Milford chronicle., 1943-07-30
Service SIants
OF. GEORGE ]. SCHuLz
WINS RECOGNITION

CUL. GEORGE j. SCHULL
WINS RECOGNITION
Col. George ]. Schulz, Hartly,
commander of Delaware's 19Sth
Coast Artillery when il was federal
lied, has received the Legion of
Merit Award for exceptionally
merftorfous conduct in the per-
formance of outstanding service"
the War Department announced
this week. The citation accompany
ing the award said that Colonel
Schulz was commanding officer of
a Coast Artillery Regiment and ex-
ecutive of a force that established
and defended an island base in the
Pacific from Jan. 10, 1912, until
Feb. 10, 1913. Colonel Schulz
continued in active command of his
regiment while also assigned to
duty as force executive. During
this period. his regiment Joined the
force and moved to foreign service.
The force established itself, organ
lied the base and its defenses, and
defended the base. AS regimental
commander. Colonel Schulz plan
ned, organized. and commanded the
complete anti-aircraft defense of
the base. As force executive. he
organized the force staff and plan
ned and supervised the operations
of the force. His tireIess energy.
his broad experience, and his virile
leadership hastened the orderly
preparation of the defenses and
facilitated the defense of this is
land base"
Now serving in the ranks of the
U. S. Navy. Donald A. Downes. II.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald
DOwnes, Milford. has reported to
the Naval Training Station. Great
Lakes. ILL.,. for a period of boot"
or recruit training. There he will
be given training in the rudiments
of seamanship. Naval customs and
procedures. military drill and ply
sical hardening. He also will take
a series of aptitude tests designed
as an aid in placing him IN the
type of work for which he is best
fitted. An apprentice seaman now.
he will be promoted to seaman.
second class. upon graduation and
given a nine-day leave. Then he
will he assigned to a service school
for specialized training. or be sent
directly to duty at sea or a shore
station. depending upon his scores
in the aptitude tests. Some Blue
jackets who have had sufficient ex-
perience in a skill needed by the
Navy are given petty officer ratings
and assigned to active duty imme-
diately.
The following named soldier has
been awarded a Good Conduct
Medal on orders from the Com
manding Officer at Paine Field.
Everett, Washington. The award,
limited to enlisted men. was for
merly given only after three years .
of continuous enlisted service. but
is now given after a years con-
tinuous war service as an enlisted
man. To win this medal, the SOL
der must have shown exemplary
efficiency and fidelity. I
The ribbon of the medal is scarlet {
with three white vertical stripes
at each side. Details are listed {
below.
Private First Glass William W.
Roach. who Joined the Army March
10. 1912. at Georgetown. He is the
son of Mrs. Hettie NJ. Roach. of {
His present duty is am q
lulance driver at the station hos :
Iital.
Az
Staff Sergt. Daniel Biffar. Jr.. of ;
has been presented with !
IN air medal for meritOrious =
achievement in aerial flights in the !,
hawaiian area, according to a War :
Department announcement Serge Z
mt Biffar came to Milford in 1897 :,
rom Flushing. l.. l.. and settled :.
With Mr.. and Mrs. James McCalky =
IN a nearby farm to engage in the q
aising of broilers. The Biffar and g
lcCalky families were friends in =
and young Biffar decided 4"
o move to Delaware when the Nc
,alkys purchased the farm near
lilford About four years later, .
ollowing the death of Mrs. Nc l.
,alky. Sergeant Biffar was in D
ucted in the armed forces. He had y
served in the U. S. Navy. I,
lis father. Daniel Biffar, lives in 7
L. 1. d d
John A. Hayes, 10. son of Mr.. 7
nd Mrs. Robert /. Hayes. r. ID. 1,
Iilford. graduated this week from
he airplane mechanics school OPP
rated by the Army Air Forces
echnical Training Command at Il
ynbrook. L. l. Hayes, like other 81
of his class, has COM d
leted the third stage of training is
l the New York area of the p
echnical Training Command. Ear H
er he attended the Academy of S
at LaGuardia Field.
!. Y, and the Casey Jones School
Aeronautics at Newark. N. J. C;
Iayes was formerly employed by pl
ne Milford Ordnance Company. al
lis father, Robert. is a sergeant b.
at Fort Salisbury. Della Sc
are. 81
a - OF
James NJ. Tatman, 90 years old,
On of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence X.
altman. Harrington, graduated b.
lis week from the airplane me- tt
hanics school operated by the al
rmy Air Forces Technical Train di
lg Command at Roosevelt Field. hC
. Y. Tatman, like other members
his class. has completed the
lird stage of training in the New af
ork area of the Technical Train W