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a,"Oh Jack, you and Ruth hurry up
down hare sI'vs ~ ssnstaaas to zen
you.n Itwas UnAS Ted Who Aaa' just
arrived with his arms full Of bundles
and looking for all the world like San
ta Cans, n
"ws'fs coming" called the chill
dren, ss they raced down the front
stairs. "what are You going to tell NJ
about this timein asked Jack.
llssYou VII remember Jack, that I
told you last week about the bed con-
ditien Of the navy. " How % many
ships are tied up because thsre ars not
enough mon to run them; how 5000
men had deserted In i've months, and
what It means in the loss Of money to
our government. Now I am going to
tell you something elss that has hap
.pened IN the navy I:nee our last story.
In every war, children, medals are CIV
en- to the men in the army, navy and
marine corps who did real big things.
Sometimes they are the men who risk
ed their lives 70 save others. Some
times they are the men who captured
many Of the enemy without aid from
others. Then too, medals are nightly
given t" officers who did big and won
derful things IN having their branch
of the service ready when war was de-
clared and WHO worked early and late
to see it through. One officer Of this
type I remember is Brig. Gen. Charles
l.. McCawley, Quartermaster Of the
marine corps, whose duty it was to see
that the marines had plenty Of clothes
and food. When the war broke ont the
marine corps was ready with enough
uniforms to give each man all hs seed
ed and thsy were Of the best material.
That one thing helped . whole lot to
make the marines feel good and con-
tent and when they started fighting you
know what happened to the enemy.
'i con February 4, sl1s, an act Of con
gress was approved which gave the
pres dent power to give medals for war
service in, the navy and marine corps.
But not long ago, when it came time
to decide to whom the medals should
60, the president was i'll and not able
to act. 80 Josephus Dsnisls, Secretary
Of the Navy, was, it seems given the
right to give the medals. He had NO
way Of knowing who should and who
shouldn't get them 20 he appointed .
board composed Of naval officers Of
high rank, all fair minded men 70 60
over all the cases and decide who
should get medals and what kind they
should get" g.
"what medals are giveni" asked
Ruth. ,m o.
"The law says, Rnth, that thsre
shall be medal Of honor for acts Of
great heroism in actual fighting. Then
there is the navy Cross for acts Of this
kind not so great. Bszidss these two
kinda arrangement WAS made to give
the distinguished service medal for
great and unusual serviss and the
navy cross for service not 10 great.
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After the board had decided they sent
the list q thoss whom they thousht
should Ct tie d-stingaishsd ssrvics
cross, the medal Of honor or the Navy
cross to Ar. Daniels for his approval.
But did he accept what thess men had
decided who had been working on tho
list for eight months to make fair
selections on the war records Of the
various meni MOI Instead Of that No
made up . list Of his own, cut out q
large number Of names and put in the
names Of his relatives and friends and
took pains to see that odicers to whou,
he holds . personal dislike were not
recognized NO matter what the board
had decided"
"Was that the right thing to dot
asked Jack.
"No It was not, Jack. Nr. Daniel.
appointed the board 30 that fail
awards Of the medals could bs mads
and he should have agreed with theil
findings. He has admitted that he
took of the names Of officers recon
mendsd by the board and put in name,
he wanted in their places. He says h.
had the right and power to do tbi,
and refused to make q formal state
ment. To show what he did I VIII tel
You about some Of the cases. Rea,
Admiral Austin N. Knight was award