(_Extract_)
The _Médaille Militaire_ has been conferred upon the soldier whose name
follows:--
BARBER, WILLIAM, Driver in the Sanitary Service of an Infantry
Division:--
"In the course of recent operations has distinguished himself by his
courage and coolness in safeguarding night after night the removal of
the wounded over a road constantly bombarded by enemy artillery. Was
severely wounded in the performance of his duties."
(The present decoration carries with it the conferring of the _Croix de
Guerre avec Palme_.)
(_Signed_) J. JOFFRE
_A true copy:
The Lieutenant-Colonel
Chief of the Bureau du Personnel_
The text of the citations of the following men was received too late to
be included in the foregoing list.
ROBERT BOWMAN
STANLEY DELL
GILES B. FRANCKLYN
EDWARD J. KELLEY
OWEN KENAN
CARROLL RIGGS
ROSWELL SANDERS
HERBERT P. TOWNSEND
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In the presence of mortal conflict, where the fulfilment of their labor
of friendship lies, the men whose names here follow have seen fortitude
greater even than the courage of the wounded. They have beheld the
strength of a people unified by sacrifice so complete that its
individuals are unconscious of personal heroism. They have worked side
by side with hundreds of thousands of men and women who in consummating
this sacrifice have yielded, without measure of cost, their ambition
and love, and challenged death--with dauntless resolution to save not
only their country, but the principles of democracy for the whole
world. France, invincible in her resistance, has issued no acclamation
of glory, has sought no sympathy for the costliness of the onslaught,
nor published denunciation of the enemy, but by intrepid manhood has
won the honor of all nations.
These Americans, in their service of conservation, have gained
immutable evidence of that spirit upon which the highest citizenship
and patriotism depend. Whatever bitterness chance may bring
into their futures, they at least can never lose faith in human
nature--remembering the standard under which these days of their youth
have been consecrated.