The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-11
SAW FOUR MEN DIE,
BUT HE CARRIED ON
Corporal John Hammond of
the Old Goth Gets Cross
for Daring.
JERSEY MEN DECORATED
Courage in Action Rewarded
by Special Citations
Just Issued.

The Distinguished Service Cross has
been awarded TO Corporal John Ham
mond of the old Sixty-ninth Regiment
for performing a mission demanding ex-
traordnary daring in action near
I-andres-et-St Georges. France. on octo-
Der Is. 1918. According to the official
citation given out yesterday Corporal
Hammond volunteered 70 carry an inn
portant position sketch 10 headquarters
after seeing four liaison men killed max
ing the attempt. He not only reached
his destination but succeeded in return
ing TO his own post. being under a most
severe fire. His home is at 1S9 st.
Marks avenue. Brooklyn.
Sergeant James a, Claf1n, Medical De-
tachment, Fifth Machine Gun Battalion,
| In action near Thiaucourt, France. on
September 10. 1918. displayed great
| courage and devotion to duty in giving
first aid to the wounded and in superin-
tending their removal TO a place of
safety. He lives in Rivington, n. j.
Private Michael Donaldson of Haver-
straw, y. Y. on October II rescued six
severely wounded men from an exposed
position. making six trips to the crest of
| hill In order TO carry the men to. the
, rear.
Sergeant Anthony ] Tavano of Dun
dee Lake, n. J.. Bugler Jacob F. Cline
| Of Union. Private Joseph Kanaley OF Or
! ange and Private Peter T. Monahan OF
Jersey city, all OF the 111th Machine
| Gun Battalion, receive Distinguished
| Service Crosses for voluntarily leaving
| places of safety during an intense bonn
! bardment near Nerdun on October II &c
carry litters OF wounded after the bear
ers had ben killed or disabled. Cline
and Monahan were both killed while en-.
gagged in their work of mercy.
other Awards of Crosses.
Others to whom crosses have beer
awarded are:
Sergeant Horace l.. Holloway. Baltimore
bus. Ohio; Corporal Edwin f Keache ode
! ceased), Chicago, III; Private Ear C.
Rayns %am ce f 59'f Fs R MS
Mass; Private Napoleon Lagassey. North
oxford. Mass: Private John r. Smith
Downers Grove, Ill: Private Frederick =.
Craven, Roxbury. Mass. Private Joseph 2.
Woodvilie, Earlhurst, Va. Sergeant Harry
| C. Clark, Dawson, Md. Private Brainard
thony j. ChirsnsL High GIN, VII.
Corpora Tom silver. Conner, Ga; Sergeant
Olex PhIllis, Korenthiss. Greece.
| Also Private William A. Black. Clarke
| La; private Christ Papsdakis, crete ISL
| and, Greece Corporal Robert Z. Crawford.
| Myra. Tex; Sergeant Eugene p. Walker,
| Reidsville, y. c.; Private John Hogge
Deimar. Ala. Private Noah L. Gump. Full
/ ton, Kan. Sergeant John C. Burgin. Bond
Ky: Private Fred A. Grove. Minneapolis,
MINI; Private Stanley T. MurnRme st.
Paul. MINI corporal Earnest a. Carlson.
| Houston Tex; Corporal Chester V. Davis.
| Tennyson. Ind. Sergeant Gilmore Tom!in,
| Iynchburg, Va. Private Ralph l.. Whitney
deceased, Ann Arbor. Mich; Private
Plummer Evans deceased, Soldier. Ky.
private Anthony wozniHok deceased
Cleveland. Ohio: Private Stanley Nercoe,
IshpemIng Mich: Private Joe Limon de
ceased) Provincis de Grouse. Spain
| corporal Thomas Gassoway. Nanceburg
| Ky.
| Also Private Roland d. Lynch, Elbridge
| Tenn Private Russell X. Adair, Toleshoro
| KY; Private Clarence Aubrey, Tsylorsville
Ky; Sergeant Fred +. Spivey, Vincent. Ky.