dard of commissioned personnel during the war.
KENNEDY, JAMES M Colonel
Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished service as port surgeon, Port of
Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J. He has organized,
provided, and administered with conspicuous effi-
ciency all of the hospitals required for the accommo-
dation of our troops going overseas from that port,
as well as for the large number of our sick and
wounded soldiers returning home.
KERNAN, FRANCIS J. . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He was entrusted with the important
duty of organizing the services of supply of the
American Expeditionary Forces in France, and the
foundation then laid was later successfully carried
to completion. As member of the war prisoner's
commission, Berne, Switzerland, and of the Amer-
ican section of the Supreme War council, he has
rendered conspicuous services to the Government.
KERR, JAMES T Colonel
Retired. Formerly brigadier general, For es-
pecially meritorious and conspicuous service. While
in charge of the Enlisted Men's Division of The
Adjutant General's Office and of the recruitment of
the Army, and later as executive assistant to The
Adjutant General of the Army, his sound judgment
and unremitting industry were important factors in
the efficient administration of The Adjutant Gen-
eral's Department.
KILBOURNE, CHARLES E. . . . Major
Coast Artillery. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As chief of staff of the
89th Division, he displayed military ability of the
highest order, contributing to the successes achieved
by that division during the St. Mihiel offensive.
Later upon his promotion to the grade of brigadier
general he continued to render valuable services in
command of the 36th Artillery Brigade during the
remainder of the campaign.
KILNER, WALTER G Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. By his personal efforts and efficient labors
he organized the machinery necessary to train pilots,
and successfully develop this branch of Air Service.
He overcame numerous difficulties inherent in the
establishment of such an organization in a foreign
country, and it was largely due to his efficiency that
the Air Service was able to furnish well-trained
personnel to the squadrons at the front. He at all
times displayed marked devotion to duty, untiring
energy, and sound judgment.
KILPATRICK, JOHN R. . Lieutenant Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. In his capacity as a member of the 4th
Section, General Staff, he exhibited exceptional
tact and ability in promoting co-operation between
the French and American Services of Transport and
Supply. He has by his energy, good judgment, and
decisive action in the establishment, organization,
and conduct of various regulating stations and rail-
heads very materially assisted in insuring a steady
and adequate flow of supplies to our armies in their
operations.
KIMBALL, RICHARD H. Lieutenant Colonel
General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious and
conspicuous service. Upon joining the Operations
Division of the General Staff he assumed the respon-
sibility of mobilization of the draft and classification
and distribution of troops. His clear judgment,
initiative, and energy have done much toward the
successful accomplishment of the huge task involved
in receiving and placing the drafted forces.
KING, ALFRED E Major
Deceased. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As munitions officer of the
5th Army Corps he performed exacting duties with
untiring energy, displaying high professional attain-
ments and a complete understanding of the needs of
the troops he supplied. He personally reconnoitered
roads over which transportation was to be made in
order that he might keep in touch with changing
conditions and be prepared to meet sudden emer-
gencies in order that the steady flow of munitions
to the front line might be maintained. He rendered
services of signal worth.
KING, CAMPBELL . . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He served with distinction as chief of staff
of the 1st Division in the operations near Montdidier
the advance south of Soissons, and in the attack on
the St. Mihiel salient. Later, as chief of staff of the
3d Corps during the Argonne-Meuse operations, by
his splendid tactical judgment he rendered especially
meritorious service.
KING, DAVID M Colonel
Ordnance Department. For exceptionally meri-
torious and distinguished services. Displaying
exceptional technical knowledge and comprehension
of existing conditions, he ably organized, installed,
and operated in the Services of Supply, and in the
Army area, an extensive chain of repair facilities for
the maintanence of ordnance material. With tire-
less energy and unfailing devotion to his important
duties he perfected a loyal and efficient organization,
capable of meeting all demands made upon it.
KING- EDWARD L. . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He served, with marked distinction, as
chief of staff of the 28th Division. Later, as brigade
commander, he planned and directed the opera-
tions resulting in the capture by the 65th Infantry
Brigade of Chateau d'Aulnois and Marcheville,
where he displayed great tactical skill and demon-
strated his abilities as a commander.
KINGMAN, JOHN J Colonel
Engineer Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As Chief of Staff of the
90th Division, he displayed exceptional ability,
planning important operations with sound judgment
and wide comprehension of the conditions to be en-
countered. He was unflagging in energy and tireless
in devotion to his exacting duties. Constantly con-
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fronted by perplexing military problems, he handled
them with aggression and achieved brilliant
successes.
KLOEBER, ROYALL O
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
service as Assistant Director of Finance. In this
capacity he rendered most valuable assistance in
the solution of the great financial problems which
arose due to the war.
KNISKERN, ALBERT D Colonel
Quartermaster Corps. For exceptionally meri-
torious and conspicuous service in the organization
and development of the supply system in the General
Supply Depot, Chicago, Illinois. Address, 1819
West 39th Street, Chicago, 111.
KOEHLER, HERMAN J. Lieutenant Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service. At the beginning of the war he was placed
in charge of the physical training in officers' train-
ing camps. These and also four divisional camps
were personally visited by him. He personally in-
structed 200,000 officers and enlisted men of the new
Army.
KRAUTHOFF, CHARLES R. Brigadier General
Quartermaster Corps. For exceptionally meri-
torious and distinguished services. His energy and
thorough knowledge of methods and standard of
supply have been of exceptional value, particularly
in directing European purchases for the Quarter-
master Corps and in the difficult and complex trans-
actions attending the payments to Allied and other
foreign creditors of the American Government.
KREGER, EDWARD A. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As Acting Judge Advocate General for
the American Expeditionary Forces he organized
and efficiently administered his office, performing
exacting duties with marked distinction. His
masterful knowledge of military law, his foresight
and practical comprehension of the complex
problems involved in his work, enabled him to
perform it with noteworthy success. His counsel
was wise; his decisions were just. His services to
the American Expeditionary Forces have been of
great value.
KROMER, LEON B.
Colonel
Cavalry. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished services. As Assistant Chief of Staff of
the 82d Division during the St. Mihiel offensive,
he displayed military attainments of a high order
in the planning of operations of great movement.
Later as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 1st Corps,
and Assistant Chief of Staff, G-l, 1st Army, during
the Meuse-Argonne operations, his initiative,
sound judgment, and tireless energy solved difficult
problems of traffic control and regulations, playing
an important part in the successes achieved.
KRUMM, LOUIS R.
Lieutenant Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As supervisor of Radio Service of the
Signal Corps in France, he organized and placed
in satisfactory operation this important branch,
The excellent results obtained by our telephonic
interception stations are due to his masterful
ability and exact scientific knowledge.
KUEGLE, ALBERT S.
Lieutenant Colonel
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished services. As secretary of the general
staff and of the 3d section thereof, at General Head-
quarters, American Expeditionary Forces, charged
with executive duties of a responsible and exacting
character, he performed these duties with merited
success, displaying at all times a high degree of tact
zeal, and efficiency, rendering invaluable services to
the American Expeditionary Forces.
LADD, EUGENE F Colonel
Formerly brigadier general. For exceptionally
meritorious and conspicuous service. While
in charge of the Officers' Division of The Adjutant
General's Office his comprehensive grasp of the
new situation developing and his technical ability
enabled him to perform the duties of his office with
rare distinction, thus contributing greatly to the
rapid organization of our new Army.
LAHM, FRANK P Colonel
Air Service. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. A balloon pilot of marked
ability and scientific attainments, he rendered val-
uable services to the American Expeditionary
Forces by his untiring devotion to the innumerable
problems which faced the Air Service during its
organization in France. His broad experience in
aeronautics played an important part in the form-
ulation of policies of the Air Service and was re-
flected in its successes during the St. Mihiel offen-
sive and subsequently in the operations of the 2d
Army.
LAMONT, ROBERT P Colonel
Formerly colonel, Ordnance Department. For
exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service
as assistant to the Chief of the Procurement Divi-
sion. Later as Chief of the Procurement Division
and as a member of the claims board of the Ord-
nance Department he has rendered material as-
sistance to the Nation's industry in adjusting
equitably outstanding contracts, with full justice
to employers and employees alike.
LAMPERT, JAMES G. B. . Lieutenant Colonel
Deceased. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. He invented, developed,,
and superintended the production of the standard
floating footbridge equipage, which was successfully
used by the 1st Army in its attack east of the Meuse,.
near Dun. His services in connection with the
organization and development of the bridge de-
partment of the Chief Engineer's Office were of
inestimable value. He showed ability, great fore-
sight, and exact scientific knowledge, and his work
had an important bearing on the successes achieved
by our armies.
LANGDON, RUSSELL C Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As commanding officer of the 127th
Infantry, he demonstrated personal courage,
marked tactical ability, and military leadership of a
high order. The brilliant success he achieved in the
capture of Fismes during the Aisne-Marne offensive
and in the taking of Juvigny and the subsequent
advance to Terny-Sorny during the Oise-Aisn&
offensive was repeated later during the operations
of the Meuse-Argonne, when he was given the im-
Cant task of conducting the attack on La C6te
ic Marie.
LANGFITT, WILLIAM C. . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As director of light railways and roads,
and, later as Chief of Utilities he displayed great
ability and marked breadth of vision. As Chief
Engineer of the American Expeditionary Forces his
brilliant professional attainments, untiring energy,
and devotion to duty placed his department in a
state of efficiency and enabled it to perform its im-
portant functions in the most satisfactory manner.
LASSITER, WILLIAM . . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished,
services. As commander of the Fifty-first Field.
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Artillery Brigade, as chief of Artillery of the First
and Fourth Army Corps in turn, and as chief of
Artillery, Second Army, he showed himself to be a
leader of conspicuous ability. His energy and sound
judgment influenced greatly the successful opera-
tions of his commands on the Vesle, at the St.
Mihiel salient, and in the Toul sector. He later
commanded with skill and marked success the
Thirty-second Infantry Division.
LEACH, GEORGE E Colonel
Field Artillery. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As commanding officer
of the 151st Field Artillery he displayed marked
qualities of leadership. Maintaining a high stand-
ard of efficiency and morale, he constantly kept
his regiment in close proximity to the attacking in-
fantry, where he was able to furnish it accurate and
timely assistance, which contributed materially
to the successes gained.
LEARNARD, HENRY G. . Brigadier General
For especially meritorious and conspicuous
service in the work of reorganization and adminis-
tration within the Adjutant General's Department.
LEE, BURTON JAMES . Lieutenant Colonel
Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As surgical consultant
attached to the 2d Division, he served continuously
at the front, organizing his forces for the treatment
and evacuation of the casualties with skill and mark-
ed success. He displayed unusual ability in the
operations before Soissons, when in an emergency
he organized, personally led, and directed surgical
teams which cared for hundreds of wounded sol-
diers at a time when adequate hospitalization could
not be established.
LEE, HARRY Colonel
U. S. M. C. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. Having taken command of
the 6th Regiment, United States Marine Corps,
prior to the attack on the Bois de Belleau and
Bouresches, he directed the operations of his regi-
ment with remarkable success during all the major
operations in which it participated. His ability as a
tactical leader and his untiring energy were reflected
in the brilliant achievements of his command.
LEE, JOHN C. H Colonel
Engineers. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. In the preparations for
the drive on the St. Mihiel salient in September,
and for the Argonne-Meuse offensive in October
1918, he had charge of the detailed arrangements for
and the subsequent execution of the operations of
the 89th Division. The successes attained by this
division were largely due to his splendid staff co-
ordination, marked tactical ability, and sound
judgment.
LEE, JOSEPH E
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service as President of the War Camp Community
Service.
LEHMAN, HERBERT H Colonel
General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished service while with the Purchase, Stor-
age and Traffic Division of the General Staff. As
Chief of the Purchase Branch, member of the Board
of Contract Adjustment, Chairman of the Advisory
Board on Sales and Contract Termination, member
of the War Department Claims Board, and Assist-
ant Director of Purchase, Storage and Traffic, Gen-
eral Staff, his large business experience, breadth of
vision, and sound judgment have been of inesti-
mable value in formulating and in supervising the
execution of the methods and policies followed in
the cancellation of war contracts and obligations
and in the settlement and adjustment of terminated
obligations.
LEJEUNE, JOHN A. ... Major General
U. S. M. C. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. He commanded the Sec-
ond Division in the successful operations of Thiau-
court, Masif Blanc Mont, St. Mihiel, and on the
west bank of the Meuse. In the Argonne-Meuse
offensive his division was directed with such sound
military judgment and ability that it broke and
held, by the vigor and rapidity of execution of its
attack, enemy fines which had hitherto been con-
sidered impregnable.
LEWIS, EDWARD M. . . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He commanded with distinction the
Thirtieth American Division during its successful
operations in Belgium with the Second British
Army, and later, with the Fourth British Army in
the offensive which resulted in the breaking of the
enemy's Hindenburg line. During all these opera-
tions he exhibited great ability, determined energy,
and marked devotion to duty.
LEWIS, FREDERICK W Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
service as officer in charge of the Publication Divi-
sion of The Adjutant General's Office. To his pains-
taking efforts, tact, energy, and zeal are due the
accuracy with which publications issued to the Mili-
tary Establishment through The Adjutant General
of the Army were drawn and the promptness with
which they were distributed.
LIGGETT, HUNTER . . Lieutenant General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services as commander of the First Army of the
American Expeditionary Forces. He commanded
the First Corps and perfected its organization un-
der difficult conditions of early service in France.
Engaged in active operations in reduction of the
Marne salient of the St. Mihiel salient, and parti-
cipated in the actions in the Forest of Argonne.
In command of First Army when German resist-
ance was shattered west of the Meuse.
LINDSEY, JULIAN R. . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. The brilliant and successful attack of the
164th Infantry Brigade, commanded by him, in
the Argonne Forest, showed a spirit of aggressive-
ness and leadership of a high order. The tactical
advantage attained in this action, whereby St.
Juvin and Grand-Pr6 were laid open to attack, was
largely due to his ability and energy.
LINDSLEY, HENRY D Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He conducted with extreme devotion to
duty and marked zeal the many activities of the
War Risk Insurance Bureau in France. Due to his
executive ability he contributed very largely to the
successful development extension and administra-
tion of that important service.
LITTELL, ISAAC W. . Brigadier General
Retired. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished service. As Chief of the Cantonment
Division of the Quartermaster General's Office he
was charged with the task of building the camps
and cantonments of the Army raised in summer of
1917 under conditions imposing almost insuperable
obstacles. His completion of this task is a con-
spicuous example of the exercise of qualities of mind
and character making up the highest type of officer.
LIVERMORE, PHILIP WATON . . Captain
Ordnance. For exceptionally meritorious and
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distinguished services. As director of regional and
ministerial liaison and later as deputy for the Chief
Liaison Officer, he displayed unusual administra-
tive ability and rare judgment. By untiring effort
and devotion to duty, he was largely instrumental
in placing American liaison on a sound footing.
His forceful personality and keen intelligence con-
tributed largely to the successes achieved by his
department. At all times he showed marked initia-
tive, unflagging energy, and zeal in the performance
of exacting and delicate tasks.
LLEWELLYN, FRED W. . Lieutenant Colonel
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. Assuming the responsibili-
ties of the first section of the General Staff of the
28th Division five days before the Meuse-Argonne
offensive, he efficiently coordinated the several
services. By his constant vigilance and ceaseless
efforts the entire system of supply, traffic, and ev-
acuation operated during the advance of more
than 10 kilometers, in accordance with the plans
he had arranged. He was tireless in his energy and
devotion to important duties, displaying military
attainments of high order.
LLOYD, CHARLES R Colonel
Field Artillery. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. He commanded with
distinction the 10th Field Artillery, displaying
marked ability as an artillerist. His unflagging zeal
and sound judgment was releaved by the success
achieved by his regiment in furthering the gains
achieved by the 3d Division in its operations in the
field.
LOCHRIDGE, P. D. . . Brigadier General
Chief of Staff of the American Section of the
Supreme War Council.
LOCKE, MORRIS E Colonel
Field Artillery. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. He commanded, with
marked skill and initiative, the 102d Field Artillery
during the Chateau-Thierry campaign, where, at all
times, he furnished valuable support to the ad-
vancing infantry. Later he served creditably as an
instructor at the Army General Staff College at
Langres, rendering important services to the Amer-
ican Expeditionary Forces.
LOGAN, JAMES A., Jr Colonel
General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. His marked adminis-
trative ability enabled him to assist most ably
in the direction of important operations while on
duty at G-l, General Headquarters, American
Expeditionary Forces, as deputy chief of staff, 2d
Army, and G-l, 3d Army. As American represen-
tative with the Franco-American War Affairs
Commission, at Paris, he displayed unfailing tact,
energy, and sound judgment in handling the intri-
cate details of the relations between the French
and American authorities, achieving signal success.
His high military attainments were shown in the
success with which he performed duties of vital
moment.
LONGLEY, FRANCIS F Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He has been in charge of the Water
Supply Service, and as commanding officer of the
26th Engineers, a water-supply regiment, since the
fall of 1917. His untiring energy, unusual initia-
tive, and good judgment have, to a marked degree,
been responsible for the plentiful supply of pure
drinking water to the combatant troops, thereby
materially assisting in maintaining the unusually
low rates in sickness among our troops.
LORD, HERBERT M. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service as assistant to the Quartermaster General
and later as Director of Finance. As such he was
responsible for and had authority over the prep-
aration of estimates, disbursements, money ac-
counts, property accounts, finance reports and pay
and mileage of the Army. The success of the Fi-
nance Department was, in a large measure, due to
his breadth of vision, executive ability, initiative,
and energy.
LOVE, JAMES M ....... Colonel
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As adjutant general, 2d
Army Corps, and later as commanding officer of the
319th Infantry, he rendered services of great
credit. By his marked tactical ability and unceas-
ing ener
cesses ac
Argonne offensive.
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ergy he contributed materially to the suc-
achieved by the 80th Division in the Meuse-
LUBEROFF, GEORGE
Colonel
Quartermaster Corps. For exceptionally meri-
torious and distinguished services. As chief quar-
termaster of the 1st Army, by his great energy, com-
plete experience, and loyal efforts, he maintained an
efficient service and kept a steady flow of all neces-
sary quartermaster supplies to the 1st Army, ren-
dering services of great value to the American Ex-
peditionary Forces.
LYNCH, CHARLES Colonel
Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished service as port surgeon, Port of
Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia. His ser-
vice in governing and controlling the agencies for
caring for sick and wounded soldiers, protecting
them against diseases, and safeguarding them prior
to and during transport overseas were conspicuous.
LYNCH, GEORGE A. . , Lieutenant Colonel
Engineer Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As a member of the
Training Section, he was chiefly responsible for the
revision of the Infantry Drill Regulations. In
this important task he displayed a broad grasp