Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-23
(The Arizona Republican)

The record which Arizona is mak- ing in every phase of war work is an | inspiring one; in fact. Arizona leads | the nation in many features of war l service. The following roll of her achievements is not cnly a credit to l the men and women of the state, but shows that Arizonans, true to their
 breed, believe in giving practical ex-
 pression to their loyalty:
 Arizona has contributed over ten thousand fighting men, through the | selective draft and by enlistment, to the various arms of the military and
 naval service; or a greater percentage
 of her male, adult, nOn-alien popula- | tion than any other state. Had other states contributed in the same pro- portion, there would now be fighting
 under the flag of this nation between
 six and seven million men.
 in the matter of money backing oi | the war, Arizona has made a wonder
 ful record. The quota for the Twelfth district (which includes nine of the | fourteen counties of Arizona) of the
 Third Liberty Loan, was $3,270,000, and Arizona responded with $6,963.- ! 750, or 212Gt of her quOta-among the
 very best records made by any state in the nation; and a still more inspir- ing thing is the fact of the large dis tribution of this lean among all the people of this district On the Seconc Liberty Loan we had 1S,572 subscrib- CTS, while to the Third Liberty Loan
 there were 37,025 subscribers, which
 means that practically one out of ev-
 cry five of the men and women, in cluding aliens and Indians, within the state backed up the government by subscribing to the loan. In no other state was the governments idea that
 this war loan should be popular loan
 SO clearly expressed as in Arizona. Arizona's 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 a di- rect gift or the part of the people 10 the war, and it is evident that the patriotism and resources of this state
 were underestimated when Arizona
 was given the quota of S200,000, for
 when the subscriptions to this Red
 Cross war drive were ali in the other
 day. it showed that the immense sum
 of S459,20 had been subscribed, or
 practically 2301t of the amount for
 which we had been asked, Again Ari-
 zona stands almost at the top in its
 response to the noble appeal of the
 Red Cross.
 The State Council of Defense felt
 that to conduct an intelligent produc- tiCl campaign in Arizona, an accurate crop survey was needed, and under their charge and with the cooperation of the Extension Service of the Uni vsrsity of Arizona, compiled Arizona's | first crop survey and one of the very first completed crop surveys made in the nation, covering 491 ,S67 acres last year in the state, and at a less cost
 per acre surveyed than in any other state in the nation
 The State Council of Defense also
 initiated with the cooperation of the commandants of the various canton ments, a welfare card system for ev- cry man in 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 1 the Red Cross and is regarded as a
 model by other states.
 The readiness of the boys of AriZO-
 na to back up Uncle Sam in this great ] fight was shown in the Working Re serve While there were other states which had more boys registered, Ari- zona stands first for the efficiency ot | this Boys Reserve and for the actual | field work accomplished in proportion
 to the boys employed.
 The general response of the prOfes- sional men to all kinds of war service throughout the state. has been a fine demonstration of patriotic service. | Lawyers and public men have respond f ed to the calls of the Four Minute movement and have brought home day after day, to the people, the realities of this war and done much to increase the steadily awakening spirit of ser vice; and one of the very finest rec Ords made by Arizona, and one in
 which she stands far ahead of any
 other state in the nation, is the re- spOnse of the medical men 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 Roll" is a
 list of physicians of all the states who
 have entered the Medical Relief Corps
 and sacrificed their practice tor the