New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Admiral Mayo and
H Officers Given
French Decoration
Legion of Honor Bestowed
on Pennsylvania Quar-
terdeck as 2l Guns
Boom Signal of Peace

In the midst Of salute of twenty
one guns, which acclaimed the signing
Of the treaty of peace, Admiral Henry
7. Mayo, retiring commander Of the
Atlantic Fleet, stepped onto the quar-
ter deck of the flagship Pennsylvania
shortly before moor yesterday, and
with twenty-one other naval officers
received the decoration of the Legion
of Honor at the hands Of CAPTAIN Saint
Seine, French naval attache at Wash
ington. The ceremony was witnessed
by Vice-Admiral Henry B. Wilson, who
is to succeed Admiral Mayo as fleet
commander, and who recently received
the gordon of the Legion at Washing
ton.
The ceremony began just as the sun
broke through clouds that had veiled
it for two days. AS the admiral and
the other officers filed on deck sailors
and marines, forming a guard of honor,
manGuvred into position. Then Cap
tain Saint Seine, with his aid, Ensign
Edouard Lefevre, presented the silver
crosses and cordons
Usual Kiss Omitted
After each presentation Captain
Saint Seine clasped the hands of the
recipient, but omitted the usual formal
kiss on the cheek. Following the
ceremony Captain Saint Seine made a
brief address, saying the decorations
were bestowed by France in recogni-
ton of the gallant service of the
American officers during the war. Ad-
miral Mayo replied, expressing the
thanks, of the officers for the high
honors bestowed.
Admiral Mayo received the Gordon,
cross and medal of Grand Officer of
the Legion of Honor. Captain N. C..
Twining, formerly chief of staff to
Admiral Sims; Captain T. P. Magruder,
district commander at Lorient, France;
Captain c. ]. Jackson, chief of staff
OF the United States fleet, and Captain
I. R. Kurtz, in charge of operations
under Admiral Wilson, each received
the Gordon of an officer of the Legion.
Decorated as Chevaliers
The following were decorated as
chevaliers of the Legion of Honor:
Captain John Halligan, jr., schief of
staff of Admiral Wilson, commander
United States naval forces in France:
Commander Frank P. Baldwin, port
officer at Brest, st. Nazaire and Bor-
deaux; Commander R. p. Craft, United
States steamship Aphrodite; Comman-
der l. c: Johnson, port officer, Bor-
deaux; Commander H. E. Shoemaker.
commanding United States steamship
Prometheus; Commander D. w. Fuller.
commanding United States steamship
Tucker; Commander Francis CogswelI.
commanding United States steamship
Cummings; Lieutenant Commander N.
Il. Van der Veer, commanding United
States steamship Warrington; Lieu
tenant Commander f. w. Rockwell, COM
handing United States steamship
Wlnslow; Lieutenant Commander NJ.
b. McComb, commanding United States
steamship Craven; Lieutenant Com
mander j.. M. B. Smith, commanding
United States steamship Wake; Lieu
tenant Commander c. f. Gillipin.
United States Navy Reserve Force: :
Lieutenant Commander R. c. Conte.
United States Navy Reserve Force
Medical Corps, Naval Base Hospital
Unit No. 5, duty with French army;
lieutenant K. R. Smith, United States
Navy Reserve Force, naval air station,
Isle rudy, France; Lieutenant j. A.
Sellards, duty United States steam
ship Prometheus; Lieutenant R. K.
Read, United States Navy Reserve
Force, naval aviation headquarters
Paris, France; Ensign II. G. Campbell,
United States Navy Reserve Force,
naval aviation station, Brest, France.
Admiral Mayo relinquishes his COM
mand Monday. When his fQur-star
flag is hauled down he will leave the
hagshlp. a rear admiral again. His
staff will pay signal honor as a
tribute to his work during the last
three years. It's members will row
him ashore.