Evening star., 1918-06-30
Hundreds of u. S. Soldiers
Commended for Brave Deeds
Thomas Dorney of Washington Among Those
Mentioned by Name for Displaying Unusual
Courage in Fighting Huns in France.

erly reueVed. corp. Raymond Bone ol
Elsinore. Cal, was wounded in the
| turned to the lines and assisted In
bringing in other wounded. Corp
Harry b. Fletcher of Salt Lake City
Utah. refused to retire to the rear
and remained at his post urging his
comrades to stand firm.
Lieut.. julius c. CogSwell of Charles
ton, S. c., was struck during the bom-
bardment of Lacense farm, but con-
tinued to command platoon. led an
assault on a formidable machine gun
until wounded a second time. Sergts
George Erhardt Ono address,. arthur
H. King of Cleveland. Ohio: Corp. AL
vim w. Poppen of 3639 Iowa street. st.
Louis. and Private Earl H. Recher Ono
address) disposed of four Germans
who were searching the bodies of
dead Americans They killed the
ghouls and secured valuable informa-
tion from their papers which deter
mined the withdrawal of the enemy.
Second Lieut.. Charles H. Ulmer of
Pottsville, Pa. rejoined his command
when it was fighting at the front and
led it until the brave leader had to be
sent to the rear.
Went Through Barrage.
Corps Harold J. Rambler of Roch-
ester. n. Y, and Donald r. Sheaff of
Texas. when their comrades were in
danger of being cut off. took the
shortest route through the barrage
carrying request for support. Sergt.
(name deIeted) of Long Island
led his men in many assaults in the
Bois de Belleau until he was wound
ed. Private John Patrick O'Brien of
EOS South Ann street, New York city,
brought first aid to a platoon under
heavy artillery fire. Although almost
exhausted, he persisted in tending to
the injured until no longer able to
work. Private Ora o. Arbuckle of
Fulton, Miss. showed notable courage
in the capture of two German ma
chine guns.
Lieut. Charles D. Roberts Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, lost the greater part of
his men and he himself was struck,
but continued in action. pleading with
the battalion commander that his
presence was necessary. He led the
men to reinforce a strong point. Sec
ond Lieut.. Caldwell Colt Robinson of
Hartford. Conn.,, charged a machine
gun position in the Bois de Belleau
on June and was killed. Corporal
Ben Cone of Detroit and Private An
drew K. Axton (no address) advanced
an automatic rifle against an enemy
machine gun position and captured it
in the Bois de Belleau. Sergt. George
P. Frank of Auburn, N. Y, leading one
of the attacks in the Bois de Belleau.
captured an enemy machine gun, de-
stroyed another and held the position
until ordered to retire.
Sergt. Robert S. Donaghue of Den
yer. Col. was conspicuous for brav-
cry in the same jungle. He killed or
wounded seven of the enemy with his
rifle. bayoneted another and left the
field only when exhausted. With
Sergt. Frank he was commended for
having captured two machine guns.
Corp. (name deleted) of Ohio
and Private -- (name deleted) of
Kansas City were both killed in the
same action. Corporal Seth D. Abbott
of Sheridan. ILL.,. and Privates Leroy
Sanger of Weedesburg, Ind; Roy f.
Lille tno address). George Ledger of
Poll Lunt avenue. Chicago: Elmer d.
Taft of Dixon. Mo-, and Richard c.
Hawkins of Detroit were all wounded
in the fighting at this place. Lieut..
James w. Symington Of ia 64th
street, New York city, and Herbert D.
Gibson (no address), when they dis
covered during an attack that our fire
was misdirected. rushed between the
enemy and their own fire. changed
the position. reorganized the men and
directed the fire on the proper OBJ
jective.