Evening star., 1945-05-06
Gen. Raymond Barron,
Former Instructor al
|G. J., Gets I'd DSM

Maj. Gen. Raymond o. Barton,
who formerly commanded the 4th
Infantry Division in France and
Germany, was one of three general
officers for whom the War Depart
ment yesterday announced awards
of the Distinguished Service Medal
In the case of Gen. Barton and one
other. the award constituted an Oak
Leaf Cluster, marking their second
DSM.
The latest award was for services
rendered from June 26 to December
II. 1914. Gen. Barton aided in
spearheading the break through
along the Periers-St. Lo highway
In Luxembourg the division was
hard pressed by superior numbers
but organized a defense that was
instrumental in saving the capital
city along with its road net. ut
was this defensive action that was
largely responsible for the holding
OF this vital salient" the citation
said.
Well known in Washington, where
he served as professor of military
science and tactics at Georgetown
University from 1888 to 1887, Gen.
Barton returned to this country sew
eral months ago because of i'll
health. He now is in command of
infantry training at Fort McClel-
Ian, Ala. His first award of the
Distinguished Service Medal was for
the part the 4th Division played in
the capture of Cherbourg, France.
Maj. Gen. William w. Eagles, who
commanded the 45th Infantry Diyi-
sion in Southern France was award
ed the Oak Leaf Cluster to the
DSM for services from July l to
December 4, 1914. He had trained
his division before the landings on
August Is and thereafter it went
through severe fighting in the
Vosges Mountains and the lower
Rhone Valley. The division covered
300 miles in II days to exploit its
advantages in the Rhone area.
Later it pressed the enemy across
the Doubs River and the Moselle
River in series of brilliant achieve
ments.
Maj. Gen. Harry l.. Twaddle, COM
mander of the 95th Infantry Divi-
sion, was awarded the DSM in rec
ognition of services from October
13 to December o. 1914. His previ-
ously untried troops seized the for
treSs city OF Metz. Joining with ele-
ments of the 5th Infantry Division
in the fighting around Metz, Gen.
Twaddles outfit continued the ini-
tiative and crossed the Neid River to
enter Germany. After hard fight
ing. it crossed the Saar River at the
edge of the Seigfried Line and
fought its way into lie industrial
city of Sauerlautern.
Lit. Col. Jacob X. Javitz, Woodley
Park Towers, 2737 Devonshire place
NV, was awarded the Legion of
Merit for services while on duty in
the Office of the Chief of Chemical
Warfare Service from April, 1912, to
April, 1915. He supervised war-plan-
ming activities and was responsible
for many basic chemical warfare
concepts. Estimates of the situa-
ton prepared under his supervi-
sion have become standard text
books.
The citation said he was an i'm
portant factor in obtaining an "ex-
cellent state of readiness for chem
ical warfare operations.
Col. Alfred D. Starbird. 2423 Cam
eron Mills road, Alexandria, was
awarded the Legion of Merit for
General Staff services from May,
1912, to December, 1914, in the op-
erations division. He was charged
with revising the North African
European troop basis and super
vised the timely shipment of trained