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Show HL AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON, March ' 10. Awards of congressional medals of honor to . four enlisted men and one officer for gallantry In action were announced today by the war department. The awards were to Captain L. Ward law Miles, Princeton, N. J.; Corporals Sidney E. Manning, B'lomaton, Ala-.; Jake AHex, Chicago; Thomas A. Pope, Chicago, and John L. Barkley, Elairstown, Mo. Captain Miles won the medal near Rel-Ion, Rel-Ion, France, where he volunteered to lead his company in a very dangerous assault on the Aisne canal. Wounded five times, both legs and one arm being fractured, he ordered himsell's placed on a stretcher and carried forward toward the enemy trench in order that he might encourage his company. The enemy position was taken and held. Private Barkley, on his own initiative 'repaired a captured enemy machine gun, mounted it in a disabled French tank and with this weapon completely broke up an enemy attack. The Germans shelled the tank and attacked again, but were repulsed re-pulsed . second time by Barkley. The citation savs this enabled the American troops "to gain and hold Hill No. 2o3." Corporal Mannine, though severely wounded, led his platoon in an assault until only seven men were left, and by the fire from his automatic rifle held hack the enemy until these men consolidated the position they had taken. He refused to retire, although wounded nine times. Corporal Allex, at a critical moment in the attack on Chlpilly ridge, after all the officers with his unit had been wounded, took command and led the unit forward. When stopped by machine gunfire he "advanced "ad-vanced alone and attacked the nest," killing five of the enemy and capturing fifteen prisoners. Corporal Pope also was cited for attacking at-tacking alone a machine gun nest and silencing it. |