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Show HLSAuEH 1 FOMHES DEPARTMENT FORWARDS DECO H RATION8 FOR DISTRIBUTION H ON ARMISTICE DAY. H Revised List Includes More Than 40i Officers and Men Who Will Re. H celve the Distinguished Sorvlee H Medal, 1G00 Navy Crow. Washington. Tho long dclny 1b awarding medals for distinguished HtiH war-tlniu servlco In the javy and H marina corps Is about to bo ended, It jH was learned Monday nt tho navy do- H partnicirL Tho decorations, which H were held up whllo n nnvat board reconsidered tho awards after a contro- H vcrsy uinong nnval officers und a sub- H sequent congressional Investigation H last winter, huvo been mailed t5 com- H tnandlng officers of ships nnd stations H for distribution either on Annlstlca H day, November 11, or Armlstlco Sun- day, November 14. fl Tho medals wero forwarded In seal tiH ed packages, with Instructions thnt H they wero not to bo opened until re- H .eclpt of a general reieaso message from tho department, and wero then to H bo presented with approprlato ctre- Tho original list Included thlrtcon H persons to rccolvo tho Medal of Honor, H while Oto rovlsed list, It was said, pro- H vldos for nineteen. The rsvlsod list as jH finally approved, Includes Uio mmca H of moro than 400 officers nd men H who will rccelvo tho distinguished ser- iih vlco medal and about 1500 to receive iiH Uio navy cross. Tho controversy over nnval decora- tlons was precipitated last winter by H tho publication of a letter from Rear H Admiral William 8. Sims to Secretary H Daniels, declining to accept thu dls- jH tlngulshed servlco medal for which ho jH had been recommended, bocnuso of al HHH leged Injustices In Uio manner of iifl awarding tho honors. After tho sen- IH to Investigation Mr. Dnnlcls sent tho H 1st back to tho Knight board for re- H |