Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
PERSH|NG CITES
MORE HERO|CDEAD
Twenty Two Posthumous
War Cross Awards Are
Announced.

1eNL FeTSnnS ADVISED tHe w DR. DS-
partment yesterday that he had award
ed the distinguished service cross to sew
en- members of the Army in France who
lost their lives in deeds Of gallantry.
The men were Second Lieut. William
| P. Hymand, Iowa Falls. Iowa; Corps.
John Connors, Rockland, Mass, and
] John R. Patten: Priyates Raymond
Barnes. Taylorsville. CAL; William j.
Bergen, New York city; J. W. Shumate,
| South Charleston, w. Va. and J. Ler
| Antes.
Yesterdays communication from Gen.
| Pershing told of similar posthumous
| honor paid to fifteen officers and men,
and also of the award OF the distln-
| guished service cross to two heroes who
survived the fighting. Three of the dis
\ tinguShed dead met death attempting
| others were killed in action or succumb-
| ed to wounds.
List of Honored Names.
The list follows: Maj James A.
Mckenna. jr., New York; First Lieut..
| William Heyler mo record: Second
| Lieuts. Henry Q. Griffin. Winthrop,
| Mass. and James A. Coater (no
| record); Sergts. Earle w. Wilson.
"A. >
Circleville. Ohio; Anthony n. Halfman.
Fond du Lac. Wis. and Paul B. Min
| ter. Monticello, Va; Corp. Elmer c.
Ora binski, Fond du Lac. Wis; Pri-
Yates Carl w. Dasch, Weiser. Idaho;
Frank Siers. Nesco, w. Va; Charles
Westerly. r. L.; Aloysius Leitner, Hol-
stein, Wis: Grover w. Calhoun. Nor
gan. Ca; Roy II. Sompson (proba bly,
Roy H. SIMPSON,. Germantown, Pa,
and Bugler Everett Thomas, Paris,
Ill.
Wilson and Dasch are the living
men who received crosses.
Lieut.. Hyland displayed extraord1-
nary heroism in action at Ser1ngeS ct
Nesles. France, on July 20. where after
he lost his life trying to bring In I'M
der machine gun fire one of his men
lying wounded beyond a hedge.
Valiant Corporals.
OF Corp. Connors the citation says:
ION the river bank near Chateau
Thierry, France, July Is, he command
ed squad that kept two machine guns
in operation to prevent Germans land
i He was the last to fa being shot
he was in the act of throwing a hand
grenade into boat filled with enemy"
Corp; Patten was AN example to The
under fire for the first time near Con-
dene Brie, France, July II, 1918. He
continually circulated among his men,
encouraging and cautioning them Nor
tally wounded by shrapnel, he refused
to be evacuated. but stayed with his
platoon until he died with last word
of ENCOURAGEMENT on ms llps.
There is no James r. Patten on the
Army records. There is a James X.
Patton. whose father, William A. Pat
ton, lives at Hancock, Mich.
Heroic Privates.
Private Antics, "fearlessly exposed
himself to barrage and machine gun
fire at Cantigny, France, ON May 2S-
%. 1918. to perform his duties as a
stretcher bearer. In order that the
suffering of the wounded might be
relieved and lives saved, with I'M
selfish heroism he left the security of
the trench to go to wounded in
machine gun emplacement and while
performing this noble duty was
killed"
There is no record of Private Antes'
address.
Private Barnes, ION July Is, 1918,
near Bersey La Sec. France, was
mortally wounded by a shell. but as
soon as he regained consciousness
went forward. rejoined his squadron
and fought with 1t until sent to an
aid station by his platoon COM
mander'
Private Bergen was killed at VIII
lers-sur-Fere July %, while going
into heavy machine gun and shell
fire to rescue the wounded. He had
worked tirelessly and fearlessly through
out the attack on the enemy north of
the River Ourcq."
Private Shumate, after his platoon
was practically wiped out and had
been withdrawn near Chateau Thi-
cry, France, on June 6. 1918, contin-
ued forward to his objective and re-
manned throughout the night under
heavy fire. in hope of keeping the
ground gained until reinforcements
came up, and was later killed,
June H."