The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 21, 1918 Page: 4 of 10
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Hlr Tt!S STK
Iho on his brt.ist Sgl. Stokes wears
the emblem of the highest honor
th t .r he (oiiferreil u n a IlijM
inn in in. 'Ibis insm for . e nmnths
lull i NurM :i.i on the Chum.
I ngni front forintil n p.irt of the
l-ri'.il iiKiihine wliicli b.iltered the
Hun in to submission set his escort
AMERICAN BED CM):
rife &
SERVICE FOR NEGRO TROOPS
G -. JT
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..finer llurliinil was told "We will
sire ou in the but hut that 'fellow'
will hae to cut out side or go up to
ibe station to his own filks.". Of.
cr Horl.ind replied "No thank ou
1 don't care In cat where this man
is nut allowed". This accounts for
die Chtiipus Altucks cuuteen hav.
nig as guest Sgl. Ilorland and Sgl.
Stokes.
SS OWTEER:-
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frur.i tin- u.'.nt nor'hern iw.lnt In I'at.a-
da to the most imuiherti In Uie I nltwl
Btat s am from tli Tuclfic to the At-
lanta Together wttli the canten
kltehri.s mwllcal aupplles anil aroall
trnnnfer hospital'. thy comprtae the
equipment of tho Canteen iwrrlce
primarily oriranlieO to Btlmulate tlie
morale of the iwldlera and to let them
know that the country la with thoni
and appreciates the ancrlllfe tl- are
making It bb ulao orKtwilrcl for the
pnrjiose of meetlnit emerj;encle whli li
may arise with troopa In transit un-
usoldulilo ilelaya. accldetita Hii..ll.a
exhausted. Midden llluuaa or nrcldeiitx
to the men en route.
The American lted CroiH Canteen
Serrlco Is one hrwiKli of Iho erIee
which owing to Ita tmturo reipilrea
a certnln amount of imerwy Tlio
I'nlted Htntc Is a treinendoua cun-
try with mllea of truck tin.! IIh tnMiw
aro aprend ner tremeiidoiiH arena.
Jten lire aent from their home towna
to campH trnnpa lire niovtil from one
camp to another and they are ahlppeil
from enmpa to embarkation jhiIiiIh anil
acnt nteraenM but hereer tlie-rt'
they Mud the American Itcd I'iiihm Iiiih
nlrcndy hlnred the trull and la Ihen-
"on the Joh " TIiIh nerlee like all
efforta In hehulf of the wildler anllora
and marines on duly In the mined sen-
Ice of the United HtuteH. IhiiIi of thN
country and In l'.urope In reiiilen .I to
wlilte mid colored oflleiTM iiml eiilUleil
men alike ullhoin illallni'ilon
Uli hundred neuro sol. Here
acned recently by an Aineii.ni lt d
Cross i-imteeii at a point In rl.ai va-
in a press repoit of the wnrk It a-slated-
"It Hill he a lotitf lime .efon-
the nethltlea of t lint treat oiKumn
Hon the Amerlnin ltel Cin dl
Perform a better serxlce in .ne itiat I'
gives the kooiI wolioli. both while nli.l
colored more pleamire Th" i hi re n
listed colored men eonilni! .Pre. i fr.n i
thcH- fiirms mid homes In I l-mim
roIiik to a Htriinue eliy mo I siirroiinil
Iiiks They Here a timid set Hheii
they stepped off the triiln hole like a
droo of lost sheep hut there n a
far different feellnii Hlieti llii-s left
The Interest shown In them here iimde
new mid tlditlim men out of tlieui
They will lake Ihelr plines In the
trenches Just Ilk' the while Idler
and e rjr time one of them do - it he
takes the place of oiir Un or an !)
lie's an Auieilenn t..ll.'i in I ell lou
or Is due the splnidli' oik of on
Canteen women and thet. tolored wo
uieu bvliters "
Negro Auxiliaries.
Many cities of the Sonih r.- r.-n
IrliiK colored auxllliir .unu'eii oi
nilttis-s The colored i mi. en In .
Orleans la In ihar.o of i . i tine eo
ore! woman of edinnil i in. I n irimln
ate niirse The i iiuiei
t ri hi the urouuit II...
Temple own d Uillri
till 1 1 has Ihc lari;e
pod for rest mid I
date has elil itnlnei'
PCkio selects leiuiuu
It Is maintain) d h Ni
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in leans t'hnp-
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Ar some poluio notn' l In Tt Ml"-
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re i -'.incuts lo the uIii.oi lit ill. -r
Un Hi x tleld In some of il.e I m
raliroud jurds mu.lel . imieiii ludld'iKs
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- ml diovc Siluml Dislrtil No.
I.ini Willi . i cr line en
i i nil the pupils I' in: vciv
; i Ihcir full In i .. school
'
II nun Mc Mister of Snpulpa.
I li .ismit visitor here for st'V-
.liv- visttiiiK liu nl. dives uud
ii vvhii Ic.ii'lics nl Siiiinv Slope
I. District No. M.
.Mr .li sse W. Hied relumed Imme
DiidiihiT Hi fiiim (iiiii 1 uiisloii
ItaMllg rcicivid nil linii.u ilib dis
chargi lie is xei'v glad b) In h me
71?0'jy vpnt $wMPRKM5iwjt ii''."CjffB)i a smile is the price he pays fcw w-'
F1 '7flf:VrHf& 8BKT; ' 3vBS . THESE. BAHANAS
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PW ifek. fc ' "'' "-''V'Vy HAMLET NC
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AMERICAN
PFD cuns
CAHTEEU WORKflRS
ewe rue same sewvice to
AS TO Wlin& tACN.
Imve heen erected and all troop I ruins
are Itched on either side of them
that the men inny he sered qulekU
and elllclentlj.
I'l-m the return reeintly of the mi
tloual Held secrelnry to the nation il
licudirimrtcra of the Anierln.li Itid
Cross after u three iiioiiIIih' trnnseiin
tlneiiinl lour of the eiiiitein siailons
she presented n llsl of ! llj-hl fi iH
Mirled cooling refreNlunenls serM'l the
Inxips Hals reirlsterliu inueii'illt ami
thrift In iitlll7lui: lorn I iis;ihb i..
make an iippetMui: iimI ir i lo
menu for Hie l.o- 'lie iiiim r.
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I v I I i-r wl". had not seen his ini'lli-
aguin mid we welcome his ipltirn.
The prospects fm u m'ir C.hrisl.
inns .ire vei piiimisiiiH out here.
Turkcis and lings b.ive alreoil) he.
gun o cl afraid. The) seem lo know
lh.it Hun time is not long.
'I here will be an excellent pro.
gram mill ('lirislm.is tree Tuesd.n
nigbt. Cbristui.is eve under the ili
rei lion of Mr. V. V. Daniels.
Miss It. A. l.alon. ltepnrtir
ran tax i cmi st.iivick
Call 11305 and I ook for Taxi Ibc next
Minute
KHlil) 1.KWIS
nlgro iuoops.
er for years found he was to
'liioiiuh tils "home town" nnd hi.ci
her to Hint ellect usklllE Unit -tunnel
him lit the train. The iiiessiue
illd not n mil In r Niitumllj. urj
Mm li .11-i'.)...HM.'.l tint to find her at
llie slalloli. llie lio's H heuotle ex-
pression ill I r i U.I the nltelitloti of a
i mii'.. ni HoiUei When she luiird his
-i.t -li. n linn I) started out III
I er uir. f.iu I llie lumber motored
l.i r lo 1 1:' sintloii nnd had llie plea-uie
of Hitin n.. a ur Impp.i reunion of
inoih r nnd son l.ifi.ie duty called him
ii 'M.iK.r- often mippl.i the
. for Hie "folks liiuk home"
i nll.'ii on the (Hist curds ills-
l. the Auierhnn Hed Cross
Hi I' ire
inl.iin .1
ilium I. ..in its Ciinteeii senlce. This
i- i!..i in .ii-.- .thorn the men are
i ' I. I. i in tin lie-live Iteeently
n il -tI' in i.n of the curds was inaile
i to u iniiiil.i r of "olorcd troops anil
iii'iin of i!n I'niiiieii workers were
i i I. il iip.m to do the writ Inn. In com-
i .in. 'in. upon the Inciiieiit one or the
unit i- -ml "lln kIvIiiu was not alt
on our p.irt for when the) returned
fioiu tlnlr exerelsis ilinnifh the clt)
'In lolored men were formed In a liol-
i.. s'lutire h.v their Cotiiiiiiiiiilunt mid
the 'talent' of the reiilinciit orderisl
"in The Hiimlnir was henutlfiil ami
i1:. .-In: dauiltm enteriniiilntt." The
' ' neil nun VM-re sn pleased with their
ii. i'i l.i ilutt lii'ieral of them made
- .. In - nnd une spokesman stated
i Inn M line the nierl-
i I i'ii --1 '.i iei li "writ up' Hhen
' I ' li. re In u.is olnir
. M- i he stun i r hour hul in) mm-
i . .it tin siiiil.11 at work nu
u .li .!.s nnd prcpuriiiir coffee
i in iiiiiis after tn.tlll. n
r .1 1 Hi ie of nrrlMil of the
us ii I'nntieit iiitnlii lit a
r. fori "Win ii the train arrlv-
I in in holli - -tried tih e fresh
nl r lietii siii'.tu I hes from turtle
ni . .tin 'nl will: lettuce. I hud to
n .! il.e liushaiii's as vve had only
iw nu mill il- in serve eleven
ion In- flii -erilni; the sandwiches
mill uifTie we u .nle the second trip
i ml and .n li l...v iihonrd reeelvisl j
i i i d Cross elini ol ite hnr and cilia-
relies llvel) s'li.le Ini) Has court eons
and oi'ilerl) 1. 1 ilnlr nppn i liitloti
Has i he sei lesi llinik' I ever saw."
"This Is sv . M anil In lps a fellow a i
lot " said a IiIk olive dn I'hed ho) after I
paruikllit' o' mieiii lefreshmelits ut
THIS IS A HIIAI riCJII 1'l.NO .MAX
Aiiotlii'r Colored Wins l.ove Anil Ail.
miration of Trench Ami Croix tie
(iucrre Tor llrau'rv.
Ills mime is
brown skinned
limbed. Trance
i nig man he is n
.Ionian C Stokes
clear ej cd clean
sas thai as a fight.
"bearcat" from the
giiuind up. 'Unit the world might
know what France thinks of him
Ibe gnat I'wli ilecontted his Kh.iki.
covered breast with the famous
Crmx de liiicire xvhile Ibe Ticnch
ai'inv stood at atlelitiou
Stokes mie of the regular Ami)
fwt ;r i . i . ffr!rji " ii r t
.-.i ' .. ll JII iWj .SmBJmJaSk
i -BHJ larAhrn - m tt. tn i j ." fc."- i ".i.-
V i...
MAtIV OF THE AMEHICAH CKD runs': ruADTPDC OO
HAVE WELL-ORGANIZED NEGRO
a point In the vicst "And If It weren't
for one thine I and my (bum could
nine inlu'lit) near beint: iiuppv now."
"Tell us about that one tlilni; that
makes )ou unhappy. Jlajbe we can
fix ll" willingly i nrouriiKeil n charm.
Ini: Canteen worker.
"Well wu'ru broke and no one ran
l that hut our ilatls nnd the) (ire
'way up In Washington. We haven't
time to wlro for extra tnone) nnd
there )ou are" said the lad with u
wistful Mllllo.
"That's easy" said the Cnutivti girl.
"We'll send the Hires fnrjou and have
the money sent tn )our next Mop."
"Hurrah for joh!" cried 'he boys.
And as they boarded tlio out-going
train the) wore itilte n dllTeic'it look-
ing expression from Unit which Die)
registered Just a few minutes hefore
1'rnin the foregoing which Is In re-
ality but a "Hash" of the great Can-
teen service In operation one receives
but the I ni rest outline of the far-rench-lug
effect of this hraucb of the Ameri-
can lted Cross activities In this coun-
try. Workers Take Oath.
The American Hed Closs furnishes
nil commnnders of troop trains ion-
diietiirs ami railway olllclats with n
Cmiteen dlreetor). eml. racing tin
Mime of the ehuplers which have nr-1
guulzed Canteen units I kiii being
given the briefest possible telegraphic
nntlee these cluipti rs are prepared to
render assistance of all kinds to Hoops
ell mule. Tiisip train comniauders hav-
ing government funds for llie purpose
pay the gov eminent rate for rations or-
dered. In cast s of accident or sh kuess
in-curing en mute mediuil assistance
and ambulance service are arranged
for If reqileslisl In advance. Some of
the Canteens designated as "transfer
stations." have immediate ambulance
service for transferring -lik audi
wouuiicii service men tn hospitals as
Hell as spcclall) picparcd food for
sick soldier- In transit
All ntllclnl American lted Cross Can-
leen Workers are iiiiefully Investigat-
ed and enrolled under oath of al-
legiance uud the woviu slilild of llie
was one of the first Amcltciiis to go
out the lop. I inler ll.nr.ige lire
for three dn.vs on the C.hampaigue
flout. He and his companions won
for themselves the name of "Tight
ing Devils." 'Ihe occupied the po-
sition of whiib the del mans boasted
thai they would take for breakfast
on their wa to Paris. The whole
wot Id has applauded the repl)
which the tailored lads printed on
H'lirdboanl nnd displu.vcd above Ihcir
I trenches on the points of Ihelr b.i.vo.
I nets. "Alright come on III' ole Kai-
sets we've got plent.v of waiters to
serve on."
! Sergeant Slokes fearlessness and
Jk-S
CANTEEN 'AUXILIARIES.
Canteen worker bearing the IvcM
Cross Insignia Is worn conspicuously
when on nctlve duty The olllcers of a
Canteen unit Includes a captain tlrst
mid Fei'.mil lieutenants u supply clerk
nnd a mull ch rk The size of the Can-
teen unit depends largely on the fre-
quency of the troop movements
through Its locution. It Is estlmateil
that u unit of fifteen women can serve
live hundred men.
At first both Arm) olllcers nnd rail-
way men felt that the Canteen service
was not a necessity In that It dupl'eat-
eil the provisions of the Cnv eminent
nnd the railroads Hut ohservers In
both Army and railroad sen he have
come to m knowledge that the Canteen
Is a unique addition to troop transpor-
tation. At ii time when the whole urn-
chlner) of travel Is geansl to an un-
heard of sieed It li liievltahle that ac-
cident and wenther should result In
unforesemilile ilela) and dlsiomfort
the prolongation of Jnunie)s far be-
Join) their expected time often de-
pletes the troop stores and the mor-
mons travel on the railroads often lim-
its the available rallwii) supplies 'llie
Allied mi lted Cross milt en servile
assists the olllcer conducting trans-
portation li) giving him nn Immediate
deHit of supplies and helps the rail-
mail bj feeding the tloops In the rail-
road anl thus preventing congestion
nl the station.
In one i Ity the president of the rnil
road unified a freight ear given the
American Hed Cms ll was equipped
vvlili light and gas ami phued on a
side-track near the rullvvu.i station
The eauiet'li unit Is thus aide to keep
the inlTce hot anil have lefre-l jnclits
mi hand for the Incoming trm p trains
mid It also serves as a pioteeilou to
the workers ii-ulnst cold vvb'le Halting
for the trains.
The iqulpnietit of nu Aiiierlinn Hed
Cross niiitci.ii Is Just cMii il) what a
eoiiimiinlt) dei ides to make It. -ome
caiiteeiis In the larger ii-llli is are high
I) ilevi loped while others cluhruic
the iniiiiiiiiiiii . qu.puii ni All are do
lug a ivoiiderriil work In which It la
pliii.-ure to bne u snare.
v .dor won for him a place in the
Ileitis of the Trench people ami ti
page in lite histnrx of the great xv.tr
and Tncle Sain to prevent him re.
turning a nerve shattered hero
from being subject eil to the shame
and disgrace of jim crow ism de.
tailed as his escort fiotn .New Yolk
lo South Texas a white ofllccr Sgt.
Ilorland of I'lallsbnrg. Tlrst class
service including sleeper and din.
ing car seivice straight through
Missouri was demanded and secured
for Sgl. Slokes by his escort.
And so they arrived in Texarkana
T)br alighting from the piillmaii
al the rear end of (he station AI.
itiM.ixr; orr Tin: old
itixcixf! in thi: ni:w
I or miles
were beard
Attillery
b.ivonets
Itattle
miles ami miles
gleatmd
I or
hnlf Ibe world were
engaged
in battle
Of In une in living soldiers dreamed
s thev lav where they were slain
In froen blood ice and rain
( hnstiuns pr.i.ved and began lo shout
When Ninctien and Tighlecii was
Hinging out
Lights in the I'huri lies xverc burning
bright
While tbe.v praved deep in the night
SiliniTs sit with heads cast down
While Christians praved on Ihcir
knees around
(.(mill" honiv were armies or men
When Xinctcen and .Nineteen was
Ushered in
It is Ivvelve o'clock the watchman
said
I In n Ibe minister declared the old
car dead
Prejudice looked suspicious!) about
When Xinctcen and ICighteeti was
Hinging out
Since Washington settled the I'niled
Mutes
merica has growed at n rapid rale
Her armies and nav.vs were prepared
for hallle
I rum a distance were heated their
kettle drums rattle
Her ships stood in every port
On their tall mast poles Ibe Stars
(mil Stripes float
Since .Ninctien and Ughtccii has
been ushered In
Prepared to put lo and end
Hurtling and lynching of men.
Offite Rod Wing Ilolel phone MIS
Offiu flours
a. m. to 12 1:30 L 6 . m.
DR. .S. K. KI.MBKODCH
Dental Surgeea
JOG. N. Greenwood St.. Tul OkU.
0 AE VEK'fJ
FltKNCH CI.KANERS nATTKRS
AND TAILORS
Both Dry and Wet Clonlng
Suits Made to Order
SU00 Samples for You to 8Uet from
ALL WOHK GUAIvANTEED
Aulo Will Call and Deliver
Phono 3132
Office No. 8 North Cincinnati
Dr.
J. J. Mchcerer.
DENTIST
YOU AHE WKI.COME
(Phone 4813)
l.iuutnc (juirune Tableli
Dolull's Sohvlion 2Tc.
..JOc.
AnOc
. 25c.
- 2nc.
I.iste
rine
Glyco4h)iiotine ...
Peroxide j
An7 Thlnj KU Y.u Want at
WRIRUT-THOMPSON fiRUG
PhoM IMS
CO
a Monnis
GAS and WATER FITTER
l'ruiop and Reliable Serrie
Phone (M17 J25 N. Ektia i
You are Entitled to the Ilest and Yo
Get It when You Trade with
W. A. IIAKER
The One-Price Grocery Store.
Krch and Cured Meats Fancj and
Staple Groceries .11 the Time
Our Stock is Tresh and Our Prices
Reasonable
We Deliver Call ua.
Phone 2124 304 y N. Frankfort
Tak
ur Meals at The
HUSY 1IEK CAKE
The Old Ridable
Uegular Home Cooked Tood
Trj a meal with us
Wm. DOWI) Proprieotr.
PRKMI l'URH DRUGS
Always Assured
When you hnve your prescription
filled al
TI1K KENDALL DRUG STORE
l'h W. DsIIt.i
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