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Show MEDALS ARE READY FOR NAVAL HEROES DEPARTMENT FORWARDS DECORATIONS DECO-RATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION ON ARMISTICE DAY. Revised List Includes More Than 400 Officers and Men Who Will Receive Re-ceive the Distinguished Service Medal, 1500 Navy Cross. Washington. -The long delay in awarding medals for distinguished war-time service in the navy and marine corps is about to be ended, it was learned Monday at the navy department. de-partment. The decorations, which were held up while u naval board reconsidered the awards after a controversy contro-versy among naval officers and a subsequent sub-sequent congressional investigation last winter, have been mailed tG commanding com-manding officers of ships and stations for distribution either on Armistice day, November 11, or Armistice Sunday, Sun-day, November 11. The medals were forwarded in sealed seal-ed packages, with instructions that they were not to be opened until receipt re-ceipt of a general release message from the department, and were then to he presented with appropriate ceremonies. cere-monies. The original list included thirteen persons to receive the Medal of Honor, while the revised list, it was said, provides pro-vides for nineteen. The revised list as finally approved, includes the names of more than 400 officers and men, who will receive the distinguished service ser-vice medal and about 1500 to receive the navy cross. The controversy qyer naval decorations decora-tions was precipitated last winter by Hie publication of a letter from Hear Admiral William S. Sims to Secretary Daniels, declining to accept the distinguished dis-tinguished service medal for which he had been recommended, because of alleged al-leged Injustices in the manner of awarding the honors. , After the senate sen-ate investigation Mr. Daniels sent the list back to the Knight board for review. |