New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-07
PLENTYOF WORK
FOR FRIENDS OF
BOYS AT FRONT
CHAIRMAN OF STATE COUN-
GIL OF DEFENSE ISSUES
STATEMENT THAT SHOULD
BE READ AND HEEDED BY
ALL LOYAL CITIZENS

A most important and interesting
statement addressed to the county
councils of defense, is being issued
by Charles Springer, chairman of tbs
committee of the Council
of Defense. The statement follows.
At a meeting of the Santa Fe
council of defense held re-
Gently the council passed a resolu-
ton providing for inviting all the
wives and sisters of the
from Santa Fe county to
form an auxiliary organization for the
purpose of keeping in touch with
the men from the county who have
gone into the army or navy, and
supplying them with whatever may
be necessary for their comfort. ]
suggest that similar action be taken
by your county council.
Keep Track OF Boys
In order that the cooperation be-
.ween your council and the auxiliary
council may be effective, suggest
hat you arrange to keep a record
If the names of the men from your
county who have enlisted in the army
md navy, the national guard, and
hose who go into the new national
lrmy under the selectivc draft law,
loting on the record the regiment
,r organization to which each may
,e assigned from time to time, and
he address to which mail and pack
lges for each should be forwarded.
The record should also give full in
ormation regarding each man, as to
lis position in the army, promotion,
md of the military or naval opera
ions, battles or marches in which
lie may be engaged, and complete in
ormation which will afford the ne
essary facts for a history of the
men during the war.
Relatives and friends of the men
nay, while not neglecting Red Cross
work., nevertheless devote sufficient
ime to making useful articles to be
orwarded to the men from their
wn county. Proper committees may
ssist some of the relatives along
hese lines and where necessary, in
writing letters to the men at the
ront, and in keeping relatives in
ormed as to the whereabouts and
eeds of the men.
Proper committees should be ap-
ointed from the county council of
cfcnse and the auxiliary organization
0 see that the families or dependents
f the soldiers are properly cared
or and given necessary assistance
uring the absence Of the soldiers.
nd to look after insurance and
ension claims.
Slaughter Not Probable
| suggest also in this connection
hat the members of your council
hould endeavor by every means to
orrect the false impression which
as been industriously circulated
mong the people by German agents
nat the men who are drafted into
he new army will be Immediately
ent into the trenches in France,
nd exposed to the worst possible
errors and practically certain death.
he facts are that the men engaged
| this war are not exposed to any
link like the hardships or dangers,
nd the casualties are not so great
S in the American Civil War. The
len will, after being given the neces-
lry time to arrange their immediate
fairs, be sent to comfortable train
lg camps in the United States, where
icy will be we'll fed, and the physi-
al training and proper attention by
le most competent medical officers
i'll soon put them all into prime
ondition. The camp life is inter-
sting, the arrangements for enter
inment and for athletic sports,
ames and contests are ample, and
le experience in the training camp
i'll give them a valuable education
lch as few of them would have
e opportunity to acquire otherwise.
it should be their good fortune
be sent to the front in Europe,
lat will also be valuable and won-
,rful experience, and, with the inn
owed means for caring for and pro-
citing the men in trench warfare,
e percentage of deaths has been
pidly reduced until now it is less
AN half what it was in the first
ears of the war.
Casualties Run Low
Attention is called to the article
Leslie's Weekly for August 80 1917,
herein it is stated Mr.. Roger Bab-
m, the statistician, said recently
ter an exhaustive investigation
fourteen out of every fifteen have
'en safe so far. Under present con-
tions not more than one in thirty
killed. Only one man in 500 loses
limb, a chance no greater than in
lzardous conditions at home" The
accounts of deaths in the
'ench, English and Canadian armies
e mostly German propaganda. Of
cry 1000 in the United States army
is probable that $40 will return
thout serious injury.
Artillery And Aircraft Protect
With the preponderance in aero
anes and artillery which it is easily
'ssib1e for this country to provide,
is believed that the men will be |
protected that the casualties will
less than those in any previous ,
lr; and it is also assured that the
for furnishing supplies
r the hospitals and sanitary ar
and other protection for
e soldiers, will be better than any
ing heretofore attempted in war. /:
le men who go to the front fight I
3 for the triumph of Democracy
d to overcome the forces of evil I