U.S. Senator honored for war service. Secretary of War Weeks pinning the Distinguished Service Medal on Senator Rice W. Means, of Colorado, for gallantry in action in the Spanish-American war. Senator Means earned the decoration in 1898, when a Second Lieutenant of the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantr

Weeks decorating Senator Means, 2/18/25

Senator Rice W. Means, of Colorado, who just been awarded a Silver Star citation for gallantry in action merited in 1898, by the War Department. Senator Means, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, merited the decoration as a second Lieutenant of Company E, first Colorado Volunteer Infantry, wh

United States rifle champion receives medal from Assistant Secretary of War. The Assistant Secretary of War, Col. Patrick J. Hurley, who is also president of the National Rifle Association, pinning on Sergeant Jens. B. Jenson, Troop "A", 7th Calvary, the medal for the National Individual Rifle Match

Secty. Good decorates Lt. Col. Jas. G. Cummings, Genl. Summerall, 6/27/29 *Abstract/medium:; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

Weeks decorating David A. Reed, 12/21/22 *Abstract/medium:; 5 x 7 in. or smaller

Major F.L. Martin, who left Wash. as Commander of the Army's round-the-world flight and who nearly lost his life when his plane smashed into a mountain of Aleutian Range, reported June 3rd to Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service. Following the meeting they both called on Secy. of War

General March receiving first victory medal from Secty. Baker

New Chief of the Coast Artillery sworn in. Major General John N. Gulick, center, who was sworn in today as Chief of the United States Coast Artillery. He succeeds Major General Andrew Hero Jr. Left to right, Captain Frank E. Taylor, of the Militia Bureau, General Gulick, and General Hero