Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-30
III PRINCETON MEN WON
HONORS IN WORLD WAR
- Decorations and Citations Wcr'
Conferred ON Men Graduating
Before 1900.
RECOGNIZED BY ALI. ALLIES
tp>t Congressional Medal Of Honor
Ever Awarded Princeton Graduate
Was to Light Horse" Harry Lee,
of Glass of 1913.

,Ien, John C;rior fibben. Of princeton
,n'Ne'siiy today authorized inc l".-
Figures lust complied by the Prince
ton var record Office show ;@a. 2S'
citations and decorations 10 have pee.
awarded 10 Princeton men during zoe
var. Two hundred and iwenty-ont
Princeton mon received these honorS
Twcnty-two decorations ani ciit-
kos were won by men who %.adN;! yea
from Princeton bciUr. 1900. Thc elias
which graduated IN l'ii In" 'irst yea
Of hmcric:,'s participation in til" "ai
had twcn,y-si% men "no were deco
rated or cited. Nineteen war honpr,
wcrc distributed among members 81
INC class Of 1919. who were sophmorc
al The outbreak Of tho wa". Thir;"ci
men In the class of lAls we're either
ci'cd or decorated.
of the dccora lions and citations
ninety -four were American. 81 French
eighteen British. sixteen Belgium
seventeen italian. tour Greek anu ono
WAS Engineer Of >E-,
British decorations included an " s.
!. Cross. awarded 80 James J.. f:rUc.c
~. pf tn. class OF 1909, . lieutenant
~ The United states naval aviation
hydropI.nc which mad" the nrs. eue-
,cssful night across Tho ocean The
Gov .: tn. NC-i werc decorated D.
General SecIy Under secretary for AL.
TWO Congressional Medals Of Homo
we're awarded to PriuCc:pn men. Cap
ia:n Wardla" Mics. who at the out
break ~ tho gar. was - mentor o! tho
Princeton faculty, received one, am
Captain Henry Adsit, OF tn. Ella IS al
'."2 o. buffalo. q captain OF IN" one
Hundred anu se.enth Infantry Ma
rhine-Gnn Company. Twenty-sevcuti
DIVISION. wac awarded The othcI.
y study Of P-inccton's wa "rcor6.
disclosed the fac, tina; ,hc fir, srAdu.
80 Of tho university 20 receive the
IonErcssionai Modal OF Honor wac
Henry Lee Jr Of thc class Of 1873
lie received this homo" wi;h = vote 81
'anks ~ lI7@ wl!ie IL" was major Of
promoted 20 the rank Of major ceucr.,
az The United states Army
Detailed List OF Award.
American decorations and citations
Congressional Medals ot iIono-. fo"t;.
one DISTINGUISHED Service C"oEScs
'l"ycn bist'ugGishsd sScrvicc Medal
'F"niN-ihrcc Divisional citations. I'll
lott Springs OF the class uf 1917 .,hc
vas one OF -" tour aces turned on, p,
i'-lncctpu during ia" war. received IN,
me OF military a. iator".
Nin.t%-ioUr Croix de ,,ucrre w~r. %
slowed by the French governments oi
i'-incntnn nnc. The list or honor
given TO Princeton mon by the Frsre'
w'n'v-;h''ao Legion d'IIomncur. seynl
Tcn arc entitled 10 wcar ,n- r'our
rsGc-e
l'rlud1l among HE British honor.
'2ry c-oescf four Distinguished scr
v;Cc Orders. two plstiusu.shcd r.yfnc
Crosses one crdcr Of the british Elm
p:rr, orc British Order OF thc Crow;
snd one Eoyai Air Forcc Cross
sixteen Princeton graduates ie
"civcd horoTa from Belgium
Italy 'omfcrs Iiunnrs on Thirteen.
l'atn bestowed on l'rinrcion ms
"inirts"U Wa Crosses Of Ncr!; on
Itrin of Honor, one ordcs ~ IN
C"owI or i'u'y and on" C1prol' Media
'"iorcl NuaUstuS TrJwhrid@o % ia
department. OF physics. received deco
cations f-um taTcs countries. M,.vtl
iial "1a honorcd WITH the Rritish c,r
de- o. tho Gown. star o. lals whicl
~ only given 20 the mcrubo:s Of IN
original British cNpcditionary fore
prior 10 Novcm Der 30. 1911: Tnietl
~ tho Drdc- Or Belgium Crown. Di.
t0cuish"d Service order Tho MIit1rt
Cross and tic Cro!N dc G'i"rrr.
FRA emit statistics OF Princc;on su1v
lnRt the ,Otal numocv OF Pr,ncc,1
mon who di"d IN Tho service Is 1ic