The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
81 ~" WORKERS
DIED IN FRANCE
s. WON CROSSES
Fltty-tiVe Others Were CASH.
aItieS in World War-More
Than 5000 Y. M. C. A.
Workers in France.

r. NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Y. NJ
I, A carried the Red Triangle into tbs
camps and trenches abroad AT a cost Of
o. ives a sacrifice proportionately one
quarIer as great as that in the Ameri-
can army, according to a statement ia
sued today by the national war council
az the I, M. G, A. OF these fatalities
% were Que to disease and the remain
ger 70 smell fire, bombs, gas fever.
w,UmHIhg n wounds, Ten Of these
Sere women, n of whom was killed
air raid. Nelihai'
Ihere were also So nonfatal casual
ties, Ihese were due principally to ma
chlhe u fire, gas, shell fire and mo-
oVr transport accident. Numerous cases
vi silgnt wounds and gassings which
were attended at dressing stations, but
We're not reported to headquarters, are
not included. "ie
Ihese casualties occurred In a force
Whlch at no time exceeded 5000 work
eLs' OF whom 1t liz reckoned that more
frmm"m ohe-haiI We're never sent to the
'front.' being employed in the hundreds
o. nuts maintained throughout the
tanning areas and the leave areas"
Sixty-thTee "Y" workers were decor
ated, while in all more than 1872 re-
GTiSed officials recognition for distin-
SSuds,sa service. Thirteen of these were
decorated with the Croix de Guerre.
while 90 received other decorations. OF
Inese, three received the distinguished
service cross; three the Order of ST
Stanlslaus; five the Italian Cavaliere del
corona 81 the italian war cross, and
IHe me french decoration OF the Corps
q Armee. Seven were cited for The
GroiX de Guerre and seven for other
decorations; six commended for meri- |
torlous conduct, and 29 received honor. |
able mention in dispatches, Several
unltS were cited in their entirety, those
sewing win n Third division being
cited twice. More than a score more
reported decorations have not yet been |
Woman Killed.
Not one of these men under 30 was
~ LOT mllltary DUTY, but the citations
snow they carried on with the same
courage and spirit that identified Amer
throughout the war, These rae
oIus snow That they went over the ton
win \ assaulting waves, that thew
eAposed themselves under machine gun
~ sheH IRE TO minister to the wound
ca, mat they worked in~defatigably al
stretcher bearers and that they drove
into the midst of hattIa to
rescue the wounded.
others were sacrificed In the less he.
roc but no less necessary work behind
NY mes among these stands out Miss
Wlnona Martin, Of Rockville Center. r,
l., a Y. M. G. A, secretary, who was
the first American woman killed in the
She was killed by a bomb dur
ing a German air raid, and her death
made a deep impression on American
Miss Martin had been in Paris only
A month, but had already lone valuable
work In stimulating an interest among
="
Miss Marion C. Crandell, of Alameda.
Cal, killed by shell fire near Chalons,
rs, 1918, was another of the
women sacrificed In helping the SOL
diers,
The citation of the units attached 10
The Third division, consisting OF "a men
and six women by Maiden. Dickman,
in part:
The commanding general desires to
record in the general orders of
division his appreciation of the part
taken by the members OF the Y. NJ. c.
who have been attached to this
and actively carried on their
work in all its phases during the time
that this division was in contact with
the enemy.
While the men Of the Y. NJ, c. A,
with the troops In the front line
the young women of the Y. M. c. A,
we're detailed with hospitals, and the
staff of this division bear tes-
timony of their most efficient help dur
Ing these two weeks Of great strain"