D. S. C. FOR CAPT. LEONARD '19

Captain Melvin Holmes Leonard '19 has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action at Soissons, July 18, 1918. He had been previously awarded the Croix de Guerre with a citation for volunteering for a dangerous mission in the attack at Vaux, near Chateau-Thierry, last July.

Captain Leonard left the University shortly after the declaration of war, enlisting in the 101st engineers. He was later sent to the first Plattsburg Camp, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was then sent to France, and served with the 9th infantry, 2d division, A. E. F. Captain Leonard was wounded at Soissons and sent home as an instructor in September.