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Show VICTORY MEDAL FOR SAILORS, I FRENCH HONORS FOR MARINES, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED HERE Naval Tokens Bear Clasp Designating Type of Service Rendered ' Naval victory medals and war service ser-vice clasps are ready for distribution , to men in the intermountaln country who served In the regular navy between be-tween the declaration of war. April C, 1917, and Armistice day, November 11. lyis. according to announcement at the Ogden navy recruiting office today The in. 1. ils .if of liron.i and of I'oautiftil workmanship The claspa differ according to type of service, as destroyer, battleship, cruiser avl-.i avl-.i Ion r station. These may bo obtained by bringing discharge papers tin, I war .service --r-tlflcates to the Ogden station or Bending Bend-ing in by roglsti-rej mail The medal and clasp with returned papers will Bent by registered mail Horn Salt Lake. Men in the naval reserve force must apply in the commandant of their respective re-spective naval districts. As a rush for the medals is expected, ex-pected, prompt action is suggested by Recruiting ifflcer J F. n'Cunnor Later applicants, he intimated, will ge forced to Walt for delivery after the first supply is exhausted. Men of Marine Regiments in Decisive Battles Are Remembered ' The Ogden marine corps recruiting 'station. I486 Washington avenue. Is In receipt of the fourragere and authorization author-ization card for delivery to all fornv r officers and enlisted men of the marine ma-rine corps residing in this dletriot who are entitled thereto by reason of having been attached to the Fifth and ! Sixth regiments of the Sixth machine ;gun battalion on at least two occas-; occas-; Ions for which those organizations were cited In French orders pf the army Fifth and Sixth regiments Juno 2- i 13, cos. Bouro aches and l'.ois de Hel- lleau, July 19, IMS. Alsne-Marne I Sols-sons), Sols-sons), October 10. 1918. Metise-Ar-gonnc- (Champagne . Sixth machine- gun battalion June 12-11, 1918, Bouresches and Bois de Belleau; July 18-19, 1918. Aisne- ' Marne ( Solssons) Sergeant George Mason nnd Corporal James I . Cole of the Ogden station have rceeiwd b tters of comm tidal ion from Col, David p. Poiter, U. s. Ma- rine Corps, officer In charge of recruiting, re-cruiting, Washington, D C, for good recruiting results at the Ogden office during the past three months |