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HONOR MEDAL MEN DIVIDE.Gens. Sickles and King and Others Form a New Organization.wi«fircopoSpecial to The New York Timet.PITTSBURG, Jan. SO.—There has been a split In the Medal of Honor Legion, and a new order has been established. CoLJames M. Schoonmaker, Vice President oX the Pittsburg Lake Erie Railroad of this city; Gen. Horatio C. King of Brooklyn, and Gen. Daniel E. Sickles of New York are among those who have withdrawn from the old organization and become members of the Military Order of the Medal of Honor.The trouble came to a head at the an-. nual meeting recently held at the Hotel Astor in New York, when an attempt was made by Gen. King and others to elect Col. Schoonmaker President. He was defeated by Major Walter Thorn of Brooklyn.Col. Schoonmaker said to-day that the election was merely an incident in a division over the principle governing eligibility for membership in the Medal of Honor Legion. The faction which now rules that organization maintained that it would be improper to take in men who had received the Congressional medal for heroic deeds not performed on the field of action. Strong objection was raised by the minority.Col. Schoonmaker said that the Military Order of the Medal of Honor had been permanently established, and that mem-• bers of the older organization from New York. Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, Pittsburg, and other cities had been enrolled. Gen. Sickles is President, Col. Schoonmaker Vice President, and Gen. King Secretary.stlt;thnetothletW;poth)linJhaCoT iCaIsp«thlt;Feda;GofoidnchiIwl'meofrarbrl
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Mon, Jan 31, 1910
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