Show Medal of Honor Rarest st Tribute Of America Given Col Lindbergh President Coolidge Personally Personally Per Per- Places Ribbon About Aces Ace's Shoulders WASHINGTON March 21 AP President Coolidge today placed personally about the shoulders of Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh the blue ribbon of the congressional medal of honor rarest of American tributes to courage and initiative Surrounded by the highest public public pub pub- pub pub- lic lie officials In the executive departments departments depart depart- ments and by Republican an and Democratic congressional leaders t Coolidge conferred the decoration for heroic courage and great skill in inthe the Lindbergh flight nIght from New York to ParisI Paris I offer he heartiest coni i I you ou my mf Col conC con con- C I 11 said ls the president after conferring the medal lIe He added that in hIs hia flight Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh had not only achieved the greatest personal triumph of ot any American citizen but had bad shown that transatlantic flight was pos pos- sible sibie I Among the notables gathered at atthe atthe atthe the White House to witness the ceremony were Vice President Dawes and Speaker Longworth Senators Curtis of ot Kansas and RobInson Robinson Rob Rob- inson of Arkansas majority and minority leaders respectively in the senate Representatives Tilson Tilson of Connecticut and Garrett of ot Tennessee Tennessee Tennes Tennes- see majority maj and minority leaders in the house Secretaries Wilbur and Hoover postmaster General New Assistant Secretary tary Warner arner Con nu d on rase lae 7 jT g MEDAL OF V RAREST TRIBUTE OF AMERICA GIVEN Continued from page 1 in charge of naval aeronautics Rear Rea Admiral Moffett 1 chief of oC the tho bu bureau bureau bureau bu- bu reau of naval aeronautics Major Majo General Charles P. P Summerall chief of staff Secretary of War Davis Assistant Secretary 1 o ot of the commerce department an and others V The presentation took place on the lawn awn immediately outside the presidents president's offices Mrs CoIll ge I witnessed it from a window of ot th ul the White House V Apparently In deference to lAnd lAnd- s bergh desire to keep out of ot the public eye hi his testimony beford the senate committee was heard be behind behind be- be hind closed doors but on the other side of the the C capitol whore he lie appear appear ap ap- pear dV d. before the house military af affairs at- at fairs airs eon oon the same measure meas- meas incas incas- ure Ore tho the flier lIer spoke before a a. large crowd The safety factors In commercial commercial commer commer- cial aviation he ha declared give Wily way to speed V and carrying bombs and other weapons In military air aIrL craft cratt V He lie Ie em emphasized that In order to maintain the efficiency ncy and high morale of or the air army corps sOnic V form of ot comp compensation in higher r ranks should be provided Active military flying alwa always s 's Will be hazardous he added The expectancy of life of or a flYing officer probably is one ne of the lowest low st of any occupation in the world It Is ig discouraging discouraging dis dis- for officers of C the army air corps to have rank Quite duite junior to that expected in the positions they hold Casualties among military flying V personnel are ala relatively high big and and- this requires special c cOnsIderation in providing replacements If It a a. flying ing oWe officer t. t meets iris his death V the vacancy sho should ld be filled by an air corps' corps officer r 0 of equal experience Adequate reward eward is necessary to at attract at- at tract and hold the type of ot army aviation officers needed for the V service |