The sun., 1919-07-31
FRENCH AND ITALIAN
CROSSES FOR YANKS
Col. Moynihan of Old 69th
Among 10 to Be 'Honored
Saturday.
IN NEW YORK ARMORY
Corporal Robert j. Hazard to
Receive Priced Medaille
Militaire.

With impressive ceremonies in which
officers of the armies OF France, Italy
and the United States will participate.
nineteen American soldiers will be in
vested with French and Italian decora-
lions in the Sixty-ninth Regiment
Armory. Lexington avenue and Twenty
sixth street, at 10 80 Saturday morning.
Heading the list of those to be hon
ored by the allied Governments is Lieut..
Col. Timothy ]. Moynihan Of the 165th
Infantry-the old sixty-ninth. New York.
He will be created a chevn1ier of the
Legion Of Honor. To Corporal Robert
]. Hazard, 227 West 121st street, a
former member Of Company e of the
Ninth Infantry, the French Government
will present the Medaille Militaire. This
distinction 10 the highest honor that can
be conferred on a French soldier and is
awarded only to enlisted men and In
rare instances to army commanders. II
is never conferred on other officers and
has been received by only twenty-four
American soldiers turing the war.
Eight Italian War Crosses will also
be awarded at Saturdays ceremony. DIR.
Matthias L. Foster of New Rochelle win
receive the Cross awarded to his son,
Capt Hamilton K. Foster, who was
killed in action. A number of others
will receive the French Croix de Guerre.
The full list Of those to be honored is
as follows:
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
Lieut.-C Timothy ]. Moynihan. 16bth
Infantry.
French Medaille Militaire--Corporal
Robert J. Hassard, 227 West 121st street.
New York, Company e, Ninth Infantry.
Italian War Cross for Merit-Corporal
Robert Storrio. ~ India street, Green
point, Company e, 325th Infantry
First Class Private William Odenwald.
1913 Second avenue, Company NJ, 32sth
Infantry Major Paul DAILY, 90 Nassau
street, Eighteenth Infantry; First Class
Private Anthony Buonino, s22 Pacific
street, Company r. 310th Infantry
Corporal William Rochkind, 22s Henry
street, Company 1, 305th Infantry
Private William Berry, 232 Union street,
Iockport. N. Y, sixty-frst Infantry
Private julius Arronson, II First ave-
nue., Company q. 1oeth Infantry; Capt.
Ham'ltoN x. Foster, deceased. New
Rochelle, n. Y, Twenty-sixth Infantry
(medal to be presented his father. DR..
Matthias L. Foster. New Rochelle).
French Croix de Guerre with Gold
Star-Corporal John E. Ferguson, 2072
West Eleventh street, Brooklyn, 115th
Infantry; Lieut.. Charles L. Anderson,
n Elm street, Mayville, 3o6th Machine
Gun Battalion; Private Abe Levenson,
1906 st. Johns Place. Company c, 16Tth
Infantry; Corporal John Shutter. Glens
Falls. N. Y, Company H. Twentythird
Infantry; Sergeant Joseph J. Lynch, A
West Post road. White Plains, N. Y,
Company D, 165th Infantry; Sergeant
Joseph Sweden. 1913 Hudson street
18th Infantry.
French Croix de Guerre with Silver
Star-Privete William J. Hamilton.
Rosedale, l.. l., Company A, Ninth In
fantry.
French Cross de Guerre with Palm
Private James C. Carly, Pier Sc. North
River, Company X, 102d Infantry.
French Croix de Guerre with Bronze
Star-Corporal Harold ]. Dupre, Cleve-
land. N. Y. Company l.. Ninth Infantry.
Citation for gallantry in action
Frank Smith, 225 126th street, Rich
mond Hill, Company X, 166th Infantry