The Washington herald., 1920-11-13
2,16O HONORED'
BY DANIELS FOR.
SERVICE IN WAR
Naval Secretary Wins Vic
tory IN Controversy
Over Awards.
SETTLED BY. WILSON
Every Important Issue De-
cided by President, Says
Announcement.

The war over the award Of naval
honors for service In the great con-
dict which has been waged in Con-
gress and out by Vice Admiral WILL
lam s. Sims and q group OF high
naval officers on the one side and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels on
the other for more than q year end
ed Thursday, Armistice Day. In
complete victory for the Secretary.
In announcing the awards Of med
ais. crosses. citations and letters OF
commentator. Secretary Daniels
stated that in practically every i'm
portant instance the issue had been
settled by the President himself.
Sims Claimed Injustiees.
In precipitating the war Admiral
Sims. Rear Admiral Benton C. Deck
er. Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
and Comdr. R. v. Hasbrouck refused
to accept medals awarded them on
the ground that justice had been
refused a large number of their
comrades.
Since that time Admiral Jones
made his peace with Secretary Dan
iels~ and received a distinguished
service medal yesterday. The other
three are still irreconcilables- A
Distinguished Servicee Medal
awarded Admiral Sims lies un-
claimed at the Navy Department.
which has decided that II he desires
the honor he must come down from
Newport and claim 1t.
Must Humble Themselves
Admiral Decker and Comdr. Has
brouck, both of whom were awarded
navy crosses, also must humble
themselves and call at the Navy
Department IL they hope to obtain
the rewards Of their service. Decker
Is now commandant at the Norfolk
Navy Yard and Hasbrouck is at sea-
In all the recipients of eleven
medals of honor, $50 distinguished
service medals, 1852 navy crosses
and 637 letters of commendation, a
total of 2160 comprise the naval roll
of honor during the great war. OF
these sac are enlisted men, three of
whom received medals of honor.
ten distinguished service medals.
399 navy crosses and 127 letters Of
!. commendation-
The awardsinelude 3ss names not
mentionstnAfn aSeeretary Daniels
original report, which he stated at
the time was not complete.
Five Additional Names.
In the final awards announced
medals Of honor were given fve he
roes in addition to the six announced
by Secretary Daniels in 1913. By a
strange coipcidence not one of them
enjoyed the rank above that Of lieu
tenant.
They were Lieut.. Joel T. Boone.
of the Medical Corps; Ensign Charles
II. Hammann, of the naval reserve
force; John Henry Balch, pharma-
cist: Osmond Ingraham, a gunner's
mate. and David E Hayden, a hos
pital apprentice.
Ingraham is honored after death
for a heroic attempt to prevent the
destruction of the destroyer Cassin
in the war zone. Seeing a torpedo
approaching the ship and realizing
that il would strike in the vicinity
of a nest of depth charges fastened
on deck. he attempted to unfasten
the charges and heave them over
board
Ingraham Killed, ship Saved.
The torpedo struck the Cassin be-
fore Ingraham could accomplish his
purpose and he was killed The
not destroyed.
Among those awarded dis
(tinguished service medals Is Lieut.
Comdr. David w. Bagley, who COM
manded the destroyer Jacob Jones
lorpedoed and sunk in the war zone
1t was over this award that the
entire controversy with Admiral
Sims arose. The admiral maintained
that no commander who lost his ship
should be honored by the depar..-
ment- In this he was finally over
ruled by the President himself.
Only Six Sims Names Appear.
Only six of nineteen officers rec
,mmended for high. distinction BY
Admiral Sims received awards of any
kind.
Considerable comment was caused
Washington yesterday by the fact
hat Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson
,hysician to the President, who wa.
originally recommended by the naval
ID BOARD and by Secretary Daniels him.
relf for a Distinguished Service
Medal was finally awarded only .
Navy Cross for his service
Thomas A. Edison. who was {
member of the Secretary's advisor,
BOARD and who perfected many in
Tentions for protection of ship
against submarine attacks, wa
awarded a Distinguished Servic'
Medal. This award was made b.
Daniels himself after the Nava
Board had twice failed to make an!
recommendation as a result of Mr.
sdison's services.
The Only Woman Honored.
Miss Lenah s. Higbee, superin
,endent of the Navy Nurse Corp
With headquarters at the Navy De
,artment in Washington. Is the onl.
woman mentioned in the awards
she received both the Medal o
Honor and the Navy Cross
Capt. w. A Moffett. who built u
he remarkable Naval Training Sta
don, at Great Lakes, was unani
nously recommended. for the Dis
inguished Service Medal which wa
Iwarded him. Capt. Moffett Is nov
command of the Dreadnaugh
Mississippi at San Francisco.
Lieut. Edouard Isaacs. given
Distinguished. Service Medal. wa
utterly opposed for this honor b.
ne irreconcilablef clique on tn
,round that he had been taken pris
,nsr by the Germans and was
therefore. disqualified.
Admiral Robert r. Coonfz, U. s
e Chief of naval opera<pns. (Dur
ng the war was COZ Rndant o