The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-09-19
Only III of Medals Given in En-
tire British Army of 100000
Men, But Six Yanks in 10000
With Canadian Troops Are
HOnOred
n. e. A. SneciaI to, The Tribune,

N. E. A. Special to The Tribune.
London, Sept. 1S.-Six Americans
of 10000 serving with Canadian troops
won Victoria Crosses in the Great
War. ,....
But IS Victoria Crosses were award
cd among all the rest OF the 100000
dominion soldiers. ...
British troops, numbering 100000,
were given 1T of the medals.
Five of the six Americans lived to
receive. the cross. from the king; the
sixth died in the performance of the
deed that won him the honor.
The six are: -.
Sergt. w. l.. Rayfield, V. G.
Sergt. G. H. Mullin, V. c., NJ. NJ.
Sergt. R. L. Zengel, V. G. M. M.
Capt. B. s. Hutcheson, V. c., NJ. c.
Corp. w. H. Metcalf, V. c., NJ. NJ.
Corp H. G. B. Miner, V. G. (de-
ceased). g1 ar.n
1t will be noted that four Of the six
have Won the Military Medal or
Military Cross, in addition to the Vic
tory Cross.
RAYFIELD
Rayfield, who calls half a dozen
states "home," was awarded the V. G.
tor bravery in the fighting east Of Ar
las, in August, 1913. The official cita-
ton reads as follows: ...
"Ahead Of his company he rushed a
trench, occupied by large party of
the enemy, personally bayOnetting two
ond taking ten prisoners. Later he
located and engaged, under constant
rifle fire, an enemy sniper who was
causing many casualties. He then
rushed the section of trench from
which the sniper had been operating
and so demoralized the nemy by his
coolness and daring that 80 others sur
rendered to him.
"Again, regardless of his personal
safety, he left cover under heavy ma
chine gun fire and carried in badly
wounded comrade. u
Rayfield enlisted in Los Angeles in
July, 1917, with the British Recruiting
Mission. He has lived in dozen or
more cities, including Seattle, San
Francisco, Detroit, Denver, Philadel-
phia, New York, Des Moines,' Kansas
City, st. Louis and New Orleans.
ZENGEL
Zengel is a naive of Fairbault, Mimi
He won the Victoria Cross for attack
ing a machine gun, single-handed, kill
ing most of the crews and capturing
those who remained alive. He cele-
b1ated his Oath birthday on armistice
day, Nov. II, 1913.
MULLIN
fho hi i,,f1,, 10 90
end Seattle, Wash, and San Francisco,
Cal, were the home at different per-
iods, of Mullin, who is as famous as
''one-man army as Corp. York, Of
Tennessee, is in the United States.
Mullin captured and killed more Ger
mans in the four and one-half years he
was in France than any other three
men in his battalion, the famous Prin-
cess Pats. He is credited with having
brought down more than 300 Huns,
mostly snipers, and with having cap
tured at least one-third that number.
The specific deed for which he was
awarded the " c. was his capture.
single handed, of a master "pill-box"
that was preventing the Canadians
from, breaking through the final de-
fenses in the Cambrai region. He
crawled up to the "pill-box," under in
tense fire, climbed to the top and
through the "air-hole' shot and killed
the man manning the machine guns in
side. He slid off the box and reached
the entrance in time to accept the sur
render Of the remainder Of the garri-
son, 10 men, who fell over themselves
in their eagerness to do the "kamerad'
act
HUTCHINSON
Capt. Hutcheson was born in Mt.
Carmel, ILL.,, graduated from North
western University, at Chicago, and
was a practicing physician at Mound
City, ILL.,, when he enlisted in 1915 in
the medical section of the 18th Toronto
battalion.
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