The Washington herald., 1918-10-14

on duty during the July offensive.
Home address. Mansfield. Mass.
First Lieut. Chester r. Howard.
lG4th Infantry. For extraordinary
herOism in alton at Trugny, France.
July p, 1915. Although Lieut.. Howard
had been twice wounded. he refused
to be evacuated and continued on
duty with kis company during tae
attack and capture of Trugny under
heavy fire until he was incapacitatsd
by a third wouri. Home address,
Mount Vernon, Iowa
First Lieut. Frank a. MacNames,
jr., l01st Field ArtIllery.-For extra
ordinary herolsm in action in the
BelIeau Woods. France. July 70. 1915.
By his utter disresard OF danger he
inspired great CO ,ddence IN his men
during a critical period BY taree
lines going into a heavily shelled
area to help rescue wounded. Home
address, Albany y. y.
Drove Ambulance While wounded.
Wagner Clifford r. Haskins,
Company B. 101st Machine Gun Bat
talion.-For extraordinary heroism
| in action near Trugny, France. July
p, 1918. Wagner Haskins was
seriously wounded in the leg while
placing injured soldiers in his am
bulance. Nevertheless he insisted on
driving the machine to the dressing
station and continued the work Of
eVacuating the wounded until ex-
hausted from loss of blood. Home
address, Elmwood, Conn.
Wagner Edmund R Hampston.
Company B. 101st Machine Gun Bat
talion.-For extraordinary heroism
in action near Trugny. France, July
22, 1918. Although painfully wound
ed by machine-gun bullets. Wagner
Hampson courageously continued his
duty of evacuating the wounded
until exhausted from loss of blood.
Home address. Waterbury. Conn.
Private Robert 4. Rhodes, Com
pany NJ, 103d Infantry.-For ex-
traordinary heroism in action near
Chateau Thierry. France. July 20
and p. 1918. East Of BeIleau Woods
he continually carried messages
under heavy nachine-gune fre while
acting as a runner. On July %.
near Epieds, he crossed an open gap
swent by machine-gun fire in order
10 deliver an important message
ana later was a voluntary member
OF a patrol which rescued wounded
under fire from advanced positions.
Home address. st. Joseph. Mo.
Fearless in Aid to Wounded.
Private Charles G. Brownville.
Medical Department, 103d Infantry
FOR extraordinary heroism In action
east OF Belleau, France, July 20 and
2 lslS On July 20. 1918. and again on
july z, 1913, he was conspicuous for
MS unfailing assistance to wounded
under heavy fire OF machine guns and
his absolute fearlessness. Home ad-
dress. Reedham, Mass.
private Douglas Ross, Company K,
lOlst lnfantry-For extraordinary he
roism in action near Vaux. France,
July Is. 1873 Private Ross killed two
OF the enemy who were attempting to
establish machine gun posi- ion in
raliroad station and captured their
machine guns. Later, the same day,
When snfpers were working In A
ravlne near the American line, Pri-
Vate Ross, with two other soldiers,
went forward to drive them back.
one of his comrades was killed, but
, Private Ross, with great daring. at
tacKed the Germans, killing one and
wounding another. Home address.
Hall, Mass.
PriVate Henry A. Checny. 103d Ma
chine Gun Battalion-For extraordi-
nary heroism in action near Chateau
Thierry. France, July IS to q, 1913.
| When his unit advanced on Belleau
ana GiVry he was seriously wounded
| IN the left arm, but continued to
carry his heavy gun with his right
arm through 100 meters of enemy
fre and took up his position with his
| sound. When a shell struck his po-
sltion. severely wounding a comrade
and half burying him, the gun and
the remainder OF the squad, he ex-
tricated himself, assisted his COM
panions to recover the gun, and re-
manned at his post until ordered to
dressing station by his platoon
commander. Home address, Hook
sett, N. H.
| Took Message Through Fire.
Corp. John 1. Casey, Company I.
1920 1nfantry-For extraordinary
/ heroism in action near Chateau
Thierry France, July %, 1918.
After seeing three runners shot
down while trying to cross an open
field through violent machine-gun
fire, to establish liaison with a regi-
ment 500 hundred yards away on
his left, Corp. Casey undertook the
same mission and successfully ac-
complished it. Home address. Fair
field, Conn.
First Lieut.. Robert o. Blood