and handling of the situation, Bandholtz received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of War. Bandholtz retired from active service for disability on November 4, 1923, and was promoted to the rank of major general. He received many awards during his military career, including the Cross of Commander Order of the Crown, Cross of Commander French Legion of Honor, and Croix de Guerre with Palm. He was also honored with other foreign awards, such as the Grand Cross Montenegro Silver Medal for Valor and the Romanian Grand Cross, Order of the Cross. The latter is the only award of this class given to an American. Personal life Bandholtz and his wife May separated in 1918 after 28 years of marriage. They divorced in 1922. In April 1922, a few months after the divorce was made final, Bandholtz married Inez Claire Gorman in New York City. Gorman was twenty-five years younger than Bandholtz. The marriage caused tension between Bandholtz and his only son Cleveland. Also a career officer, he was by then serving as a colonel in the United States Army. Bandholtz suffered from heart problems later in life. On May 7, 1925, he died at his home in Constantine, Michigan at the age of 60. Bandholtz is buried in Constantine Township Cemetery. Memorial in Budapest In 1936, the Hungarian government commissioned a statue in Bandholtz's honor and placed it in Szabadság tér (Liberty Square) across from the US embassy in Budapest. It is inscribed with the following (a quote from him): The statue, made by prominent Hungarian sculptor Miklós Ligeti, depicts Bandholtz with his riding crop in one hand. According to the historical fact about his standoff with the Romanian military, he had persuaded them to stop looting the National Museum with nothing more than the crop and the force of his personality. The incident is described in detail in his book An Undiplomatic Diary by the American Member of the Inter-Allied Military Mission to Hungary, 1919–1920. Today the crop is on display in the Hungarian National Museum. Romanian representatives objected to the memorial. The protests of the Romanian authorities led the American embassy to adopt a more circumspect attitude, deciding that only American diplomats of lesser rank be present at the unveiling of the monument. After World War II, the statue was repaired. But in 1949, it was removed by the new Communist government that had come to