Arizona republican., 1918-06-13
Arizona's Honor Roll


 The record which Arizona is making in every phase of work is inspiring one; in fact. Ari- leads the nation many features war service The following roll of her achievements is only credit to the and women of the state but shows that Arizonans, true to their breed believe in giving practical expression to their loyalty:
 Arizona has contributed over ten thousand fiqht- ing through the selective draft and by enlist ment to the various of the military and naval serVeei or greater percentage of her male, adult, non-aen population than any other state. Had other states contributed in the proportion there would now be fighting under the flag of this nation between six and million men.
 In the matter of money backing of the war, Ari- has made a wonderful record. The quota for the Twelfth district (which includes nine of the fourteen counties of Arzona) of the Third Liberty Loan was $327OooOoO, and Arizona responded with se,s6375ooo, or 2129o of her quota-amons the very best records made by any state in the nation; and still more inspiring thing the fact of the large dis trbution of this loan among all the people of this district. On the Second Liberty loan we had 18572 subscribers while to the Third Liberty loan there were 3,o25 subscribers, which means that prac- tcay one out of every five of the men and women, including aliens and Indians within the state backed up the government by subscribing to the loan. In other state was the governments idea that this loan should be popular loan so clearly expressed in Arizona
 Arizonas record in the recent Red Cross war drive is something of which every citizen should be proud We must bear in mind that this was direct aft on the part of the people to the war; and it is evident shat the patriotism and of this were underestmated when Arizona given the quota of s2oo,ooo.oo for when the subscriptions to this Red Cross war drive were all in the other day, it showed that the immense sum of S4592oooo had been subscribed, practically 2so9o of the amount for which we had been asked. Again Arizona stands almost at the top in it's response to the noble appeal of the Red Cross
 The State Council of Defense felt that to conduct an intelligent production campaign in Arizona an accurate crop survey needed, and under their charge and with the cooperation of the Extension Service of the University of Arizona, compiled Ari- zOnas first crop survey and one of the very first completed crop surveys made in the nation covering 491se7 acres last year the state and at less cost per acre surveyed than in any other state in tbe nation.
 The State Council of Defense also initiated with the cooperation of the eommandants of the various esntonments, welfare card system for every man m the service from Arizona, and this welfare work both for the men and their families, is now being carried on by the Welfare Service of the Red cros. and is regarded model by other states
 The readiness of the boys of Arizona to back up Uncle Sam in this great fight shown in the remarkable work done last year by the Arizona Boys Working Reserve While there were other states which had boys registered Arizona stands first for the efficiency of this Boys Reserve and for the actual field work accomplished in proportion to the boys employed.
 The general response of the professional men to all kinds of service throughout the state has been fine demonstration of patriotic service. Law yers and public have responded to the calls of the Four Minute movement and have brought home day after day, to the people, the realities of this and done much to increase the steadily awaken ing spirit of service; and of the very finest ords made by Arizona, and in which she stands far ahead of any other state in the nation, is the response of the medical to the call of national duty. In the edition of June of the Journal of the American Medical Association, under the head of Military Medical Honor Rol," is list of physicians of all the states who have the Medical Relief Corps and sacrificed their practice for the duration of the war, and in this list Arizona leads all the rest. In summary of the tables furnished it is shown that in this state, with total of 331 physi- clans, 76 of them 239S, have entered the national service The average percentage of the other states is but 137
 The record of Arizona in work would not be complete without mention of the nobe self -sacrific ing efforts of the women of the Red Cross in every part of the state No abors have been sustained than theirs. Not only have they devoted themselves to the encouragement of the broad work of the American Red Cross but they have been untring in their daily individual toil to bring comfort to the men in the field in the preparation of hospital clothing surgical dressings and knitted articles In this work they have not been by their sisters of any state
 The above facts should be cherished by all loyal Arizonians, and when hear this state often re- ferred to in public addresses the greatest in