New Britain herald., 1919-03-21
Y.M.C.h. MEN ARE
 KILLED IN TRENCHES
6S Were Decorated for Yalor and
 Many Were Cited .

New York March 21.~-The Young Mems Christian Association carried the Red Triangle into the camps and trenches abroad at a cost of 57 lives, a sacrifice proportionately one-quar- ter as great as that in the American army, according to stateme ent is- sued today by the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. Of these fatalities thirty mine were due 10 disease, and the remainder to she'll fro, bombs, gas-fever, drowning and wounds Ten of these were won en, !, one of whom was killed by shell-fire a~d another in a German air raid.
 There were also 55 non-f fatal cas- ualties, These were due principally tc machine gun fire, gas shell-fire. and motor transport accidents. Nu n?erous cases of slight wounds and sassings which were attended at dressing stations, but were not re- ported to headquarters are not in cluded.
 These casualties occurred in force which at no time exceeded 9,ooo workers. Of whom it is reckoned that more than half were never sent to the front, being employed in the hundreds of huts maintained through out tho training areas and the 'leave areas
 Sixty-three "Y'' workers were. dec orated. while in all more than 152 re- ceived official recognition for dis. tinguished service. Thirteen of these were decorated with the Croix de Guerre, while 50 received other deco rations. Of these, three received the Distinguished Service Cross; three the Order of St. Stanislaus; five the Italian Cavalinre del Corona; 3S ithe Italian war cross, and one the French decoration of the Corps d'Arnee. Seven were cited for the CroiX de tSuerre, and seven for other decora- tions, six comm ended for meritorious conduct. and twenty mine received honorable mention in dispatches. Sev- eraI units were cited in their entirety, those serving with the Third division being cited twice. More than a score more reported decorations have not yet been confirmed.
 Not one of these men under thirty was fit for military duty but the cita- tions show that they carried on with the anne courage and spirit that identified Americans throughout. the war These records show that they went over the top with the assaulting waves, that they exposed themselves under machine-gun and shell-fire to minister to the wounded, that they worked bly, as stretcher- bearers and that they drove ambu- lances into the midst of battle to rescue the wounded.
 Others wero sacrified in tho less heroic butyno less necessary work be- hind the lines Am ong these stands # Nfar If Center L.. l.. a Y. M. C. A. secre- ta1y, who was the first American woman killed in the war. She was killed by a bomb during a German air raid, and her death made a deep impression on American minds.
 Miss Martin had been in Paris only a month: but had already done valuable work in stim ulating an in terest among the soldiers in the Y. M c. A. in Paris.
 Miss Marion c. Cranden of A]ame- da, California. killed by sheFl- fire near Chalons, March 26, 1918, was another of the women sacrificed in helping the soldiers.
 The citation of the units attached to the Third division, consisting of 34 men and six women, by Major General Dickman, reads in part:
 The commanding general desires 10 make of record in the general orders of this division his appreciation O the part taken by the mem bers c the I. M. C. A. who have been at tached to this division and actively carried on their work in all it's phases during the time that this division was in contact with the enemy.
 While the m en of the Y. M. C. A. were with the troops in the front line, the young women of the Y. M. C. 4. were detailed with the hospitals, and the medical staff of this divi- sion bear testim mony of their most ef- ficient help during these two weeks of great strain.