Evening star., 1925-12-06
Former Service Men in Congress
Growing in Numerical Strength
Present Representation
avorab cion nonR Measures for War

Senator Arthur Robinson, successor
the late Senator Ralston of In
ana.
Exceptional gallantry on the battle
cid at the Union Army's siege of
ort Hudson during the Civil War
on Senator Warren of Wyoming the
congressional Medal of Honor, the
highest decoration awarded by the
nited States. Gen. Pershing is a
hero.
In the House of Representatives
here are but few States without one
Dr more members of the delegation
having World War service.
Alabama has Representatives Lister
Hill and Lamar Jeffers. Represent
ative Hill served throughout the war,
md is a member of the American
Legion. Representative Jefrers. an
other Alabama warrior in. Congress.
volunteered soon after war was de-
Jared and spent many months at the
front with the Infantry, until wound.
I'd. October IL, 1918. at st. Juvin,
France. He was decorated with the
american distinguished Service Cross.
Representative tat large) Carl Hay
ien, Democrat, is AriZona'S warrior
statesman. He held the rank of major
of Infantry, according to the Con
SreSS1Onal directory.
California has in it's delegation three
World War veterans, Representatives
swing. Lineberger and Albert f. Car
ter. successor to MacLafferty. Repre-
sentative Swing was a county chair
man of -Four Minute Men" and
chairman of executive committee for
liberty loan drives during the early
part of the war. His record continues:
Put in "A classification by draft
board, waived exemptions. and en-
listed; was in service at Camp Taylor,
Ky"
A glorified genealogy. mainly de-
voted to Revolutionary War ancestry,
showing six generations of pioneer
forebears in America, is included in
Representative Lineberger's biograph-
ical sketch. The subject of the sketch
enlisted in the engineer branch of the
service soon after entrance of the
United States in the World War
served 10 months in France and was
wounded in action.
Wounded in action five times while
serving with the 9th Regiment of the
Marine Corps Is the World War eX-
perence of Representative Updike.
the new member from Indiana. He is
the first vocational trainee of the
Veterans Bureau TO come to Con
greSS.
Representative Lloyd Thurston. the
new member of the Iowa delegation
in the House. has the distinction of
ser> ing in the Spanish American and
World Wars.
Kentucky has Representative Fred
NJ. Ninson of World War fame.
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IN Representatives Tydines and Hill
Maryland has two World War he
roes. The former served from April,
1917. to June I, 1919. and was pro-
noted through ranks from enlisted
man to lieutenant colonel. He was
cited for bravery in action by Gems.
Pershing, Morton and Upton, and was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal.
Recipient of the Croix de Guerre,
D. S. NJ, Legion of Honor and Medal
of La Solidaridad, Representative
John Philip Hill was one OF the young
est officers of the war. holding the
rank of lieutenant colonel. He was in
the thick of battle at the front. be-
ing assigned to the defense center sec
tor Haute-Alsace and Meuse- -Argonne
offensive. ReDresentativ Hill also
served on the Mexican border In 1916.
With Representative Stobbs, the new
member from Massachusetts. the Old
Bay State has a World War contin-
gent of five. The other Massachusetts
warriors are Representatives Andrew.
Leach. Connery and rockingham.
Stobbs served throughout the war
period as captain of the Massachu-
setts State Guard. Representative An
drew probably holds the record for
length of service overseas. having
in, linn ,tS1,- in, fl,r
and half years during the World
War. first with French. later with
United States. He held the rank of
lieutenant colonel. and his gallantry
won him the CroiX de Guerre and Le-
gion Of Honor from the French army.