The sun., 1919-02-15
374 AMERICANS ON
FOREIGN HONOR LIST
New York and New Jersey
Men. Chiefly Air Fighters,
Win War Crosses.

WAsHINGroS, Feb. 1i.-Oficers ard
the units of the American service Lave
received a total OF 374 awards and eta
tons including the American Dis,in.
guished Service Cross and various
French. British and Italian decorations
A supplementary list received from
France and made public by the War Ne.
partment to-day. shows additional cita-
tons OF five American squadrons trs
lafayette. the Seventeenth and tile ASH,
which served with the British, and 80
Ninetieth and Ninety
The citation Of the Lafayette j. 90 d
by Con Petain. commando 90 Ire
French army, and covers the upt.1'." .
of the squadron in Flanders, Wlc'c a0'
spite the loss OF a third If its effective
personnel in previous engagements :
assured n perfect security to our .1's
observation airplanes. a complete s'r-
vice OF reconnaissance at both high "-i
low attitudes and tine destruction no.
only near the front lines. but deep IA
the enemy's territory Of a number -
German airplanes and captive balloons
The Seventeenth and l4Sth squadTo"s
were cited by the British Generals com.
manding the armies, ]. NJ. Sa!n7r a
J. Ryng. and the Ninctieth squadron ~
Maior-Cien. Bell. commanding 80
y
the Ninety-ntnth squadron ny Major
Gen. j. L. Mcmahon. especially ''r-
tons Lleuts. A. T.. IAeWcllyn, houston
Ten. and NJ. =. Markham, Syr,''-",
y. ". pilots. and Il II. Ncch ''.'';
Artillery Corps, and l.. : Pn"r F. -
address, observers. who attacked cIety
machine gun nests from the al
Recent French awards include 80
Croix de Guerre TO pilots and balloon
lists as follows:
Capt. William O. Butler. Goruo7-
town, Pa. Lieuts. James \. N"1|y. lf'-
sey city; Thomas j. Aberna'hy, IVES;
Pembroke, Me. sidney I. Howell Fast
Orange; Arthur II. Jones, lIavUVh
Cal. Lee NJ Murphy. RoXbrry. Mass
Ralph \. O'Neill. Nogales. ~
Charles =. Porter, Reechwort W
Rochelle. y Y. Kenneth !. porter.
Dowaeiac, Mich. Joseph 6. Ea. .... r.
Hannibal, Mo Louis = StHo. IT,
Columbus. OHIO. and James IT, N'."e
Atlanta,
The Italian croce a, Meri'o O. 1-.-s
was awarded - the following
Major Florcllo II. La GuaI..a. ~
York city: Lieuts, james To- l'.'
Wooster. Ohio; Raymond J. Ba,INi'
Brooklinc. Mass; Arthur NJ H'lh
Apalachin. N Y; Allen Beyin Prince
ton, y. J.; Gilbert p. Roger, Ch'caSo'
Arthur +. Clement. Crawtordsyi's I'D
William G. Cochran, S.outho,i, v
De witt Coleman, !Tenaly y J Ncn'
meth G. Collins, Fort Jefferson S'a' n
y, Y; Alexander NJ Craig % N'-th
street, New York city Herbert q. l''''''
Washington. Il. C.: Edmund y = =,
Washington. Ia. Norton Down 80
Tuns, Pa; Arthur u. Fa"guntT. -.
Spring. Md. Harry : Fjrar.-'t .'.'
Donald G. Frost, patersc" y
lam -. Frost. NO address
Johnson, Good P!ur, La. ,.'..
Hanley. Wheeling, ". Va Gr
Herring, FELTON, Del. Wallace h.S.r''
Greenwich, Conn, Leroy kiu",, -
Cago Herman f. KreuEer. Mas -
Kan. Patton MacGilvary, Madison, Va
Oble II. Mitchell, GrInnell, Ioaa. " -
lam H. Potthotr. LoGanspo.' 40
Aubrey C, Russell, no address ~ "a
shelton, Ithaca. y. Y. Norma. -'r''-
Ger, Philadelphia; Emory T. Wa
Los Angeles, t'rederich N'N'
Tacoma; Warren WheH'- 30 ."'
Nired $, X. Wilson. SIl'I I'
Warren :, Wilson. san N'a'
,or L. HAT WhitaNorS,
keunedN, Llnsipwuo, IT,
Terry, Fulton Ky.
'iru Tex ,airE las aN1T'.
liusu!Shcl Service Medal '.
additional allied officers ".lr -
ally weritor,ouS aud a's. .Su
vices reuder~l t. 'hr N.a'". N' ...
t.onary Forces and - the D.,'-r
"o have been engage. I.r 200
uowCel to-day 10y me " ." i". %
contains tnr ua'u,. '".
French. twelve british, 'p.. l'. "'
three Belgian officers.