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Show uu DECORATION FOR DETROIT OFFICER AROUSES VETS WINDSOR, Ont, No 10 Aroused at th- announcement thai Harry Cos-telio, Cos-telio, former lieutenant of Detroit, has been summoned to Washington, where h" will be decorated bv the Prince of Wales for gallantry on the Uchangel front, the executive committee of Indsor, command of the G W. V. A , authorized Captain Peacock, secretary, secre-tary, to take whatever steps he deemed I advisable to prevent 'he ceremony, al though Captain Peacock believes it will be futile io ask the prince to cancel can-cel the engagement with Costello, if tho decoration is for bravery on the held. In the event of the provincial executive of the G. W A. A., advising the action, the following telegram will bo sent to Admiral Halsey "Costello of Detroit during September Septem-ber of this year wrote for press distribution dis-tribution several articles which were published by papers throughout the United States attacking British ex-peditionarv ex-peditionarv forces in Russia especially especial-ly the personal gallantry and conduct of British officers. "Dispatches today state ihat ( os tello Is to be decorated by the Prince of Wales. Is there mistake?" |