The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-04-26
FORTY MEN, Ten
WOMEN, DE IN "Y
SERVICE overseas
Sacrifice ProportionateIy one-Quartef
as Great as That OF Army
Sixty-Three Decorated.

The Y. NJ. c. A. carried the Red Irl'
angle into the camps and trenches /.
abroad at cost of tifty-three lives,
sacrifice prOportionately one-Quarter
as great as that of the American
army, according to a statement ISSUED )
today by the National War WORK
Council of the Y. NJ. C. A. OF these /
fatalities thirty-fye were due to dIS~
ease, and the remainder to Shell-iire'
bombs, gas-fever, drowning ana /.
wounds. Ten of these were women,
me of whom was killed by shell fIre
and the other in a German air ralh
There were also fifty-fve non-fataI /
casualties. These were due pEIi'cl-
rally to machine gun fire, gas SIlel'
fire and motor transport acclueh's'
Numerous cases Of slight wounds ana
castings which were attended at dress
ing stations, but were not reported 10 !
Headquarters, are not included.
These casualties occurred in a force |
which at no time exceeded 9oUO WORK
crs, 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
Sixtv-three "Y" workers were deco
rated, while in all more than lo- re-
ceived official recognition or dlStln-
guished service. Thirteen OF these
were decorated with the Croix de
Guerre, while forty-eight received
5 other decorations. Of these three re-
q ceiyed the Distinguished Service Cross
three the Order of st. StanislauS; I'VE
the Italian Cavaliere del Corona ;
thirty.eight the italian War Cross, ana
!. one the French decoration OF the
/ Corps d'Armee. Seven were clted toF
4. the Croix de Guerre, and seven Tor
! other decorations, six commended 1or
meritorious conduct, and tWenty-hlhe
5, received honorable mention in as
!; patches. Several units were cited IN
S. their entirety, those serving with the
Third division being cited twice. More
than q score more reported decorations
T. have not yet been confirmed.
al Not one of these men under thirty
WAS fit for military duty, but the clta
tions show that they carried on VIII
the same courage and spirit that lden
Nv tilted Americans throughout the war
W These records show that they wen
= over the top with the assaultlni
" waves, that they exposed themselVe
under machine gun and shell flre L
minister to the wounded, that the
"A worked indefatigably as stretche
eS, hearers, and that they drove amDl
'ty lances into the midst of battle to re-
E. cue the wounded.
IF Others were sacrificed in the les
heroic but no less necessary WORK D.
;+b hind the lines. Among these stan(
' ont Miss Winona Martin of Rockvll
F. Center L. l., a Y. NJ. G. A. secretar
III who was the first American W0mt
d., killed In the war She was killed
bomb during German air RAJ
and her death made deep lmpresSi
g's on American minds.
fed Miss Martin had been in Paris on
I.b a month, but had already done va
able work in stimulating an lnter'
Z among the soldiers in the Y. NJ. q.
In Paris
tile, Miss Marion G. Crandell Of A
per media. CAL, killed by shell fire ne
f. Chalons March &c, 1918, was anotl
Of the women sacrificed in helping
ned soldiers.
! O Oficials were quick to see and
zoo nreciate meritorious work, on the ?
% of the secretaries and prompt to rec
'uh nize it officially. Moor General ID
man of the Third division gave a
lde- ticularly strong citation of the u
utO- attached to that division, consistln!
,n- thirty-four men and six women.
Stile later commentator OF the 81
f unHs was ordered by Major Gen
Howse.
hos Major General Henry T. Allen OF
!, of Ninetieth division in a letter TO
~ ~ Divisional Y. M. G. A. secretary S
" 1.-TWO secretaries, F. A. Dawes an
do F. Ford, actually went over the
with the assaulting battalions and
or y ried on their work in the mlds
.OuSe the severest losses"
lonS. The z. NJ. C. A. honor roll OF
IN who gave up their lives while
ing the soldiers win the war; an
;, 4bo those who distinguished themselv
= w this work, contains the names OF
la's following men from the Soul
uVei Military department: DIR. Joh
Jul Clifford, Tucson, Ariz., awarded
de Guerre; Thomas Neil Jeffe
S Oil Eden, Tex, awarded Italian
ryice. dc Guerre; William Alsa Miller,
,fined tin, Tex, awarded Italian Crol
roof Guerre.