Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-18
OF the Thousand Who Joined
Coen in Battalion, But 80
Came Out Alive.

since The beginning OF this great
"af 'Ae American people who desired
peace and the universal brotherhood
% man sH pass.unate,y SO far beyond
ne comp rreEeEs.on Of all the rest of
mankind that they laid themselves
open to questions cf their honor and
attacks upon the.r bravery have had
'' endure untold criticism from the
rest Il the world. But when the last
g-n is sIeuced and peace again
trp"cs over q war-strickeu world.
'"u names VIII stand forever radiant
aud '-i-u phaIt above the blackness
~ this awful period These Will he
the American Red Cross and the
American =. q. T.. A. And when the
world ls sane again and men reason
art Il.n-.I pliers make deductions.
the name America Will stand above
al others flI tolerance and mercy
and caa ty and the world viii think
"t her ir terms ot the ministrauoHs
~ these -Wo grand organizations
saw the Horrors.
THIS .s the opinion Of :. + Coen,
straight from two narrowing years IN
the French trenches who knows
whereof be speaks
Mr.. Coon who Is now ln Tulsa. Is
an Ohio Uil man and az the out
t%e4k go, war ~=s - Aex.ce buying
oI for his company.
As soon as ! found out what the
Germans were up TO land I had
plenty ~ opportunity. as they're thick
so Mexico. as soon as ! heard their
talk about worldwide German do
mn.on. I lit OCT Tor Canada. where
enlisted, he said. In Toronto l
looked the Canadian recruiting Off
Hr 80 -
that ] was - and Canadian. That
old kenuck knew / wasn't either lMr.
Co-n is SD. but he took me just the
same. / guess he recognized first
+ class fightln man when he saw one.
J was two years In the trenches.
! cannot dwell very minutely upon
my life there. The actuallties Of war
aIe something that men do not talk
about when they get away from them
They can't But this ! say and say
from my heart: The two grandest
Institutions In Europe today are the
American Red Cross and the Ameri-
can Y. NJ. 9. A While all the res;
OF the world Is organized to starve
ana MAIN and cripple and kin while
D. nations are using the accumulated
resources OF centuries 20 destroy other
men who are doing the same thing
these He1Nen-sent institutions are
seeking TO stay. 20 help. TO alleviate
They are the angels OF construction ir
"a world gone mad with the lust OF
destruction and dead drunk on hu'
man blood.
The American Speed.
"IInud In hand they haunt the fir
ing lives. The American Red Gross
doctors and nurses are as unafraiC
~ tho German guns as is the Y. NJ
G.. \. secretary who pitched his ten
haV.uS within their reach. Icrhap!
i' ISM polite 20 say SO. or in tn,
hest OF form. but the American ReC
Cross and ambulance service is al
ways FROM six hours TO three days II
.ad1auce of any other service Simi
larily. the American doctor is tho only
one who takes into consideration tn,
cosmetic effect which will result from
am operation. The others patch VI
their patients regardless OF the aftel
appearance and the poor soldier goei
thru lie sadly diSfiured while tn,
American doctors take many a she'll
torn face. dissigured beyond all posi-
hle recognition, and make it quite
complete again.
~ the American people could onl!
hc made 20 realize what the Amerl
can doctor and nurse can do in n,
name Of humanity on the Europear
battlefield, they would certainly se'
that Insofar as money can provid,
there shalt he no lack Of doctors
nurses or equipment"
Nj. Coen enlisted with the secont
contingent OF Canadians. who wen
over 20 reinforce the princess Pats.
that heroic detachment that was en-
tirely annihilated fighting like super
men at Npres. In his battalion ;!
out Of 1850 came out alive.
Mr.. Coon went thru two years with
out scratch. but several days aftel
a battle he, with three companions
undertook TO bury the dead on bat
tlefield II am the only one Of IN,
four alive" said Mr.. Coen, significant