The sun., 1918-08-21
DEEDS OF Is HEROES :
WHO WON US. CROSS.
Pershing Describes Gallantry
Of Superb Degree by His
Men in Hot Battles.
4 HONORED AFTER DEATH
Lieut.. Legendre Of New York
Led Rescuers of Wounded
Facing Machine Guns.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Stories OF gal
'antry and heroism displayed by indi-
vidual American soldiers and marines
in their stand which stopped the Ger
mans on the Marine are beginning to
reach the War Department in official
dispatches Gen. Pershing's report for
yesterday announced the award of the
Distinguished Service Cross to twenty
Ave officers and men, four of whom lost
their lives In the acts Of bravery which
won the honor.
The list which follows includes Lieuts.
Chapman and Hoskins and Sergeants
Ware and Cronin, to whom the awards
Of the cross wero made posthumously:
Iieutenant-C olonel.
ADAMS. FRANK H.. GIL Pacific avenue,
Atlantic CITY Ma,o,
RozELLE. GEORGE F.. Rogers. Ark.
y Captain.
HgEBNER. CLARENCE r.. Buphton.
Kan.
Lieutenants.
WILSON JAMES NJ. Kalamazoo, Mich
IGGsAbRE JAMES sass''i n not 50 v'S Madison
avenue, New York.
@ SASsaIN eI JEaT o M %.t cs
HosKiNs, LEONARD T.. East La'
~4Rp M s a. so,t oSt
Sergeants.
ELSA ALBERT s., Lamar, Mo.
DONAHUE. ROBERT H., wyona. Okla.
WARE, Arthur F.. Fort Scott, Kan.
ORONIN. RAYMOND p. Pittsburs.
Corporals.
MOORE. CLAYTON H.. ct. Louis
WEAR. EUGENE w, Hazleton. Pa.
DAILY. DANIEL, IL Queen street. Hart
VALLEY. ISAAC. Girard. Kan.
CHRIsTENBERRY. CURN, address moi
paETTY. JAMES J., address. not given.
BEAN; BERTRAM L.: Greenyille. Ohio
HARKENRIDER, LOUIS H.. griffith, Ind
FLEMING. F.. unidentified.
Acts Of Gallantry Set Forth.
This section OF the communique fol-
lows:
Section B-The Commander in Chief
has awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross to the following members Of the
American Expeditionary Forces for the
acts Of gallantry set forth after theiI
names:
Private Curn Christenberry, Infantr,
AFTER having been wounded he re-
! manned courageously at his post under
heavy shell fire and not only afforded
an inspiring example by that fortitudc
but rescued comrades who had beer
buried when shell cavcd in theil
trench at Souin. France, July 16. 1913
Lieut.-Col. Frank II Adams, 1nfantr.
Near Dormans. France, on July is
1918, he was conspicuous Tor gallantry
in action when. with courage and force
fitness and without regard to his per
| sonal safety, ne voluntarily organized
| detachments OF units other than hi
own and led them into effective com
bat"
Second Lieut.. James NJ. Wilson. In
| fantry-"He returned under fire int
| enemy harbed wire near Ammertzwil'
| Ter, Alsace, the night of July S, 1913
TO recover two OF his patrol who were
missing after a raid. and although pain
| fully wounded himself brought then
ga ksly to the American trenches, con
cealng the fact OF his injury until III
had succeeded in his undertaking ant
| tainted from exhaustion"
Private James j. Pretty. Machine
Gun Battalion-"In the Bots de Bel
leau, France. June II. 1918. he and &
comrade left shelter and went two hun
dred yards in the open under fire o
the enemy and carried wounded in
| fantry soldier back TO his lines, thereby
demonstrating heroic and voluntary dis
| regard of self to save one who coult
not help himself"