare used to say: whats In a
hame?' Under the modest title Of ihc
Gimpers" is operating in Franco one
OF the best squadrons on the whole
,mghting front. witness the fact that
ierreu seven decorations of the coveted
Legion Of Honor, and seventy nine
S5eer de @aa took American pilots ana
activity preceding Marshal Foch's sur
prise attack Of July is. 4 great num-
the official rec ignition OF France are
,Glmners,' but unfortunately mum
Der OF the decorations have been made
the field of battle
ers In any official u. :. records. They
a AZ known under unit number. Still
w vmeg are Ire nr UNI, "6 Mhich the army may
vidual names are mentioned, the Gimp
ers" VIII be recognized in most corners
mander is Captain Kenneth Mari. OF
san Francisco, who recently added to
Hun avso BY w SG% Ma. aSM apos Se
Ameriean hospital. MARI arF vas W 'S airea dS
Lafayette rscadrille and the man who,
with i;"nC Haas. first brought the Alas
Kan "husk:' dogs to France bacH in
Perhaps Lufbery. the mourned Amer
lean ace. was the best known of the
who has faced death times without
namnsr and Yh0 Is Now prisoner in
a author t Of KisS Semsn HoS
and Alan Winston tsinee killedj We're
fallen stars. d stinguished themselves
BY taking the air ant bringing down n
boche apiece INSIDE of ten minutes.
proud of it.
no nE PnoMoTED
SO is Eddie Richenbacher. of Column
bus. Ohio. the, former champion auto
race driver. who has shown as much
skill in the air rs on the earth with
o eSh! 6 e6oEes to his bc ered
4 captain for his fine work is James,
or Jacques. ordinarily known as Jim
his origin in the city of unburied dead.
Mcissner is one of the most promising
iiyers. as his odicial string of vic
following boys have proved tn 'mseives
airmen of tho first degree by downing
some OF the best flyers the "Al High
est" ever sent TO the front. including
members OF the .ate Won Ricnthofen'S
famous circus" Lieutenant Hamilton
tflam) Coolidge. of Boston; Lieutenant
Thorne g. Taylor, of Chicago, and Lieu
tenant Walter n. smythc. Of New York.
utcd materially toward establishing
aerial supremacy in the 81. Mihiei
smash when they were rushed up to
reinforce the French units who were
already on the ground:
Those decorated with the Legion OF
Honor are:
Lieutenant Colonel Bcrt NJ Atkin-
son. of Georgia; Major Lewis II. Brc-
reton. Of Annapolis. Nd; Lieutenant
Douglas Campbell, Of california: Lieu
Lieutenant Edward Buford of Nash
vile. Tenn; lieutenant Eddie Ricken,,
bacher, of Columbus, Ohio, and Second
Lieutenant John Macarthur, OF Buffalo
y. Y.
Those who received tho Croix dc
that decoration. received the right to
wear another palm ca the War Cross
for the extra citation. are as follows:
Pursuit Pilots (singlc seatcrs)-Ma-
jor Harold T.. Hartney. Pasadena. Cal;
Captain Kenneth a. Mari, San Fran
son. lioncsdalc, Pa; Lieutenant James
y. Meissner. Brooklyn. y. y: L!euten-
ant Hamilton Coolidge. Boston, Mass;
Lieutenant Hill; Lieutenant Thornc g.
Taylor. Chicago, Ill; Lieutenant iIar-
o!d II. T'ittnan ST Louis. Mo; Lieu
s. c.. L;eutenant William T., Loomis.
Boston Mass; Lieutenant Fred W.
Norton, Columbus, Ohio; l.ieutcn; mt AL
fred A. Grant, Denton. Tex: Lieuten-
ant Louis G. Simon. Columbus. Ohio;
Lieutenant Dernott; Lieutenant Alex
Lieutenant Fisher; Lieutenant Clarence
s. Gill. st. Louis. Mo-. Lieutenant NJ
Edwin Green. K.rhOnkson, y. Y. Lieu
tenant Reed NJ. Chambers, Memphis,
Tenn. Lieutenant Rhodes: Lieutenant
Robert Il. Hill, Flora, Ill: Lieutenant
Shanahan: Lieutenant Taylor: Lieuten-
ant Grover G. Van, Montgomery. Ala:
Lieutenant Thompson: Lieutenant l.. II.