2x SIGNED Maj General 1899 Indian Sioux & Spanish American WWI Wars USMA Orders

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SIGNED Maj General William Cannon Rivers 1899  Indian Sioux/Cheyenne & Spanish American WWI Wars USMA Orders.
William Cannon Rivers
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Pulaski, Tennessee
HOME OF RECORD:
Pulaski, Tennessee
William Rivers graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1887.
Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Division: 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 89 (1919)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General William Cannon Rivers, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Commander of the 76th Field Artillery, 3d Division, Colonel Rivers was a material factor in stemming the tide of the enemy's advance during the second Battle of the Marne. Subsequently, upon being promoted to the grade of Brigadier General, he displayed marked leadership and high military attainments in command of the 5th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Also signed and dated on the back by 1900 West Point graduate "Col. Lewis Morey, in Army 46 Years
Hero of the Carrizal Skirmish with Mexican Troops in 1916. Washington, April 15 (AP) - Col. Lewis S. Morey, retired army finance office. Colonel Morey was born in Pittsford, N.Y. and was graduated from West Point in 1900. He served in the Philippines at West Point and on the Mexican border before the first World War, in which he was assistant chief of staff with the Seventy-seventh Division.
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