The sun., 1919-06-15
TELLS OF THRILLS
AT HER DECORATION
Mrs. Roy w. Porter, Red Cross
Worker, Honored by Three
Branches.
Is MARINES DAUGHTER"
Similarly Honored by Signal
Corps and Navy for Work +"
in London.

When Mrs. Cora Clark Porter, wife
OF Roy w. Porter. $50 East Thirty
fifth street, reached New York on the
Lepland. the Jacket Of her Red Cross
uniform was respondent with three
decorations that had. been bestowed
upon her recently by three branches of
the United States service. overseas.
Mrs. Porter brought details Of the
story that had already reached Ameri-
can ears, Of how eight Red Cross
canteen workers. at London. were
adopted" and decorated by tho Marine
Corps In acknowledgment Of the excel
lent services given to American marines
at the Red Cross canteen in Grosvenor
Square.
"Alr raids were as nothing" said
Mrs. Porter to-day, compared with our
excitement when we got decorated
Nobody had the faintest idea of what
was in the wind. We were told to go
| Up TO Navy Headquarters 80 up we
| vent, having been induced to believe
| hat some official pictures were to be
| taken.
Four Marines at Attention.
| We stood about the entrance hall
RI Their vaguely for a while. wondering
what was to be done with us and then
a sentry came along and said perhaps
we'd better go into Major Gilchrist's
(Major Charles p. Gilchrist) Office
said 1t casually, you know, Just like that.
80 we sauntered in and there was
a big detachment of marines drawn up
at attention We nearly syooned with
the thrill Of lift you've never burst
| In Unexpectedly on a concourse of the
military, ala standing at attention on
your account, you've no idea of the
sensation. 1t isn't like anything else
In your experience. We knew at once
that something was about to happen
but before we had time to think 1t ovei
Major Gilchrist was making a littl,
speech and telling US what our canteeI
had meant to the men and how, in ap
probation OF the homelike touch VI
had given their lives. they wanted VI
to wear their insignia, and they wer,
making us life associate member o.
their organization. Then the Majol
came forward and pinned this on eaci
OF U.S."
Mrs. Porter held up the coveted in
sigma which only eight women in tn
world have official authority to wear, O!
Daughters of the Marine Corps" It Il
the device Of the marines-giobe. anchor
and eagle-beautifully wrought In golC
apC silver.
In addition Mrs. Porter has been sum
ilarly decorated by the Signal Corps fol
her splendid canteen work and servic,
to the men of that body. Capt. Jamei
]. McCauley, in a letter accompanyfn.
the Signal Corps insignia. when it wa!
sent to the New York woman, said tina
the men were eager to express. the graf
itude and appreciation they felt for tn,
sacrifices the canteen workers had 81
unseltiShly made"
Not to be outdone by others. the nava
men stationed at London. who had beer
among those frequenting the canteen In
Grosvenor Square and whose lives had
been frightened by the cheer which the
American girls handed out along with
doughnuts and coffee, decided to bestow
their insignia too on their American
sisters. and so Mrs. Porter and three OF
her associates finally received a third
decoration. This is the shield. eagle and
crossed anchors of the navy; the
anchors and eagle in gold, the shield ii
silver.
Had Midnight Feasts.
The "gobs'' and marines who came t.
the Grosvenor Square canteen were
many of them, on duty at Naval Head
quarters close to the canteen and q
special midnight service was maintained