Evening star., 1944-01-14
Carpenter, Kaufman
Among Six Admira|s
Winning Decorations

Award of the Legion of Merit to
Rear Admirals Arthur S. Carpenter
and James l.. Kaufman, whose wives
are living in Washington, was an.
nounced today by Secretary of the
Navy Knox.
At the same time, Secretary Knox
presented gold star in lieu of a
second Distinguished Service Medal
to Vice Admiral Raymond A
Spruance, commander of the Gen.
tral Pacific Force, for his part in the
seizure and occupation of the Gilbert
Islands.
Decorations also were received
by Rear Admirals John w. Reeves
Jr.; William H. Allen and Ralston
S. Holmes.
Admiral Carpenter, whose wife
the Navy said, lives at 1925 Tracy
place NV, received his award for
services as commander of the South
west Pacific Force from September
IL, 1912, to November 26 of last year
A native of New Brunswick, N. j.,
Admiral Carpenter recently was
named commandant of the 9th
Naval District, with headquarters in
Chicago.
He served in Washington from
1928 to 1925 in the officers detail
section, and from 1884 to 1885 in
the Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations.
Chief of Gulf Sea Front.
Admiral Kaufman, whose wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Draper Kaufman,
lives at 1928 Courtland place NV,
was given the Legion of Merit for
services as commandant of the 7th
Naval District and commander of
the Gulf Sea Frontier. He is ma
tive of Miamisburg, Ohio.
He was in the Bureau of Engineer
Ing here from 1920 to 1923.
The award to Admiral Reeves was
the Distinguished Service Medal, in
recognition of his service as COM
mander of the Alaskan section from
June, 1912, to August, l943. Admiral
Reeves address was listed by the
Navy as Coronado, Calf. His wife,
Mrs Dorothy H. Reeves, is resident
of Norfolk, Va.
Admiral Reeves served here from
1881 to 1892 in the Bureau of En-
gineering and the office of the Di-
rector of Fleet Training.
Admiral Allen, a native of Flor
ence, S. c., and now director of the
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
in Atlanta, was given the Legion of
Merit for services as commandant
of the 9Th Naval District and task
group commander of the Eastern Sea
Frontier.
He was stationed here from 1928
to 1882 with the Office of Naval
Operations and is a former member
of the Navy General Board.
Gets Legion of Merit.
Admiral Holmes, now on duty at
the California Institute of Technol-
ogy, also. received the Legion of
Merit. The award was for his serv-
ices as commandant of the llth
Naval District and task group COM
mander of the Western Sea Frontier
Forces. Admiral Holmes is native
of Yonkers, N, Y, and lists his Off
cial address as Chicago
He was in the Bureau of Ord
nance here from 1916 to 1918, was
stationed here as commander of the
Mayflower, the presidential yacht,
from 1920 to 1922, and in 1924 was
designated naval aide to President
Coolidge. He was director of Naval
Intelligence from 1887 to 1889 and
has been member of the General
Board since 1910.
Admiral Spruance, whose Official
address is listed as Indianapolis. is
a native of Baltimore. His wife, Mrs.
Margaret Spruance, lives Gn Mon
roVia, Calf.
Admiral Spruance served in Wash
1ngton from 1921 to 1924 in the
Bureau of Engineering and from
1927 to 1929 in the Office of Naval
Intelligence.