The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-06
Al MORE SOLDIERS
CITED BY PERSHING
Major Donovan, Chaplain DUFF
~ and Others Of 165th
Among Them.
GREAT DEEDS OF HEROIsM
Officers and Men Share Alike
In Winning Distinguished
Service Cross.


OF the individual heroism and daring Of
forty-one American officers and mer
hshting in France are told In cryptic CT
tations by Gen. Pershing in awarding
them Distinguished Service Crosses
The citations were received at the Wa
Department as a supplemental section Of
Gen. Pershing's report for Wednesday
The citations follow:
BERRY. MAJOR BENJAMIN s.. Marine
across open ground and Into the Boil
de Belleau on the afternoon Of June 9
Inspiring them to deeds of vaior b.
cHRIsTMAN, SECOND LIEUT., CLAIR
ENCE r., Machine Gun Battplion-B,
leading one Of his machine guns II
aed south OF, OF soi:.ons JuiS S = he sue
ceeded in obtaining a position of ad
vantage. from which he cleaned out Al
enemy trench.
Repaired Wires Under Fire.
HAHN. SECOND LIEUT.. FREDERICKK
Field Artillery-Near Ca,igny he unhes
itatingly went into heavy shell nre t.
snpervise the repair of telephone lines.
BILLS. CORPORAL ANTHONY c., FielC
Artillery--Near Cantigny he voluntaril!
and constantly was exposed to shell nr'
TO repair important telephone lines.
AAhLoW, COhfOHAL LEON, F1eid AT
tiliery-Near Cantigny. He voiuntaril.
left his shelter and went out into
smotherinE bombardment to perform
.xhaustins labor in repairing telephon
lines
KAUFMAN, PRIVATE ABE. Field Artil
lery-He refused to leave his gun afte
he had lost a finger during the enem!
counter attack on Cantigny.
Rescued Wounded Pilot.
RyIINAN srcOSD rJEIrT rRED Al
sereice-He aroused the admiration o
all the French hrst line infantrymei
altitude of only $50 meters. in spite o
violent machine gun and anti aircrsf
IRE. Shot down between the lines an,
though wounded. he picked up hi
him through heavy FIRE more than tw
hundred meters to the French FIRST lines
teen and a half hours, July Is. he he'll
his battalion in an advanced and ex
posed position on the Msrne, although
forces.
WOODBRIDGE. CAPT JESSE w. Infsn
I iry-with rare courage and conspicuou
gallantry he led counter attack ssains
an enemy OF hve times his own numbers
when 1883 men entered this counter at
More. Than 1000 Of the enemy y'v Wer
killed. wounded or taken prisoner.
foBIN FIRST LIEUT.. EDGAR G.. Aer'
PURSUIT. squadron - Whine leading
patrol Of three machines he attacke,
an enemy formation of six single seat
ers. He destroyed two himself an,
forced down a third.
Secuted in Enemy Lines.
KUEHLMAN, SECOND LIEUT. GEORGE
WINFIELD. Engineers-Sent to make
reconnaissance, such was his bravery ant
determination tina; he crossed into an,
through the German lines made a full
reconnaissance and returned.
COTTON SECOND LIEUT.. JANE!
STANLEY. EnFlneers-He successful |!
carried out reconnaissance for th'
location Of possible bridge sites acros
the River Nesle. near Fismes. He va
constantly under heavy shell irs ano
FIRE from hidden machine gun nests.
HARTMAN. SERGEANT WILLIAM A
Engineers-Despite heavy artillery an
machine gun FIRE that forced patrol {
scatter and separated him from hi
Lieutenant, he continued the work an
started his detail on the actual con
struction OF RATS for pontoon bridges.
WILLIAMS. SECOND LIEUT.. JOHN j
Infantry-When all the other officer
of his company had been killed o
wounded he took command. rushed
machine gun which was blocking hi
advance, personally killed four member
of its crew and gained his objective
EDWARDS. SECOND LIEUT. HUGH F
Infantry-Led his platoon against heav
machine gun FIRE, silenced several ma
shine guns and personally killed tw
Of the enemy.