Arizona republican., 1918-06-22
CORRESPONDENT HAS STRONG PRAISE FUR
 SALVAT|0N|STS AID

CnarleS Ii. Hall representing the salvation Army in it's war activities. With headquarters in Chicago, has just spent several days in Phoenix in the interest of the work he is doing. He found that surprisingly little is known here about the effort the Salvation Ar my is making on behalf of the dough boys" in the front line trenches. Perhaps one of the most interesting accounts of this work is that of Robert 5. Doman, who represents the lnterna- lonal News service on the war front. MT. Doman writes in part: Shelled by day and night, living in water-filled dugouts in the American first lines, eight American women, Sal vation Army workers, went through the German attack on the American forces near Montdidier on April 30. Smeared from head to foot with mud, which clung in clods to their rubber boots, the women finally staggered back to little village behind the American lines on May 1st. They were the same women who rode 250 miles on army trucks and caissons from the Foul front to the Montdidier front. which the American | troops took over at the height of the German attack upon Amiens. Ameri- can army officers speak with tears in their eyes of the work these Salvation Army women have done and are doing. | Sticks to Posts | When our boys came back through the German barrage, which played night and day upon the roads near Grivesnes, said an American officer, they were met by these fearless wom- en, who served them hot cocoa and coffee and handed out American made doughnuts and pies to the lads. | At 3 o'clock each morning in a week when the rain poured down and soaked both troops and women. these Salva- tion Army workers stuck to their posts near the front line trenches. They met every ammunition train going up to the trenches and every company of men coming out. They met the ban daged walking wounded' along the roads swept by shell fire and minis tered to their needs.
 "They built fires in dugouts in the battle zone and warmed the rain soaked troopers; they kept their caul- drons of cocoa constantly well filled and they baked doughnuts and pies in reliefs, day and night. No wonder the Buddies, the Sammes. the Tanks, the Jacks swear by The Salvation Army from one end of France to the other"
 EuIoaized in Poem
 Here's the poem that Pvt. Joseph T Lopes wrote regarding Those Salva- tion Folks" after the Montdidier at tacks:
 Somewhere in France. not far from
 the foe,
 There's body of workers whose
 name we all know; Who not only at home give their lives
 to make right,
 But are now here beside us, fighting
 our fight.
 What care they for rest when our boys
 at the front,
 Who. fighting for freedom. are bear
 ing the brunt.
 And, so. just at dawn. when the cais-
 sons come home,
 With the boys tired out and chilled
 to the bone,
 The Salvation Army, with it's brave
 little crew,
 Are waiting with doughnuts and hot
 coffee, too.
 When dangers and toiling are OCT fol
 while,
 In their dugout we find comfort ant welcome their smile. There's a spirit of home, so we gt
 there each night, | And the thinking of home makes u:
 sit down and write,
 So we tell of these folks to our loved
 ones with pride,
 And are thanking the Lord to hav'
 them on our side"
 For five days preceding the attack lthe eight Salvation Army women t whom Pvt. Lopes refers were not abl to come up out of their dugout excep at brief intervals during the day. Dur 1f dnx ell worked in relays. In the early morning hours all came up to do their work be fore the dawn made them and tn American troops and truck trains wis ible to the enemy.
 Honor Tree of Chicago
 Mother (Mrs. Minnie) Burdicl Dallas.
 Miss Cora Van Norden, New York. Miss Geneva Ladd, New York.
 Miss Irene Mcintyre. Mount Vernon N. Y.
 Miss Gladys Mcintyre, Mounte Yer non, N. Y.
 Miss Myrtle Turkington, South Man chester, Conn.
 Miss Gertrude Symmonds, Chicago Illinois.
 Take Big Chances
 Said an old regular army officer wh | returned to Par1S last week:
 T wish every American who ha stood on street corners in America an sneered at the work of the Salvatio Army could see waht they are doin for the boys in France.
 They do not proclaim that they al here for investigation or for "gettin atmosphere for war romances.' The have not come to furnish material fC Broadway press agents. They do nc wear, oh such becoming uniforms white shoes, dainty blue caps and bor nets nor do they frequent Paris te rooms where the swanky British an American officers put up."
 Lapsing into the slang of his mel the officer said:
 Take it from me, these women al doing almighty fine work. There al twenty-two of them here in Franc We army men have given them she shattered and cast off field kitchens 1 work with, and Oh man, the doughnut the pancakes and the pies they tur out!
 T am an old army officer. but wh; vnII c2nnn+ Fvnnrf