The St. Mary banner., 1919-07-26
FORTY men, TEN
WOMEN, DIE IN ''Y
SERVICE OVERSEAS
SacrifIce PrcportIonately One Quarter
as Great as That Of Army
Sixty-Three Decorated.

as great as that Of the Amer,cn,
ermy. according to statement Issue,
today by the National War Worl
Council Of the Y. NJ C. A. OF thcs,
fatalities thirty-five were due to dis
ease, and the remainder to shelI-fire
bombs, gas-fevcr, drowning ant
wounds. Ten of these were women
one or whom was killed by shell fire
and the other in a German air raid.
There were also ffty-fve non -fata
casualties. These were due princi
rally to machine gun fire. gas. shell
FIRE, and motor transport accidents
Numerous cases OF slight wounds and
crossings which were attended at dress.
in9 stations, but were not repOrtcd 10
headquarters, are not included.
These casualties occurred in n force
which at no time exceeded 5000 work
crs, OF whom II Is reckOned that more
than onc-half were never sent to the
front, being employed In the hundreds
OF huts maintained throughout the
training areas and the leave areas"
Slxty-three "Y" workers were deco
rated. while In all more than 15o re-
ccived official recognition or distin.
Ruished service. Thirteen Of these
we're decorated with the Croix de
Gucrre, while forty-eight received
other decorations. OF these three re.
ccived the Distinguished Service Cross,
three the Order of st. Stanislaus. five
the Italian Cavaliere del Corona
thirty-eiSht the Italian War Cross, and
one the French decoration of the
Corps dArmce. Seven were cited for
the Croix de Gucrre, and seven for
other decorations. six commended for
meritorious condnct, and twenty-nine
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-
fions show that they carried on with
TIE 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
to the wounded, thnt they
worked indefatigably as stretcher
hearers, and that they drove ambu-
Iances into the midst of battle to res
cue the wounded
Others We're sacrificed In the less
heroic but no less necessary work be-
hlnd the lines. Among these stands
DGt Miss Winona Martin of Rockville
Center, l.. l., Y. NJ C. A. secretary
''.D was the first american woman
Killed in the war. She was killed nv
bomb during German air raid. |
nd her death made deep iloDression
IN American minds.
Miss Martin h"d been in Paris only |
month. hat had already dnnX valu-
'h1p work ia stimulating an Interest |
tmong the soldiers in the Y. II CA
IN Paris.
Miss Marion G.. Crande], 81 Ala. |
media. Cl. killed by shell fire near
hal"Ms NNi~i. &c. 1919. was another
= The 'Tmaea sacrificed ia helping the
,oltl'ets.
ON.c.alS WIRE qn;ck to see and an
'rer'n'e meritnrious work. on the part
I tie secretaries AMI proIpt to recoy.
'ize, 1t officially. Major General Dick
nan OF the Third division gave a mar.
'ra'aEly strong citation Of the pn,ts
f''rh'd TO that division, consisting Of
+rty-f"ur men and six women,
\ later commendation OF the same
nits vas ordered by Major General
iowSc.
Major General Henry r. Allen Of the
'he;iefh division In letter to the
DIVISIONAL \. N. c. A. secretary said.
TWO secretaries. F. A. Dawes and n
. Ford, actually went over the ton
i'h the assaulting battalions and car.
I'D on their work In the midst of
he sererest losses"
The Y. NJ. G. A. honor roll Of tbose
no gave ap their lives whiae helm.
'g TIE seadieTs wiz the uax, aad OF !
aese Who distinguished themselves In
MS Work, contains the names Of tho
men from the Sanf5hruy,
ihitarr Department: DR.. Jshn n
hVora, GUcsosa, Ark, awarded Cfoix
g Gnere; Thomas Neil yeffersor
den. Tex, awarded italian Crolx
Guerre; William Alsa Miller, Ans
n, Tex, awarded italian Crojx do
ucrrc \