The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
SECTION TWO

Mother: Mrs. Clara M. Justeson, Ma roni, Utath.
 SECTION TWO
 I Washington, October 12-Distinguished service crosses have been awarded to the l following officers and soldiers of the
 American Expeditionary Forces for the
 acts of extraordinary heroism described
 after their names:
 1 Capt. George F. McGinnis, Ambulance Company no, 103d Sanitary Train-For I extraordinary heroism in action at Fis- | mette, France, August 9-10, 1918. During the night of August g. Captain McGinnis
 with complete disregard of his personal ! safety made reconnaissance under fire
 and located line of evacuation for ann balances from Fismette and on the morning of August 10 under shell fire he 1 personally repaired the bridge between 1 Fismees and Fismette thereby making possible the evacuation of 2S wounded
 men. Home address: Mrs. Mabel Q. Me Ginnis. Clarendon, Pa.
 1 Sergeant James I. Mastroyitch Com pany c. 111th Infantry-For extraordi-
 nary heroism in action at Fismette,
 France, August 10 1918. With complete disregard for his own personal safety l Sergeant Mastrovitch left shelter, went l into enemy machine gun fire and res
 cued wounded officer. Home address: Pete I. Mastrovitch brother, 1928 Tulare street, Fresno, Cal.
 i Wagoner Harry F. Roach, Ambulance Company 11o, 103 Sanitary Train-For ex- | traordinary heroism in action near Fis-
 mes, France, August 10-11, 191S Because
 of the destruction from shell fire of 10 of ! the 13 ambulances of his company Wagon l CT Roach worked for 4S hours driving l oh cho1I .,,11 f,,fo T
 area, thereby making possible the evac-
 uation of the wounded Home address,: l Mrs. Matte Roach, mother, 2250 N Twen-
 tieth street, Philadelphia Pa.
 1 Wagoner Origines P Biemueller. Am
 bulance Company no. 1o3 Sanitary Train
 For extraordinary heroism in action near
 Fishes, August 1913, 1918. Because of
 the destruction from shell fire of 10 of
 the 13 ambulances of his company, Wag- I oner Biemueller worked for 72 hours, l IS of them without rest driving through
 a shell swept and gas infested area and l thereby making possible the evacuation
 of the wounded. Home address: An drew Biemueller, father Tyrone, Pa. | Private James R. Brown, Ambulance l Company 110 103d sanitary train For 1 extraordinary heroism in action near I F1smer, France 10-13, August 191S Be- 1 cause of the destruction from shell fire
 of 10 of the 13 ambulances of his com pany, Private Brown worked for r hours, ! IS of them being without rest, driving
 through shell swept and gas infested
 area and thereby making possible the 1 evacuation of the wounded Home ad- | dress, Grace l.. Brown, mother, 2131 Sev- l enth street, north Philadelphia. 1 Sergt. Claude F. Cherry, deceased, Con- 1 pany B, Eleventh machine gun battalion. I For extraordinary heroism in action near ! St. Thibaut, France, August ', 1918. Ser geant Cherry commanded the third pla- toon of his company during the engage | ment near St. Thibaut. On August he crossed the Vesle river and took up a position in front of his own infantry on terrain constantly swept by heavy ar | tillery, machine gun and snipers' fire and | directed his guns so skillfully as to s- lence a machine gun nest and make pos sible the infantry advance. His con spcuous courage was an inspiration to 1 his men. This gallant soldier was killed l on August 9, 1918, by fragment from an aerial bomb. Next of kin, Mrs. Sa- 1 rah Demarest, mother, 101 Iowa street, I Joliet, III.
 Capt. George W. Hamilton Fifth reg iment. United States Marine Corps: For extraordinary heroism in action near the Boise de Belleau, Chateau Thierry, displayed the highest type of courage and leadership when on the first day Of the Chateau Thierry battle his com mand was under decimating fire of ma chine guns from the front and both Hanks. All of his officers but one and most of his noncommissioned officers having been killed or wounded, he passed l ttyN T l,s 1s,.x his personal bravery inspired hiss men to valiant and successful combat under especially difficult conditions. Home ad- dress, Charles A. Hamilton, father, 1032 Lamont street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia
 | First Lieut. John Platt, Fifth regi- ment United States Marine Corps: For extraordinary heroism in action near the Fsance, June 6, 1918. Seriously wounded l in the leg early in the engagement. I.iea- tenant Patt continued to direct tte oper- ations not only of his platbon but of another He charged and drove off the crew of an enemy machine gun, super vised the disposition and digging in of a large part of his company and yielded command only when exhausted from pain and loss of blood. Home address, Mrs Katherine Platt. mother. 65S Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Capt Willis F. Comfort. deceased. Six teenth infantry For extraordinary he roism in action near Soissons, France, July IS, 1918. After being severely in- jured Captain Comfort refused to be evacuated but energetically led his com pany forward to it's objective and main- tained it there until he was mortally wounded. Next of kin, Mrs. l.. l.. Com fort, Kit Carson. Col.
 First Lieut.. John R. Cleland. Twenty eighth infantry: For extraordinary he- roism in action near Soisson, France July 2, 1918. Although he was wounded before and in the attack upon Berzy- Lessee, Lieutenant Cleland declined an opportunity to be evacuated and led his platoon to it's final objective, which he consolidated and held. Next of kin: w. U. Ige, John l.. Dogget Lancaster Ter
 race, Jacksonville, Fla.
 Second Lieut. Edgar Kirk, Second ma
 chine gun battalion. For extraordinary
 heroism in action near Soissons, France,
 attack south of Soissons, when the in
 fantry was held up by German bat
 tery. Lieutenant Kirk pushed forward
 with one of his machine guns in the
 face of direct machine gun and artillery
 fire and by cool and courageous direc-
 tion of this gun he put the battery out
 of action, thereby causing its capture
 and permitting the infantry to advance.
 Home address, Robert Kirk. Princeton.
 ndiana