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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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A CRATKFUL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THE VAEOR OE THEIR HERO SLAIN 



A widow, a mother, a brother, and a widow receive the Distinguished Service Cross in 

 behalf of loved ones who lie in France. The presentation took place at City Hall, New York. 

 The crosses will not be worn by these individuals, but will be kept as mementoes of lives 

 nobly sacrificed. 



and natives. The East India Company 

 at that time was the governing power in 

 India, under a charter from the British 

 Government, and had its own army. 

 This was followed by a similar award to 

 all engaged in the campaign against Tip- 

 poo Sahib, in 1791-2, in Mysore. Both 

 of these medals were worn suspended 

 from the neck by silk cords. 



In England itself medals for the com- 

 manders became numerous. For ex- 

 ample, they were given to some of the 

 officers present at the capture of Louis- 

 burg in 1758, during the French and 

 Indian War ; to the admirals and captains 

 of Lord Howe's fleet in the victory at 

 Ushant, 1794, known to Englishmen as 

 "the glorious first of June"; to the same 



