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Show Unusual Honor for Lieutenant Hoskins of Las Vegas, N. M. EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M., Oct. 23. An unusual recognition has been awarded a soldier from East Las Vegas, Lieutenant Leonard Hoskins who died on the battle front in France A battery of twelvo-inch guns at Fort Crockett, Texas, has been named Battery Bat-tery Leonard Hoskins in honor of the lieutenant. The battery was christened christen-ed by the secretary of war. Lieutenant Hoskins was a member of the coast artillery corps. He is burled somewhere some-where m Lorraine. General Pershing i awarded him posthumous honor in a citation. 1 |