New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
New York and New
Jersey Officers Are
Awarded Crosses
Daring Acts Of Airmen
Praised by Pcrshingg--35
Officers and Men WIN
Citations for Heroism

WASHINGTON, Dec. ao.-The COM
mander in chief, in the name of the
President, has awarded Tie Distn~
guished Service Cross to thirty five
officers ard soldiers for acts Of ex.
traordlnary horoisra:
SECOND IiEuTEN ANT JOHN Il. STE
VEINS, deceased. Ar Service l;Tth Acre
Squadron, tof extraordinary hcrnis,i in .ctfop
near Chateau Tlerry France, 1u!v :. 1G!g
Lie"tenhnt SteVeps. with fopr other pllots
ntfheheii t"etve eneriy aircraft (type pfair)
i'Din@ in two groups yea w.tln ihc enemy
'inea. As soon the enefay 'olusics yverr
sighted Lieutenant Gtevcns r1ano.,iv9e.d to
get between them ard the sun, and witl.
great di'hculty gained ,tle advantage While
N'rce ct tnc other American osG-crn div@i on
tho lower fcrtda ticn I;elfanAar EtsVe,.s and
second iieutanart hennn.S l.. r,s,er en-.
E@ged the Ilpcr fN.lnt:ion IN e bold ard
nNiu,ao' comp"t, 'Mr 'peGeo q Eqiich tiiqY
rrHshed TO the cart, IIo.u4 niarrsn. M.a
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rd".T LItuTtNANT BENJAMIN l..
Squadron for extraordinary heroism in action
:'snr landres-o-Sit Gro~ycs F~Gnre. Z t,he-
l9'S Lieuteners Afw9tsr started OF . rio-
1cj 'rAnhc 'rission " - I sutsnant hl"xn d.
pilot. over the enenvs lines Forced hacl. b..
seven enemy pursuit planes, he determined
tc cornrlctc his mission. and recrossed the
l1ne eight minutes later. a A large group oc
enemy pursuit machines nEair attsrtcd his
plane. Dlsregardng his wound. lie operated
his macfs1e gun with such effect that the
nearest OF the enemy planes was put down
out OF control Home address, Mrs. Ella C.
ntwatrI' mother, 1862 Maple Avenue, Red
FIRST LIEUTENANT LANSING c. HOY-
DEN. Air Service LIST Pursuit Group. for ex-
tr8ord nary hcrosm in action near Montirny
France. October %, 1918. Lieutenant Hol-
den was ordered TO attack several German
balloons. reported to he regulating effective
artillery fire our troops After driving
or an enemy plane encountered before reach
ing the balloons. he came upon five
balloons In ascension one ki0nctre anart.
In attacking the first, which proved to be :,
decoy with basket, his guns iarnrnnd: nffer
clearing them he attacked the aecond balloon.
iorcing the observer to jump. His guns
again damned before ne could set firc TO this
balloon. Moving on the third Saloon az a
helEht OF only fifty metres ne set fro to it
and compelled the observer to jump. He
was prevented from attacking the two re
naming balloons by the further inn,ming OF
ms machine guns. Home address. J., G.
Ho'den. father SIS West End Avenue. New
York City. ''N"
FIRST LIEUTENANT LESLIE j. JOBEs.
deceased 10Th infantry. For extraordinary
: fft,r,
fooer g. 1918 Lieutenant Jobcs, while in
command of his platoon during an engage
ment Of the Doth Division. Verdun aector.
displayed exceptional bravery, disregarding
, ms Own SAFETY and encouraging his men,
both by words and notion While leading Ma
plato~' IN an attack on machine-gun next
nc was instantly killed. but the attack begun
by him continued and resulted in the ma
chine-gun nest being cantured. Next Of kin.
Mrs. NJ. c. Jobcs. 1909 Bloomfield Street Ho-
bokcn, N j. 49,
SECOND L1EUTEANT CLEVELAND w
M'DhRMOTI. Air Service. l47th Aero
Squadron. For extraordinary heroism in ac-
ton near Bantheville. Franco, October ls.
1878. In starting on a patrol mission lieu
tenant McDermott was delayed by motor
trouble Unable TO overtake the other ma
chimes. he continued alone Sighting an
enemy fokker he Immediately gave chase,
and despite its effort to escape, succeeded in
shooting it down. Six Fokkers then sud-
denly attacked him. end though he was out
numbered and blinded by the sun, he shot
down one of them and scattered the others.
stopped. and ne was forced to glide into
friendly territory. Home address, John Nc
Dermott. father, 209 Jackson Street, SYRIA
cuse N Y.
deceased. Air Service, for extraordinary
heroism in action near BrabanS. France,
September %, 1918. Lieutenant Ross was
engaged in an important obaeryatjon, regu-
latine artillery fire, when his balloon s9.s at
tackled by enemy planes. One Of the 'nanes
dived from cloud and fred at the balloon.
setting fire to It, and although he could have
jumped from the basket at ne refused
to leave until his companion. "A student OBJ
server, had jumped. Lieutenant Ross the,
leaped. but IL vas too late, for the burning
balloon dropped On his parachute. He was
dashed 10 the ground from height OF 300
meters and killed instantly. Next of kin.
H. ~ Ross, father Titusvillc. Penn.
FIRST LIEUIEN ANT RODNEY n. ARM
STRONG. Air Service. pilot, 16Ssh Aero
Squadron, Winfied Kan.
FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES T. HAN
MING. Air Srvicc pilot. 49th Aero Squad
ron. Leesbure. Va.
FIRST LIEUTENANT FIELD Z. KIND
LEY. Air Service. Grsvette Ark.
SECOND LIEUTENANT KENNETH L.
PORTER, Air Service, i47th Aero Squadron,
Dowagiac Mich
CAPTAIN VICTOR II. STRAIN, Air Se~-
Green Ky.
FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM r BAD
HAM, Air Service. observer, 91st Aero Squad
ron. Birmingham. Ala
FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE c. YEN
NEEDY, Air Service pilot. 9lst Aero Squad
ron. Boston. Mass.
SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM J.
B2OTHERTON Air Service l47th Aero
MAJOR HAROLD =. HARrNEY, Air Ser
vice, lst Pursuit Group, Saskatoon. Saskatch~
evan. Canada.
PRIVATE first ciass) NUCH c. CARTER
Sanitary Detachment, 18th Infantry, Lent,
sERGEANT RoBER|s Z. HUNTER. de
ceased. Company a. 1l5th infantry halt
more. Md.
FIRST LIEUTENANT HARRY J.. WnBE.
deceased. 105th Infantry Bel Air. Ma.
MECHANIC RUSSELL c. SMITH, Com
pany y. ll6th Infantry. Haperstown. Md.
CORPORAL JOSEPH z. TENNYSON, de-
ceased. Company b, 1l5th Infantry. Bulti-
FIRST LIEUTENANT aALpR o'NElL1..
Air Service. pilot, l47th Aero Squadron .
FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT p. Ell
ron; Los Angeles. Cal
FIRST LIEUTENANT ELMER PEN
DELL, 10th Infantry, Observer l6Sth Aero
Squadron: Carlton. Me.
FIRST LIEUTENANT HARVEY CON
OVER, Air Service, pilot, Sd Observation
Group; Hnsdnle. Ill.
FIRST LIEUTENANT WINERED c.
M'BRAYNE. Field Artillery, observer );