Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-30
43 STATE MEN
GIVEN CROSSES
Includes Two Perth Amboy Men
Members of the 18th
Division

j TRENTON, April S0:-out of nine
ty-three Distinguished Service Cross
es awarded to men of the 18th Divi-
sion, in which there were 1896 New
Jersey men m IL, 064 New York
troops, forty-three went to men from
this state, according TO Major General
]. III. McRea in a letter to Governor
Edge. just made public here, which
gives statistics on the record of the
National Army men from this State.
In addition the only Congressional
Medal to be received by q member OF
this organization went to a jersey
man, Sergeant William Sawelson, now
deceased, Company 4, 312th Infantry,
whose home was in Harrison, Hudson
county.
The division had a total of 947 men
killed, 1913 died of wounds, 1875 miss
ing in action, IL captured and 5,715
wounded, making n grand total of
1902. General McRea writes that il
participated in two major operations,
namely the reduction of st. Mihiel
salient and the Argonne offensive.
The casualties of the New Jersey men
and the New York men in the divi-
sion were about on a par in each of
these great battles. New Jerseys was
2,69S and New York's 2,744. The re-
spective figures for each of the two
operations follow: st. Mihiel, New
JCiotNs oOVs ANGW IOIht ofOe AEROflltt
New Jersey, 1865, New York, 1888.
OF this number, New Jersey men
to the total of 1873 were killed or died
Of wounds at st. Mihiel, and New
York's total was 149; the Argonne
figures were: New Jersey 2S5, New
York 351.
'"The State Of New Jersey has every
reason to be proud of the part played
by the soldiers of this command rep
resenting that State" writes General
McRea. Their unquestioning loyalty
at all times, their spirit of sacrifice
and s~elf-negation under the strain of
battle and their unsurpassed gallantry
in action have been an inspiration to
all. Their forceful efforts have con-
tributed in a large degree to the sue
cess of the operations of this COM
mand.'
Following is the complete list of
Jerseymen who have been decorated
with the Distinguished Service Crosses
by General Pershing:
First Lieutenant John +. Weber,
Florance; First Sergeants Raymond A.
Schroth, Trenton, n m p. Col
Inns, Orange; SergeantS, Paul j. Kar-
woski. Trenton. Howard NJ. Karg, Ode
ceased) Mt. Holly; Clarence L. Kantz
~(deceased) Camden; James Hennessey
(deceased) Newark; James Mcclure,
Newark: Cornelius Gallagher, Bayou
ne; Howard G.. Lehy, ~(deceased) Oak
hurst: John Zavodsky. Perth Amboy:
Joseph G. Rowley, deceased Port
Norris; Harry p. Merritt, Montclair.
Corporals, James j. Donovan, Bay
onne.
First Glass Privates: Victor Herr
mann. Newark; Bertrand Hermann,
(deceased) Newark: Joseph S. Al
bridge, Elizabeth: Lusk e. Slower.
(deceased) K~eansburg: Peter Fiigen,
Perth Amboy: Walter +. Burke, Or
ange; Walter T. McCunn, East Or
ange: George ". Rosenberger,
bloomsbury; Robert Frazier, Newark;
Sam Bloomberg. Newark.
Privates: Edwin S. Mills, Ceilings
wood; F~erdinando B~onavantura, Bur-
lington: Francis A.. Duffy. Florence:
John H. Langley, Newfield: Edwin
A. FaIkinberg, Camden; Jesse Baker,
Ph~illipsburg; Edward Rischmann.
Newark.
James r. Holden, Newark; Nicholas
Mauzi, Camden; Giuseppe Santarsiero.
Trenton: Edward w. Ogle. East Or
ange; Ferdinand A. Schmidt. Newark;
James N. ORourke. Iakewood: Hull
F. Lawrence. Newark; Thomas Colon
ma, Jersey city; saa Goldstein. New
ark: Carl +. Joerger. leonardo; How
ard r. conover. Trenton. and Albert
De Rogatis. Asbury Park.