New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Ten More Service
Men Win Congress
Medal for Bravery
Naval and Marine Corps
Veterans Honored by the
President for Their Hero
ism on Sea and on Land

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Names of
ten additional officers and enlisted men
of the navy and Marine Corps to whom
President Wilson has awarded the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor for acts Of
extraordinary heroism during the war,
including one posthumous award, were
announced to-day by the Navy Depart
ment. The list of ten. making a total
of nineteen in the naval and marine
service to receive the Congressional
Medal, follows:
son. Hoboken. n j.. Lieutenant E. M.
lsaacs, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Lieu
tenant w. L. Osborne. M. c., Boston
lposthumous) Lieutenant Orlando H.
Petty M. c., Philadelphia Lieutenant
Louis Cukcla, M. c., Seattle; Lieuten-
ant Ralph Talbot, M. C. (no address,; {;
Ensign Daniel A. Sullivan, Mount Yer
non, N. Y; Dental Surgeon A. G. Lyle,
Gloucester, Mass, and Gunnery Ser
geants r. G. Robinson, M. c.. Ono ad-
dress), and C. f. Hoffman, M. C. Ono
address).
144 Win Highest Honor
The Distinguished Service Medal was
awarded to 144 off and enlisted men
Of the Navy and Marine Corps for ex-
ceptionally meritorious service during
the war. This list, made public to-day
by the Navy Department, includes lip
ofhcers of the regular navy, II in the
reserve, 13 in the Marine Corps and 4
in the United States Coast Guard, while
enlisted men receiving the decoration
totaled is.
These are the first awards Of the
Distinguished Service Medal authorized
by special act of Congress approved
last February as a decoration to be
conferred upon persons in the naval
service who during the war have per-
formed exceptionally meritorious serv-
ice to the government in a duty of
great sponsibility." Members of the
Marine Corps received similar decora-
ton while serving with the American
expeditionary forces.
Included in the list Of awards were
Admlrals Sims and Mayo, Vice Admirals s
Gleaves and Wilson and Rear Admirals
Benson, Coontz, Fletcher, Rodman.
Knight, Niblack and Plunkett and
Major Generals Lejeune and Barnett,
of the Marine Corps.
Many New Workers. Listed
Nineteen of the medal winners were
residents of New York or New Jersey.
Besides Vice-Admiral Albert Gleaves,
of New York, the list included:
Paul H. Bastedo, lieutenant COM
mander, Buffalo, N. Y; Harold H.
Bemls, lieutenant commander, 10 Hill
crest Park, Hill, Yonkers, N. Y; Victor
Blue, captain, 55 West Fifty-third
Street, New York City; w. L. Boyce,
acting machinist coast guard, Jersey
City, N. j.; Arthur s. Carpender, lieu
tenant commander, New Brunswick,
N. j.; Paul l.. Foster, lieutenant COM
mander, Great Neck Station, l.. l., New
York; George S. Hodges, ensign, naval
reserve force, 235 West Seventy sixth
Street, New York; Byron A. Long, cap
tain, IS East Fifty-sixth Street. New
York; Francis P. Mulcahy, CAPTAIN.
Rochester, N. y; Milngton B. Nc
Comb, lieutenant commander, Haddon-
field, N. j.; Richard F. Mccullough.
commander, North Painfeld, N. j.:
Edward E. Spafford, lieutenant Com
mander, IA East Sixty-third Street, New
York; William T. Conn jr., commander.
Hotel Biltmore, New York; Edward v
keene, commander naval reserve force,
~ West 109th Street. New York: Will
lam A. Nichols, lieutenant, Stapleton.
n Y; George K. Shuler, major, LYONS
n. Y; Philip j. Burger, seaman Trov'
N. T.; William B. Christ. chief gunner's
mate, 1905 Greene Avenue. Brooklyn;
John Vincent Mallon, seaman, 7l2 ,Jef-
fersOn Avenue, BROOKLYN.