New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
leading counter-attack on the ad-

leading a counter-attack on the ad-
vanced trenches"
Sergeant John r. Courtney: "With
caimness. courage and spirit Of sacri-
flee, on April 10 he volunteered to
cross the shelled area to carry =
wounded comradc more than Atty
metres under violent bombardment." J"
frlvate Edward F. Fitzgerald: "With
caimness, courage and spirit of sacri-
nee, on April 10, under a violent bonn
bardment, he rescued a comrado buried
~ she'll fire and stood to his task until
mortally wounded"
.,,y.,. Chief Musician Ralph Ne Dawes:
with the finest qualities of courage,
bravery and devotedness, while COM
manding the regimental litter bearers
April 10, IL and 1s, he was exposed
constantly to enemy fire, running
through the open terrain to first line
trenches seeking wounded. He served
as litter bearer, replacing exhausted
comrades, and encouraged the men to
renewed efforts by his fine example. He
remained at his post twenty-four hours
after receiving an order of relief"
Second Lieutenant Allen j. Dexter
with remarkable courage and COM
piete devotedness to service on April
IL and IL, exposed repeatedly to enemy
fire, he continued to work twenty four
hours, after being wounded with shrap-
mel, and until he collapsed at his post"
Killed Two With Bayonet
Private Glenn Hill.--"With calmness
and courage on April 12 and 13 he had
learned of the order to counter attack
given to a neighboring detachment
when he voluntarily Joined it and
killed two of the enemy with his
bayonet"
Private Nicholas Waskewich.- -"With
courage and remarkable devotedness on
April 10, when he was attacked from
the rear and wounded while throwing
grenades in front of him, he held his
position and remained in action until
relieved"
Corporal Henry F. Caron.-"With
courage and remarkable devotedness on
April 10, when mortally wounded, he
passed the remainder Of his grenades
to his comrades, saying: 4 can't use
these, you go to it,"
Following are the men receiving the
War Cross in the Massachusetts regi-
ment decorated:
The Rev. John des Wales. Captains
George A. Roberts. Edward J. Conneliy,
Walton s. Banker. Oscar A. Dudley.
~ First Lieutenants James G. Rivers, Edward
knight, Roswell King.
Second I-ieutenants William E. Barnett.
Dexter. Horton Edmunds, William H. Muir
ply, William Penn. j. c. Calvin, Marland G.
Hobbs. Leroy s. Wilcox.
Sergeants John B. Bourgeois, John T.
e1man. Earl f. Snow. William r. Connolly.
Joseph H. Moore. James W. Corbin, Ray b.
Jackson; John j. Ward, James B. Casey,
Charles 7. O'Leary, John C. Granstroff, War
X
Melendy, Harold Scarborough, Thomas Nc
Elhone. James E. MacGuire, William F. Tan
ner Harry B. Roche.
Gunther. Axel M. Lee, David A. Casagrande,
Richard M. Hull Arthur j. Ball, George A.
Robideau; Roy L. Boyce. Irving L: Nevels.
Nathan ". Eaton. Harry Nelson. Frank B.
Amarel; Fred D. Christiansen, Bert A. Fos-
berg, Frank Z. Daley, Henry j.. Caron,
Mark F. Cosgrove.
Many Privates Honored
Privates John H. Murphy. Joseph R. Blair,
William Il. Davis. Joseph ]. Cannon, Elmer
L. - Lane Gns Edward F. Fitzgerald, Alfred P;
H., Alsen. Joseph F. Campbell, Roland r.
Cole, Walter l.. Rowland, Charlie 3. Knut-
son. Harvey c. S. Macarthur. l.. MacDon-
aid. Hugh D. Savage, Robert G. slattery.
meth B. Page. Charlie NJ. Dodge. Walter j.
McCann, Alvin J. Blunden. George w. Day,
Arlington G. Cullen, Glenn Hill, Joseph
Holub. William J. Kelleher, Obrey Huntoon.
Water ]. Lannon, James A. Olivier Harold
R. Sleeper. Luke v. Moran, Edward Britton,
William G. Gaveney. Alfred G. Champagne,
Max Levine. Ignas Perednea. Bertram C.
Rayner. John Stefanick, Carl Zommpetti,
Carl l.. Houghton, Richard S. Hull, George
S. Irwin, John Robbie. Marcial Lajeunesse.
David Stambler. Harold X. Hanson. Egiste
Dornissoni, Stanley Grezwacz. Earl F..
Howe. Nicholas Waskewich. Richard M
Weisser, George W. Nelson. Ralph N. Dawes,
William Houston, Robert r. Twiss, William
+. Wruck.
The other men decorated were Major
Harold w. Eatey (Estey ?). 101st Regiment :
First Lieutenapt Edwin D. Hopkins, Ser
geant Dodge and Privates Joseph w. John
son and Ernest w. Tosberg.
On April 10, II, IL and 13 the Ger
mans attempted to break through the
American position near Apremont For
est. In the four days fighting the en-
emy lost between 800 and 400 of his
especially trained shock battalion of
800 men. Of this number 100 were
killed. The Americans took thirty-six
prisoners.