New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

nary heroisnl ia aoiinn near u.i. =
ifahes' Oct .ll lplh After hains 's'fsss
"ounded, Private Newhall volun,sss,i lesh
,R',lso herHhee thfuunh a heavy ha, an an
be evacuated until his messaae had e,lusea 10
llNered 20 the proper officer un,n 'sssg DE-
~ Clark Street llfooklsn '''e addfes
herseant Joseph J, Powers, con,...
9Veth infantry For esttaofdinar, any
IN action near ~. Juvln. Ftanes n'a n,e'ehh
lflA. After -four men had hese ts,s. Il
wounded while attempting tn de.,zas a'led es
save from the company commando . iaes
rear Sergeant Powers volunteered 49, " thr
ried the nieaaasa through The a.1s s"a eei
by machine gun nfe, with no regard ,swsp
personal safety iums nddrss. Va 'ot hk
etly Avenue, hreokisn, 80 Wss.
Private Edwin T. Van Du..r o..
n, aVAth Infantry For exiraordinsr ~, pam
isn ia action near y lille SAvoye hs'o'
Aug -, 1918, Private Van Dnzs. fshse
member OF a eomhat-liason gro,,n vas vas =
WAS attacked by liquid re. which
severely burned, he alone charged ths ths,ssusA ssss
thrower and put him out of sst;ea' eae hshs
which he reassemhled his men and 1'on, on. after
on duty until relieved. Home addrss, d,s"ehsed @
Fifty third Street. Brooklyn. 'N''' <S-
Sergeant Anthony j. kruger c
h, aestn Infantry. For exiraoosippans
heroism IN action near Wilhelmplatr F,ausfy F,S.nsfy
Sept % 1918. Sergeant Kruger was x'sh''
ueie" 70 tahe ms platoon and cartn.
machine gun which was holding w afe a
advance of the company and csmsi,p ap II,
casualties Without hesitation SsrnShg mShg
Kruger. armed with an autonat;c r.n .sesn
and with utter disregard for his ,sl pn'ol
safety charged the machine gun. storo'u
only when he was rendered unconscious =
two bullet wounds in the neck BY
address, Patchogue. Long Island N Yy'one
First Sergeant Howard f. Mercer =
pany c, 30Sth Infantry. For extrso,a.o , Soa'
heroism in action near Stonne rnsr F-.nr
Nov. 6. 1918. Voluntarily LEADING sn'e
troll for flank attack on the tow, pa,
Stonnc through Unusual artillery 6rs ~, Y,
eXacting machine gun fire. Sergeant Mersa0u ana
leaving his patrol. went forward slas -. 0e'
draw FIRE from the nests in order to To ~, "
the enemys attention from the attacI;s.
patrol. Home address, 2120 West S;,.s
Street. Brooklyn '"'i
Cook Frederick Schmelz 1deceaseD =.
pany h, l1ith Infantry. For extraordnan won
heroism in action north Of Verdun. Frs.o.'
t%t Is. 1918. Cook Schmez volunteor'i
to take hot food TO the front line 80 ,eer' eo
who had not received hot food ''fe for Troops +ss
day. After travelling kilometres hs N,se' n'e.
fatally wounded by bursting she'll Ho,s'
address, Jersey City. N. J. '''l'
Private Joseph Wasjlewski. Comns,,
l14th Infantry. For extraordinary hs.o;.a
IN ACTON north of Verdun. France oe. s'',@ IN
t'io. uIouRNOut inc entire day pr;,..'
Wasilewsh passed from the rear IN ~,
front line. carrying food water. and sua m'
plies to the front During his return IVY.
he assisted the wounded and once csrraS ,rips
comrade on his back On every ,on,rs,
he was compelled 70 pass through s, tsrris,
shell fire. Home address. Passaic. N.
Sergeant Alfred G. Slyke, Companv
Sth Machine Gun Battalion. For eytr,o.
dinary heroism in action near Mont Bsr.
France Nov. 4. 1918. When the Carns",,
attacked Sergeant Sykes machine v,,
detachment at close range ammunition Wa
dropped between the gun and the enem,
Although the enemy was bombing the Gun
position with hand grenades Sergeant slyks
went forward and secured the ammunnion
and then opened FIRE and routed the enemy
who had already injured three OF his crew
with grenadcs. Home address. Schencctad,
N. y.
Corporal Joseph Vcdiisgo fdeceas.d,
Company A. 30Sth Infantry For extraor.
dlnary heroism in action near Binarvills
France, Sept. %. 1913 Corporal Vedilngo
crawled from his shelter TO get an auto
matte rife. after the members of the rA,
feam had been killed or wounded and with
this weapon. continued in the advance un.
I'll he was killed by shell fragments Home
address, Jamaica, Long Island. n Y.