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German Tells
Of U.S. Valor
On the Marne
Officer Pays Tribute to Our
Dash and Morale in
Several Battles
Refers to Soldier*
As Storm Troops
Captured Order Is Quoted
by Gen. Pershing in
Day's Report
WASHINGTON, July 12.?General
pershing in his communiqu? for yes?
terday, received here to-night, gives
the full text of the remarkable report
made by a German officer detailed to
auc<tion United States prisoners. In
this report, captured from the enemy.
tribute is paid to American dash, phy?
sical condition and loyalty, and the
???tes which fought near Chateau
Thierry are called almost "assault
troops." Portions of the report have
been cabled by correspondents pre?
viously.
The section of the communque deal
?ng with the captured document fol?
lows:
The document is dated June T, 191S.
Extracts from it follow:
"Intelligence officer of the supreme
command at army headquarters No.
7-J. No. 3528.
"Army headquarters, June 17. 1918.
"Second American Infantry Division.
"Examination of prisoners from the
5th, 6th, 9th and 23d regiments capt?
ured from June 5 to 14 in the Bou
resches sector.
"Principal points of information.
"Purposes of attacks;
"The prisoners were not informed of
the purpose of the attacks. The orders
for the attacks on Belleau Wood were
made known only a few hours before
the attacks took place.
"Arrival in line and relief.
"The marine brigade went into sec?
tor from June 2 to June 4, and (de?
ments of the other two regiments from
June 5 to Juno 6 in the are:, of Torcy
VauK (two and a half miles1 west of
Chateau Thierry', one battalion from
each unit being in the front line. There
they relieved French troops of various
divisions, whose identity they did not
know. They had no information con?
cerning their relief. Only the prison?
ers from the marine brigade consid?
ered tha: or. account of heavy losses
their relief was imminent.
"Organization:
"Paragraph 1 The 3d Marine Bri?
gade belongs to the Marine Corps
which was already in existence in the
L'nited States during peace time. The
1st ;.ik? 2d Marine Brigades are said
to be stiil at home.
"Paragraph 2- -Regarding the distri?
bution of machine guns the prisoners
made contradictory statements. They
claim that, in the 3d Marine Brigade,
for instance, each regiment, in addt
;ion to the infantry battalion, has one
machine gun battalion of four platoons,
each platoon having twelve machine
guns. Furthermore, each brigade is
said to have one brigade machine gun
battalion.
"According to a captured order of
battle of the 26th American Division
(Intelligence Officer 7, No. 3228, June
8, 1918', that division has only one
machiii" gun company to a battalion in
each regiment. In case the vague
statements of the prisoners are cor?
rect, the discrepancy can be perhaps
explained by the fact that the Marina
Corp.-, was part of the United .States
peace army and was therefore equipped
according to principles other than in
the ease of the 26th American Divis?
ion which has been formed from Na?
tional Guard troops since the war be?
gan.
"History of the division:
"Element-; of the second American
division were put into the Moulanville
'Verdun) sector from the middle of
March to the middle of May for train?
ing and were relieved by unknown
French troops.
"The division was then moved by rail
to the vicinity of Vitry-le-Francois,
where it remained about five days.
From there the division was trans?
ferred by rail, via Coulommieers, St.
Denis and Pontoise, into the region
west of Beauvais. The 5th Regiment cf
Marine^ was in the vicinity of Gisor?,
thirty kilometres southwest of Beau?
vais. The nth Regiment of Marines
was at ('liars, seven kilometres north?
west of the marines along the Pont
oise-to-Beauvais railway.
"The Dth and 23d regiments were
quartered with and near the marines.
"The division rested eight days in
tli's region. Man?uvres on a large
scale or with large units were not
held. Only exercises in minor tactics,
band grenade throwing and target
practice were carried out. A few long
Practice inarches (hikes) were made.
""? M .y 31 the 3d Marine Brigade
|yas ordered to move and was put into
French motor trucks (twenty men or
['? '' cers in each truck)/ The 5th
Regiment ?..!' the marines, was the first
1? leave and travelled via Beaumont,
uizarches. Ermenonville (west of Nan
teuil, I.e Plessis, Belleville and Meaux
" Lis) sur-Ourcq), where they were
unloaded after a journey of eighteen
hours,
? The next regiment to leave was the
'/'?'? Regiment of Marines, which fol?
lowed the same route, while the 9th
and 23d regiments apparently moved
N'ia Veaumont, Kcoven, Genes-see, Aul
:" environs of P-ris). O ave. Meaux,
?' ! were unloaded in the neighborhood
oi La Dcrte sous-Jouarre. The 5th
Regiment of Marines was put into line
nuring the night of June 2-3 as the
?>' regiment of the division, the other
elements taking up their positions in
the sector in Echelon.
"fighting Value:
! 1 he second American division may
?>e classified as a very good division,
Perhaps even as assault troops. The
ari(-iis attacks of bo.h regiments on
eiieau Woods were carried out with
uash and recklessness. The moral ef?
fect of our firearms did not materially
cneck the advance of the infant rv";
ne nerves of the Americans arc still
unshaken.
"Value of the Individual:
The individual soldiers are very
Rood. They are healthy, vigorous and
Physically well developed men of ages
?ngitig from eighteen to twenty-eight,
'''.) at present lack only necessary
r'"ning to make them redoubtable op?
ponents. The troops are fresh and
"!1 "i straightforward confidence. A
?mark of one of the prisoners is in
?'"!',[' ?f their spirit: 'We kill or
*et killed.'
"Method of Attack:
u. ln, both attacks on the Belleau
?ooas, which were carried out by one
or two battalions, the following method
of attack was adopted:
"Three or four lines of Hkirmishern
at about thirty to fifty pftcep' distance,
| rather close behind these isolated B8
t snult parties in platoon column. Abun
! dant equipment of automatic rifles, and
f hand grenades. The assault parties
carried forward machine guns and were
1 ordered to penetrate the German poBt
, tion nt a weak point, to swing laterally
and to attack the strong points from
I the rear.
| "Particulars on the American position:
"N'o details are available. The pris
j oners are hardly able to state where
I they were in position. According to
their statement, ?t may be assumed thai
| the front line consists only of rifle pits
: one metre deep, up to the present, not
! provided with wire entanglements,
i The organization of the positions in
j rear J is unknown.
; "General morale:
"The prisoners in general make an
. alert and plonsing impression. Rcgard
lng military matters, however, they do
: not show the slightest interest. Their
superiors keep them purposely without
knowledge of the military subjects. For
1 example, most of them have never seen
' a map. They are no longer able to de?
scribo the villages and roads through
which they marched. Their ideas on
the organization of their unit is en?
tirely confused. For example, one of
theni claimed that his brigade has six
regiments, his division twenty-four.
They will regard the war from the
point of view of the 'big brother' who
| comes to help his hard-pressed breth
; ren, and is therefore welcomed every?
where. A certain moral background is
not lacking; the majority of the pris?
oners -imply took as a matter of course
that they have come to Europe in order
to defend their country.
"Only a few of the troops are of
lure American origin; the majority is
of German, Dutch and Italian percent -
i age. Hut these semi-Americans, almost
all of whom were born in America and
never have" been in Europe, fully feel
themselves to be true born sons of their
country. VOX BERG.
"Lieutenant and Intelligence Officer."
Lieut. W. H. Osborn
Is Wounded Twice
i
In Four Months
He Had Just Returned to
Front When Parents Hear
He Has Fallen Again
Lieutenant William Henry Osborn.
who was listed yesterday on General
Pershing's casualty list as "severely
wounded," is the .same Lieutenant Os?
born who was wounded for the first
time less than three months ago. At
that time, April 29. his injury was
slight, and after a short stay in the
hospital he went back into the light?
ing.
On June G, according to information
? received by the family from another
son, a Y. M. C. A. worker. Lieutenant.
Osborn was shot in the groin. He was
taken to a base hospital where, at lat?
est reports, be is recovering rapidly.
Lieutenant Osborn, who is twenty
four, is the youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Church Osborn. of 10
Fast Thirty-sixth Street. He was
graduated from Princeton in 1916, at-,
tended the Plattsburg training camp
and received his commission last year.
He was with the 107th Infantry at
Spartanburg. Another brother was
wounded last year with the American
Field Ambulance.
Doubt Reported Deaths
Mystery surrounds the reporting as |
killed in action of two men from whom >
their relatives received letters dated ;
' after "they were said to have died. One '
of these is Christian Boehm, of Irving
ton, N. J., who was reported killed in j
action with the Marine Corps between ?
June 1 and 1?.
A few hours after being informed of
his death the family received a letter
from him under claie of June 2<? in
which he stated he had recovered from
wounds. Major General George Par- '
' nett, commandant of Marine Corps at
Washington, has uabled abroad for
; confirmation of the report.
Mrs. Hyman Erlichman, of 153 Lud-:
' low Street, sister of Private Hyman ;
: Klein, reported as having died from
wounds on May 20, also has asked
. Washington to straighten out the tan- ?
gle. She exhibited a letter, written '
after May 20, in which Klein says he is
: well and enjoying the life of a soldier. ]
Mrs. Edison's Cousin Slain
A cousin of Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, i
wife of the inventor, Sergeant Edison
Miller, of Delaware, Ohio, has been
listed among those meeting their death
from wounds. He is the son of Mr. -
and Mrs. Edward Miller.
Two men wounded severely in action,
but now on the road to recovery, yes?
terday gave first news of their fights
1 in letters received by relatives in New
i ark. Fred D. Gillespie, son of Mrs.
! George II. Hardesty, of 925 South Nine
' tecnth Street, wrote that he had suf
\ fered n wound under the left shoulder
blade from shrapnel, but, due to "hon
? est-to-goodnc-ss American nurses," he
; was getting well.
, Charles E. Avers wrote that he was
? seriously wounded and blinded by gas
1 in action June LI, and believe*; his fight?
ing days are over. He is recovering his
sight and expects soon to be back with
? his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Ayers, of 49 Quitman Street, Newark.
?,-?
U. S. Diplomat Honored
BERNE, July 12.--The British gov-!
eminent has presented J. B. Jackson,;
former United States Minister to the
Balkans and later attached to the
American Embassy in Berlin up to the ?
time of the breach with Germany,
with a splendid silver cup as an ac- j
knowledgment of his services in aid
of English prisoners of war in Gor- !
many and interned prisoners in Switz?
erland.
Mr. Jackson is now living in Berne.
Swiss Hold Spy Suspect
PAULS, July 12.?A Geneva dispatch;
reports the arrest by the Swiss au?
thorities of M. Guilbeaux, director of;
the "Revue Domain," charged with be-i
ing implicated in cases ot persons in
Frunce accused of corresponding with j
the enemy.
It is alleged that M. Guilbeaux also!
was an agent in Switzerland of the;
Bolshevik government of Russia.
American Red Cross Gets
$125,000 from Chileans!
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 12.- J. J. '
Heavey, chairman of the American Red
Cross at Valparaiso, announces that
more than $125,000 was raised for the
Red Cross War Fund in Valparaiso and
Arica in the last six days ended July
4. United States consuls along the !
coast cooperated, as did American busi-;
ness firms. British, French and ltal-i
ian citizens contributed to the fund
and a large number of Chileans also
were among the donors. Great en?
thusiasm marked the campaign through?
out.
Impossible U. S.
Has a Million in
| France^ Says Foe
j 'it Can't Be Done; Entente
| Hasn't Tonnage," De?
clares Military Critic
Fitness Is Belittled
i ._. _
i
?"We're Not Afraid of 5,000,
j 000; Don't Know What They
Fight For," He Insists
(By The Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, July 12.?The mili
I tary contributor to the semi-official
! "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung,'
j in discussing Secretary of War Baker'?
? recent announcement as to the number
| of American soldiers sent overseas
evidently writes from official inspira*
; tion. His arguments are similar tu
those of Lieutenant General von Ar*
donne, who, in the Dusseldorl
j "Nachrichten" last Tuesday, assorte.
j that he did not believe the ligures 01
i American man power and that num
bers do not count, anyhow.
"We are unable to verify the accu
, racy of Secretary Baker's ligures. How
1 ever, they are only intended to throw
? dust into the eyes of the world. Tin
i large number claimed for the last threi
i months seems to us quite impossible
1 in view of the shortage of enemy ton
1 nage," the "Norddeutsche Allgemein!
I Zeitung's" contributor argues. II.
j then presents a calculation of his own
i and comes to the conclusion, "It can'
j be done."
"Only Cannon Fodder"
"Let us assume that Secretar;
Baker's ligures are correct," he con
tinues. "We need not be alarmed.
; nation which has fought a world o
: enemies four years cannot be fright
ened by the American bogy. We ar
unimpressed. They are only canno
fodder, and not the equals of our war
proved, unconquerable troops.
"What is a million of American
compared to the ten million well tra?ne
; and equipped Russians who have falle
out of the battle lines? Where coul
the Americans have raised the requi
site number of officers and non-commis
: sioned officers so expeditiously?"
Calls Claims Impossible
The writer then goes on to argu
1 that what England failed to do, Amei
ica cannot accomplish. He declare
; that the American lighting men cannc
. be properly equipped, because th
? American war material manufacture!
; aro swindlers.
"Moreover, our experience with th
; American soldiers has not served t
' till us with overmuch respect for then
although many, doubtless, are r?gulai
and comparatively well trained," h
; says, "but we would not be afraid c
five millions of them. They do ri<
know what they arc lighting for."
After similar criticisms of tr
Americans as lighting men, the mil
tary contributor arrives at the follov
ing conclusion:
"We do not believe that there is
large number of them in the battb
line and even if it were true, we wi
whip them, anyhow."
American Strength Now
Is Worrying Ludendorff
GENEVA, July 11. The military
critic of the "Tribuna de Geneva" says
he recently met a high German officer
who declared that, although the Ger?
man newspapers had been prohibited
from mentioning American military
matters, except the taking of prisoners,
the American invasion of Europe and
the great aid being rendered by the
Americans to the Entente Allies is
causing much anxiety at the German
imperial headquarters.
People cannot understand, the Ger?
man officer said, why the successful
German submarine warfare announced
by the. Reichstag is unable to prevent
a million Americans landing in France.
The Germans, he added, are learning
the truth only through foreign news?
papers..
The Swiss "Le D?mocrate" sarcas?
tically remarks in this connection that
it is "prudent and safer for German
submarines to sink unarmed hospital
ships than to attack a protected Ameri?
can troopship."
Five Planes Lost
On Bombing Raid,
Pershing Reports
WASHINGTON, July 12.?Five Amer
ican airplanes which went on a bomb
ing expedition have failed to return
General Pershing's communiqu? re
ported to-day.
Berlin reported five American air
planes in German hands yesterday.
General Pershing's communiqu? wa
the first announcement from Americai
sources of the loss of the machines. 1
gave no details, but yesterday's repor
from Berlin, which came by way o
London, declared that the live machine
were part of a squadron of six whic
started out to bomb Coblenz. Th
crews of the airplanes, the German re
port said, were taken prisoners.
The communiqu? follows:
"Section A?In the Vosges a raid al
tempted by the enemy broke down wit
losses before our lines had bee
readied. The day passed quietly ti
other points.
As a result of a bombing expeditio
last evening five of our machines ai
missing.
"Section B?In Picardy the enem
was very quiet on July 5 to 6. His ai
fillery lire was considerably below th
average. The vicinity of Coulemell
was his principal objective. The Ge:
man air forces engaged in but little ai
tivity. One of our 'planes brougl
down an enemy observation halloo
An ammunition dump was exploded i
the German rear areas.
"Our troops in the Marne sector e:
perienced a quiet day July S to 9. Tl
enemy's artillery activity was slight
less than on the days preceding. Mo
of the shells were of small and mediu
calibre, some of them containii
shrapnel. Cur artillery was very a
live and drew considerable fire fro
the enemy batteries. The balance ?
his fire was harassing and destructiv
The heaviest lire continues to con
from the Brasles sector in the re.
areas, which movement continues a
tive. There was an increase in tl
enemy's machine gun lire. Our bu
teries destroyed two ammunition dum
and a dump containing skyrockets ai
flares.
"In Lorraine our forces were partie
larly active on July 7 to 8. We easi
dispersed two enemy patrols, our arti
lery fire was in excess of the enemy
our anti-aircraft batteries were acti'
against his normal aerial activity ai
we sent out successful patrols. One
our patrolling parties penetrated ti
third German line. Another of o
patrols penerated the enemy's entangl
merits and reconnoitred his advanci
positions.
"In the Munster section the enciui
The Casualty List
WASHINGTON, July 12. The army
; casualty list to-day totalled lifty-two,
i divided as follows: Killed in action,
j 9? died of wounds, 7; died of disease,
j "i ; died of airplane accident, 2; died of
i accidents and other causes, 1; wounded
severely, 1B? wounded slightly, 1;
, wounded, degree undetermined, 2; miss
' ing, 5.
I {The names without rank given
j arc those of ?rrirutes.)
The list, follow:;:
ARMY
Killed In Action
BROWN, Wilniarth, lieutenant, Washing
! ton, I). ('.
I COPPINGER, Harry M? lieutenant, Okla
! lionm City, Okla.
PAISLEY, John Cannon, lieutenant, Gib
' i enville, N. C.
TROTTER, Augustus M., lieutenant, Cam
? den, S. C.
MILLER, Peter G., sergeant, Lancajtei
I'enn.
CONKLIN, Sherman L., 247 Bellevill
Avenue, Newark, N. J.
DUSANNKT, Steven, I Dover Avenu.
Sclienectady, N. Y
JONES, Hurry F., Ronnol.e. Va.
SANTIMAW, Walter, Potsdam. N. V.
Died of Wounds
SPALDING, George R., captain. Colnmbu
Ky.
HALL. Robert E., lieutenant, Wollosto
Mass.
. BRESNAHAN, John W., St. Berna
I Seminary. Rochester, N. Y.
KRISMAN, Hairy L., Sterling, 111.
FENNESSY, John V,, 33'J Frost Avent
Rochester, N. Y.
KLEIN, Hyman, L53 Ludluw Street, N<
York.
RYAX, Walter I'.. Portage, Wis.
Died of Disease
MA?NISH, George G., lieutenant, Stevt
Point, Wis.
WARNER, Goodwin, lieutenant, Jama
Plain, Mas.--.
BROWNE. Frank A., sergeant, Peterabu
Va.
?? -J
I LUX, Walter K., sergeant. Fort Shaw,
! Mont.
HENDRICKS, Constance, fireman, Havre,
Franco.
ENSLEY. James H., Alnsworth, Ncl>.
i NICHOLSON, Kay VS., Scott's Mille, Ore.
Died of Aeroplane Accident
ROBB1NS, William p., lieutenant, Raleigh,
! N. C,
WII FORD, John C, lieutenant, Asheville,
N. C.
Died ol Accident and Other Causes
DAUBER, Karl H., captain. Benlcin. Cal.
?
PETERSON, Arnold J., sergeant, Ileloit.
Wie.
COX, Guy M., corporal. 815 Owings Street.
Dcninon, Tex.
HOLLINGSWORTH, Harr. E., coolt. La
Harpe, Kan.
Wounded Severely
COOK, Charles II.. lieutenant, Caseta, Ga.
OSBORNE, William H., lieutenant, 40 East
riiirtv-.Mxth Street, New York.
TITTMAN, Harold II., jr., lieutenant, St.
Louis.
WILLIAMS, Miinton W., lieutenant. Sin
ton, Tex.
BRACE, Thomas, corporal, Detroit.
Aid.EN. Louis J., Good Hope, 111.
BLANCHARD, Krank J., South Manches?
ter, Conn.
DYER, Jake L., Novice, Tex.
EKBLOM, Conrad D., GO Midland Avenue,
Yonkers, N. Y.
GEANARIS, Nikolas, Cania, Greece.
HALL. Clyde W.. Lafavette, Ind.
JOHNSON. Samuel T., Dot. Va.
LAMPHERE, Clinton. Dolgeville, N. Y.
RENAUD, Blair L, Keewaydin, Penn.
SELTZ. Max A., Detroit.
Slightly Wounded
EASTLAND, Joseph I... Pittsfield, Mass.
Wounded?Degree I'ndeterminod
OGLE, Edward A., lieutenant. Terre Haute
Ind.
RILEY, Citarles J., lieutenant, Pleasant
Hill. 111.
Missing in Action
CHRISTIAN. Harry. Filbert, W. Va.
CLOHESSY. Harry, 111 North Nintl
Street, Brooklyn.
GRIMES. Theodore, Springfield, Ohio.
JAMES. John W., Oil Trough. Ark.
PRESTON. Charles W.. Wynnewood, Penn
patrols and our own continued active
on July 7. Three enemy patrols, two
of which were wire-cutting parties,
were driven off by our troops. The en?
emy's trench mortal' lire was heavier
than usual, both in calibre and number
of shells. The only hostile 'plane which
made an afternoon flight was driven
back by our lire. Our patrols were ac?
tive all along the sector.
"The Munster sector was again quiet
on July 8. The enemy artillery fire
decreased to a very small number of
medium shells. The total trench mor?
tar lire was in excess of the preceding
day, but was widely scattered and of
medium calibre. The German air forces
showed a slight increase, in reconnois
sance and obstervation fights. Our own
wire and ambush water holes continued
active in all sectors. One of our recon
noissance patrols penetrated the en?
emy's second line trench and recon?
noitred his position there.
"On July 8 the Altkirch sector was
quiet. There was a decided increase
over the two preceding days in the en?
emy's artillery lire, which comprised
shells of light, medium and heavy cali?
bre. His airplanes were increasingly
active. One of them was attacked by
an Allied 'plane over No Man's Land,
and after much gunfire had been ex?
changed the enemy 'plane was seen to
burst into flames. A man fell from
it, and a few seconds later the gasolene
tank exploded and the machine fell tc
the ground in the enemy's rear area
Our troops continued their patrol ac?
tivity all along the sector.
"The Thann sector was very quiet oi
July 6 to 8. Several patrols attempt
ing to raid our lines were driven back
The enemy's air forces were not par
Ocularly active on July 6, but his ac
tivity was marked on July 8. On thi,
date we drove back two 'planes ove
Muhlbach.
"In the Woevre the day July 6 to '
was exceptionally quiet."
D. S. Crosses Awarded
The commander in chief has award
ed Distinguished Service crosses to th
following men for the acts of gallantr,
set forth after their names:
Corporal James K. Thornley, infant
ry?"Wounded early in the Seichepre
engagement on the morning of Apri
20, 1918, he displayed great gallantr
and devotion to duty in continuing t
urge his men to defend their position!
aiding greatly in the defence of th
same by climbing a tree, and fror
there shouting out directions as to th
enemy's location."
Private H. K. Johnson, field artlller
"For exceptional bravery and devc
tion to duty on April 20, 1918, whei
although wounded in the arm and lei
he continued, while under heavy she
fire, to repair the telephone lines, an
succeeded in reestablishing commun
?cation."
Private J. C. Parent, field artillery
"For faithfulness and great coolnei
in the execution of his duty on Apr
20, 1918, when, although severe:
wounded in the head and left leg, i
continued, under heavy shell tire, t
repair the telephone lines, and succeei
ed in reestablishing communication."
Private Edward L. Dion, infantry
"Displayed extraordinary heroism
defending his post during the Seich
prey engagement on the morning
April 20, 1918. Although complete
surrounded by the enemy on sever
occasions, he fought them off wi
grenades and rifle tire, finally succee
ing in driving them away, after whi.
he carried a wounded comrade throii)
a rain of shrapnel to a first aid st
tion and returned to his post."
Lieutenant Colonel Logan Fclar
Marines "During the operation,-,
Bois de Belleau, from June 6 to Ju
14, 1918, distinguished himself by 1
energy, courage and disregard for pi
sonal safety in voluntarily leadi
troop.-, into and on through heavy ?
tillcry and machine gun tire. His i
forts contributed largely to our si
cesses at this point."
Major J. S. Turrill, Marines -"
Bois de Belleau on June 6, 1918, d
played extraordinary heroism when,
leading his men to the attack, he c<
stantly exposed himself to dangei,
ever setting a splendid example to his
men."
First Sergeant Benjamin James, field
artillery "During the action of April
?1, H)18, when shell struck the gun pit
of a battery, although seriously
wounded in the chest and legs by frag?
ments, he immediately obtained
stretchei s for the other men, doing
everything possible for their comfort
until he fell. He declined medical at?
tention until all others had been looked
after, setting a splendid example of
self-sacrifice."
Private Willard S. Pauley, machine
gun bai talion?"Showed the greatest
determination and courage at Bois de
Belleau, on June 2, .1918, when he main?
tained communication between the tir?
ing line and his headquarters by visual
signalling Knocked down twice, he
remained at his post in the open for
several hours under heavy shell fire."
Private Jeremiah Tryon, infantry?
"Displayed unusual daring and courage
during the Seicheprey engagement on
the morning of April 28, 1918, when,
under heavy artillery tire, he climbed
out of hit' trench in the front line onto
the top and killed a sniper who was
pouring destructve fire into our
trenches '"
Posthumous Awards
The commander in chief has also
awarded distingushed service crosses
posthumously to the following enlisted
men for the following acts of gal?
lantry:
Sergeant Joshua H. Broadhead, field
artillery -"Displayed exceptional brav?
ery and devotion to duty during the
action of April 20, 1918, when, although
wounded early in the engagement, he
refused to leave his section, remain?
ing on duty and keeping his gun in
uction until killed later in the day."
Private First Class Frank P. Gordon
?"Displayed conspicuous courage on
April 20. 1918, in voluntarily going to
the aid of a wounded comrade, during
which action he and the man he was
assisting were killed."
Two Americans Rescued
HAVANA, July 12.--At the mercy of
a heavy sea, the engine of their motor
boat having failed three miles offshore,
near Santiago, two American army offi?
cers were rescued late Thursday by
the crew of a launch of a Cuban gun?
boat. The launch was sent out by the
gunboat commander when it was seen
the Americans were in great danger
of being drowned. Two sailors of the
crew of the launch rescued the en?
dangered men at great personal risk.
Mount Vernon and Cambridge
Fliers Hurt on Illinois Field
BELLEVILLE, 111., July 12. Lieuten?
ant John Ekblon, of Yonkers, N. Y.,
and Cadet Wilder C. Clark, of Cam?
bridge, Mass., were injured when an
airplane in which they were flying at
Scott Field, near here, fell from a
height of 100 feet.
The condition of Lieutenant Ekblon
is critical. The cause of the accident
.3 unknown.
Lieutenant John Olaf Ekblom is
twenty-four and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John 0. Okblom, 00 Midland Ave?
nue, Yonkers. He was president of a
motor car agency when he entered the
Aviation Corps last November, and was
sent to Princeton last February for
ground training* He was commissioned
as second lieutenant June 22. He has
two brothers in the service, one in
France. The later, Conrad, was wound?
ed in battle June 24.
"God bless him, he wasn't afraid,"
said his mother to-night. "When my
three boys said they were going to
light for Uncle Sam 1 said, 'Go, and
God bless you.' I'm sorry he didn't
have a chance to get a couple of Huns
before being downed himself."
His wife left to-night for Belle?
ville.
Wante
From the Ranks of New
York, men over draft age:
One thousand
Cheer Leaders
for our boys in France.
Donated by Applti i o
THE FARMERS LOAN & TRUST Mr. E. D. Pouch,
COMPANY 847 Madison Axt.
Death of Mitchel
Is Officially Laid to
Unbuckled Belt
I No Evidence of Defect
in Airplane, Declares
Major Kirby
Mishandled Control
Gerstner Field Commandant
Says Sudden Nose Dive
Threw Him From Seat
WASHINGTON, July 12.-?The official !
report upon the aviation accident which
resulted in the death of Major John ?
Purroy Mitchel has reached the War
Department. It shows that the acci- !
dent apparently resulted from the fail?
ure of the aviator to attach his safety
belt. N% evidence was found of any j
defective parts in the machine.
The. official report from Major Kirby, j
commandant of Gerstner Field, follows: ?
"The board found that Major J. P. ;
Mitchel, K. C. A. S., while flying a scout j
airplane, Signal Corps, No. 41,372, at
Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, Louisi
ana, at about 8:0") a. m. on Julv ?>, 1918,
fell out of said airplane at an altitude
of about five hundred feet, when said
airplane nosed down sharply, and was
killed instantaneously. Said airplane
was found r.bout half a mile south of
hangar 2 1, a total wreck, and Major
Mitchel's body was found, about rive
hundred yards nearer hangar 24.
"The board also finds that death oc- |
currcd in line of duty and not because
of his own misconduct. The accident
investigation officer reports that safety
belt was found unbuckled and intact,
with no evidence of any strain having
been placed upon it. The lire extin?
guisher was found seventy yards fron. ';
body on line with shin. Body bounded
ten feet in opposite direction to ?hip or.
line with it.
"The consensus of opinion of wit
nesses is that he failed to buckle safety
belt, and unon nosing over for glid" ?
was thrown out by th ? peculiar quick
snap of the scout when the stick pushed
?oo far forward."
Gutzon Borg!urn. the sculptor, who
made an investigation of the American I
aircraft programme at the request of I
President Wilson, in an open letter
read last night at a meeting here of the
American Inventors' Association dis?
credited the belief that the accident
which caused the death of Major
Mitchel was the result of failure of the
aviator to fasten himself in his 'plane.
Borglum in his letter intimated thai '
the accident was the result of a de?
fective 'plane.
American training 'planes show a
greater casualty list than those of any
other nation, Borglum stated. He
charged that one of a lot of airplanes
recently sent abroad caused the death
of an aviator in much the same manner i
as former Mayor Mitchel was killed.
Board of Estimate
Adopts Resolutions
On Mitchel's Death
Borough President Frank L. Dowling |
offered resolutions yesterday on the
death of Mayor Mitchel, which were .
adopted bv the Board of Estimate by a I
rising vote. The resolutions follow:
"The Board of Estimate and Appor- !
tionment of the City of N%w York ;
herewith registers its profound sorrow
and regret on the death of Major John
Purroy Mitchel, recently Mayor of the :
city and chairman of this board.
"In the history of the city few men ?
have given to it more intelligent ser?
vice. By study and training he ac- ?
quired a mastery of the complex prob
lems of municipal administration, giv?
ing unsparingly of his time and intel
lect to public service and bringing to i
that service keenness of vision that ;
won for him at the hands of the citi- |
zens of New York a membership of '<
eight years in this board, four years
of which were served as its presiding
officer.
"In his death in the service of his
country and in the cause of humanity
not only the city but the nation loses
one whose courage, determination and j
valor could ill be spared; be it there?
fore
"Resolved, That on behalf ?of the1
City of New York and as an expression
of its people this board herewith ex?
presses to Major Mitchel's widow and
mother its heartfelt sympathy with
??.
them in the terrible loss they have
sustained.
"Resolved, That a copy of this min?
ute and resolution be sent to them un
1 der the seal of the City of New York."
U. S. Aviator a Prisoner
{By The Associated Vrtsa)
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
July 11.- A note written bv Lieutenant
Clarence Young, of Des Moines. Iowa,
who was compelled to land with his
airplane behind the Austrian lines dur?
ing the battle on the lower Piave last
month, was dropped in the Italian lines
to-day.
The note requests that Lieutenant
Young's mother and sweetheart be
notified that he is merelv a prisoner of
the Austrians. A postcript to his com?
rades says: "See you after the war."
38 Americans Are
Located in Camps
As German Captives
WASHINGTON, July 12.?The names
of nine additional officers and twenty- j
nine enlisted men of th?3 American ex?
peditionary forces held prisoner in
Germany were announced to-nignt by
the War Department. They ware
transmitted by the Spanish Ambassador
at Berlin through the American Lega?
tion at Berne, und are as follows:
Camp Bad Sefucr
WILLIS, Harold, sub-lieutenant. Pari?.
France.
Camp Langensalza
DOW, Julian N., lieutenant. Neofta. 111.
MILLER, Frank K., lieutenant, Madera,
Penn.
MILLER, Samuel, Lskeville, Penn.
Camp Karlsruhe
CRAWFORD. James Frank, lieutenant,
Warsaw, N. Y.
EDENS. Louis M., Cabool. Mo.
REDMOND, Maurice Snowd?n, Pittsburgh.
?MERID1TH, John .Joseph, aviator lieuten?
ant, Philadelphia. *
Camp Heidelberg
MACKENZIE, /Eneas, lieutenant. Port?
land, Ore.
("amp Darmstadt
WALICER. Robert, sergeant, Jersey City.
WHITEHEAO, Lee H., corporal. Jeffery,
Ky.
MEEHAN, Patrick F., corporal, Spring?
field. Mas-.
NEWTON, Clarence Edward, Cincinnati.
PROSSER, Emmit John, Minneapolis, Ran. I
PUNTILLO, James, Newark, N. J.
PUQPOLO, Carmenile, Avon, Mas-.
SUMMA, Rocca, Woodbcrry, Conn.
SVITAK, Harry, Philadelphia.
SWEENEY, William C, Boston.
WATKINS. David L., Sonora, Ky.
ATKERS, Homer. Norwood. Mo.
BENNETT, Edward, Harrisburg, 111.
BERGERON, Ars?ne. Turner Falls. Mass:
BRETSCHNEIDEK, Fran!:, Chicago.
DANIELS, Fillipo, Lynn, Mas-;.
DODSON, Russell, Vintondale, Carnbrai
County, Penn.
DOHERTY, Edward J., Newton Centre,
Mass.
DOUGHERTY, Ov.en, Eddystone. Penn. I
HARGER. Melville S., Rattle Creek. Mich.
HOLST. Carl. Allstou, Mass.
KORMAN, Georne, Newark.
KRAUKUSiZESKI, Aleksander, Schenec
tady. N. Y.
LEHANE. Jeremiah, l?llO Riverside Drive,
New York City.
MARQUIES, Wilfred, Fall River. Mass.
MASON, Roy R.. Gainesville. Fla.
MEYER. Frank John, Reading. Ohio.
MULDOON, James N., Brighton, Mass.
Camp Limburg
HICKMAN, Fred, Loogootee, Ind.
The War Department announced that
the American Minister at Berne stated
that Lieutenants Edens and Redmond
had been reported as transferred from
Camp Karlsruhe to a camp at Villingen.
Lieutenant Wilmarth Brown, listed
to-day as having been killed in action,
was a graduate of the Fort M y er offi?
cers' training camp. He had been sec?
retary to Major General Leonard Wood
and Major General Hugh L. Scott and
was a direct descendant of Dr. Gusta
vus Brown, surgeon general of the Con- \
tinental army.
JACKSON. Mich.. July IS. Lieutea
ant Paul Eaton, aviator, reported miss?
ing June 4, has been located in a Ger- ;
man orison camp at Lemberg by the
Red Cross. As no mention is made of
wounds, it is presumed he was forced !
to land behind the German lines.
Chile Refuses to Rent
Interned German Ships
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 12. The
Chilean Cabinet has refused to ratify
the recent negotiations looking toward
the renting of interned German steam?
ers by the Chilean government. The !
leading newspapers accept this action
as a definite failure of the attempt to ,
add the German vessels to the Chilean
merchant marine.
New Yorkers Win
Army Commissions
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, July 12.-?Commis-J
sions issued to New York residents to-(
day by the War Department included ''
the following in the officers' reserve !
corps:
Ordnance Corps? Carroll H. Gardner, 733
All hands on the job!
But when "both hands"
hit twelve?au revoir 'till
Monday.
Everything men and boys
wear. Sporting goods.
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St. "The at 34th St.
Four
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at. 41st St.
Palisade Avenue, Yonkers. major: Fred C.
Guije, 368 Park Piare. Brooklyn . '?<? .
B. Eiokow, 159 West Eightieth Street: John
H. Mag-inn, ;io West Sixty-third Street, sec?
ond lieutenants.
Medical Reserve Frederic!; Coonley, 83
Hela field Place. West New Brighton. Long
Island, captain : Robert Vivian K?nsten.
Post-Graduate Hospital : Sylvester Richard
Leahy, lot Clinton Street. Brooklyn ; Louis
Lurie. 2095 Honeywell Avenue, Bronx, first
lieutenants.
National Army commissions were
issued to the following:
Quartermaster Corps? Nnvman H. Ray?
mond, 1400 Broadway, major; Royal \V.
Prance, 25 West Korty-i'ourth Street, cap?
tain; William K. Oante. 520 Morris ?'aik
Avenue: Raymond .T. Purdy, 1>17 Seventy
sixth Street, Brooklyn, tir=t lieutenants;
William F. Lockhardt, 851 Mar.y Aver.:.*.
Brooklyn; Philip A. Bennett, 4"! Fourth
Street. Brooklyn; Edward J. R Graham 268
West 129th Street: Elliott Roosevelt Proctor.
255 West 105th Street; John Chisholm An?
drews and Jorin H. Nutting:, Camp Wads
worth; Ernest Germaine Greene, Charles
Aloysius McAteer, Chester Britt Rifenberry.
Thomas Joseph Rogers, Thomas G. Stitts,
Everett V. Edsall and Frank G. Slauson,
Camp Dix ; Max Amhowitz, 992 Simpson
Street: Charles X. Mead, 16 Webster Ave?
nue, New Rucheile: Maurice Nathan Sher?
idan, 14P East 180th Street; John Joseph
Taggart, 749 Amsterdam Avenue, ami .tunics
R. Wats. New Rochelle, second lieutenants.
Sanitary Corps?Edward II. Griffith, 110
East Sixteenth Street ; Carl Hertz. Governor's
Island, first lieutenants; Fred Siegel
West 139th Street, second lieutenant.
The following graduates of the coast
artillery training camp at Fort Monroe,
Virginia, were appointed second lieu?
tenants in the Coast Artillery Reserve
Corps:
James 1,. Berston, 16 Maple Street,
Yonkers ; Charles E. Brady, 2330 Bedford
.Avenue, Brooklyn: George Clarke, Forest
Avenue, Lincoln Park, Yonkers; John M.
Donnelly. 25 St_ Nicholas Terrace; Michael
L. Etsel, 293 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn,
Martin Fogel, 10s West Eighty-sixth Street;
Richard E Fuller, 252 Lexington Avenue :
Max Gert7. 102 Union Hall Street, Jamaica.
Long Island: Leonard H. Gidding, 930 St.
Nicholas Avenue: Walter A. H. Grants, 122
Seventy-second Street. Brooklyn ; Rudolph
.\. Gross, 29 Forty-ninth Street, Corona,
Long island: Paul C. Hamilton, 11 rs West
183d Street: Lawrence S. Heath, 347 East
136th Street; Frederick M. Hopkins, jr., ;:'.'.;
Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers; William E.
Kaas, 710 East Third Street. Brooklyn;
George J- Lewin, M7 West End Avenue;
George E. Lopaus, 310 East 197th Str. et :
Paul J. McCormick, 237 East Forty-eighth
Street; Warren Murdock, Glen Cove, Long
Island: Clark R. Nickerson. 15 Woodruff
Avenue, Brooklyn; Milton J. Powell. i.'.o
West 149th Street; Millard H. Ronzone, 328
East 238th Street: Charles N. Shenck, jr.,
113 Cambridge Place. Brooklyn: John M.
Schloss, 1 West Sixty-eighth Street, and
Prescott C. Wilson, 556 Rugbv Road, Brook?
lyn.
The following were commissioned
National Army second lieutenants of
coast artillery:
Russell W. Karle, *it> Broad Street: Ed?
ward C. Jackson. 92 Hamilton Avenue,
Yonkers, and George M. Vause, 120 Clare
iront Avenu**.
Second lieutenancies in the National
Guard coast artillery were issued to
the following:
Erie S. Barron, 658 Park Place, Broi
)yn; Owen E. Houghton, jr., 126 South Ox?
ford Street. Brooklyn: Theodore P. Kilfon,
421 West 144th Street: Victor H Loader,
401 McDonough Street, Brooklyn, and George
E. Roll, 71< Bainbridge Street, Brooklyn.
Jacob 'folk, 1050 Hoe Avenue, The Bronx.
an enlisted man, was commissioned a (second
lieutenant of the line.
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