Evening star., 1918-06-25
BRAVE DEEDS CITED
IN CANT|GNY FIGHT
Mai. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
and Many Other Americans
Win Distinction.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
| WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, June 24.-Maj. Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., has been cited by the
general commanding the troops to
which his unit is attached for con
spicuous gallantry" in action during
the operations connected with the cap
ture and subsequent defense of Can
tigny.
The citation says:
During an enemy raid he displayed
high qualities Of courage and leader
ship in going forward to supervise IN
person the action of one of the COM
panies of his battalion which had been
attacked.
"on the day of our attack upon
Cantigny, although gassed In the lungs
and gassed in the eyes to blindness;
Maj Roosevelt refused to be removed
talon under a heavy bombardment
| throughout the engagement.
! In addition to Maj. Roosevelt, !3z
other members Of the First DIVISION
and two entire batteries of Field Ar,
! tillery are cited.
Battery c Of the 5th Field Artillery:
"The personnel of this battery
served their guns continuously with
great skill, while subjected to a hos
tributing in large measure to the sue
cess Of the operations"
OF Battery A of the 7th Field Artil-
lery, Capt. Edward M. Smith. COM
manding. the following Is said:
Capt. Smith and the personnel OF
| this battery, although subjected to
three fires Cor it's destruction. and to
a heavy bombardment during the
enemy's counter attack, served their
In tns and opss treess snd
The citations Of officers and men re-
cord in simple language the engage
ment at Cantigny. which is destined
to form a glorious page in American
| Lieut.. G. P. Gather (since killed in
! action)--With splendid courage and
GOODNESS he mounted the parapet Of
a trench and directed a destructive
| fanking fire from two automatic rifle
| teams exposed to seven German ma
chine guns.
"sergt. Edward Nester owicz-
Knocked unconscious by she'll and
left behind. he staggered on and re-
mortaIly wounded. he died.
| "Sergt. William L. Kouns-Seriously
wounded, he helped to repel counter
attack. assisted the wounded and re-
"Sergt. Frank Kelly, machine gun
ner-He brought in two wounded and
did valiant service with the accuracy
of his machine gun.
! Corp. Joseph Samere-He wired an
chine gun fire and assisted a wounded
| comrade.
Private Brooks C. Bowles-He crept
several hundred yards in daylight un-
der terrific machine gun and rifle
fire to rescue a wounded comrade ly-
ing in the open.
private George Purcell-Cited for
a similar action to that of BowIes
| Private Willard Felty-Exposed to
enemy machine guns, he silenced with
his automatic a German machine gun
and reduced the fire of others until
his own weapon was useless.
| Private Fred NJ. Meyer-He shield
| ed an automatic rife frer with his
body. enabling the rifieman to silence
a German machine gun. Meyer was
killed as the result Of his action
Private Shelton Armes-Wounded
CONSCIOUSNESS and Joined his platoon
Private William L. Proup, machine
lgunner-Carried a wounded officer to
safety through terrific shell fire.
[ Private Walter Stewart, machine
gunner-He was wounded while help
ing to rescue a wounded officer who
was lying on open ground swept by
artillery and machine gun fire.
| Private Andrew Charles. machine
gunner-HIs corporal and another
comrade having been killed, he man
ned a machine gun for three days
without relief and constantly under
artillery and machine gun fire.
Private Russell Handley-Wiring
! front positions in daylight in plain
| sight Of the enemy. who shot him with
a machine gun.
| Private William Phrar-Cited for a
similar performance to that Of Hand
ley.
Private Victor Magoon-Remained
at his post and did distinguished serv-
ice. although suffering from gas poi
| soning. for four days.
Lieut.. e. D. Orrell-With bravery
and GOODNESS in handling a platoon
under heavy bombardment he defeat
ed an enemy counter attack, infiicting
heavy losses
Col Lucius H. Holbrook-Display-
| ed conspicuous skill in handling
artillery group in attack and subse-
quent bombardments. preserving the
mission Of the guns, adjusting the
barrage line and efficiently supporting
the infantry.
Capt R. H. oglesby. engineers
Volunteered to assist and laid out