Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-05
CONGRESS MEDALS
FOR u. s. HEROES
Forty-0ne Awards, Some
PosthumousIy, on Per-
shing's Recommendation.
RECORD OF VAL OR IN WAR

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Forty-one members of the Army
ten officers and thirty-one enlisted
/ men--hare been awarded the con
sressional medal of honor. the high
est military decoration authorized by
the United States government.
The medals were awarded on rec
omm endation of Gen. Pershing for
| conspicuous galIantry and intrepidity
above and beyond the call of duty.
| Some of the medals were awarded
| posthumousiy.
List of Men Honored.
F.! In addition to the list of those
awarded these medals published in
| yesterdays Star awards have been
made to the following:
| Lieut.. Col. Emery J. Pike, Des
! Moines, Iowa. division machine gun
/. officer, SD Division, who died of
| wounds, collected twenty men of scat
| tered infantry units during an adj
| vance and later assembled several
platoons and established a line, over
coming disorganization SO that the
position could be held lie was
wounded by shell fire while going to
the aSsista nee of one of his outposts
who had been wounded
First Lieut.. George S. Rebb, Salina.
h an. 3G3th Infantry, held MS posi-
ton on the front line all night, al
though severely wounded twice and,
although wounded twice again the
following day, assumed command
when his captain and company Of
fcers were Killed and. by thanking
the town of Sechault with machine
guns. aided his battalion in hold
ing IT.
Swims Canal to Lead Advance.
Capt. Edward c. Allworth, Crawford,
Wash. 60th Infantry, swan the canal
of the Mouse to lead the advance
when artillery had destroyed the
bridge while a pany was crossing.
Under his personal leadership the
enemy was thrown back out of ma
chine gun nests and 100 prisoners
taken by Allw orth's handful of troops
Lieut.. Harold A. Fur.ong, Detroit
$3.50 Infantry, who captured four ma
chine gun nests single handed and
brought in twenty prisoners, when his
company had been held up by machine
gun fire.
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Company 9Th Regiment. Marine
Corps. ran Ito yards through the
American barrage to attack a machine
| gun nest, killing the gunner and one
| of the crew, and returning through
the barrage with eight prisoners.
| Corp Harold w. Roberts. San Fran
cisco, gave his life when the tank he
was driving slipped into waterfall.
| ed shell hole and knowing that but
| one of the two-man crew could es-
cape, Roberts pushed his companion
out, saying: well. only one of Us
can get out, and out you go.
Sergt. William Sawelson, Harrison
n. j., Company NJ, 312th Infantry. car
ried water to wounded man. aflt
! was killed by machine gun bullets
while attempting a second trip.
Wounded oficer's Heroism.
| Second Lieut.. j. Hunter Wicker
sham, Denver, 353d Infantry, ordered
and led an advance of his platoon
after his right arm had been crippled
| by shell fragments and continued fir
ling his revolver with his left hand
until he fell from loss of blood. He
died before aid could reach him.
/ First Lieut.. Samuel -WoodflI, Fort
Thomas. KY. Goth Infantry. person
ally captured three machine gun
nests, one after the other, killing OF
capturing their crews. AS he was
about to jump into the third nest
with his revolver, two Germans in q
nearby nest turned their machine gun
on him. Missing them with his re-
| volver, he grabbed a pick and killed
them both.
| Private Nels wold Mcintosh. Mimi,
Company I, 13Sth Infantry. captured
a machine gun nest and eleven prfs-
oners, and later rescued a comrade
about to be shot by a German officer
whom Void killed. Void was himself
killed while rushing a fifth machine
gun nest.
Sergt Lloyd N. Sibert, Salinas. Cal,
Company f, 354th Infantry. remain
ed with his platoon, although i'll, and
| charged an enemy machine gun, kill
ing one of the crew with a shotgun
and capturing two others. Although
wounded, he continued in action until
the last unit returned, when he vol
unteered and brought in wounded un-
til he tainted from exhaustion.
Cheers on Men While Suffering.
Mai. Oscar r. Miller. Los Angeles,
361st Infantry. personally led charge
in the ArgOnne forest, although shot
through the leg and arm, and when
a third bullet, through the abdomen.
brought him to the ground, continued
to urge his troops forward, bidding
them leave him and push on to the
next ridge. He died of his wounds.
Capt. George II. MalIon, Kansas
| City, 1920 Infantry, with nine soldiers
captured nine machine guns without
loss while separated from his COM
pany and later captured battery of
four 155 nm. howitzers and its crew.
Mallon attacked the enemy with his
| fists in charging the battery and
| later personally made a frontal rush
against two machine guns. which he
silenced. his energy resulting in the
| capture, all told, of 100 prisoners,
eleven machine guns, four 155 MN.
howftzers and one anti-aircraft gun
First Sergt Sidney G.. Guepertz.
New York city, Company e, 1920 In
fantry. rushed a machine gun nest
from the front through an artillery
barrage, capturing the gun and it's
crew of nine.
First Sergt. Johannes S. Anderson.
Chicago, Company B. 1920 Infantry,
si1enced and captured machine gun
nest unaided and brought back TWEEN
! ty-three prisoners.
Private Berger Loman. Chicago,
Company NJ, 132d Infantry. captured
single handed a machine gun block
ing the advance of his company and
turned ii on the retreating enemy.
Private Clayton X. Slack, Lampson,
| Wis, Company d, 124th Machine Gun
Battalion, captured ten prisoners and
two heavy machine guns single
| handed.