The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-05-30
They Shall Not Die
Say Utah Historians
History OF Utah Men Who Went To
War Will Be Preserved

SALT LAKE CITY, May 12-(By
Associated Press)-The complete war
record of every Utahan who served
in the army, navy or marine corps
from the time of enlistment or Undue
ton by draft is being compiled by
the Department of War History of
the state. The department of war
history is an outgrowth of the state
council of defense, which some con-
siderable time before the end of
hostilities, developed the idea of pre-
srving the record of Uath's participa-
ton in the war.
Those associated with the council
of defense saw the necessity of a
carefully compiled record which would
include not only the military record
of the men in service but also the
participation in war activities by the
people of the state. To this end an
organization has been constructed
throughout the entire state and plans
worked whereby an accurate record
of the various activities will be COM
piled and preserved as a permanent
state record.
The organization resembles that of
a big corporation. 1t consists of %
a state war historian under whose
direction the war records are being
prepared; (2) war history commit
tees in each of the 20 counties of the
state, which assume the war records
of each county; (3), a committee of
local historians, working under the
direction of the wal history commit
tees, working in each community of
the counties-in some instances the
work being divided into smaller units.
By this plan it has been easy to
place responsibility and at the same
time the work was so divided that a
maximum of efficiency was obtained.
The local committees have secured,
or are securing, by a house to house
canvass, the name and address of all
Utah men in service. This was
necessary because many men had en-
listed while out of the state and
neither draft nor recruiting records
within the state indicated their en-
listment. When this information
reached the historian a QUESTIONABLE
was mailed to the nearest of kin re-
questing information TO be used as a
basis for a biographical sketch. It
is planned that the state records shall
contain a brief biography of every
Utahn in military service during the
war and photographs of these men,
where obtainable, will also be a part
of the record.
In addition to activity in this line,
the local committees are charged
with securing and furnishing detailed
information relative to the activities
of county councils of defense, Red
Cross chapters, Y. NJ. c. A., and like
organizations. Food production and
conservation also will be included.
With this information collected
from every community in the state it
is planned to prepare at the state
capitol a war history which will con
tain:
C) A special and detailed biogra-
ply of each of the 600 Utah men
who have given their lives during the
war, including photographs.
(2) A general biography of each
of the $4,000 Utah men who have
given service during the war, includ-
ing photographs.
(3) A complete and accurate record
of the various war activities conduct
ed in the state under the direction of
the State Councils of Defense and
affiliated organization.
(4) The record of the Red Cross il
Utah.
60 Incidental information and
stories which will give additional
light on any phase of Utah's partici-
patton in the great war.
The work has progressed already
to a considerable extend and quest
aires already mailed are beginning to
To returned to the war historian.