The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-08
FORTY- MEN, TEN WOMEN, DIE IN "Y
 SERVICE OVERSEAS
Sacrifice ProportionateIy ne-ouarter as Great as That of Army
 Sixty-Three Decorated

The Y. Nj. c. A. carried the Red Tri- angle into the camps and trenches | abroad at a cost of f1fty-three lives, a sacrifice approximately one-quarter as great as that of the American army, according to statement issued today by the National War Work Council of the Y. M. c. A. Of these fatalities thirty-five were due to dis ease, and the remainder to shell-fre, bombs, gas-fever, drowning and wounds. Ten of these were women, one of whom was killed by shell fire and the other in a German air raid.
 There were also fifty-five non-fatal casualties. These were due princi- pally to machine gun fire, gas, shell fire, and motor transport accidents. Numerous cases of slight wounds and ing stations but were not reported to headquarters, are not included.
 These casualties occurred in . fofco which at no time exceeded 5000 wOrh- CTS, of whom 1t is reckoned that more than one-hah were never sent to the front, being employed in the hundreds sf huts maintained throughout the training areas and the "leave areas"
 Si1ty-three ''Y" workers were deco rated, while in all more than 152 re- ceived ofhcial recognition or distin- euished service. Thirteen of these were decorated with the Croi1 dc Guerre, while forty-eight received other decorations. Of these three re- ceived the Distinguished Service Cross, three the Order of St. Stanislaus; five the Italian Cavaliere del Corona; thirty-eight the Italian War Cross, and one the French decoration of the Corps d'Armee. Seven were cited for the Croix de Guerre, and seven for other decorations, six commended for meritorious conduct, and twenty-nine received honorable mention in dis patches. Several units were cited in their entirety, those serving with the Third division being cited twice. More than 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 same courage and spirit that iden- tified 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 indefatigably as stretcher bearers, and that they drove, ambu- lances into the midst of battle to res cue the wounded.
 Others were sacrificed in the less heroic but no less necessary work be hind the lines. Among these stands out Miss Winona Martin of Rockville Center, L. l., Y. M. c. A. secretary, who was the first American woman killed in the war. She was killed by bomb during a German air raid, and her death made a deep impression on American minds. jt Miss Martin had been in Paris only month, but had already done vaiu- able work in stimulating an interest among the soldiers in the Y. M. c. A. in Paris.
 Miss Marion G. Crandell of Ala meda, Cal, killed by shell fire near Ghalons March PC, 1918, was another of the women sacrificed in helping the soldiers.
 E Officials were quick to see and ap- preciate meritorious work, on the part
 of the secretaries and prompt to recog- , niZe it officially. Major General Dick man of the Third division gave a par ticularly strong citation of the units | attached to that division, consisting of thirty-four men and six women. "A later commendation of the same
 units was ordered by Major General | Howse.
 | Major General Henry T. Allen of the Ninetieth division in a; letter to the | Divisional '. M. c. A. secretary said {: 1.-Two secretaries, F. A. Dawes and B. F. Ford, actually went over the top
 with the assaulting battalions and car
 ried on their work in the midst of the severest losses"
 | The Y. M. c. "A. honor roll of those who gave up their lives while help
 ing the soldiers win the war, and of those who distinguished themselves in this work, contains the names of the
 following men from the Southern | Military department: Dr. John Fl. Clifford, Tucson. Ariz awarded Croi1 de Guerre; Thomas Neil Jefferson,
 Eden, Tex, awarded Italian Croix
 dc Guerre; William Asa Miller, Aus
 tin, Tex, awarded Italian Croix de