Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-10
RAIL ROAD
WAR MEN HONORtO
Employees Who Were in the U. 5.
Service TO Receive Medals
Today.

To signalize the patriotism and devo-
ton of the more than u 900 Pennsylvania
railroad men who served IN the armed
forces of the United States during the
world war, and in appreciation OF the
honor reflected upon the company by
their actions. commemorative medals
will be presented To each at meetm gs to
be held simultaneously, st all principal
points on the Pennsylvania system.
Altogether, q, l28 medals VIII be
awarded. OF these, 26,5lS will be delivered
to the employees IN person, and olo VIII
be distributed to the nearest OF KIN oi
men who died in the military or naval
service.
The preparation and presentation OF the
medals was authorized by the board of
directors of the company Each medal
will be accompanied by a letter from sam
uel Rca. president Of the Pennsylvania
system. addressed to the recipient and
reading as follows
Approaching the unselhsh patriotism
| and devotion 90 ideals and duty shown by
| the unusually large number OF officers and
emploves of the Pennsylvania system who
made great personal sacrifices To serve
with the armed forces of our country dur
| ING the World War. the Board of Direc-
| ford desires to commemorate the service
| so freely given and the duty so well done,
and has. therefore, authorized end direct
| ed the prpparation and distribution of
suitably engraved medal to each officer
and employe so serving between the 9th OF
| April. lel7, and the lth OF November,
| 1918
The medal is presented TO you here
with. and the hope Is expressed that IT
will ever recall the faithful ard effective
service rendered by you IN the greatest
! conflict ever waged in the defense of right.
| oIn distributing these medals, ] take
pleasure in adding wore of personal
/ thanks and congratulations to each of
Won. Of whom, IL is unnecessary to add,
| am Justly proud.
| IL has been arranged to have the presen-
| tation of the medals made personally by
the s,Iperintendents OF divisions, III the
/ case OF the operating department employees,
| and by the heads Of departments, IN the
| case Of the other branches OF the II IL
] road service.
/ Tho medals are of bronze in the form Of
a keystone. and each has teen engraved
/ with the name of the recipient for whom II
! IS intended. On the face Of the medal
soldier IS shown In the act of dedicatlng
his life TO Liberty, symbolIzlng the spirit
Of the American Expedltlonary Forces oi
which the Pennsylvania railroad employ
es formed a part The face also bears tie
| quotation, 1--WE pledge our lives, our for
tunes and our scared honor.
The reverse of the medal bears the
caption. 'Honor for duty nobly done" and
shows the victorious American Army re-
turning on transports, led by flying
eagle carving the palm branch OF VIC
tory. 1t Lcars the inscription Present.
cd bv the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
t,--an employe of the Pennsylvania
system who served with the armed forces
OF the United States during the world war
April g. 1917-November IL, 1918.
Mos. prom nent among the Pennsyi-
| vania Railroad men serving IN the war
was Brigadier General w W. Atterbury
| who headed the American Transportation
/ Corps as director general of transporta-
ton Of the American Expedltlonary For
ces. and is now vice-president In charge OF
operation of the Pennsylvania System
General Atterbury's staff included Colonel
| NJ. c. Kennedy who acted as deputy
d rector general of transportation and
was General Atterburys personal rep
resentative at Paris He was formerly
president of the Cumberland Valley raul
road ard is now vice-presldeI oi the
Pennsylval la SYST I'm. Colonel Ii. ii Max
1 held. anOther ineIIlIeF Oi tiIc otssiii maS
general superintendent of motive power
Of the Transportation Corps He is now
general superintendent OF motive power
Of the Central Region. Colonel Ii. [.
Booz. formerly assistant chief engineer
Of the Pennsylvania railroad, was engineer
of construction for General Atterbury
The late Carroll NJ. Bunting, comptroller
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was business manager of the Transporta-
ton Corps. Altogether, including the
Transportation Corps and all other
branches of the military and naval ser
vice, there were 653 Pennsylvania Rail
road men who were commissioned Oh
ficers in the forces of the United States
during the World War. General After.
bury End all the other commissioner
officers will receive the same medal as Is
awarded to those who served as enlist
ed men.
The local presentations takes place tbl'
afternoon on the tennis court alongside
of the Pennsylvania Bull ding, at Watel
J and French streets.