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H. L. A. BATES
SECRETARY-MANAGER

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.,

Feb 6th 1919

My dear old Sned:

You can imagine our delight yesterday to
get your cable "Received Croix de Guerre with Palm
Bates San Alvadon." We also received yesterday your
letter of Jan 13th from Chaumont in which you
said you might cable. We would like to have
cabled you back our congratulations, and no doubt
you expected we would as you gave your address
San Alvadon, but we dont know where you are
now as that cable must have been coming for
days, and as you only had two weeks leave, you
are probably back at Coblenz. However Edward
dear, we are all exceedingly proud of you, and
are exceedingly glad that you have it. Regarding
the D. S. C. you must apparently have pull, or
be a General in Washington, or Secretary of War. I suppose
you did not see the report that was made of your
gallantry, or the reasons that led to it being disallowed.

It makes me sore though to think that your Colonel
& Major both got it, and you who deserved it
got left. I telephoned the French Consul and
asked him for the difference between the Croix de
Guerre, and the C. G with palm. He said that the first
was for unusual bravery in action, and the latter
"is a very great distinction." Mother showed your
cable to the French Consul, and he opened his safe and