The Riffian squadron has been dissolved. The officers who composed it
are returning to France. This squadron was made the object of the
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following appreciative
citation, signed by Marshal Petain, with reference to the brilliant
services rendered by these volunteers on the Moroccan front:
“The squadron, brilliantly commanded by Colonel Sweeney and
solidly composed of Colonel Kerwood, Majors Pollock and
Sussan, Captains Holden, Butts, Mussain, Weller, McGibeney,
Sparks, Rockwell and Bullen, and Lieutenants Cousins,
Bennington, Jibeney and Day, desirous of devoting themselves
to the cause of France, came to Morocco in a fine gesture of
enthusiasm and solidarity with their comrades of the Great
War.
“This unit, remarkable for the abnegation and the high moral
value of its members, daily executed difficult missions and
distant liaisons, and flights of reconnaissance and bombardment, accomplishing in
six weeks more than 350 war missions and releasing more than
forty tons of projectiles.”
