No. 32.

WASHINGTON. February 6, 1904.

The following names of officers and enlisted men to whom awards of medals of honor and certificates of merit have been made since the publication of General Orders, No. 86, Headquarters of the Army, July 24, 1902, are announced as follows:

MEDALS OF HONOR.

Brewster, André W., captain, 9th U. S. Infantry: For conspicuous gallantry during the battle of Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, in rescuing, while under deadly fire, two of his men from drowning, one of whom, twice wounded, had fallen into a pond about 8 feet deep and was drowning, when Captain Brewster, fully accoutered, jumped in and saved him.

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT.

Abbott, George F., 1st lieutenant, Philippine scouts: For great coolness and bravery displayed during the battle of Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, in serving as a lookout and sharpshooter when not more than 90 yards from the enemy and while under a most accurate and deadly shell and rifle fire, when corporal, Company G, 9th U. S. Infantry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Akers, Thomas P., 1st-class sergeant, Company B, Signal Corps, U. S. Army: For meritorious service and gallant conduct in action during the advance from Tientsin to Pekin, China, August 13, 1900, and for valuable service for several months after the occupation of Pekin, in maintaining communications between the army, the legations, and the press with the outside world, when sergeant, Company E, Signal Corps, U. S. Army. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Alteater, William F., corporal, Troop I, 4th U. S. Cavalry: For saving a civilian teamster from drowning in the Rio Grande de Pampanga, Philippine Islands, November 4, 1899, when private, Troop F, 4th U. S. Cavalry. Discharged June 16, 1902. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

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Arndt, Alvin, post quartermaster sergeant, U. S. Army: For gallantry in action near Nozagaray, Philippine Islands, February 15, 1899, while commanding platoon he so placed it, while under severe fire, that he covered the remainder of the troop in crossing a ravine: also in several skirmishes and engagements where he has shown great coolness and good judgment under fire, when 1st sergeant, Troop I, 4th U. S. Cavalry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Bell, Fred, sergeant, general service, U. S. Army: For meritorious service as a chief of platoon in the campaign against hostile natives near Malalos, Philippine Islands, March 25 to 31, 1899, when sergeant, Battery H, 3d U. S. Artillery. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Benson, Axel M., private, Company H, 9th U. S. Infantry: For distinguished conduct during the battle of Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, in going, at the imminent exposure of his own life, to the assistance of a wounded officer of his regiment and helping to bind up the wounds while under the fire of sharpshooters. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Bickhart, Wesley, 1st sergeant, Company H, 9th U. S. Infantry: For bravery and good judgment displayed in the engagement at Yabo, Philippine Islands, September 22, 1901. Discharged May 11, 1903. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Blouse, Max, sergeant, Company K, 26th U. S. Infantry: For distinguished courage exhibited by him in going, at the peril of his life, to the rescue of comrades and natives who had been upset in the Pambujan River, Samar, Philippine Islands, January 21, 1902, and were in imminent danger of death from drowning. Discharged June 30, 1903. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Boerma, Everhard F.. corporal, Troop F, 5th U. S. Cavalry: For conspicuous service in an engagement with insurgents at Cuscocos, near Ilocos Sur, Luzon, Philippine Islands, October 24, 1900, when corporal, Troop L, 3d U. S. Cavalry. Discharged March 11, 1902. (Certificate of merit awarded

November 21, 1903.)

Chaney, Charley C., quartermaster sergeant, Company B, 16th U. S. Infantry: For bravery, coolness, and excellent judgment displayed in action at Linao, Luzon, Philippine

Islands, March 1, 1900. Discharged June 14, 1900. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Cody, Myron, private, Company A, 16th U. S. Infantry: For special bravery in advancing, before fire of insurgents, to the rescue of a pack mule laden with $75,000 public funds, at Corkscrew Hill, between Bagabag and Cordon, Philippine Islands. March 9, 1901. Discharged March 27, 1902. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Cohen, Harry, battalion sergeant major, 5th U.S. Infantry: For conspicuous bravery during the engagement at Batiotio, Philippine Islands, February 2, 1901, in volunteering to cross a fire-swept space of about 200 yards long, securing a horse, and proceeding a distance of 7 miles, where a surgeon was procured to render medical attention to the wounded of the command, when corporal, Company D, 5th U. S. Infantry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Coyle, Edward F., corporal, Troop E, 6th U. S. Cavalry: For heroic conduct in unhesitatingly plunging into the Palico River, Philippine Islands, September 3, 1901, and, at the risk of his own life, attempting to rescue a drowning comrade. Discharged January 27, 1902. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Cranshaw, Tennie, sergeant, Company K, 24th U. S. Infantry: For coolness and judgment displayed by him during an attack by the insurgents near Santa Ana, Philippine Islands, October 6, 1899. Discharged September 9, 1901. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Daris, Albert, sergeant, Company B, 9th U. S. Infantry: For most gallant and meritorious service during the battle of Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, in voluntarily leaving his shelter and, under a terrific fire at point-blank range, gathering ammunition from the dead and wounded and bringing it back to his command, whose supply of ammunition was nearly exhausted. Discharged August 30, 1900. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Delaney, James, sergeant, Company G, 6th U. S. Infantry: For courage and rare good judgment in controlling a crowd of excited men, enraged by the commission of a crime in their midst, and for personally tracking a burglar and would-be murderer about 11 miles through the snow to his hiding

place, arresting him, and lodging him in the post guardhouse at Circle City, Alaska, between 3 and 4.30 o'clock on the morning of December 24, 1898, while acting as chief of patrol, when corporal, Company C, 8th U. S. Infantry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Denison, Rosser M., private, Company E, 17th U. S. Infantry: For gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the transport Eolus into the Strait of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on the night of October 28, 1900, and rescuing from drowning a comrade who had fallen overboard from the transport, when private, Company C, 23d U. S. Infantry. Discharged February 20, 1902. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Doyle, Martin, sergeant, Company C, 8th U. S. Infantry: For extreme bravery in the battle of Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, in voluntarily leaving his shelter under heavy fire and rushing to the assistance of a wounded comrade, bringing him to a place of safety, and afterwards, passing through a severe and accurate fire, joining his company at the front within 100 yards of the enemy, when private, Company B. 9th U. S. Infantry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 21, 1903.)

Fearington, George W., private, Troop I, 9th U. S. Cavalry: For excellent conduct and heroic service at Fort Duchesne, Utah, December 13, 1899, when the troop barracks were destroyed by fire, having taken post on the peak of the seriously threatened building, remaining there in spite of the great heat applying water until the danger was over. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.)

Ferguson, Charles A., sergeant, Troop B, 1st U. S. Cavalry: For distinguished bravery in rescuing one drowning comrade and attempting to rescue another, at the imminent risk of his own life, at Taal, Batangas, Philippine Islands, July 11, 1902, when private, Troop B, 1st U. S. Cavalry. Discharged May 30, 1903. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.) Flach, John, post commissary sergeant, U. S. Army: For good conduct upon the occasion of the sinking of the Government steamer Resolute in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, on the night of January 3, 1900, in remaining aboard the sinking vessel and going down with her, refraining from going aboard

another vessel until he had assisted in rescuing and placing some women passengers thereon. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.)

Flaherty, Michael, color sergeant, 18th U. S. Infantry: For conspicuous bravery in the engagement with insurgents at aro River, Philippine Islands, March 16, 1899, in rushing rward and taking on his back a wounded private of his mpany and bringing him to shelter, during which time the wounded man was shot a second time, when 1st sergeant, Company C, 18th U. S. Infantry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.)

Gould, Fred H., 1st sergeant, Company H, 9th U. S. Infantry: For daring conduct and good judgment displayed by him in expeditions into the country between San Ramon and the Gamay River, about 50 miles north of Oras, Samar, Philippine Islands, in the months of January and February, 1902, when, with his detachments, he captured and brought in over three hundred prisoners, when corporal, Company H, 9th U. S. Infantry. Discharged July 5, 1903. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.)

Graham, Hugh A., private, Troop C, 4th U. S. Cavalry: In recognition of his courage in attempting, with two other comrades, at the risk of their lives, to rescue a sergeant of their troop from drowning in the Rio Grande de Pampanga, Philippine Islands, October 11, 1899. Discharged March 28, 1902. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.)

Gray, Conny, private, Company I, 25th U. S. Infantry: For special gallantry displayed by him at El Caney, Cuba, July 1, 1893, in fearlessly exposing himself, under a heavy fire, applying a first-aid bandage and carrying his wounded captain a considerable distance to shelter, and then rejoining his company, participating in the action to its close, when private, Company D, 25th U. S. Infantry. (Certificate of merit awarded November 24, 1903.)

Hager, Charles, private, Company K, 11th U. S. Infantry: For prompt, courageous, and highly meritorious conduct at the Bito River near Abuyog, Leyte, Philippine Islands, March 18, 1902, being fully equipped, plunged into a deep stream and rescued from drowning a comrade, who could not swim, from the midst of excited horses, at the risk of his own life.