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Show FIVE MEN HONORED Highest Awatd For an American Soldier Given Giv-en at White House 1 Washington, Nov. 2t. Five young men, enlisted men andj officers in Uncle Un-cle Sam's military force, came together togeth-er at the White House today to receive re-ceive the highest award that can be given an American soldier, tho medal of honor Four of them from the Presidio, Pre-sidio, San Francisco, brought memories memor-ies of the hunt and. capture of the Filipino chief. Jikiri, in 1909. while the firth, a navy officer who had helped help-ed protect the town of Douglas, Ariz., last year, heard modesily tho retelling of his riding into a rain of bullets to stop a fight that threatened the lives of Americans. , Soldiers Decorated. The soldiers decorated for deeds of gnlluntry in action were: First Lieutenant Archie Miller and Second Lieutenants Arthur H. Wilson and John T Kennedy, all of tho Sixth cavalry; Quartermaster Sergeant Henderson Hen-derson of Troop B, Sixth cavalr. and Captain Julian Gaujot of the First cavalry. cav-alry. Generals Summoned. President Taft had summoned to tho White House for the ceremony at 2.30 o'clock all of the medal of honor hon-or men now stationed or living near Washington. Invited to tlie White House to do honor to tho younger members of the distinguished order were Major General William II Carter, Car-ter, Brigadier General Ernest A Carl-ington. Carl-ington. Brigadier General Albert T Mills. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Mileo. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles (retired), Mnjor General Georgo L. Gillespie (retired), nnd nearly n score of others whose deeds of gallantry in action ran back through the history of Cuban and Philippine campaigns to the stirring das of Indian fighting and the Civil war. Won Spurs in Philippines. The Sixth cavalry men honored today to-day all won their spurs In the Philippines Philip-pines They were under orders from Gcneiai Leonard Wood when they went on the trail of Jlrlklrl, who had killed hundreds of Chinese and Moros and had become the terror of the Jolo archipelago In a campaign noted for the brilliancy of the personal acts of bravery they caught the marauder and his allies and effectually put an end to the piracy hp ha(UdIjiected IrT tho final "fTglfrTaccordlng'-to,thr repoits made by Captain George I. Byrani. their commanding officer, the present medal of honor men rushed ahead of ths line and ansaged in hand to hand fights with tho pirate chief and his lieutenants. Captain Gaujot of the First cavalry won his medal much nearor home. He was in command of troops on the border bor-der line when the battle of Agua Prie-ta, Prie-ta, Mex. threatened the I'ves and property of the citizens ol Douglas. Ariz.. April i:'.. 1911. According to an eye-witness. Captain Cap-tain Gaujot, spelng the havoc wrought by Mexican bullots that came to the American aide rodo boldl through the fire into Agua Prieta where he induced the Mexicans to lay down their arms and slop the combat |