The Major’s younger brother Kermit had, like the rest, come in from the
very start, but fortune kept at least this one member of the family
a little safer. He had left Plattsburg to accept a position in the
British Army as early as July, 1917. In September he was made Temporary
Honorary Captain. After being rewarded with the Distinguished Service
Order for bravery with the British in Mesopotamia, Kermit, through the
aid of Lord Derby, obtained a transfer to the American Army. In April
he was appointed Captain. By June he had received the British Military
Cross.