Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03
PERSH|NC AWARDS
MILITARY MEDALS
18 R. 0. T. C. and c. NJ. T. C.
Honor Youths Given Free
Trip to Capital.

Medals for distinguished attainment
in military education" were pinned upon
the breasts of IS young men of the
c. M. T. c. and the R. o. T. C. yester-
day morning by Gen. John j. Pershing.
These young men, two from each Of
the nine corps areas of the United
States, were selected for the honor as
the outstanding trainers in their re-
spective corps areas training camps last
Summer. They were given trip to
Washington by the Civilian Military
Educational Fund, which each year
awards to similar groups the "Pershing
Medal
Among the R. o. T, c. boys decorated
by the World War commander was
James G. Frazer, senior at the Univer-
slty Of Washington, who formerly at
tended Western High School in this
city when his father, Maj. Frazer of the
Coast Artillery Corps, was stationed
here.
After COngratulating and presenting
the group with the medals. Gen. PERISH
Vong men from his ocs ih thg W Ss
Department. and added as an after
thought:
at the beginning of the World War, a
well trained citizens army such as you
represent, the time for training men
for service would have been very much
shorter and the results of the war very
different"
Glad to Lend Aid.
Gen. PerShing was introduced by Col
Charles Burton Robbins of Iowa, a
former Assistant Secretary of War. Gen.
Pershing said he glad to be able
to lend his encouragement to the G. NJ
T. c. and the r. o. T. c., which were
originally embodied in the national de-
tense act or 1920, and have been sup
ported by Army authorities and others
interested in military preparedness.
Discipline and loyalty to government
and constitutional authority are impor-
tant factors in training for military
preparedness, he said. mo man can
hope to successfully train others until
he has disciplined himself" he added
In conclusion, Gen. PerShmg said he
hoped his name would be continued
with medals and that he can bestow
them tor many years on other groups.
At this point the young men, stand
ing rigidly at attention, broke silence
to eXclaim. We nope so. too. general"
The calm features OF the grim BLACK
Jack" PerShlng of other days responded
with a graceful smile.
List CT Awards.
The rine C. NJ T. c. honor cadets
were Francis H. Lessard of Brockton.
Mass; Bruce r. Sullivan of Albany, N
Y; V. Stuart Dietrich. jr.. of Parksley,
Va; Kenneth B. Collins of Fort Myers.
Fla; George Siculan of Martins Ferry,
Ohio: David A. WinShip of Oak Park,
Ill; Wiimar c. Jarmuth Of Vermilion
S. Oak: Bufford NJ Howard of Ada,
Okla, and Stanley Bixel of Tacoma,
Wash
The nine R. o. T. C. men were
Thomas j. Johnson OF Hartford, Conn:
Irving Blume Of New York City, Leon
D. Simmonds of Richmond, Va: Oma
R. Bates of Gloster Miss John L.
Schaffner of Lafayette Ind; John Nc
Clure Turner Of Hammond. Ind;
George r. Parks of Columbia. Mo-:
Earl Sneed, jr., of Norman, Okla, and
Frazer.
After the brief ceremony the group
was taken to Mount Vernon and to
Arlington National Cemetery. They
placed a wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier.
Their Washington trip included
visit to the United States Naval Acade-
my, sightseeing, the George Washing
ton-Kansas foot ball game and last
night they departed by steamer for Old
Point Comfort. There they will visit
the posi- at Fortress Monroe and go to
jamestown Island, Yorktown and Will
Jamestown.