St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-19
fI;xifEN, TEN
WOMEN, DIE IN 'Y"
SERVICE OVERSEAS
Sacrifice Proportionateiy one-Quarter
as Great as That OF Army
Sixty-Three Decorated.

Sixty-Three Decorated.
The Y. NJ. G. A. carried the Red Tri.
angle into the camps and trenches
abroad at a cost Of fifty-three lives, q
sacrifice proportionately one-quarter
as great as that of the American
ermy, according to statement issued
today by the National War Work
Council of the Y. M. G. A. OF these
fatalities thirty-fve were due to dis
ease. and the remainder to shell-fire,
bombs, gas-fever, drowning and
wounds. Ten of these were women,
one CT 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-
rally to machine gun fire, gas, shell
fire, and motor transport accidents.
Numerous cases of slight wounds and
castings which were attended at dress
ing stations, but were not reported to
headquarters. are not included.
These casualties occurred in force
which at no time exceeded 1900 work
ers, Of whom it is reckoned that more
than one-half were never sent to the
front, being employed in the hundreds
of huts maintained throughout the
training areas and the "leave areas"
Sixty-three "Y" workers were deco
rated, while in all more than 152 re-
ceived official recognition or distin-
guished service. Thirteen Of these
were decorated with the Croix de
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 T.;
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-Five
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-
tons show that they carried on with
the same courage and spirit that iden-
titled 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
hind the lines. Among these stands
out Miss Winona Martin of Rockville
Center, L. l., 7. NJ. G. A. secretary
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 deep impression
on American minds.
Miss Martin had been in Paris only
a month, but had already done valu
able work in stimulating an interest
among the soldiers In the Y. NJ. G. A
in Paris.
Miss Marion G.. Crandell of Ala
media, Cal, killed by shell fire neal
Chalons March 26, 1918, was another
Of the women sacrificed in helping the
soldiers.
Officials were quick to see and ap
preciate meritorious work, on the par
Of the secretaries and prompt to recog
nize it officially. Major General Dick
man Of the Third division gave par
ticularly strong citation Of the unit
attached to that division, consisting O.
thirty-four men and six women.
A later commentator Of the sam.
units was ordered by Major Genera
Howse.
Major General Henry T. Allen Of tn
Ninetieth division in q letter to tn,
Divisional 7. M. G. A. secretary said
"Two secretaries, F. A. Dawes and B
F. Ford, actually went over the tol
with the assaulting battalions and ear
| ried on their work in the midst o
the severest losses"
The Y. N. G. A. honor roll of thos
who gave up their lives while help
ing the soldiers win the war, and 0
those who distinguished themselves Il
this work, contains the names Of tn
following men from the Souther
Military department: DR.. John E
Clifford, Tucson, Ariz., awarded Croi
de Guerre; Thomas Neil Jefferson
Eden, Tex, awarded Italian Croi
dc Guerre; William Alsa Miller, Aus
tin, Tex, awarded italian Croix d
Guerre.