Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1916 — KEEPS MEDALS FOR HEROES [ARTICLE]

KEEPS MEDALS FOR HEROES

State Department at Washington Has Large Assortment of Testimonial* on Hand. Washington.—The state department spends about S2OO a year for watches, medals and other testimonials it gives to foreigners who save the lives of Americans at sea. If the rescuer is a common seaman, who accomplishes The rescue through his own Initiative and individual efforts, he is presented with a gold medal containing S2O worth of gold and inscribed with his name. The presentation inscription reads, “From the President of the United States/* an officer of a ship figures in the rescue he gets a handsome gold watch and chain or a pair of the finest binoculars manufactured. A supply of medals, watches, chains and binoculars always is kept on hand in the office of the chief clerk of the state department. —— !