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C Red Cedar Shingles LAST INDEFINITELY WE SELL ONLY THE BEST ANY QUANTITY AT LOW PRICES ^SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED DAVIDSON & COMPANY TELEPHONE 104 "The Middle Town Yard" ? Main Street, Next to Court House. Amrrtra'a 3iuumtrtaln Moot rtrikin* totancM of gallantry for which th? DiKmguitKfKl Service Oom ItM Uw ?w?r<y > Among the thousand* of Ameri can soldier s who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for con - spicxtous bravery on the field of bat tle in France, there were a fsw whose feats were of such an unusual character as to stand out above the other *. General Pershing's staff has .selected a number of these most notable cases of bravery tin the part of the fighting Americans, and a few of them are given below. They present only a few of the thousands of acts of heroism that are given recognition in the official records of the war department. OSCAR P. MILLER, Major, 361st Infantry. MaJ. Miller received the Distinguish ed Service Cross for conspicuous gal lantry In action neur Gesnes, Prance, September 28, 1918. After two days of Intense physical and mental strain, during which MaJ. Miller hnd led his battalion in the front line of the ad vance, through the forest of Argonne, the enemy was met in a prepared po sition south of (Vsncs. Though til moKt exhausted, he energetically re organized his battalion andL '-ordered an attack. -Upon jreaching open ground, the advancing line began to waver In the face of machine gun fire from the front and flapks and direct artillery Are. Personally leading his "Command group forward between his front line companies, MaJ. Miller in spired his men by his personal cour nge and they again pressed on toward the hostile position. As this officer led the renewed attack he was shot in the right leg, but he nevertheless staggered forward at the h(?ad of bis command. Soon afterward be wan again shot in the right arm, but he continued the charge, personally cheer ing his troops on through the heavy machine gun fire. Just before the ob jective was reached he received a wound in the abdomen, which forced him to the/ground, but he continued to urge his men on, telling them to push on to the next ridge and leave him where he lay. He died from his wounds a few days later. MnJ. Mil ler's widow lives at 1727 West Fifty first street, Los Angeles, CaL ? HENRY Q. COSTON, * Private, Company, H, 16th Infantry..' Conspicuous gallantry resulting la wounds which caused his death won the Distinguished -Service Cross for Private Coston. Near Bol.s de Con senvoye, France. October 8, 1018, when the advance of his platoon had been held up by machine gun fire, and a request was made for an nutomatic rifle team to charge the nest, Private Coston was the first to volunteer. Go ing forward with his team under ter rific fire of enemy artillery, machine guns and trench mortars. ' Private Cos ton continued to advance after all his comrades had become casualties and he himself hnd received serious wounds. He operated his gun until he collapsed, but his act resulted In the capture of about 100 prisoners and several machine guns. He died short ly after from the effects ? of his wounds. Private Coston's widow lives at OlfS Mason avenue, Cape Charles, Va. JESSE N. FUNK, Private, First Class, Co. L, 354th Infantry. Private Funk received the Distin guished Service * Cross for conspicu ous gallantry In action near Bois de Buntheville, France, October 31, 1918. Learning that two daylight patrols had been caught out in No Man's Land and were unable to return, Private Funk and another stretcher bearer, upon their own Initiative, made two trips five hundred yards beyond our lines, under constant machine gun fire and rescued two wounded officers. Ills father, Martin Funk, lives In Calhan, Colo. ? ? JOSEPH A. BUFFALO, Private, Company F, 258th Infantry. Private Buffalo, who lives with his mother, Mrs. Pearl E. Ruffalo, at Box by, Okla.. was decorated for extraordi nary heroism in action near Fey-en Have, France, September 12, 1918. Al though he was seriously wounded early In action, Private Buffalo remained In the fight throughout the day, leading small parties of men against machine gun emplacements, killing two of the enemy himself and refusing to he evacuated until late at night, unable to fight further. ? I*? CLIFFORD E. MELLEN, Private, Company A, 104th Infantry. Disregard of his own safety In an effort to nave his comrades won the Distinguished Service Cross for Pri vate Mellen. The act was performed In the Bols Haumont, France, Octo ber 1/>, T918. Private Mellen, an offi cer, and eight other soldlera, were ?or ronnded by the enemy la a shell bol% luto which ?n enemy grenada w?* thrown, landing directly In the midst of the groap, I >! i ? Kitrtllnf hla owl safety, thl* soldier seised the grenade and attempted to throw It out, but It exploded in his hand Just as he sue CMded getting It ubove the level of the ground. HU prompt action saved the lives of the men In the shell hole, but he \vu? severely wounded. Prt vat* Mellen lives with his mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Mellen. 29 Worcester street. Worcester, Mass. ?I*? PARKER C. DUNN, Private, First Class, 1st Battel left, *? 312th Infantry. Private Dunn (deceased) was deco rated for conspicuous gallantry In ac tlon dear Grande-Pre, France, October 29 ,1018. When his battalion comman der found It neceasury to send a ines sa|e to a company In the attacking line and hesitated to order ? runner to make the trip because of the ex treme danger Involved, Private Dunn, a member of the Intelligence section, volunteered for the mission. After ad vancing but a short distance acroea a field swept by artillery and machine gun flre he was wounded a second time. Sftll undaunted, he persistently attempted tp carry out hla mlaalon un til he waa killed by a machine gun bullet before reaching the advanced line. He lived In Albany, N. Y. ALEXANDER R. 8KINKER, Captain, 138th Infantry. Capt. Alexander R. 8k Inker (de ceased) was decorated for conspicuous gallantry In action at Oheppy, France, September 26. 1918. Unwilling to sac rifice his men when his company was held up by terrific machine gun flre from iron pill* boxes In the Hlnden burg line, Captain Sklnker personally led an automatic rifleman and/a car rier in an attack on the machine guns. The carrier was killed instantly, but Captain Sklnker seized the ammuni tion and continued through an opening in the barbed wire, feeding the auto matic rifle until he wos killed, torn His widow lives at 6-10 Elmwood ave nue, St. Louis, Mo. PATRICK GARRITY, Private Company C, 354th Infantry. Private Garrlty wos decorated for conspicuous bravery In action near Remonvllle, France, November 1, 1918. When his company was advancing ncross an open field an enemy machine gun opened fire upon It from the left front. Private Garrlty and t^o other soldiers being on that Hank of the com pany. Immediately advanced upon It. His two comrades were shot down, but Private Garrlty f^ffVartCed alone at a run; and with hfs bayonet drove the three Germans from their guns Into a neur-by dugout, capturing them and the gun. Private" Garrlty's home address Is 3741 Keninore avenue, Chl jcago. 111. . ROBERT L. BLACKWELL, Private, Co. K, 119th Infantry. Robert Hi. Blackwell (deceased) was decorated for conspicuous gallantry In action near St. Souplet, France, Octo ber 11, 1018. When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for vol unteers to carry a message calling for reinforcements, Private Blackwell volitaieered for this mission, well knowing the extreme danger connected with It. In attempting to get through" the heavy shell and machine gun fire this gallant soldier was killed. The address of his father is James B. Blackwell, R. F. D. No 2, Hlndles, N. C. ? I* ? CLAYTON K. SLACK, Private, Company D, 124th M. Q. B. Private Slack received the Distin guished Service Cross for consplcuour intrepidity In action near Consenvoye, France, October 8, 1018. .Observing German soldiers under cover fifty yards away on the left .flank, Private Slack, upon his own initiative, rushed them with his rifle, and single-handed captured ten prisoners affljUjbvo neavy tuacfclne guns, thus saving ffls com-" pany and neighboring organizations"1 from heavy casualties. His home is with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Mae Slack, Lampson, Wis. ? 1*1 ? HOWARD E. MADSEN, Sergeant, Co. D, 115th Infantry. Sergeant Madsen was decorated for conspicuous gallantry in action at Bols-de-Consenvoye, France, October 22, 1018. When the platoon which he was commanding was held up by an enemy machine gun nest, Sergeant Madsen, taking an armful of grenades, advanced alone over ground swept by machine gun fife, put the machine gun out of action, routed the enemy and permitted the platoon to advance with out casualties. His mother1, Mrs. Mary V. 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