Evening star., 1946-04-24
Decorated

Brig. Gen. Gordon r. Young, 4434
Hawthorne street NV, now Engi.
neer Commissioner of the District
has been awarded the Distinguishes
Service Medal for services as com.
manding general at Fort Belvoir
Va, from June, 1914, until last Sep
tember, the War Department an.
nounced today.
Under his administration. the
citation says, $4,000 officers and en-
llsteo men were trained and 16C
engineer troop units were organ
lied and redeployed without a sim
gle rejection by the Inspector Cen
eral of the Army.
zen. Young was among % area
ofncefs and men whose recent Army
ana Navy decorations for wartime
services were announced today
Other Distinguished Service Medals
nave been awarded to the following
Maj. Gen. John F. Williams, 1000
Cathedral avenue NV, for out
standing service as chief and acting
chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau, from January, 1910, to No.
vember, 1945. He directed the Or
ganization and training of a State
Guard established to replace the
National Guard units inducted into
Federal service.
Maj. Gen. John Y. York, jr., 14o6
Twenty-flrst street south, Arlington,
Va, who served as executive of the
Munitions Assignment Board of the
Presidents Soviet Protocol Commit
tee from November, 1943, to Septem-
ber. 1945.
Brig. Gen. James S. Simmons,
1907 Rodman street NV, for serv-
ices as chief, Preventive Medicine
Service, Office of the Surgeon Gen.
eral, from November, 1899, to Au-
gust, 1945.
Brig. Gen. Gordon T. Textor, 314
Mansion drive. Alexandria, Va, who
served as executive and deputy di-
rector of the Special Planning Di-
vision, Office of the Chief of Staff
from May, 1943, to December, 1945.
Brig. Gen. Alden H. Watt, 3133
Connecticut avenue NV. for serv-
Ices as assistant chief of Chemical
Warfare Service for Field Opera
tions from May, 1943, to September.
l945. He initiated studies to pre-
pare the United States for possible
gas warfare and made target studies
In Germany and Japan.
Maj. Gen. George L. Van Deusen,
1000 Cathedral avenue NV, for the
performance of outstanding services
from January, 1941. to January,
1945. In that time he was success
slvely head of the Signal Corps Re-
placement Center, commandant of
the Eastern Signal Corps Schools
and commanded the Eastern Signal
Corps Training Center.
Legion of Merit awards were made
as follows:
Maj. Gen. Charles H. White, 48O1
Connecticut avenue NV, who
served as a member of the Secre-
tary of Wars Personnel Board from
October, 1914, to September. 1e45.
Brig. Gen. Henry d. F. Munnik-
huysen, Wardman Park Hotel, for
services as director, Military Per-
sonnel and Training Division Office
Of Quartermaster General from
July, 1910, to August, 1912, and as
director of the Personnel Division,
same office, from August, 1912, to
September, 1945.
Brig. Gen. Alden H. Watt, 3133
Connecticut avenue. who was the
first chemical officer of the Ar
mored Force and developed its
Chemical Warfare section for train
Ing purposes.
Brig. Gen. John NJ. Weir, 1869
Wyoming avenue NV. who was
Assistant Judge Advocate General
in charge of the War Crimes Office
from October, 1914, to September,
l945.
Col. Stanton L. Bertschey, 1900
Farragut street NV, who COM
manded the redistribution station