Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-11
MAJOR JOHNSON OF ALLIED FORCES IN
 RUSSIA HONORED
Six Times He Has Been Dec 0ratcd for Various Heroic
 Acts

account of the part played hv Ma jor Samuel |. Johnson of Honolulu. assistant commandant of the Allied forces in Nladivostock during the revolutionary fighting in that city on November l1 and IS, has been re ceived by the Red Cross headquur- ters here The Red Cross report says that Major Johnson has been recommended to the All-Russian government for decoration with the Officers Cross of St. George for the services he rendered to the pco- 1 pie of Nladiyostock during the fighting.
 1 As a recommendation is consider ed the equivalent to bcstowal, this makes the sixth award received by Major Johnson during his service in Siberia with the American forces, the others being the Russian medal of St. Anne and Japanese, Czccho- Slovak, Italian and Chinese dccora- tions.
 Governor M. M. Evcrsman, of Pri- morsky province, in q letter to Ma jor General W. s. Graves, command ing the American forces in Siberia, said:
 "l can not leave unmentioncd the fact that Major Johnson, having splcndidly fulfilled his plan III guarding the town and the peaceful population, though exposing his own fife to danger, under furious fire, succeeded four times in getting through to the passenger trains that were in the center of the fighting .t,N L.. safety officers, their families and civilians"
 Major Graves, son of General Graves, was another officer, accord ing to the Rcd Cross account. who with utter fcarlcssness walked into the danger zone to aid women and Johnson has paid tribute to the part also played by the International Mil itary Police, whom he commanded.
 "l want these men to get the re cognition due them," he said. "Thcy rendered the greatest assistance, showed absolute steadincss and coolness, and ran the same risks" The Red Cross account says that the International Military Police and Al lied detachments held control of ' Nladivostock, enforcing the policy of neutrality adopted by the Allies and that, thanks to this, Vladivostoch was unswept by battle except in the vicinity of the railway station. There, however, furious combat ragged "For men who entered the area of fighting and the path of fly ing bullets entered deadly peril and every man knew it." says the re- port.
 Among those saved by Majo Johnson and his men were General Romanovsky and family. Romanov- sky is chief of the Russian General 's staff. He was living with his fam fly in the railway yards in his spe- cial train and was non -combatant | Soldiers of both sides fired upon the train. 1t was utter dark and a storming, showing November morn ing when Major Johnson found the car and escorted the family to safety.
 "Somc of those he rescued that night were found in the railway sta tion, where the most sanguinary fighting took place. They had sought refuge in cellars, or secluded little offices, and crouched in the darkness, afraid to move, afraid to whisper In most cases, when the rescue party arrived, it took repeat ed calls and reassurances to locate the frightened, suspicious men and women.
 "The first rescue trip was made about 10 o'clock on the night of No- vembcr IT and the last at 4'30 on t the morning of November IS.
 "Major Johnson's command of Russian. for he is a Russian born, was a big asset in this emergency work at the railway station, as 1t has been throughout his service in Siberia.
 "General Romanovsky expressed to the Red Cross representative grateful appreciation for what Ma i jor Johnson did.
 'T do not know how any man could go into that hell of fire, find our train and bring us out'," he 1 said, but this man did it.
 "He even saved the cat Getting the party out of the train Major Johnson heard the howl of the lone ly, mortally frightened cat some where in the rark car, lit only by the lurid flashes of guns and the re- flcction of burning buildings.
 "One of the women asked to take the cat and the rescue party halted there in the shattered train, found the cat hiding in a mass of broken berths and took her to safety with the family"