Landsman, serving on board the U.S.S. _Marblehead_, for extraordinary bravery and coolness while cutting the cables leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 11, 1898, under a heavy fire of the enemy. (G.O. 521, July 7, 1899.)
Seaman, for jumping overboard from the U.S.S. _Trenton_, at Genoa, Italy, September 21, 1880, and rescuing from drowning Hans Paulsen, ordinary seaman. (G.O. 326, October 18, 1884.)
Coxswain, United States Navy, for distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy in the battles on the 13th, 20th, 21st and 22d of June, 1900, while with the relief expedition of the allied forces in China. (G.O. 55, July 19, 1901.)
Ordinary seaman on board of the U.S.S. _Hartford_; gallant conduct in jumping overboard at Norfolk, Va., and rescuing from drowning one of the crew of that vessel, March 4, 1876. (G.O. 207, March 23, 1876.)
ENSIGN THOMAS J. RYAN, UNITED STATES NAVY.
For heroism in effecting the rescue of a woman from the burning Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, on September 1, 1923. Following the earthquake and fire which occurred in Yokohama on September 1, Ensign Ryan, with complete disregard for his own life, extricated a woman from the Grand Hotel, thus saving her life. His heroic conduct upon this occasion reflects the greatest credit on himself and on the United States Navy, of which he is a part. (Medal presented by President Coolidge at the White House on March 15, 1924.) (G.O. 124, February 4, 1924.)
Captain of top; for jumping overboard from the U.S.S. _Saratoga_, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I., June 25, 1881, and sustaining, until picked up by a boat from the ship, Frank Gallagher, second-class boy, who had fallen overboard. (G.O. 326, October 18, 1884.)
Seaman, engineers' force, on board of the U.S.S. _Shenandoah_; for jumping overboard and assisting Midshipman Miller in saving Charles Prince, seaman, from drowning at Villefranche, December 15, 1871. (G.O. 169, February 8, 1872.)
Quartermaster on board of the U.S.S. _Kearsarge_ when she destroyed the _Alabama_ off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864. His conduct is testified to by Commodore Winslow as deserving of all commendation, both for gallantry and encouragement of others in his division. (G.O. 59, June 22, 1865.)