Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-01 | Page 5 | U. S. Regulars Win Most Crosses

UI u. S1 s. REGULARS lA lAWI WI VON N M MOST T I C CROSSES O S I 1 I I ISe Se Second ond Regulars Gain and the First I Medals I I By Associated ted Press I WASHINGTON March Of I.-Of the total of l service crosses awarded for gallantry in ac- ac I to American soldiers General I March announced today or more than double the number given to any other division went to the Second regulars regulars reg- reg I ulars The First division of regulars I came next with crosses awarded I j I to Its members The Third regulars I with was third The Twenty sixth New v England national national na- na I guard the fourth in the list with awards led all national guard and national army divisions The I second Forty Rainbow came next with and then the Thirtieth with I The Twenty seventh New York national guard now on the high seas returning home received The I Seventy seventh also a New York division di- di vi vision received I I The o other divisions f fIS IS S 'S In order from the tho Thirtieth which was the sixth in pre pre- follows Fifth awards Twenty ninth I seventh Seventy Twenty Twenty- seventh 13 Thirty second Ninety first 13 ninth Eighty 97 Seventy eighth 95 Seventy ninth I SO 60 Thirty third 76 Fourth 66 ty eighth 58 Ninetieth 57 Eightieth I 42 second Eighty 34 Seventh 30 I Thirty seventh 25 Thirty sixth 24 second Ninety 21 first 19 Thirty fifth 17 Sixth 10 Eighty Eighty- I i eighth 1 1 In the various branches ot of the ann army the Infantry General said March naturally nat nat- led with 2942 decorations out of the total The air service was nat nat-I second second sec sec- ond with awards medical cores s third with artillery engineers signal corps 60 50 tank corps 36 and I the remaining awards divided among the other branches with Y M C. C A. A I attaches receiving 3 I