El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-20
Practically All Army Corps And
DiUisior Commanders OLA. E.F.
Cited For DISTINGUISHED Service

WASHINGTON. D. c. Jan. 20-Prac-
w ticaIIy all army corps and division
commanders OF the American expedi-
tionary forces, together with the
heads Of the staff departments. have
been awarded distinguished service
medals by Gen. Pershing for eonspic-
uous service. The war department
made today public citations Of 27 off,
GERS. in addition 20 the list Of q given
out yesterday. Among the officers
decorated were Maj. Gen. John F.
Organ, commanding the 9th New
York national guard division. the
only guard division commander to re-
tain his command throughout the war,
and Mai Gen. John A. Lejeune. of the
marine corps, commanding the second
division OF marines. Maj. Gen F. n
Lewis, commanding the S0th wild
Cat) division, also was decorated
This division and the 27th served with
the British army and helped to smash
the Hindenburg line
other Officers Decorated.
Two other officers on today's list.
Maj. Gen ireland, surgeon general OF
the army, and Mai. Gen. Clarence c.
Williams. chief Of ordnance. were for
mally decorated Saturday by secretary
Baker under these citations. The
other major generals receiving the
DISTINGUISHED service medals were
Andrew Brewster, inspector general;
Harry L. Rogers. Quartermaster gen
eral; VIM &. Langfitt, director Of
light railroads and chief engineer. 4.
E T.; Mason II. Patrick. director OF
construction and forestry and later
chief Of air service; f. F. AfcGlachlin.
chief Of artillery. first army, and
later commander Of the first division;
Hanson E. Ely, brigade and division
commander: Edmund Wittenrn yer.
brigade and division commander;
Charles G. Norton. 18th division: E.
NJ Lewis, Both division; VIM. Lassiter,
chief OF artillery, second army. and
subsequently commander Of the SIND
division; James H McRae. 18th divi-
SION George B. Duncan. nth and SEND
divisions: William WeigeI, brigade
commander, 2Sth division, and VIM. r.
Johnson, 91st division.
BriEadier Generals.
The brigadier generals named are
Stuart Heintzelman. chief OF staff
fourth army corps and second army:
Malin Craig. chief OF staff OF the first
army corps; Robert c Davis. adjutant
general. A. z. F.; Walter A. Bethel
judge advocate general. A z. F.; Ed
gar Russell chief signal officer. A. i. ]
F.; Charles G. Dawes. general pur-
chasing agent, and VIM ". Alterbury, I
director general OF transportation
The colonies named are Walter D. |
medical department, and
Alfred E Bradley, chief surgeon. A I
T F.
OF the list announced yesterday
rs having been cited for dIstin-
Euished service. one of the major
generals. Charles T. Menoher.
commander OF the 42nd (Hain-
howl division. now director Of the
rir service, was decorated Satur-
day by secretary Baker. Gen.
rershing's citation Of this officer
ahOFed that the division partici-
pated in practically all the i'm
uortant engagements OF the
american army and IL said that Z
=he reputation rs n fighting unit
of the 42nd division Il in no small
measure due to the sOIdierly quail
tiles and military leadership Of
this officer
The other major generals are /
lillian NJ Wright, successfully COM /
ander OF the 37th division, the third, /
-ifth and seventh army corps. and the /