MILITARY NEWS

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Dr. H. S. Baketel was recently discharged from the Medical Corps of the army after two years and nine months of active service. He was commissioned a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Medical Reserve Corps, in which organization he has been an active and prominent member since 1912. On the occasion of his discharge from the army, Colonel Baketel was presented with a Westminsterchimed Colonial clock by the enlisted men and civilians under his command.

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Captain Curtis L. Sheldon, 326 th Field Signal Battalion, is still with the army of occupation, and is now stationed at Wittlich, Germany.

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Lieut. H. E. Washburn, who served through the greater part of the war with the headquarters of the 26th Division as a member of the Interpreters Corps, has been studying for the past several months at the University of Paris. He was married in Paris on June 20 to Mile. Rodet, and will soon return to America. He is to be an instructor in French in the College next year.

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Capt. George F. E. Mulcahy was awarded the Croix de Guerre on February 11 for heroism during an engagement October 3 to 10, 1918. He is connected with the 2d Motor Trains of the 2d Division of Regulars, now in Germany. He has been overseas since September, 1917.

Capt. Kendall Winship returned from France in May. He had served as adjutant to Colonel Westfahl of the 121 st Field Artillery while in France.

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Lieut. Thorndike Saville, Signal Corps, Division of Military Aeronautics, has been discharged after a year and a half of service, and will now become associate professor of sanitary engineering at the University of North Carolina.

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Pvt. Hartwell Flood, who has been with the French Army as an ambulance driver of the Harvard Unit since June, 1916, returned to this country in April. He was gassed in the July drive and was in a hospital for several weeks, but has entirely recovered. He was decorated with the medal of honor of the Italian army.

Sergt. W. R. Reynolds, Jr., who was in the battle of the Argonne with the 77th Division, returned home in May.

First Lieut. F. P. Lowe, Battery 8, 343 d F. A., 90th Division, went across in June, 1918, and is now with the Third Army of Occupation in Germany.

F. L. Parchert, S. S. U. 562, Convois Automobiles, B. C. M., A. E. F., is now stationed at St. Goar, Germany.

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Lieut.. A. F. Garcia returned to America and was discharged in May. He enlisted August 4, 1917, and after training at Camp Wadsworth was commissioned in the Embarkation Service, becoming assistant to the adjutant. In January, 1918, he was placed in charge of the Overseas Courier Service and sent abroad. He visited England, France, and Italy, and did important work on behalf of the American Peace Mission.

Appleton T. Miles has been awarded the Legion of Honor by the French Government.

The Saturday Evening Post for April 19, contains a long and thrilling account of the bravery of the officers of the U. S. S. Shaw at the time of her collision with the Aquitania and her safe bringing in to Portsmouth, England. Lieut. (J. G.) E. C. Riley was officer of the deck on the Shaw at the time.

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The following is a copy of the citation of Lieut. J. W. Saladine:

"Lieutenant John W. Saladine, du 23 Régiment d' Infanterie Américaine: 'Pendant les operations offensives du 3 Octobre 1918; pres de St. Etienne-á-Arnes, a montré le plus grand mépris du danger en se portant au secours d' un camarade blessé'." And the story of just what happened is thus told by one of his classmates: "With German shells coming from the rear, the 23d passed well beyond the reach of American artillery and attempted to drive a wedge further into the German lines, which involved advancing under concentrated machine gun fire through open fields. When about half the feat had been accomplished Lieutenant Saladine, lying prone in a shell hole, realized that the headquarters of his company were under direct observation of the enemy, and immediately took steps to protect his men. He succeeded in shifting his men about from shell hole to shell hole until security was guaranteed, and was on the point of making a move for his own protection when a machine gun bullet struck him in the right shoulder, passing through to his right ribs, breaking three of these and glancing through his right lung into his back. At this point his top sergeant lifted the officer to his shoulders, and standing erect, carried him to the lines, in spite of the rain of steel. Saladine spent some time in French hospitals and arrived in the United States a well man the day before Christmas, being later discharged at Camp Devens."

Lieut. C. B. Thompson received a citation on February 24, as follows: "The Colonel Commandant of the Aerial Division summons to the Order of the Division Clifton B. Thompson, No. M. C. 12252, 2nd Lieutenant of the 1sf Foreign Regiment, Pilot Aviator. Excellent pilot, conscientious and of good discipline, volunteered in the French Army. During more than a year in aviation he has proved always courageous, even-tempered, and with a fine spirit for duty. Volunteered for all the perilous missions and always ready for combat, he was especially distinguished November 5, 1918, on the course of a reconnaissance by attacking with machine gun close to the ground, one after another, two artillery convoys of the enemy."

First Lieut L. W. Rogers was recently ordered to the Army of Occupation as a staff officer of the 7th Division, and when that division was ordered to return to this country was transferred to general headquarters and has been detailed for duty at the Peace Conference. Lieutenant Rogers was in Russia as an employ of the National City Bank of New York during a good part of the war. He entered the United States service while in England and was assigned to the Intelligence Department.

Ensign B. J. Eastman, U. S. N. R. F., First Naval District, received official commendation from the Navy Department for his bravery at the time of the fire on board the U. S. S. Henderson, July 2, 1918.

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Corp. L. K. McElwain, Co. C, 101 st Machine Gun Battalion, who was severely gassed at Verdun, has returned to America and received his discharge; he is now entirely recovered.

Corp. J. B. Hurlburt has received the Croix de Guerre and a medal of appreciation from the French Army.

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The MAGAZINE has recently received the texts of the citations of Lieut. Ernest A. Giroux, who lost his life in action on May 22, 1918. The citation for the award of the Croix de Guerre reads as follows:

"First Lieutenant Ernest Giroux. Young pilot filled with energy did not hesitate on May 22, 1918, to attack in their lines an enemy patrol of superior numbers and gave them a stubborn fight, in the course of which he disappeared."

General Pershing, in the name of the President, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross as follows:

"First Lieutenant Ernest A. Giroux, Pilot, A. S., U. S. A. For extraordinary heroism in action near Armeyeren, France, May 22, 1918. Lieutenant Giroux, while oil patrol with four other scout planes, attacked an enemy formation of eight monoplane machines. Two of Lieutenant Giroux's companions were forced to retire when their guns became jammed. Despite numerical superiority, Lieutenant Giroux continued the attack endeavoring to protect his leader until finally forced down and killed."

THE CLASS OF 1909 AT COMMENCEMENT

DARTMOUTH ROAD AT A. E. F. UNIVERSITY IN BEAUNE DARTMOUTH AT HOME AND ABROAD