The Washington herald., 1918-11-29


machinisrs mate (Aviation) Z. 3.
Naval Reserve Force. for their
promptness and bravery In going TO
the wreck of seaplane OF the
Naval Air Station. Pensacola, Fla.
on the evening of August 20 and res
cuing from drowning Anthony
Feher. chief turret captain, U. ;.
navy, who was in semi-consclous
condition.
Moore and Reardon were among
the first to arrive at the scene of the
wreck and Immediately dived over
board into the midst OF the twisted
wires and floating wreckage, and
swimming around in this mass of
debris. finally located Feher, support
ing him for a considerable length OF
time until further help arrived.
Moore enlisted in July, 1917; mother,
Mrs. Emma Smith Moore, Houston
! avenue. Macon, Ga.
Reardon enlisted in January, 1913;
mother, Mrs. Margaret Reardon, Dor
chester, Mass.
Secretary Daniels has commended
these enlisted men for conspicuous
services rendered when a fire broke
out on board the L. S. S. Cleveland
while at sea at p. m., February Il
1918. These men entered the compart-
| ment above the magazine, which was
filled with dense and su1ocatlng
smoke due TO the fumes from cellu-
loid, and after forty-tive minutes
| work succeeded in locating and eN-
tinguishing the blaze.
| The following men were COM
mended
John Bowen. chief gunner's mate.
L. 5. N; half-brother. Edward Melia,
70 Cotton street, San Francisco, Cal
John Stephen Russell, chief machin-
lst's mate, u. S. N; mother. Mrs.
Mary Ellen Russell, IA Muncie boule-
ward, Kansas City. Mo.
Harry B. Alderman, chief yeoman.
L. :. N; mother. Mrs. Mollie V. Al
derman. Pocomoke. City. Md.
The good ships Mercy and Com
! fort now that the ban OF secrecy
has been lifted. it may be stated,
are in French waters These vessels
are hospital ships. as distinguished
from ambullmce ships. which are
useG for the purpose of transport
lrg :he wounded in safety and com
! fort.
The hospital ships are fitted with
| all appliances for hospital treatment
and care Of the sick and wounded
, CT the navy. Each is fitted with
| 300 beds, but, like all good hospitals.
! they carry cots that can be put
| up. and in this way each can ac-
coTnmOdate as many as 5C0 patients.
il was intended that they shot Id
visit the vessels of the fleet and
evacuate the sick and wounded. thus
! relieving the feet and giving care
! which the patients could not have
on battleship. but there have been
| 50 few casualties and sick in the
, fleet that have not been placed in
| shore hospitals that these vessels
| can now be spared for the treat
! ment of army sick and wounded.
| a'.h they ar. now in that service
j The Mercy and Comfort We're for
merly Ward Line steamers running
! between New York and Lavana.
The wireless telephone for use in
airplanes has been SO perfected that
! it is practical and is one of the
scientific marveIs of the war The
1 wifeleSS telephone is not new in
/ ventiOn. Three years ago Secretary
| of the Navy Daniels. from his office
| in Washington, talked to the L. s.
IS. New Hampshire. and received the
| answer orally But the man who
has found It impossible for the noise
| OF the motors to make the pilot be-
side him in an airplane hear a word
| spoken could not bring himself TO
| believe that the time would come
when a flier in another machine,
making the same roar, could carry
on a conversation with him at a
| distance measured in miles. But
| that was the task which radio ex-
perts undertook to perform and which
| they now have accomplished
| Eight years of work by army and
| civilian experts eliminated in a dem
onstration at Dayton, Ohio, in De-
! cember. 1917. before the Aircraft
! Board and the joint Army and
! Navy Technical Board when the OBJ
servers in two airplanes flying over
| head exchanged converse tions with
each other and with the ground sta
tion as easily as if they were using
an ordinary telephone line. and the
airplanes were flying with no more
noise than a bird makes.
An applicant for the right to wear
the service chevron bases his claim
on his service as deputy commits
siOner of the American Red Cross
for the Kingdom of Italy. which
service carried with it the "assimi.
lated rank of major in the United
States army" The foregoing facts
do not bring the applicant within
the language of General Orders So
w. D.. 1915 to wit: "Oficer. field
clerk. and enlisted man"