Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-23

cidentaIly this list could be easily doubled and
trebled. Again: The names of American soldiers
who wear other American, British and French
decorations are legion six of the $4,000 Americans
who fought with the Canadians were awarded the
Victoria Cross the British decoration correspond
ing to the Medal of Honor One out of 10, 400 SOL
ders in action received the Medal of Honor
] would like to see the official citations setting
forth the acts of supreme courage of each of these
rs medalists printed in full In every newspaper in
the land. l would like to see these citations made
into a textbook and put into the public schools.
l am not bloOdthrsty, but l approve efficiency
even I'm killing Huns. And l think such a book
would be an incentive TO patriotism to every red
bloOded American boy and girl-Our future cti-
zenS.
AS it is there is space for little here besides the
names of the medalists. Study the list and find
out many interesting things for yourself.
You will note for instance, that p are officers
and 81 enlisted men, Nineteen paid the price
with their lives. New York leads with nine; nli-
nois 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 men of the
selective draft organizations. ID to regular army
and marine units, to the tank corps and to the
mir service
II is the National Gaurd organization of the Caro-
hnas and Tennessee. Second honOrs go TO the
fghty-ninth division, which is the selectlVe draft
unit of western Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
;ado South Dakota and New Mexico. The third
.s the Thirty-third or 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. Irregular, put in whole day far
in advance of the first wave of his company re-
,lucing machine-gun nests singlehanded. He killed
many of the enemy and captured ten machine guns
and more than 80 prisoners.
Lieutenant WOodfll, also a regular, reduced
three separate machine-gun nests, killing at
least u of the enemy with rifle and pistol and
finally two with a pick
Lieutenant Luke, an 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 was originally sincere cOnsci-
eutious objector. He was convinced from the Bible
that blessed are the peacemakers. So he went
over To help make peace. He killed "A of The
enemy with rifle 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 to
save his gunner. blackwell gaNS HIS IKE III d Noi-
unteer attempt to get through heavy fire with a
message Whittlesey is the go to hell" officer of
Argonne fame who would not surrender Loman
wears also the Victoria Cross Legion of Honor, the
MedaIne Mnlitaire and the Croix de Guerre.
Don't forget the cartoon in which the onearmed
hero and the potential hero who never got TO the
hring-line are each saying You lucky gu" And
don't forget the potential heroes. Their hearts
were broken.
The Complete List.
Atkinson Joseph g., sergeant. Company c, 18th
Infantry S0th division, Atoka Tenn
ALEX. Jake, corporal, Company H. 1SlSt infantry,
gSd division Chicago.
Allworth, Edward S. captain, 6oth infantry oth
division Crawford Wash.