The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-25


cidentalIy, this list could be easily doubled and
trebled Again: The names of American soldiers
who wear other American, British and French
decorations legion six of the $1,000 Americans
who fought with the Canadians were awarded the
Victoria Cross, the British decoration correspond
ing to the Medal of Honor. One out of 1900 sol
diers in action received the Medal of Honor.
l would like to the official citations setting
forth the of supreme courage of each of these
rs medalists printed in full in every newspaper in
the land l would like these citations made
into textbook and put into the public schools.
1 am not blOOdth1rSty, but L approve efficiency,
in killing Huns. And I think such book
would be incentive to patriotism to every red
bIoOded American boy and gir1-Our future citi-
AS is there is space for little here besides the
names of the medalists. Study the list and find
many interesting things for yourself.
You will note, for instance, that 81 are officers
and 81 enlisted men. Nineteen paid the price
with their lives. New York leads with nine; Ili-
nOs is second with seven, and California Missouri,
New Jersey, South Carolina and Tennessee share
third honOrs with six each.
Military experts have long regarded the Marines
the most efficient fighting of all the armies OF
the world. Nevertheless, 80 of the medals go to
the men of the National Guards; % to of the
seIective draft organizations, 10 to regular army
and marine units, to the tank corps and to the
air service.
BY divisions the Thirtieth leads with u medals;
1t is the National Gaurd organization Of the Caro-
IInas and Tennessee Second hOnOrs go to the
Eighty-nnth division, which is the SelectlVe 0raIC
unit of western Missouri Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO South Dakota and New Mexico. The third
Is the Thirty-third National Guard Division OF
Illinois. Fourth honOrs go to the famous Second
division of regulars, which includes the marines
while fifth place is shared by the two New York
divisions, the Twenty-seventh and the Seventy
seventh.
Sergeant Ellis, regular, put in whole day far
In advance OF the first wave of his company re-
ducing machine-gun nests single-handed. He killed
and than so prisoners.
Lieutenant WoOdfill, also a regular, reduced
three separate machine-gun nests, killing at
least u of the enemy with rifle and pistol and
finally two with pick
Lieutenant Luke, eighteen-year-old volunteer
aviator destroyed Is enemy aircraft in II days.
Wounded and forced to make landing, he killed
attacking Germans with his pistol until he fell
Sergeant York originally sincere cOnsci-
entious objectOr. He convinced from the Bible
that blessed are the peacemakers." So he went
over to help make peace. He killed "a Of the
enemy with rife and pistol, put whole machine
gun battalion out of business and marched 132
prisoners back TO the American lines
Every possible kind of courage was shown by
these medalists. Roberts, when his tank slid into
a flooded shell hole. deliberately gave his life
save his gunner. Blackwell gave his life in a vol
unteer attempt to get through heavy IRE with
message Whittesey is the go to helP' officer of
Argonne fame, who would not surrender. Loman
wears also the Victoria Cross Legion of Honor, the
Medae MiIIitaire and the CrOix de Guerre.
Don't forget the cartoon in which the one-armed
hero and the potential hero who never got TO the
fr;np-Iine are each saying ''YOu lucky guy And
don't forget the potential heroes. Their hearts
were broken.
The Complete List.
Atkinson. Joseph g., sergeant. Company c, 10th
infantry Both division, Atoka, Tenn.
AlIex. Jake. corporal Company H, 131st infantry.
SD division, Chicago
AIIworth Edward s.. captain, Goth infantry 9th
division, Crawford Wash.