Show q YA il ly 41 eav I 1 f T aa S ATO d A I 1 VA t 7 7 ft cr T 7 7 ft f above league oi 01 coast guard women placing a wreath b before eore the monument erected in arlington ar ji gt national N cemetery to the members of the united states coast guard who gave their lives during duriac the world war below the cenotaph in arlington Arli naton noton national cemetery commemorating the 23 army chaplains of all faiths and creeds who lost their lives in the world war by ELMO SCOTT COTT WATSON day la is a day for decorating the graces of our warrior dead established originally in memory 0 of those who iho lost their lives during the civil war it lins has been made the occasion for recalling those others who tiled died in other wars and since 1918 the day has had a deeper significance ance for more americans thau than ever before when we speak of our world war dead we usually think of the soldiers sailors and marines marine the fighting men iho ft ho gave their lives on the battlefields of france or in the fathomless depths of 0 the atlantic but there were others besides soldiers sailors and marines who also served and died for their country and itis rating that they too should be honored on memorial day the title of chaplain chail aln brings to the mind the picture of a man diun of peace rather than of a man of war yet written in the annals of hie elie great con ilice of 1914 to 1918 1018 Is the record of more than one example of heroism in battle of indifference to tb danger and of unselfish devotion to duty duly by these soldiers of the cross and la in arlington national cemetery stands a cenotaph which recalls the like fact that 23 chaplains of the united states army men of all faiths and creeds gave their iines for their country count rk on the bronze tablet affixed to this stone marker are inscribed these names albert D bell john G boone michael W keith john G breden john C kerr thomas M bulla john 1 I mccarthy patrick P carey arthur U H marsh H A Chou Choul loard aard william will am U B cornish corn ish C E B OT laherty walton S danker charles D priest wiliam P F daudt wllbur wilbur S sewell john A deaver daniel S smart harry delman wil ila herbert P doyle below the names Is inscribed this epitaph for them greater love hath bath no wan nan than this that a man lay down his life for ills his friends and to you from falling hands bands we throw the torch be yours to hold it high in arlington also stands another memorial recalling the elie sacrifice of men who served in a branch of the united 41 states service which Is too little 1 known cnown to most americans this Is the th estone stone obelisk erected in 1928 la in memory of tue elie officers and enlisted men of the united states coast guard mho lost their lives during the world war the average american citizen perhaps think the coast guard mainly in terms of its newspaper notoriety gained in chasing rum runners little realizing that its task of preventing the smuggling of contraband liquor into this country Is only one of the many ber services vices which it performs for the coast guard has a record of years of honorable service under its proud motto of semper Pa paratha Para ratus tua always ready in performing various duties the coast guard was created by act of congress in 1915 which brought about a merger of the revenue cutter si ervice and the former lifesaving life saving service the revenue cutter berice to which the lie coast guard traces back was established la in 1790 during the second session of the first congress i upon the recommendation of alexander hamilton the first secretary of the treasury the continental navy had been disbanded at the close of the revolution and there was no organized armed force to protect the coasts of the new republic and to enforce the cli laws in eiery war or in which the united states participated the revenue cut I 1 1 J 4 v 1 A OIL ter service ancestor of the he coast coas guard performed brilliantly during the war of 1812 its vessels assisted by small gunboats gun boats protected our coastal trade from the ravages of the hostile ships sent sant out by great britain the mistress of the seas to harass our coast towns and our shipping in the civil war ar it had a part in both naval engagements and in blockade work thirteen revenue cutters operated cooperated co with will the navy and seven with the army anny during the spanish american war one of these the Mt Culloch loeb helped dewey at the battle of manila cay bay and won mon special commendation from the admiral and a another t nother the hudson took part in the action at cardenas cuba the officers and the crew of the hudson were awarded medals by congress tor for their rescue work of the torpedo bont boat winslow in this engagement this fin tradition was aas carried on by the coast guard service during the world war on april 11 1917 president wilson mobilized the coast guard and the lighthouse service under the command of the ills secretary of the navy tor for the express purpose of resisting the submarines which malli it was virtually certain that germany would send to attack on our r coast how real that danger was and the important part which the coast guard placed blaed in curbing the ravages of these deadly undersea under sea fighters was revealed for the first time two years ago when little brown and company published william bell clarks book when U boats came to america in addition to operating in home waters the boats of the coast guard service also served on oil the alie other side of the atlantic six of its ita cruising crul slug cutters were ere sent abroad to join the naval forces in the war zone principally as ocean escorts working from england to gibraltar while engaged in this service the tampa wa was a sunk by a submarine and of the c coast guards casualties wore were recorded as the result of that disaster chaplains coast guardsmen guardsman guards men they also served and died but there la Is still another group whose sacrifices are too little littly known and abor whose e hii nory should be honored on memorial day they the are heroic women vo lnell members of the army nurse corps corp who laid town down their lives although none was killed in action three were ere wounded by enemy tire two lost their lives aud and one was seriously wounded in an explosion rn in target practice on one of our transports at sea A hundred lill adred more inure had ft a narrow escape from death when the transport on which they had just embarked bad a collision in III new yolk harbur harbor which sent si it to me ibe bottom but pneumonia and Iralu enza caused the death of ne nearly a aly ISO and overwork exhaustion and poor living conditions ar ne counted tar far the deaths of the elie remainder who gave their lives for their country just as truly as did any soldier who tell fell in ID the firing line three members of the anny nurse corps received the american distinguished service cross here are are their citations miss helen 0 mcclelland McC lelIand base hospital no 10 tor for extraordinary heroism in action while on duty with the lie surgical team at british casualty clearing station no 61 british area france august IT 17 1917 site she occupied the same tent with miss beatrice macdonald another reserve nurse cared for her when wounded stopped the hemorrhage from her wounds under fire caused by bombs from german airplanes miss mills mcclelland was vas born bora in ID Austin burgh ohio miss macdonald a new york girl received the D S C also tier her citation reads la in part during a german night air raid she continued contina ed at her post of duty caring for the sick and wounded until seriously wounded by a german bomb thereby losing an all eye miss isabell stambaugh also on the staff of base hospital 10 a pennsylvania girl was seriously wounded while with a surgical team at a british casualty clearing station during the big german drive of 0 marell march 21 1918 not far from akiens amiens twenty four women were given the distinguished service medal for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in it a place ot of responsibility here are their names and places of birth lillian aubert Alib crt west baton rouge la cecella cecelia A drenchan Bre nuan nhan Branc hda hdale ie pa katherine Kather lne brown philadelphia pa sophy mary earns burns st francis wis reba 0 cameron canada edna N coughlin kenosha wis alice 11 flash jefferson county ga annie V goodrich new brunswick Brunsw lck N J carrie L U howard colusa calusa calif grace 11 leonard newark N J sayres L milliken browns ville pa jane 0 malloy kingston N y edith A mury mary wadsworth nev N ev adele S poston Sp ringdale ark marle B rhodes pittsburgh pa blanche S rulon waretown Ware town N J lillian J kyan boyle ireland mary E sheehan truxton N Y nena shelton Sh cllon lexington ky catherine SIT nott InOtt middletown conn join C stimson worcester muss blass ethel A sweet gesto ontario dora 11 thompson cold spring N Y mrs 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