ship. Inspiring his men by his self-sacrificing de-
votion to duty he maintained a creditable standard
of efficiency in his regiment and constantly fur-
mished the most effective artillery support to the
attacking infantry.

MITCHELL, WILLIAM A. ... Colonel
Engineer Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. Haying taken com-
mand of the 2d Engineers just prior to the Battle
of Soissons, he served with distinction as the leader
of this regiment until the close of hostilities. Un-
der his skillful direction, his regiment successfully
accomplished all the important technical missions
assigned to it. His high military attainments were
reflected by its efficiency in combat operations.
Subsequent to the armistice, he continued to render
important services to the American Expeditionary
Forces as chief of engineers of the 8th Army Corps.



MITCHELL, WILLIAM . Brigadier General
Air Service. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As Air Service Commander,
first of the Zone of Advance and later of the 1st
Corps, by bis tireless energy and keen perception
he performed duties of great importance with mark-
ed ability. Subsequently as commander, Air
Service, of the 1st Army, and, in addition, after
formation of the 2d Army as commander of Air
Service of both armies, by his able direction of
these vitally important services he proved to be a
potent factor in the successes achieved during the
operations of the American armies.

MONTGOMERY, JOHN C. . . . Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. Serving successively as division inspector,
2d Division; assistant chief of staff, G-3, 1st Army
Corps; and assistant chief of staff, G-3, 3d Army,
he has been charged with duties of a most important
nature, in the performance of which he has at all
times manifested steadfast loyalty and military
ability of a high order, rendering services of signal
worth.



MOORE, HUGH B. . . Lieutenant Colonel
Quartermaster Corps. For exceptionally meri-
torious and distinguished services. He served
creditably as superintendent. Army Transport
Service, at Brest, and later, director of the Army
Transport Service, he successfully supervised the
activities of this service in 40 ports. Actuated by
self-sacrificing devotion to duty, he achieved
marked success in expediting the movement of
troops, rendering services of inestimable value to
the American Expeditionary Forces.



MOORMAN, FRANK



Lieutenant Colonel



For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. In a position of the greatest responsi-
bility, he displayed peculiar genius, combined with
exact scientific knowledge, in organizing, training,
and operating the radio intelligence service of the
Intelligence Section. Charged with the duty of
intercepting and deciphering the radio messages of
the enemy, he acted with initiative and foresight,
achieving brilliant results.

MORENO, ARISTIDES . Lieutenant Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As a member of the Intelligence Section,
he efficiently organized and directed the operations
of the counter-espionage service in the American
Expeditionary Forces, displaying marked talents
in a position of great responsibility. His unusual
powers of discernment, his tact, and sound judg-
ment made possible effective co-operation with cor-
responding services of the allied armies. Due
to his zeal and untiring devotion, the counter-
espionage service attained exceptional proficiency.

MORGAN, JOHN M Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As commanding officer of
the 309th Infantry during the last two months of
hostilities he displayed marked qualities of leader-
ship and unflagging energy. By the skillful manner
in which he conducted his regiment during the ad-
vance through the Bpis de Loges in the first part of
November he contributed materially to the suc-
cesses of his division in its operations in the Meuse-
Argonne offensive.

MORRISON, JOHN F. . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service as department commander, Western
Department, in handling with great skill, tact,
and sound judgment many difficult problems aris-
ing in his department.



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MORROW, DWIGHT W

Member of the American Shipping Mission. For
exceptionally meritorious and distinguished serv-
ices. He was responsible for the first intelligent
epitomization of the complete allied tonnage situ-
ation, and his able presentation of the situation to
the allied countries materially affected the tonnage
policy, resulting in all possible economy. By his
tact and good judgment in matters affecting the
establishment of the Military Board of Allied
Supply he helped materially in the splendid results
obtained by that organization.

MORROW, WILLIAM H Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He served with conspicuous success as
commanding officer of the 7th Infantry, succeeding
in all of the difficult missions assigned to him. His
sound judgment and untiring energy proved im-
portant factors in the successful operations of his
division against the enemy.

MORTON, CHARLES G. . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He commanded the Twenty-ninth Divi-
sion from the date of its organization until the end
of hostilities; and led this division with skill and
ability in the successful operations east and north-
east of Verdun which forced the enemy to maintain
this front with strong forces, thus preventing an
increase of hostile strength between the Argonne
and the Meuse.

MOSELEY, GEORGE V. H. . Brigadier General
F9r exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
services as assistant chief of staff. He handled with
great executive ability and rare understanding all
problems of equipping and supplying the large
numbers of American troops arrived and operating
in France, and by his large grasp of supply prob-
lems and tireless energy he has conspicuously aided
the successful administration of the supply de-
partment.

MOTT, T. BENTLEY Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As chief liaison officer of the commander
in chief, American Expeditionary Forces, at allied
general headquarters, he performed the important
duties with which he was charged with marked
ability, and by his tact and sound judgment he
materially assisted in insuring close co-operation be-
tween the French and American Armies.

MOTT, JOHN R

For especially meritorious and conspicuous
service as General Secretary of the National War
Work Council of the Young Men's Christian As-
sociation of the United States.

MOUNT, JAMES R Colonel

Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. Arriving in France with
the first American troops, he undertook the task
of creating a medical supply depot and administer-
ing a medical supply service for the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. Using his limited resources
with great skill and judgment he displayed un-
usual talent for organization and laid the founda-
tion of an efficient medical supply service.

MUIR, CHARLES H. . . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services as division and corps commander. Com-
manding the Twenty-eighth Division during the
Argonne-Meuse offensive, and especially in the
difficult operations which resulted in the clearing
of the Argonne Forest, he proved himself to be an
energetic leader of the highest professional attain-



ments. As a corps commander he displayed the
same fine qualities that characterized his service
with a division.

MUNSON, EDWARD L. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service. He developed the scheme of field training
for officers and enlisted men of the Medical De-
partment; directed the organization and adminis-
tration of the medical officers' training camps, and
organized and administered the Morale Branch of
the General Staff.

MURPHY, FRED T Colonel

Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As director of Base
Hospital No. 21, as supervisor of the evacuation
of the sick and wounded of the 1st Army, and later
as director of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
of the American Red Cross he rendered most val-
uable assistance to the American Expeditionary
Forces. Throughout his service he displayed un-
usual administrative ability and professional skill,
combined with a genius for organization that con-
tributed greatly to the efficiency of the Medical
Service of the Army. Untiring in zeal and enthu-
siastic in his duty, he was an inspiration to those
associated with him.

MURPHY, GRAYSON MALLET P. . .

Lieutenant Colonel

General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. He organized the
work of the American Red Cross in Europe, and to
his foresight, wisdom, and untiring efforts are largely
due the splendid work performed for the American
Expeditionary Forces by that institution. Later
he displayed marked ability as assistant chief of
staff of the 42d Division during the operations of
that unit.

MYER, EDGAR A Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. Haying taken command of
the 129th Infantry at a critical period during active
operations he displayed marked ability as a mili-
tary leader by the successful manner in which he
conducted his regiment. Constantly maintaining
a high grade of morale among his command, he
was able to accomplish, with marked success, all
missions assigned to his unit.

MYERS, HUB Colonel

Cavalry. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished services. As Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-3, and Chief of Staff, Second Division, during its
final operations, he performed his exacting staff
duties with conspicuous ability. To his brilliant
military attainments and untiring zeal were due,
in a large measure, the successes achieved by his
division in its attack on Massif du Mont at St.
Etienne-a-Arnes, when the 2d Division served with
the Fourth French Army, and again during its
advance from Landres-et St. Georges to the Meuse
during the final phase of the Meuse-Argonne
offensive.

NAYLOR, WILLIAM K. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. While chief of staff of the 33d Division he
exhibited conspicuous ability in the operations
north of Verdun, France, in September and October,
1918. He frequently visited the front-line posi-
tions under heavy enemy artillery fire, and by his
personal efforts and skillful dispositions was in a
large measure responsible for the successes gained.

NEVILLE, W. C. . . . Brigadier General
United States Marine Corps. For exceptionally
meritorious and distinguished services. While in
command of the 5th Regiment U. S. M. C., and
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the battles of Chateau-Thierry, the advance near
Soissons and the operations of St. Mihiel, Blanc
Mont Ridge and the Argonne-Meuse. In all
of these he proved himself to be a leader of great
skill and ability.

NICHOLSON, WILLIAM J. . Brigadier General
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. He commanded with
distinction the 157th Infantry Brigade from its
organization to the time of the armistice at all
times with credit to himself and to his command.

NOBLE, ROBERT E. . . . Major General
Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and conspicuous services. He had immediate
charge of the Personnel Division of the Surgeon
General's Office and solved the problem of getting
medical officers into the Army during an increase
from 1,500 at the beginning of the war to 30,000.
He also had charge of the Hospital Division of the
Surgeon General's Office, handling both of these
large responsibilities with conspicuous success.

NOLAN, DENNIS E. . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He organized and administered with
marked ability the intelligence section of the
General Staff of the American Expeditionary
Forces. His estimates of the complex and ever-
changing military and political situation, his
sound judgment, and accurate discrimination were
invaluable to the Govdernment, and influenced
greatly the success that attended the operations of
the American armies in Europe.

NUTTMAN, LOUIS M. . Brigadier General
Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As a regimental commander
of the 89th Division he displayed marked military
ability, providing his regiment with efficient train-
ing which showed its effect by the excellent con-
duct of the regiment in combat. Later, when pro-
moted to the grade of brigadier general, he demon-
strated great executive ability in the organization
and administration of the Combat Officers' Re-
placement Depot at Gondrecourt.

O'DONNELL, JOHN L. . Chaplain, First Lieut.
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As regimental chaplain, he was ceaseless
in his efforts to better the welfare of the men,
and during the period of operations acc9mpanied
the attacking waves in every action in which
the regiment took part. Exposing himself to ar-
tillery and machine-gun fire to care personally for
the wounded, organizing parties of stretcher
bearers, going without a thought of personal danger
wherever he was needed, he set an example of
courage and heroism, appreciably raising the morale
of those with whom and for whom he worked.

OGDEN, HUGH WALKER . Lieutenant Colonel
Judge Advocate General's Department. For
exceptionally meritorious and distinguished ser-
vices. As judge advocate and inspector of the
42d Division he rendered valuable services. He
exhibited ability of a high order throughout the
operations of the division. Later assigned to the
Bureau of Civil Affairs for the Third Army, he
performed his task with marked success.

OLIVER, ROBERT T Colonel

Dental Corps. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As chief dental surgeon he
displayed remarkable ability in the performance of
his numerous and exacting duties. He directed the
personnel, equipment, and operations of his depart-
ment with sound judgment, showing resourceful-
ness in solving new problems which confronted him.



ORTON, EDWARD, Jr. . Lieutenant Colonel
Motor Transport Corps. For exceptionally
meritorious and conspicuous service. His untiring
energy and splendid judgment were displayed
in the efficient organization of the Engineering
Division of the Motor Transport Corps, in bringing
about standardization of equipment and supplies
and in efficiently directing the forces of the motor
industry to the mutual advantage of the Army and
the industry itself.

O'RYAN, JOHN F Major General

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As commander of the Twenty-seventh
Division in its successful operations with the
British in France in the autumn of 1918 he dis-
played qualities of skill and aggressiveness which
mark him as a leader of ability. In the breach of
the Hindenburg line between St. Quentin and Cam-
brai the name of his division is linked with the
British in adding new laurels to the allied forces
in France.

OURY, WILLIAM H Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. Placed in command of the
157th Infantry Brigade during the Montfaucon
drive, he displayed exceptional qualities of leader-
ship and marked tactical skill. Continuing at the
same time in command of his regiment, the 314th
Infantry, he directed the men of his command, and
by his dauntless determination carried them for-
ward under heavy enemy fire. He proved himself
untiring in energy and possessed of great initiative,
sound judgment and military attainments of high
order.

PAEGELOW, JOHN A . Lieutenant Colonel
Signal Corps. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As commander of balloon
service of the First Army Corps and First Army, he
was well fitted for his important position both by
long experience in aeronautics and by noted organ-
izing ability. Through his untiring energy and effi-
cient system of supply and transportation was de-
veloped in spite of the numerous difficulties which
assailed him. The successes achieved by the balloon
service in the second battle of the Marne and in
the St. Mihiel offensive are a tribute to the high
character of services rendered by him to the Amer-
ican Expeditionary Forces.

PALMER, BRUCE Colonel

General Staff. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As a member of the
general staff of the American Expeditionary Forces,
on duty with the First Section, first as Chief of the
Tonnage Division during a period of stress, be-
fraught with difficulties, and later as deputy as-
sistant chief of staff, he performed duties of great
responsibility with marked ability, fidelity, and
success, invariably displaying personal and pro-
fessional attainments of a high order.

PALMER, JOHN McA Colonel

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. In the organization of the operations
section of the General Staff, American Expedition-
ary Forces, this officer displayed sound tactical
judgment and breadth of vision, and the ultimate
success of the American plan of campaign was large-
ly due to his detailed plans. As commander of the
58th Infantry Brigade during the severe fighting
north of Verdun, in the Argonne-Meuse offensive,
his services were conspicuous and his brigade
successful.

PARK, RICHARD Colonel

Engineers. For exceptionally meritorious and
conspicuous service. To his energy and good judg-
ment may be largely attributed the rapid develop-
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Training School and mobilization camp at Camp
A. A. Humphreys, Va. His utilization of labor of
troops to supplement construction forces is a fine
example of initiative in meeting a critical situation.

PARKER, FRANK . . . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He commanded, with marked distinction,
the 18th United States Infantry. Later, as a bri-
gade commander, he exhibited qualities of rare
leadership, superb courage, and unusual initiative.
Finally he commanded the 1st Division in the Ar-
j;onne offensive in the autumn of 1918, where he
showed himself to be a skilled leader of marked
ability.

PARKER, JOHN H Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As an instructor in the
Army Machine Gun School at Langres, by his tire-
less efforts he secured the necessary equipment and
ably instructed a large student body in the technical
handling of one of the most important fire power
weapons developed in the present war, rendering
services of great value to the American Expedition-
ary Forces.

PATRICK, MASON M. . . Major General
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. He displayed much ability and devotion
to duty as director of construction and forestry,
and later, as chief of the Air Service of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces, he perfected and ably
administered the organization of this important
department.

PATTERSON, Miss HANNAH J

For distinguished and meritorious service in that
she devoted herself throughout the whole period of
the war to executive work of the Women's Commit-
tee of the Council of National Defense, devoting
herself with great ability and energy to the organ-
ization of the activities and interests of the women
throughout the United States in the interest of the
successful prosecution of the war and, by her efforts,
contributed to the splendid co-operation on the
part of the women of the country in the great na-
tional emergency.

PATTON, GEORGE S., JR. Lieutenant Colonel
Tank Corps. For exceptionally meritorious and
-distinguished services. By his energy and sound
judgment he rendered very valuable services in his
organization and direction of the Tank Center at
the Army Schools at Langres. In the employment
of Tank Corps troops in combat he displayed high
military attainments, zeal, and marked adaptability
in a form of warfare comparatively new to the
American Army.

PAULES, EARL G Colonel

Engineer Corps. For exceptionally meritorious
and distinguished services. As a member of the
American Military Commission of Italy from April
to July, 1918, he displayed tact and diplomacy in
making a preliminary investigation of the Czecho-
slovak situation. Later, as commanding officer of
the 7th Engineers, he participated creditably in the
St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, materi-
ally aiding in the operations of the 5th Division by
his skill in constructing bridges across the Meuse
River in the face of desperate hostile resistance.

PECK, ALLEN STEEL . Lieutenant Colonel
Engineers. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services. As an officer of the Forestry
Service he displayed exceptional tact and sound
judgment in securing public and private grants for
large quantities of timber from the French Govern-
ment. At all times he pursued his task with great



energy, achieving signal success. He organized
and administered a project for the production of
fuel wood, which proved entirely successful. In
these endeavors he rendered valuable service to the
American Expeditionary Forces.

PECK, CHARLES H. . . Lieutenant Colonel
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As director of Base Hospital No. 15,
which he had organized most efficiently, he dis-
played unusual skill and very marked ability in
the conduct of that unit. Later, as senior consult-
ant in general surgery for the American Expedi-
tionary Forces, his professional attainments, wide
experience, and sound advice proved of inesti-
mable value in increasing the efficiency of the Medi-
cal Department of the United States Army.

PECK, ROBERT H Colonel

Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and dis-
tinguished services. He rendered services of signal
worth as commanding officer of the 47th Infantry
and subsequently of the llth Infantry, successfully
accomplishing all missions assigned to the regiment
under his command during the active operations in
which it participated. Constantly displaying unre-
mitting zeal and tactical ability of a high order, he
proved himself invaluable to the American Expe-
ditionary Forces.

PEEK, ERNEST D Colonel

Engineers. For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services . He organized and C9nducted
the operation of the standard gauge and light rail-
ways of the 1st Army. Although handicapped by
lack of personnel and material, he pushed the enter-
prise to success. By untiring, painstaking, and
energetic efforts in the use of the inadequate
means at his disposal he displayed unusual talent
for organization and masterful execution.

PEIRCE, WILLIAM S. . Brigadier General
For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous
service. While in charge of the Springfield Arsenal
his exceptional ability contributed materially to
increasing the output of small arms. As assistant
Chief of Ordnance he has rendered conspicuous
service.

PERKINS, ALBERT T Colone

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
services. As deputy and later as manager of light
railways, he undertook the task of organizing a
light railway service for the American Expedition-
ary Forces. His long and complete railroad ex-
perience and knowledge assured the success of these
lines. By his foresight in promptly gathering
from the United States a generous supply of rail-
way material he quickly brought the light railway
service to a high degree of efficiency.

PERKINS, JAMES H. . Lieutenant Colonel
Quartermaster Corps. For exceptionally meri-
torious and distinguished services. He was in
charge of the work of the American Red Cross in
Europe for a period of time, and by his great energy
and untiring efforts maintained that institution at
a high state of excellence and rendered valuable
assistance to the American Expeditionary Forces.
While in the military service he displayed marked
ability in the performance of the various duties
with which he was entrusted.

PERSHING, JOHN JOSEPH . . . General
Commanding General, American Expeditionary
Forces. As a token of the gratitude of the American
people to the commander of our armies in the field
for his distinguished services, and in appreciation
of the success which our armies have achieved
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PEYTON, EPHRAIM G Colonel