Williams news., 1920-01-23
F0RTY-THREE MEN, TEN WOMEN, DIE IN "Y"
 SERVICE OVERSEAS
Sacrifice ProportionateIy One-ouarter
 as Great as That of Army . Sixty Three Decorated.

The Y. NJ. c. A. carried the Red Fri angle into the camps and trenches abroad at a cost of fifty-three lives, a sacrifice proportionately one-quarter as great as that of the American army, according to statement issued today by the National War Work Council of the Y. NJ. c. A. Of these fatalities thirty-five were due to dis ease, and the remainder to shell-fire, bombs, gas-fever, drowning and wounds. Ten of these were women, one of whom was killed by shell fire and the other in German air raid.
 There were also fifty-five non-fatal casualties. These were due princi- pally to machine gun fire, gas, shell fire, and motor transport accidents. Numerous cases of slight wounds and gassings which were attended at dress ing stations, but were not reported to headquarters, are not included.
 These casualties occurred in force which at no time exceeded 5000 work CTS, 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 '1eave areas"
 Sixty-three "Y" workers were deco rated, while in all more than 152 re- ceived official recognition or distin- guished service Thirteen of these were decorated with the CroiS de Guerre. while forty-eight received other decorations. Of these three re- ceived the Distinguished Service Cross, three the Order of S+. Stanislaus; five the Italian Cavaliere del Corona i; thirty-eight the Italian War Cross, and one the French decoration Of the Corps d'Armee. Seven were cited for the Croix de Guerre, and seven for other decorations, six commended for meritorious conduct, 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- tions show that they carried on with the same courage and spirit that iden- tified 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 minister to the wounded, that they worked indefatigably as stretcher bearers, and that they drove ambu- lances into the midst of battle to res cue the wounded
 Others were sacrificed in the less heroic but no less necessary work be hlnd the lines. Among these stands out Miss Winona Martin of Rockville Center, L. l., Y. M. c. A. secretary, who was the first American woman killed in the war. She was killed by a bomb during a German air raid. ard her death made a deep impression on American minds.
 Miss Martin had been in Paris only month, but had already done valu- ahde work in stimulating an interest among the soldiers in the Y NJ. c. A. in Paris.
 Miss Marion G. Crandell of Ala meda, Cal, killed by shell fire near Chalons March 26, 1918, was another of the women sacrificed in helping the soldiers.
 Officials were quick to see and ap- preciate meritorious work, on the part of the secretaries and prompt to recog- nize it officially. Major General Dick man of the Third division gave a par hcularly strong citation of the units attached to that division, consisting of thirty-four men and six women
 A later cOmmendation of the same units was ordered by Major General Howse.
 Major General Henry T. Allen of the Ninetieth division in a letter to the Divisional Y. M, c. A. secretary said: 1.-TWO secretaries, F. A. Dawes and B. F. Ford; actually went over the top with the assaulting battalions and car ried on their work in the midst of the severest losses" 4'' tes-a
 The Y. M. c. A. honor roll of those who gave up their lives while help Ing the soldiers win the war, and of those who distinguished themselves in this work, contains the names of the following men from the Southern Military department: Dr. John H. Clifford, Tucson, Ariz, awarded Croix de Guerre; Thomas Neil Jefferson, Eden, Tex, awarded Italian Croix dc Gnerre; William eAlsa Miller. Aus tin, Tex. awarded Italian Croix de Guerre. '~