The Snowflake herald., 1919-08-22
ro9Ty- THREE men, TEN
WOMEN, DIE IN ''Y
SERVICE OVERSEAS
prooortionateIy one-ouarter
sac ~ - ss That of Army
sixty-Three Decorated

a C A. carried the ied Irl-
ne into the camps and trenches
'nss asoo5 at cost of ffty-three lives, a.
'oIofG .,ece proportionately one-quarter
sac'lnel as that of the American
IS : aocording to statement issued
arlnS T Nv the National War Work
tooa' Of the Y. NJ. C. A. OF these
younth ,,tios tbirty-fve were due TO dis
,,,al'I .,se and the remainder to shell-fire,
e'Se pas-fever, drowning and
'"nD' S. Ten of these were women,
"o'pt~, ~ whom was killed by shell fire
onS S the other in German air raid.
'Dr r,oro we're also ffty,fve non-fatal
ln( a,tios These were due princi-
caI," nr 70 machine gun fire, gas, shell
ian' and motor transport accidents.
ny, ,,,orors cases of slight wounds and
Nu@h .,ngs which we're attended at dress
.te+ions but were not reported to
n. .5ansrters. are not included.
D'T Tboso casualties occurred in force
~ ~ No fine exceeded 5000 work
WIZ, e whom if is reckoned that more
9 U.s. ono-balf were never sent to the
..sa+ ,.Sa bping employed in the hundreds
>, brts maintained throughout the
..,inino areas and the leave areas"
civtv.tbree "Y" workers were deco
,.od while in all more than 152 re-
.oirod official recognition or distin-
r,isbed service. Thirteen of these
wore decorated with the Croix de
cnorrp while forty-eight received
,tbor decorations. Of these three re-
.eivad the Distinguished Service Cross,
three tbe order of st. Stanislaus; five
,bo Italian Cavaliere del Corona;
,birtv-pigbt the Italian War Cross, and
onA tbe French decoration of the
forms dArmee. Seven were cited for
Ao Croix de Guerre, and seven for
other decorations. six commended for
moritorous conduct. and twenty-nine
received honorable mention in dis
natcbps Several units were cited In
5qlr entirety, those serving with the
Third division being cited twice. More
tbgn a score more reported decorations
Lave not yet been confirmed.
Not one of these men under thirty
vas fit for military duty, but the cita-
tonS show that they carried on with
the same courage and spirit that iden-
tilted Americans throughout the war.
These records show that they went
OTer the top with the assaulting
waves that they exposed themselves
under machine gun and shell fire TO
minister to the wounded, that they
worked ndefatigably as stretcher
bearers and that they drove ambu-
ances into the midst of battle to res
cue the wounded
Others were sacrificed In the less
heroic but no less necessary work be-
fmd the lines. Among these stands
out Miss WinOna Martin Of Rockville
Center L. l., Y. NJ. G. A. secretary,
who was the first American woman
hIIIed in the war. She was killed by
bomb during a German air raid,
and her death made deep impression
O. American minds.
Miss Martin had been in Paris only
month but had already done valu-
aye work in stimulating an interest
among the soldiers in the Y. NJ. c. A.
h Paris
Miss Marion G. Crandell of Ala
mela' CAL, killed by she'll fire near
CnaIons March 26. 1918. was another
q me women sacrificed in helping the
soldiers
V1clals were quick to see and an
peGate meritorious work, on the part
y 'ne secretaries and prompt to recog-
lle II officially. Major General Dick
4aa I OF the Third division gave par
uyularly strong citation of the units
saaVneu @', TO that division, consisting of
~f'yfour men and six women
~. "'e' commendatiOn Of the same
Hovse. y ""Jor Uenerai
Na., ~ajor General Henry T. Allen of the
nr,., 1,'en division in letter to the
.rn ,n'Onal ! N. c. A. secretary said:
~ p..s secretaries, F. A. Dawes and b.
ra Lo,u y, actually went over the ton
sa5 "a m ale assaulting battalions and car
~ ~ On their work in the midst Of
V seyerest LOSSES" "
rba r"g ~. !. NJ G. A. honor roll of those
hg s. save up their lives while helm
ao,. ne e. soldiers win the war, and Of
NJ, se nel, VINO distinguished themselves n
hlork golk' contains the names Of tbe
sg1ita.n g..ns men from the southern
0roa3y 0,y department: DR.. Jobn p
4. s"crd ., Tucson, Ariz.. awarded eG''~ Got =.
pd.o 0oerre; II Thomas Neil jefferson so,A
N 'qerre William Alsa ',lid Miller oso,A t,,s
Guare awarded Italian Croix de