The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-07-07

daunt' any American, but the truth
happens to be that the flying service
Is not as dangerous as two or three
other services into which the men
fairly clamor to enter.
In the present war the records show
that the doctors and the litter bearers
are in greater danger of death and
wounds than men Of any other branch
of the service. Running them close
are the engineers, the infantry and the
artillery. II Is probable that some
where In between the infantrymen and
the gunners will be found the fiiers.
They have suffered heavily, of course,
but their chance of escape Is greater
than If they were serving in any of
three other of the fighting branches.
The urgency of the demand that
American aviators In great numbers
be sent to Europe and that America
turn out flying machines by the scores
of thousands unquestionably Will bring
its results. The chances are that when
the American army gets to France 1t
will be found that branch of the
service that twenty years ago was I'M
known will be numerically as strong
as any other element In the army, bar
ring only the infantry and perhaps the
artillery.
MobiIizing the Women.
The presidents of all the national
organizations of women hundreds in
number, recently gathered in Wash
ington to confer on the mobilization
of women for the war. In the
meantime every state, as well as the
Philippines and the Panama zone, has
chairman who is sending in reports
OF the machinery now In process of oil
ing up for the carrying out of the
plans of the committee In Washing
ton.
For the first time in the history of
the world, the women of nation are
being modified for war, under the
leadership and direction of women and
directly under a national government.
In the nice little plat of squares and
lines that represents the activities Of
the council of national defense, new
square appears. 1t is entitled "Wom-
ems Defense Committee" Sitting SUI
preme I'm that square is the aged but
still poppy dean of all the women OF
America, DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
With her as vice chairman is one OF
the leading woman publicists of the
United States, Miss Ida Tarbell. Other
members of the committee are Mrs. 10
seph X. Lamar of Atlanta, Mrs. An
toinette Funk of Illinois, Miss Maude
Wetmore of Rhode Island, Mrs. Philip
n. Moore Of Missouri, Mrs. Stanley
Mccormick Of Massachusetts, Mrs.
Josiah X. Cowles of California, Miss
Agnes hester Of Illinois, and Mrs. Car
RE Chapman Gait of New York.
Suffrage questions and questions Of
personal interests have been thrown
into the discard. The leading suffra
gist of the country the other day went
off and left the leading antisuffragist
to write a letter for her. Agnes Mes
tor, the glove worker, and Mrs. Cowles,
the club woman, and Mrs. Lamar, the
Colonial Dame, are throwing every
thing else aside for the sake Of the
one issue: THE successful prosecution
Of the war"
Ten Main Divisions.
The plans of the women are divided
into ten main divisions representing
the most important interests and activ-
tiles of women. Each division will be
under the special charge of one expert,
while the committee as whole will
sit on general questions of policy.
Food production and conservation &C.
cupy two divisions, woman In industry
another, child welfare a third. In all
these fields the committee will har-
monte the work done in various gov
eminent departments and committees
and unity the women of the country In
these lines. Liberty loans lin the
pluraD will form another division, and
home and farm relief, In cooperation
with the Red Cross. Social welfare
work. such as work for crippled chill
dren, tuberculosis hospitals, settle
ments, which will be hard hit by the
war, will be encouraged.
Women are to be urged TO feel that
America must be a good place for our
soldiers to some home to. To give 10
the war needs their last penny and
their last ounce of energy, not by
taking everything away from existing
charities, but by taking everything
away from personal luxuries. In con-
nection with this, but occupying anoth-
err division in the scheme, is the plan
to help safeguard the morals of the
young boys everywhere in canton
ments and on duty in camps and on
guard.
Work Of Coordination.
But the great work of this vast mn
chine will be coordination of the
womens organizations already engaged
in war or defense work. Letters and
kilograms by the thousands have
poured in upon the council from wom-
ems organizations all over the country.
They are especially keen to be in
structed upon the war itself, Its causes,
and the historical phases of 1t. They
also require training for efficiency In
various lines of service. This training
will be done under the various organi- |
cations now in existence, the committee
simply preventing inefficient overlap