Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-14
18TH MARKING TINE
At NANTES, FRANCE
Men Of SeIective Division Wait
Patiently as City Honors
28th-Forty Decorated
PERSHING VISITS TROOPS

While Pennsylvania is paying HON :
age to her sons in the Iron Division,
thousands Of her valiant boys2 in the
Seventy ninth Liberty Division are
in France patiently marking time until
ordered aboard home bound transports.
In recent edition of the Lorraine
Gross, newspaper edited by the boys
in the Liberty Division, announcement
Is made that the infantry units are at
Nantes and that the artillerymen are
at st. Nazaire.
Just when the division will sail is
not known. but War Department chiefs
say it will probably be the latter part
of next mouth.
A copy Of the soldier paper forwarded
to the EVENING PUBLIC LEDsER ar
rived today. 1t contains a story of the
awarding Of Distinguished Service
Crosses to men of the Liberty Division.
The crosses were awarded a few
weeks ago. General Pershing visited
the division on the day Major General
Joseph f. Kuhn presented the decora =
tions. The commander paid handsome
compliment TO the division.
Men Of All Ranks Decorated
The names Of forty four men awarded
decorations follow:
Major-Frank X. Wheelock, 3l3th
Infantry.
CAPTAINS G. Ofingcr, 3loth
Infantry: Henry NJ. Smith, 3l4tb In
fantry George l.. Wright. 315th In
fantry William NJ. Carroll. Jr., 3loth
Infantry Albert I. Rubel. 304th Engi-
neers Lee NJ. English, 314th Infantry
Samuel ]. Marks, medical corps, at
tached Seventy ninth Military Police
Company.
First Sergeants A. Capon,
Company A, 311th Machine Gun Bat
TALON: Mike 4. Hartmann, Company
l, 314th Infantry.
Sergeants-Thomas NJ Rivel. head
quarters detachment. Seventy ninth
Division; Ernest w. Kitchens. Com
pany X, 313th Infantry: Edward v.
Monahsp, Company II, P14th Infantry !;
Jacob Rectenwald. Company c. "15th
Infantry: Joseph A. keenan,. Company
L. 315th Infantry Bernard F. Swee-
pey, headquarters company, 315th In
fan Arthur w. Olanson. Company
X. 315th Infantry; Joseph F. kilroy,
Company X. 315th Infantry; Harold
p. Rumberger. Company B. 316th In
fantry: James r. Mansfield. sanitary
detachment, 311th Machine Gun Bat
talon; Donald Il. Wagner. 314th Am
bulance Company, 304th Sanitary
Train.
! Corporals--George l.. Brown. Com
pany X. 313th Infantry; William ).
walsh. Company H, 314th Infantry ;
James A. Larson, Company X. 314th
Infantry; Guy M. Habecker. Company
7. 316th Infantry; John J. Poillon,
Company c. 311th Machine Gun Bat
talon: Joseph W. Klapetzky, 3l4th
Ambulance Company, 304th Sanitary
Train.
Privates. first class-A. j. Mccain,
headquarters detachment, Seventy :
ninth Division; Clifford NJ. Seiders'
Machine Gun Company, 3l4th lnfan =
try: Nolan l.. Jordan, Company X,
314th Infantry John wilkins, Ma =
chine Gun Company, 3l6th infantry
Privates-Arthur S. Roberts, head :
quarters detachment, Seventy ninth N
vision Jacob Bolen. Company Z, 3l4th
Infantry: Walter o. Goodman, Com
nanyE. 315th Infantry; William IL.
Swearingen. medical detachment, 3loth
Infantry Giacomo Masciarelli, Com
papy l., 315th Infantry; William Bry :
son, Company | :, 315th Infantry; Giu :
seppe Spadafora, headquarters com
many, 3l5th Infantry; Clarence r.
FREY. headquarters company, 3l6th In
, faptry; Herman G. Paustian, Company
D. 3l5th Infantry; Charles f. Simp-
son, Company A. 310th Machine Gun
battalion John r. Bauernfiend. Com :
papy B. 31Oth Machine Gun Battalion
Reniamin g.. Stankunos, Company Il,
31Oth Machine Gun Battalion Dwight
r. Lemon. Company B, 3lOth Ma
chine Gun Battalion.
Rury Men Near Scene Of Victory
Several men in the division were
awarded Distinguished Service Crosses
shortly after the armistice.
The Lorraine Cross also announces
that the officers and men who sacri
feed their lives in the Argonne hight
will be buried near the scene of their
greatest victory, namely, Montfaucon,
German stronghold that was taken
by the 313th Infantry on the first day
4 of the Argonne drive.
An American cemetery is being es-
tablished in Romage- sous -Montfaucon,
\ which is near the wooded hill OF Mont
] faucon.