of the tactical lessons of the war and showed sound
judgment in adapting their principles to American
needs, capabilities, and characteristics, thereby
rendering services of signal worth to the American
Expeditionary Forces.

LYSTER, THEODORE C. . . . Colonel
Retired. For exceptionally meritorious and con-
spicuous service; for duty rendered in the office of
the Surgeon General as Chief, Air Service Division.

MacARTHUR, DOUGLAS . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He served with credit as chief of staff of
the 42d Division in the operations at Chalons and
at the Chateau-Thierry salient. In command
of the 84th Infantry Brigade he showed himself to
be a brilliant commander of skill and judgment.
Later he served with distinction as commanding
general of the 42d Division.



MACNAB, ALEXANDER J.



Colonel



F9r exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He installed an extensive system of tar-
get ranges in France and perfected methods for the
training of marksmen, personally supervising the
instruction of 200,000 Infantry replacements. As a
member of the training section, he applied his meth-
ods to the instruction of the Infantry of the Amer-
can Expeditionary Forces with extraordinary
success.

McADAMS, JOHN P Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He served with marked distinction as
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deputy chief of staff of the Services of Supply. He
administered the affairs with which he was en-
trusted with noteworthy and conspicuous efficiency,
energy, and ability.

McALEXANDER, ULYSSES G. . . .

Brigadier General

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He commanded the 38th Infantry with
marked distinction in repelling the German attack
at M6zy, south of the Marne, in July, 1918. He
exhibited particular skill and energy as a brigade
commander in the operations at the St. Mihiel
salient and in the Argonne-Meuse offensive. The
successful accomplishment of the missions of his
brigade in all cases were in a large measure due to
his sound judgment and leadership.

McANDREW, JOSEPH A. . Lieutenant Colonel
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. He served with distinguish-
ed ability as an instructor in the use of infantry
weapons at the 1st Corps School and also as direc-
tor of the Infantry Specialists' School at Langres.
Later, as a member of the Training Section of the
General Staff, he supervised the instruction at the
various corps schools and was directly responsible
for the maintenance of sound tactical training,
securing especially brilliant results in the training
of infantry, rendering services of marked merit to
the American Expeditionary Forces.

McANDREW, JAMES W. . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services as chief of staff of the American Expedition-
ary Forces. The development of the Army schools
in France is largely due to his marked ability as an
organizer and to his brilliant professional attain-
ments. As chief of staff of the American Ex-
peditionary Forces during the period of active
operations, he has met every demand of his import-
ant position; by his advice and decisions he has
materially contributed to the success of these
forces; and he has, at all times, enjoyed in full
the confidence of the commander in chief.



McANDREWS, J. R Colonel

General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and conspicuous service. As senior officer in the
small group of the Operations Division, General
Staff, designated as the Section in Charge of Priori-
ties of Equipment and Shipment, he was charged
with the handling of the whole matter of preparing
units for movement to the ports for oversea
service, and is now engaged in the reverse process
of moving returning units from the ports to camps
for demobilization, all of which has been marked
by conspicuous ability and meritorious service to
the Government.

McCAIN, HENRY P. ... Major General
For especially meritorious and conspicuous
service in administering the Adjutant General's
Department during the early period of the war.
Through his efficient management this department
was able to meet the excessive burdens placed upon
it.

McCAW, WALTER D Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. His counsel and advice in the earlier
stages of the operations of the American Expedition-
ary Forces were of particular benefit to the effective
work of the Medical Department. As chief surgeon
of the American Expeditionary Forces, in the later
operations in the field, he maintained the splendid
efficiency of that department at a critical time and
solved each new problem presented with wisdom
and marked ability.



McCLEAVE, ROBERT Colonel

F9r exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. In October, 1918, in the midst of opera-
tions, he was appointed chief of staff of the 3d
Division. In gaining immediate and complete con-
trol of a difficult situation and in coordinating the
work of the new staff he showed conspicuous ability,
and by his inspiring example of energy and zeal he
was largely responsible for the successes achieved
at Clair Chfines Wood and the Bois de Foret.

McCLELLAN, BENJAMIN F. . . .

Lieutenant Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. Attached to the 5th Sec-
tion of the General Staff, he displayed high pro-
fessional attainments and marked executive
ability in the general supervision of the entire
group of army schools. As an inspector-instructor
of infantry, his influence was an important factor
in securing the correct tactical training of that arm,
rendering creditable services to the American
Expeditionary Forces.

McCOY, FRANK R. . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As secretary of the General Staff, Amer-
ican Expeditionary Forces, his services were of
particular value in the original organization of
the forces in France. Later, in command of the
165th Regiment of Infantry in the Baccarat sector,
and then in command of the 63d Infantry Brigade
in the difficult fighting east of Rheims, he had a
prominent part in the successes achieved.

McCOY, JAMES A Colonel

Medical Reserve Corps. For exceptionally
meritorious and distinguished services. He served
with conspicuous success as commanding officer of
American Red Cross Hospital No. Ill, at Jouy-
sur-Morin and Chateau-Thierry from June to
August, 1918. Though he was hampered by in-
sufficient personnel and equipment, he nevertheless
succeeded in caring for a large number of wounded
frmo the Marne offensive, rendering invaluable
services to the American Expeditionary Forces.

McCOY, RALPH Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. In command of the 128th Infantry
throughout all the major operations in which
the 32d Division participated, he proved himself
a leader of sound judgment and exceptional ability.
During the Oise-Aisne offensive he skillfully handled
the delicate maneuver of straightening and chang-
ing the front on the left flank of his brigade during
the attack on Terny-Sorny, and later during the
Meuse-Argonne offensive. In the attack on the
Kremhilde-Stellung he performed another tactical
operation of a high order in a flank movement
which resulted in the taking of the town of Rom-
agne.

McCOY, ROBERT B Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. In command of the 128th
Infantry throughout all the major operations in
which the 32d Division participated, he proved
himself a leader of sound judgment and exceptional
ability. During the Oise-Aisne offensive he skill-
fully handled the delicate manoeuver of straighten-
ing and changing the front on the left bank of his
brigade during the attack on Terny-Sorny, and
later during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. In the
attack on the Kremhilde-Stellung, he performed
another tactical operation of a high order in a flank
movement which resulted in the taking of the
town of Romagne.

McCREA, JAMES A Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
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to the American Expeditionary Forces while acting
as general manager of the Transportation Service
and later as deputy director general of transporta-
tion in the Advance Section. He handled his duties
in a most efficient manner, showing marked ability,
great zeal, and energy.

McDONALD, JOHN B. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. While commanding the 181st Infantry
Brigade during the advance of the 91st Division
from Fore't-de-Hesse, Argonne, France, in Septem-
ber, 1918, he was instrumental in the successes
achieved. He directed the attack in person, and by
his example of personal courage and by his sound
tactical orders he so inspired his brigade that it
was enabled to capture and hold a most important
position.

McFADDEN, GEORGE

Representative in France of the War Trade
Board. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished services. He represented in France,
with high ability, the War Trade Board of the State
Department. In close liaison with the General
Purchasing Board of the American Expeditionary
Forces, he had a guiding influence in determining
the methods of the invaluable cooperation of the
War Trade Board in the supply-procurement efforts
of the Army in France and in neutral and other
allied countries. With untiring energy, sound
judgment, great ability, and devoted purpose he
cooperated in many matters of vital importance to
the American Expeditionary Forces.

McGLACHLIN, EDWARD F. . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As commander of the Artillery of the
First Army in its organization and subsequent
operations he solved the difficult problems involved
with rare military judgment. In the St. Mihiel
and Argonne-Meuse offensives his qualities as a
leader were demonstrated by the effective employ-
ment of Artillery that was planned and conducted
under his direction. He later commanded with
great ability and success the First Infantry Division
of the American Expeditionary Forces.

McINTYRE, FRANK . . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service. As executive assistant to the Chief of
Staff, his breadth of view and sound judgment have
contributed materially to the formulation and carry-
ing out of policies essential to the operation of the
military establishment.

McKERNON, JAMES F Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He has, by his tireless devotion to duty
and his willingness to work in any capacity, not
only placed his remarkable ability freely and fully
at the disposition of the wounded, but in addition
he has set so high a standard of professional effi-
ciency as to serve as an inspiration to all with
whom he has come in contact.

McMANUS, GEORGE H. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service as Executive Officer and Troop Movement
Officer, Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J.
Through his very able organization and admin-
istration of these important offices the transport
of troops and supplies overseas was materially
aided.

McNAIR, LESLEY J. . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As the senior Artillery officer of the Train-
ing Section, General Staff, he displayed marked
ability in correctly estimating the changing con-
ditions and requirements of military tactics. He
was largely responsible for impressing upon the



American Army sound principles for the use of
artillery and for improving methods for the support
of infantry, so necessary to the proper cooperation
of the two arms.

McRAE, JAMES H. . . . Major General
For exceptionaliy meritorious and distinguished
services. He commanded with great credit the
Seventy-eighth Division in the Argonne-Meuse
offensive and had an important part in that opera-
tion which forced the enemy to abandon Grandpre.
In this and other campaigns his personal influence
on the result obtained showed a high quality of
military leadership.

MAGRUDER, BRUCE . . Lieutenant Colonel
General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As executive officer
of the Intelligence Section at General Headquarters
by his marked ability and zeal he performed duties
of a most exacting nature, in connection with the
administration and development of the section,
with conspicuous merit, rendering services of great
value to the American Expeditionary Forces.

MAKER, JOHN A Captain

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. When fire was discovered the night of
May 13, 1918 on the S. S. Mexican lying at the
Port of St. Nazaire, he volunteered to go into the
engine room of the ship to fight the flames, although
the hold was already filled with poisonous gasses
distilled from burning oil. Braving the danger of an
explosion which appeared imminent and with
the fate of the vessel and adjacent docks depending
upon his success, he directed and assisted in the
extinguishing of the fire, risking his life in the saving
of Government property.



MAJOR, DUNCAN K., Jr.



Colonel



Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As chief of staff of the 26th
Division he proved to be a capable and energetic
staff officer of marked executive ability. At all
times he exhibited rare qualities of military leader-
ship. He rendered invaluable services to the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces.

MALONE, PAUL B. . . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He demonstrated marked ability in the
important duty of organizing the military training
and educational system of the American Army in
France. Later, in active operations against the
enemy, he commanded with distinction a regiment
in the trench operations of the Spmmedieue sector
and the action at Chateau-Thierry and in the
Aisne-Marne offensive, and a brigade in the St.
Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offensives. In all of
these capacities the merit he displayed was con-
spicuous.

MALONY, HARRY J. . . Lieutenant Colonel
Ordnance Department. For exceptionally
meritorious and distinguished services. He suc-
cessfully organized and administered the many
complex and difficult operations connected with
the arming and equipping of airplanes for services
at the front, displaying sound judgment and acting
with energy and initiative in times of emergency.
He worked self-sacrificingly and devotedly that
there might be no delays, overcoming serious ob-
stacles by the exercise of good judgment and thor-
ough understanding of conditions in the American
Expeditionary Forces.

MANCHESTER, PERCIVAL . . . Major
Ordnance Section, Officers' Reserve Corps. For
exceptionally meritorious and distinguished ser-
vices. As Base Ordnance Officer in Base Section
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and administered important work with exceptional
success. As commanding officer of intermediate
Ordnance Depot No. 2, at Gievres, he conducted
important activities with sound judgment and
marked devotion to duty, working with tireless
energy for the improvement of the ordnance
service.

MANLY, CLARENCE J Colonel

Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. He organized and com-
manded with signal ability the Hospital Center at
Beaune, taking charge of it when it was in an un-
finished state and at a time when increased facilities
were urgently needed. Overcoming numerous ad-
verse conditions, he expedited its completion and
rendered invaluable services in furnishing effective
medical treatment for large numbers of sick and
wounded of the American Expeditionary Forces.

MANN, DR. CHARLES R. . . .

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
service as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the
Committee on Education and Special Training. In
this capacity he gave invaluable service in the de-
velopment of the training of technicians and me-
chanics for the Army, and in the organization of the
Students' Army Training Corps.

MARCH, PEYTON C General

For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service as follows: General March (then major
general, U. S. Army), as commanding general of
the Army Artillery of the first army from October
4, 1917, to January 31, 1918, initiated and prepared
the plans for the organization of the artillery of the
American Army in France; as acting Chief of
Staff of the United States Army from March 2,
1918, to May 20, 1918, and as Chief of Staff of the
United States Army (General, U. S. Army) after
May 20, 1918, he performed with intelligence, zeal,
and patriotic devotion, duties of inestimable value
in the development, the direction, and the carrying
into effect of the military program of the United
States.

MARSHALL, GEORGE C., Jr. . . Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He has performed the duties of assistant
chief of staff, G-3, 1st Division, assistant chief of
staff, G-3, 1st Army, and chief of staff, 8th Corps,
during the following operations: While the 1st
Division was serving in the Toul sector; at the
Cantigny attack, when the 1st Army carried on the
operations of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne.
By untiring, painstaking, and energetic efforts he
succeeded in all of these undertakings. Col.
Marshall's work had a marked influence on the
successes achieved by the organization mentioned
above.

MARSHALL, RICHARD C. Jr., Brigadier General
F9r exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service in the Construction Division of the Army.
His zeal, judgment and exceptional administrative
ability have enabled serious difficulties to be over-
come and the construction necessary for a great
army to be provided.

MARSHALL, W. H

For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service, first, as assistant to the Chief of the Pro-
duction Division of the Office of the Chief of Ord-
nance, in which capacity he was of material as-
sistance in securing the production of all articles of
ordnance supplied to the United States Arrny, and
later as special assistant to the Chief of Ordnance,
in which capacity he successfully organized the
industry of the country for the production Jof
artillery, artillery ammunition, etc.



MARTIN, CHARLES H. . . Major General
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As commander of the 90th
Division during the greater part of its service with
the Army of Occupation, by his ceaseless energy he
performed his duties with the utmost efficiency,
giving the closest personal supervision to the train-
ing, discipline, and equipment of his division. His
brilliant professional attainments and steadfast
devotion to duty were reflected in the high standards
maintained throughout the organizations under his
command, rendering important services to the
American Expeditionary Forces.

MASTELLER, KENNETH C. . . Colonel
General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished service as chief of the negative
branch of the Military Intelligence Division of the
General Staff, in building up and developing the
Counter-Espionage Service in this country, the
Plant Protection Service, the Detection of Fraud
and Graft, and the Development Battalion System.

MAUBORGNE, JOSEPH O. . Lieutenant Colonel
Signal Corps. For exceptionally merit9rioua-
and distinguished service. As head of the Engineer-
ing and Research Division of the Signal Corps he
rendered conspicuous service in connection with
coordinating the design and supply of new technical
apparatus for the Signal Corps. He was largely
responsible for the high type of radio equipment
developed for our Army and rendered unusual ser-
vice in connection with cipher telegraphy.

MAYES, JAMES J Colonel

Judge Advocate General's Department. For
exceptionally meritorious and distinguished ser-
vices. He served with marked ability as deputy
judge advocate of he American Expeditionary
Forces. Fitted for this important duties by wide
experience and conspicuous, legal attainments, |he
solved ably and expeditiously the many questions
of great moment with which his department was
called upon to deal.

MAYO, WILLIAM Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service. In addition to the manifold service to the
Surgeon General by furnishing needed advice and
counsel, he distinguished himself by exceptionally
meritorious service to the Government in his work
in the organization of surgical service and his in-
valuable assistance in the reorganization of the
Medical Department on the scale demanded by the



MEARS, FREDERICK W. . . . Colonel
Engineer Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. He served with dis-
tinction as commanding officer of the 31st Railway
Engineers, and later as assistant general manager
and general manager Railway Department, Trans-
portation Corps. Due to his remarkable executive
ability and skill as an organizer the railways of the
American Expeditionary Forces were operated
with rare success, and the huge transportation
problem, involving the carrying of tremendous
quantities of supplies from the base ports to the
front, was satisfactorily solved.

MENOHER, CHARLES T. . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. In command of the Forty-second Division
from Chateau-Thierry to the conclusion of the
Argonne-Meuse offensive, including the Baccarat
sector, Rheims, Vesles, and at the St. Mihiel salient,
this officer, with his division, participated in all of
those important engagements. The reputation as a
fighting unit of the Forty-second Division is in no
small measure due to the soldierly qualities and the
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MERCHANT, BERKLEY T. Lieutenant Colonel
Quartermaster Corps. For exceptionally meri-
torious and distinguished services. While on duty
in the remount service, he performed his task effi-
ciently. Later, appointed chief veterinarian of the
American Expeditionary Forces, he administered,
with marked success, the veterinary service, pro-
viding for effective means of evacuation of sick and
wounded animals from the front and in placing the
personnel of the Veterinary Corps on an efficiently
functioning basis.

MIDDLETON, TROY H Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished services. As a battalion and a regimental
commander of the 47th Infantry, he gave proof of
conspicuous energy and marked tactical ability.
He achieved notable successes in the operations near
Sergy, along the Vesle River, and during the fierce
fighting in the Bois-du-Fays and Bois de Foret of
the Argonne-Meuse offensive, rendering invaluable
services to the American Expeditionary Forces.

MILES, PERRY L Colonel

General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As commander of the
371st Infantry, which, during its active operations,
was attached to the French forces, he conducted
his regiment with conspicuous success. By his
admirable tact and sound judgment he maintained
at all times harmonious relationship with the allied
forces to which his unit was attached, rendering
valuable services to the American Expeditionary
Forces.

MILLER, REUBEN B Colonel

Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and conspicuous service in the reorganization and
administration of the personnel branch of the Office
of the Surgeon General of the Army during the
present war. He thereby contributed greatly to
the proper care of the sick and wounded and thus
increased the efficiency of the Army.

MILLING, THOMAS DeW. . . . Colonel
Air Service. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. First as chief of staff and
later as commander, he organized and conducted
the operations of the Air Service of the First Army
during the entire operations of that Army. By
untiring, painstaking, and energetic efforts, he
succeeded in raising the efficiency of his command
and insuring the proper co-operation with the land
units. He exhibited professional attainments of the
highest order, and exercised a marked influence on
the success of the First Army.

MINER, ASHER Colonel

Field Artillery. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. He served with notable
success as commanding officer of the 109th Field
Artillery, giving proof of high qualities of leader-