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Service Cross and the Croix dc Guerre
were Major Samuel W. Fleming, Jr.,
Sergeant Joseph +. Kilroy, Company
n; Sergeant Bernard F. Sweeney,
Headquarters Company: Private Frank
lomonoco, Company X Private Wal
ter o. Goodman, Company E; Private
Giuseppe Spaeafore, Headquarters
Company; Private William Bryson,
Company I, and Private William
Swearingen, medical detachment.
Other Distinguished Service Cross
winners were Major Ward w. Pier
son, a former University of Pennsyl-
vania instructor, who was killed in ac-
ton; Captain Earl c. Offinger, Cap
tain Charles II. Tilghman, Captain
George l.. Wright, Captain William NJ.
Carroll, Jr.; First Lieutenant Benja
min Bullock, Sd, later killed in action ::
Second Lieutenant John l. Owens, Sec
ond Lieutenant Bryan Beckwirth Ser
geant Paul B. Jenkins. Headquarters
Company, later killed in action; Ser
geant Ludwig Nachtman, Machine Gun
Company Sergeant Jacob Recktenwalk.
Company c; Sergeant Harry l.. Green
wood, Company X, later killed in ac-
ton, formerly one of the best known
independent football players in the city ;
Sergeant Arthur W. Olansan, Com
pany X; Corporal Joseph A. Keenan,,
Company l.: Private Charles w. Pa
lardi, Company F; Private Aemrico Di
Pasquale. Company G., later killed in
action; Private Eugene T. Watkins,
| Int H..
H. Flegel, Company II. and Private
Giacomo Masciarelli, Company i.
Other winners of the Croix de Guerre
were First Lieutenant Walter Hibbard
Sergeant Paul c. Koch, Supply Com
pany; Sergeant Clarence B. Weise,
Company I; Corporal Leroy Hauge,
Company D; Corporal Frank J. Hol-
land. Supply Company Sergeant Ben
jamin A. Evans, Company l, and Pri-
vate Harry Tignor, Headquarters Com
pany.
And the whole regiment was made
of that sort Of stuff" Colonel Alven c.
, Knowles, regimental commander. said
as he proudly scanned the list of medal =
. winners.
) Praised by Colonel
The work of the drafted men OF
the battlefields was a revelation to me
want to say that the 315th stand:
without a peer in the National Army
: regiments" he continued. THE wal
, has brought me a realization of thu
things l dreamed of for years but never
could imagine coming true. | mear
the fact that the best blood would b.
carrying on in such splendid fashion
for the future of our country. The mel
showed exceptional bravery under thu
' most trying conditions.
Y The commanding officer paid higl
S tribute to the work of his men at Har
0 court, Malancourt, Montfaucon, Man
e tillon, Etraye, Reville, Ecurey. Dam
. villen and Gibercy. During these ac
. tions, he said. the regiment took IL
: German machine gunners prisoners, be
sides accounting for hundreds Of others
d and took thousands of gas and explosiv
I shells, during which actions the Ger
mans were driven back fifteen miles.
To get into the Meuse -Argonn
T. offensive the men were compelled t.
march 400 miles across country. Th
i Third Battalion, under Major Franci
, B. Lloyd, once marched nineteen hour
out of twenty four, carrying seventy
( FIVE pound packs and covering thirt
5 miles. This was cited by the colonel a
! an example Of what the men did beside
= fighting.
: Issues Farewell Bulletin
r Colonel Knowles issued a farewe
n bulletin to his men in which he praise
e the morale that had enabled them I
!. emerge victorious and paid tribute I
the relatives left at home. The pal
:, addressed to the relatives read
!: ITO those who lost loved ones Il
l. them remember that they died for
n cause that called for the best blood an
a manhood of our country"
Il 5olshevlkl Defeat Poles
q London, May 30.--(By A. PIT
l. Bolsheyiki have driven the Poles fro
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