Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-05
.FORTY-ONE GIVEN
|. MEDALS FOR VALOR
War Department Announces
Awards of Americas High
est Military Decoration.
FIVE CAROL INIANS ARE NAMED
One Tarheel and Four Palmetto
Boys Honorcd for Conspic-
uous Calamity.
FIVE CAROLINIANS ARE NAMED
rBy Associated P-es,.l

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WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Thc award
of fortyonc Congressional! Medals o:
Honor. America's highes; military
decoration. which previously had been
given TO only three men for service in
the great war. was announced to-day
by the War Department. Two lists Of
awards were issued. one beuring the
names OF two officers and nineteen en-
listed men. and the other those of six
ohicers and fourteen enlisted mon.
The medals were awarded on recon-
mcndat!on of General pcrshiug TO-.
conspicuous Eallaniry and in,repidity
Some Of the medals were awarded
Losthumousiy. The complete lis; Of
awards follows:
Lieutenant t-Colone. Emery !. Pike.
gun otilccr. Eighty-second division.
who died Of wounds. collected twenty
men of scattered infantry units dur
ing an advance and later assembled
several platoons and established Il line
overcoming disorGaniza,ion SO that tho
position could be held. lie was wound
sistance OF one OF his outposts who had
been wounded.
FOUR TIMES WOUNDED.
BUT DID NOTABLE SERVICE
Licu,enam; George S. Robb. of salina.
kans., held his position on the front
wounded twice. and although wounded
twice again the following day. assumed
pany officers were killed and, by flank
ing the town Of Sechau.t with machine
guns. aided his battalion in holding II.
Captain Edward 4. A!lworth. Craw-
Mcuse 10 lead the advance when ar
tiiicry had destroyed the bridge while
c9mpanY Ias GTos5ns ,hG nHer w ms
thrown back out OF machinc-gun nests
and 100 prisoners taken by Allworth,s $
handful OF troops, paving the way for
Lieutenant Harold 4. FurlonG. De-
tro!t. who captured four machine gun
nests sing.ehanded and brought twent%
prisoners when his company had been
held up by machine-gun hrc.
OWED THROUGH nARHAGE TO
t4. KNOCK oET MACHINE GUNS
Private .Ioam j. Ketiyt Chsca go; ma :
rine corps. ran 100 yavds through the
gun nest, KILLING the gunner and ono ono
or The crew, and 'retu ming through the
barrage with e!sh,, - !!sonns:,s; n:,,. :, ca,
Francisco. gave his life when the tank
he was driving slipped into a water
n,led shell hole and, EnowihS mar pu'
Roberts pushed his companion oni.
saying: Well only one OF us can get
out and out YOU go" u.-.
-ison. y. j.. carried water TO woundeH
man and was killed by machine-gun
tu.Iets while attempting second trip.
second Lieutenant ]. iuntc: wicker :
sham. D;nvcr. ordered ard led An ,ad-
vance OF his platoon AFTER ms r.sn'
arm had been crippled by shell rag
,ren,s ana ,;o GonilHufa iaI, hand F un'il he fell
from loss Of blood lie o'oa
aid cou.d reach him.
kf.NTUCKIAN CAPTURED TihEE
NACHISE-GCS NESTS
Fort Thomas. ky.. personally captursso si
ihree machinc-gun nests. one after me
other, killing or capturing their crews.
third nest with his revolver. two GeT-
mans in nearby nest turned their
machine gun on him. MtSsirg them hen,
with his revolver. ne Erabbed Il PIC"
and killed them both. ,,,
Private Nels Woid. AiclntoSh. MIMI
Company !. One Hundred and InirIS- :iId
gun nest and eleven prisoners, ana
later rescued IA comr:tdc about 70 pc
shot by i GSrman ma ;scI GnscI nS iien whiie W4i
rushing nth machine gun nest.
Sergeant Lloyd ", siber,. Salinas
Cal. remaincd Win ] ms s pea,oon' nn.n,n n,.- a.
chine gun, killing one of the crew
with shotgun an! capdurins ,oy two
tinued in action untii the last unit re,
turned, when ne volunteered and
brought in wounded until he tainted
MA Major Oscar +. Miller, Los Angeles
personally led II charge IN the Argonne
forest. although shot through the lee
through the abdomen LrouEh; him to
the ground continued TO urge his
troops forward bidding them leave
him and push oil to the next r!aCc. lie
died OF his wounds.
KANSAS CITY MAN
DUot<E ALL RECORDS
Captain George II. Mailon, Kansas
City with nine soldiers @ captar,Sd h,. .n,,n nine
rated from his company, and later
captured a battery OF four ao-milli-
attacked ia mpT he ses enemy @ With vi % his fists in
charging tho battery. and later per-
sonaily made a frontal rush against
his energy ,reasuiting in the capture
chine guns; four 53 -miilimeter
Fi-s. Sergeant Sidney G. tiuepertz,
dred and Thirty second Infantry.
rushed machine gun nest from the
from; through nm artillery barrage.
capturing the gun and its crew OF nine.
First sergeant Johannes S. Ander-
machine gun nest nnaidcd and brought
back twenty-three prisoners.
Private EerEer l.oman. Chicago cap
blocking the advance of his company,
and turned i on the rctreating enemy.
lriVatc clayton Il. STACK, LA DSon
Wis, captured ten prisoners and two
heavy machine guns single handed.
CAPTURES THREE MACHINE:
GUN NESTS UNAIDED
Sergeant Willie Sandlin. Hayden.
Ky; captured three niachine-gun nests
without aid.
Private Frank Bart. Newark. y. l..
twice siienced zingie-handed cnemy
machine gun nests holding up his COM
papy's advance.
Corporal John RI. Prui,t, Phocnix.
!Ar;E., captured two machine guns kin
ing their crews. and later captured
forty prisoners single -handed, only to
be killed himself while on snipcr duty.
Captain Marcellus Fl. Chiies (de-
ceasedl. Denver. Col. who led tho bat
TALON he commanded forward against
machine cross-firc. wading waist
deep across a stream 10 reach the one
my and crawling on his hands to follow.
He died OF his wounds
Prlvates Jess ". Funk, Calhan. Col,
and Charles y. Barxer, Stotts City, Mo-,
for rescuing wounded 500 yards In front
OF the American line. making two trips
as stretcher-bearers under machine-
gun Are. n
Sergeant .Reldar waalker. no address,
tcon,inusds0a Second Paxe)