Show 1 COMMANDER OF f UTAH TA MH MEWS I In CUED n fO FOil BRAVERY AV J. J 1 Major General Johnson of gIst Division Receives i 3 Medal Saw I Hard Fighting Under Him MAJOR 11 T f AJOR GENERAL WILLIAM l IVl II If JOHNSON commander I of of the Ninety-first Ninety division composed composed composed com com- posed of drafted men from the I Western Vestern states in which there are in the Three Hundred Hundred Hundred Hun Hun- dred Sixty-second Sixty and Three Hundred Hundred hundred Hun Hun- dred third Sixty infantry regiments has been en a awarded by ute IMe war department department depart depart- depart I ment upon recommendation of General General General Gen Gen- eral John J J. Pershing a distinguished service medal for meritorious and j distinguished service in a position of great responsibility according to in information information information in- in formation received by Major Fred Jorgensen adjutant general of Utah i THE CITATION Major General William H. H Johnson I during the Meuse Argonne-Meuse offensive commanded with skill and ability the I Ninety-first Ninety division in the difficult I advance that resulted in the taking of and Ivoiry later in participation participation par par- wit with the French led his division with marked distinction In the attack on and the capture of the important important important im im- im- im city of Audenarde in the closing closing clos clos- I clos-I ing operations of the war In Belgium tho the citation states MAJOR CRONKHITE ALSO Major General Adelbert P P. Cronkhite commander of the Eightieth division also has been awarded a distinguished service medal General Cronkhite then Captain Cronkhite of or the Twenty- Twenty second artillery was stationed at I Ft t Douglas in 1904 During the troubles at that time in Edison street when after difficulty between a soldier and some negroes soldiers from the fort raided the negro section with considerable t Q erable damage Captain Captain- Cronkhite quelled the soldiers and adjusted the difficulty MEUSE ARGONNE-MEUSE DRIVE Shortly after war was declared General General General Gen Gen- eral Cronkhite was placed in command of Camp Lee Va where the Eighteenth division composed of drafted men from Virginia West Virginia and western Pennsylvania trained for overseas service Later General Cronkhite led ld the division he had trained In the Meuse Argonne-Meuse offensive offensive offensive ive for which he received the medal Major General Adelbert P. P Cronkhite Cronkhite Cronkhite Cronk Cronk- hite commanded the Eightieth Eig division during the Meuse Argonne-Meuse offensive and demonstrated great ability as a aleader aleader leader and proved himself a commander command command- i er of initiative and courage the citation citation cita cita- i tion sets forth |