Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
EVERY SERVICE
MAN WILL Get
US. WAR MEDAL
Both Overseas and Home Men to
Be Rewarded-Battle Clasps
For Part In Battles.

Everyone who served IN the
American army, navy or marine
corps between April s. 1917. and
Nov. IL, 1918, and whose service
was honorable, will be entitled to
a war service medal.
The war department has already
decided on a medal, now being de-
signed by the fine arts commits
sion, and the marine corps has
agreed to adopt the same decora-
ton. No definite action has been
taken by the navy department, but
1t is presumed that it, too, will
adopt the Victory medal.
The medal will be the same for
every one, whether he served over
se1S or not, but clasps will be
given for engagements in which
the wearer participated, and also
for any foreign service during the
war. These clasps will be worn
on the ribbon of the medal, in the
same manner as the various
clasps are attached to the Samp-
son medal of the navy.
Pending the issue of the medals
and army officers want 1t en-
phasized that they won't be ready
for some time, and that 1T is use
less to apply for them now-the
war department has authorized the
wearing of a service ribbon; pro-
vided the ribbon can be obtained,
which, thus far, has been impossi-
BILE.
The ribbon is OF the usual size,
with the design of a double rain
~ In. Inv
position and so arranged that the
red of each meets in the center
with the other colors of the spec
trum blending out from it.
On the ribbon a bronze star,
H<hree- sixteenths of an inch in di-
afnater may be worn for every bat
tie clasp to which the owner IS en-
titled. and for every citation, other
than those justifying a medal of
honor, distinguished service
cross or a distinguished service
medal, a silver star of the same
size.
Clasps for Battles.
Battle clasps will be issued for
each of the following ma .or opera
tons: Somme defensive. March 81
to April 6, 1918; Lys, April 8 to 81,
1918; Aisae, on the Chemin des
Danes and northeast of Rheims.
May 81 to June 8. 1918; Montdid-
ier-Noyon, June 9 to Is, 1918;
Marine, July Is to IS.
1918; Aisne, on the Chemin des
6, 1918; Somme offensive. Aug. 8
to Nov. IL. 1918; Oise-Aisne, Aug.
Is to Nov. IL, 1918: Ypres-Lys,
Aug. 10 to Nov. II, 1918; st. Mi
hiel, Sept. IL to 16. 1918; Meuse-
Argonne, Sept 20 to Nov. IL. 1918;
vittorio-Veneto, Oct "a to Nov. 4.
1918.
In addition to this, slasps will be
awarded to all officers and men
who served overseas, not entitled to
any of the clasps mentioned, for
service in England, France or Italy
between April 6, 1917, and Nov. IL,
1918. and for any service at all in
Siberia or European Russia.
The design of the medal has not
yet been completed, but il has been
decided to have a corresponding
series for all of the allied coun-
trbes.
That is, one side OF all medals
will be the same, with some sign
10 denote all the allies, while the
other side will be the individual
design of the country issuing it.
None of the military equipment
houses have put any of the cam
paign ribbons out yet, and the
only one seen in Washington thus
tar was one worn by British Of
icer, evidently made to his order
The war department is face to
face with a gigantic task when it
begins the distribution OF the
medals, of which there will have
to be a considerable more than
four million, and it is anticipated
that arrangements will have to be
made to give them out in much the