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Z. Zimmer, Joseph P.
CHAPTER XXI SERVICE MEN'S RECOGNITION
A monster celebration was held at Orange County Park September 9, 1919, to pay tribute to the service men and to lay the cornerstone of a memorial arch. The attendance was estimated at 30,000 people, with 5,000 automobiles. Three bands were present and discoursed appropriate music, adding much to the enter- tainment. R. L. Bisby, chairman of the Orange County War Service Recognition Association, acted as master of ceremonies for the occasion.
Following was the order of exercises for the celebration :
10 to 11 a. m .- Band concert by Huntington Beach band.
11 a. m. to 12 m .- Exercises of laying cornerstone.
Star Spangled Banner. Invocation by Rev. Robert Williams.
Reading of list of deposits in cornerstone.
Presentation of gold trowel to Hon. Wm. D. Stephens, governor of California, by T. B. Talbert, chairman of the board of supervisors, for the Orange County War Service Recognition Association.
Laying of cornerstone and remarks by Governor Stephens.
12 m. to 1 p. m .- Luncheon. Band concert by Anaheim band.
1:30 to 2:15 p. m .- Massed band concert, Santa Ana, Anaheim and Hunt- ington Beach bands.
2:30 to 4 p. m .-. Medal presentation exercises.
Invocation, Rev. Robert Williams.
America, by audience, led by Professor Gustlin.
World War, by Rev. Robert Williams.
General Pershing March, by band.
Introduction of Governor Stephens by R. L. Bisby.
Presentation of service medal to Clyde Slater by Governor Stephens. Other service men received medals at booth. Acceptance of same by service men.
California, by audience, led by Professor Gustlin.
4 to 6 p. m .- Band concert.
4 to 10 p. m .- Dancing and social time.
Worden, F. L.
Young, Ralph W.
Wright, Fay L.
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Among the remarks by Governor Stephens, while laying the cornerstone of the memorial arch, were the following :
"We would be remiss in our duty as citizens of America were we to forget, even for a brief instant, the memory of those who lie on the hillsides of France. beneath the poppies. The service men of this country performed achievements worthy of the greatest honor that the world can give them. The people who did not go to France, as well as those who came back, can honor the dead by living a life of service to their fellowmen and country, and thus win in a measure a small part of the glory which was theirs."
In contrast with this helpful, patriotic attitude, the governor condemine.1 Bolshevism as destructive of all government, and said: "Those who brook Bolshevistic utterances in this country are themselves traitors to their flag. There is now on the statute books of this state a law which the man who now stands before you succeeded in having passed-a law, which, if enforced by the officers of California, would stamp out every trace of Bolshevism."
It is needless to add that such sentiments were vociferously applauded by the large audience gathered together to express its appreciation of the patriotic services of its returning citizen-soldiers.
In introducing Governor Stephens to present the recognition medals to the service men, Chairman Bisby declared that Orange County was very proud of the fact that the Governor had given up all other calls for the day, and had joined with the people of Orange County in their recognition exercises. He then turned over one of the medals to the Governor who, expressing his thankfulness for the return of so many of the men, and glorifying the memory of those who rest in fields of poppies overseas, presented the medal to Lieut. Clyde Slater, who had accompanied him to the platform.
In reply, Lieutenant Slater of Orange, who had been selected by the service men to represent them in receiving the typical medal, declared that the returned soldiers and sailors deeply appreciated the demonstration in their honor and the medals presented to them. He said the medals would be cherished, and kept always by the men as souvenirs of the day, expressing to them the fact that in their service they were backed up by the people at home.
"We are here today," said Governor Stephens in his afternoon address, "to do honor to those men who have returned from war service, and never shall we forget those services, rendered in a splendid spirit and in a splendid way ; I only wish that they could have had the opportunity to lick hell out of Germany. That is my only regret in the ending of the war. I am here today to salute the veterans of the G. A. R., the veterans of the Spanish War, and the veterans of the war that has just passed into history.
"California celebrates today the sixty-ninth anniversary of her admission to statehood. With every commonwealth, entrance into the Union must have been 'he occasion of profound rejoicing, for there was instinct in the pioneers who founded new states, a love of self-government which was incompatible with an inferior territorial status and which chafed under federal jurisdiction over local affairs. Such conditions were felt in an extraordinary degree in California, situ- ated on the western rim of the continent, peopled by bold and adventurous spirits and separated from the older states by desert wastes and formidable mountain ranges, across which as yet no railroad had found its way.
"As in courage and wisdom the pioneers discharged the problems of their day, so in equal patriotism and purpose, we must give the best that is in us to the right solution of the problems, that in our turn we are called upon to face. dealing with them loftily, not as partisans, but as Americans. California cannot escape this responsibility if it would, and I would not have it make such escape if it could.
"We cannot better celebrate the birthday of our beloved state, we cannot better honor the memory of the gallant men and women who were the builders of the commonwealth, we cannot better honor the achievements, the patriotism and
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the loyalty of the men of California who are just returning from their noble service in their country's defense, nor can we better honor the proud memory of our heroic sons who gave their lives for their country's flag than by a united and whole-hearted support of whatever rightly makes for the lasting security of the republic, the establishment of enduring peace amongst the nations of the earth, and the creation of a new era in which all mankind shall know the happi- ness of a warless world."
Rev. Robert Williams, who offered the invocation at the beginning of the exercises and delivered an address on the World War in the afternoon, spent several years of his childhood with his father's family in Orange, Orange County, Cal., the family afterwards returning to Wilkesbarre, Pa. Reverend Williams went into the army first as an enlisted soldier, and afterwards served as a chaplain.
In his address Chaplain Williams told how the American operations in France and Belgium grew little by little until the time came soon after Chateau Thierry when men and munitions were sufficient in numbers to enable Field Marshal Foch to take the offensive and keep going until the Germans were forced to sue for peace. After he had gone over the battles on such fronts as St. Mihiel and the Argonne, leading up to the victorious march of the Allied armies on to German soil, the speaker said :
"To my mind the greatest victory of all was indicated to me as the Entente armies were marching into Coblenz. There the Stars and Stripes were seen waving over the double eagle of the flag of Prussia. That American flag, floating there, seemed to say that when the time came when the Prussian flag could be replaced by the flag of a German republic, guaranteeing that Prussian militarism was forever crushed, when that time came, then the American flag in Germany would come down, for we did not come into Germany as conquerors. We did not come with any idea of subjugating the people of the country. We came solely as an army representing a people whose unshakable conviction is that right must prevail over might in the world."
The chaplain's address was spiced with anecdotes of the war, incidents humorous and pathetic that came under his observation, and in some of which he was a participant. He closed amid tremendous applause after making an earnest plea in behalf of the League of Nations. He said, in effect, that if the peace of the world were not made secure in the future, then the men who fought in France would have been betrayed.
The records of the War History Department of the Doe Library, Berkeley, show this county's service men to have gained only seventeen citations and decorations, as follows: 1, Diedrich V. Burdorf, Fullerton, cited by America ; 2, Carl F. Burns, Santa Ana, Croix de Guerre ; 3, Pvt. Paul Cozad, Santa Ana, commended for bravery, cited by America ; 4, Major W. T. Crook, Anaheim, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Order (England) ; 5, Corp. Ora J. Easton, Santa Ana, Distinguished Service Cross, decorated for bravery ; 6, Jacob M. Fisher, Santa Ana, Medaille Militaire, Dis- tinguished Service Cross; 7, Floyd L. Geyer, Santa Ana, cited by America ; 8, Ivan R. Gillaspy, Santa Ana, cited by America ; 9, Sgt. John Guess, Jr., Elmond, Distinguished Service Cross awarded posthumously ; 10, Harold J. Henry, Balboa, Croix de Guerre; 11, Capt. Nelson Miles Holderman, Santa Ana, Distinguished Service Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor; 12, Lieut. Perry Schurr, Santa Ana, Distinguished Service Cross ; 13, Jay B. Taylor, Santa Ana, Croix de Guerre ; 14, Jose Frank Velasco, Yorba, cited by America ; 15, Allen C. Wallace. Anaheim, cited by America; 16, Pvt. Curtis Ware, Tustin, Belgian Croix de Guerre; 17, Joseph P. Zimmer, Placentia, cited by America.
Genevieve Ambrose, secretary of the department, explained her difficulties in getting information, admitted that there were undoubtedly omissions and errors in the list, and asked persons discovering either to transmit the informa- tion and corrections to the department. The Santa Ana Register pointed out
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that there is no such post office in the county as "Elmond," given in No. 9. and called attention to the following omissions :
"Capt. Holderman, in addition to his American awards, received two Croix de Guerre decorations, one for bravery before the stand of the Lost Battalion and one for a part he played in that desperate historic fight.
"The Distinguished Service Cross awarded Lieut. Elmer T. Worthy of Huntington Beach is not on the list. Neither is the citation given Sergt. Russell Coleman of this city listed among the seventeen."
A cursory examination of a book entitled "With the 364th Infantry in Amer- ica, France and Belgium," a copy of which is in the Santa Ana library, disclosed the fact that there were at least nine Orange County men of that hard-fighting regiment who were "cited for exceptional bravery and meritorious conduct under fire," and are not in that list, as follows :
Peter Laport, Fullerton : Charley Lindley, Anaheim ; Milton M. Bolton, El Modena ; Clifton E. Lowen, La Habra ; James H. Dickson, Placentia ; Frank J. Schrott, Anaheim : John P. Holditch, Orange; George L. Vance, Fullerton ; Ralph Huffman, Orange.
Those who know of the esteem in which the work of Orange County's service men was held by the authorities believe that enough citations and decorations have been bestowed, if all were reported, to raise the county's rank to fifth or sixth instead of tenth, as the seventeen, which were reported. now make it.
CHAPTER XXII
THE COUNTY'S LIBERTY LOANS
The five loans, called for by the government to finance the war, were appor- tioned among the people according to the bank deposits in the respective communi- ties. R. L. Bisby kindly furnished lists of the apportionments to the communities of Orange County and of the liberal response made by each, as follows :
First and Second Liberty Loans
Subscriptions
Town
1st Loan
2d Loan
2d Loan Subscribers
Anaheim
$ 49,450
$ 408,750
1,515
Brea
14,800
4,000
47
Fullerton
62,000
357,050
978
Garden Grove
1,600
22,550
149
ยท Huntington Beach
700
33,150
140
La Habra
7,050
7,250
62
Newport Beach
4,000
14,300
101
Olive
1,400
8,100
37
Orange
36,200
196,800
808
Placentia
24,200
50,250
165
Santa Ana
208,450
726,250
2,917
Tustin
5,250
27.450
145
Yorba Linda
8,000
42
Orange County
.$415,100
$1,863,900
7,106
Third Liberty Loan
Town
Quota
Subscribed
Over- Subscribed
Anaheim
$ 188,000
$ 250,600
$ 62,600
Brea
10,000
50,100
40,100
Buena Park
3,000
13,550
10,550
El Toro
12,500
25,100
12,600
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Fullerton
137,850
240,900
103,050
Garden Grove
19,500
33,500
14,000
Huntington Beach
27,100
70,000
42,900
Laguna Beach
5,000
10,100
5,100
La Habra
14,100
42,300
28,200
Los Alamitos
17,000
41,250
24,250
Newport Beach
8,250
18,300
10,050
Olive
8,750
16,400
7,650
Orange
181,100
237,650
56,550
Placentia
29,000
38,500
9,500
San Juan Capistrano
20,000
23,750
3,750
Santa Ana District
755,000
901,150
146,150
Stanton
4,000
6,750
2,750
Tustin
31,600
37,700
6,100
Yorba Linda
6,750
15,100
8,350
Orange County
$1,478,500
$2,172,700
$594,200
Fourth Liberty Loan
Town
Quota
Subscribed
Over- Subscribed
Anaheim
$ 394,150
$ 495,800
$101,650
Brea
19,900
81,900
61,650
Fullerton
272,550
416,300
143,750
Garden Grove
34,650
55,850
21,200
Huntington Beach
51,450
68,000
16,550
La Habra
34.750
54,350
19,600
Newport Beach
15.700
36,300
20,600
Olive
19,300
23,200
3,900
Orange
363,250
418,600
55,350
Placentia
57,250
75,550
18,300
Santa Ana
1,472,250
1,806,800
334,550
Tustin
57,700
70,200
12,500
Yorba Linda
14,250
28,500
14,250
Orange County
$2,807,150
$3,631,000
$823.850
Fifth Liberty Loan
Town
Quota
Subscribed
Subscribers
Anaheim
$ 282,100
$ 285,950
1,325
Brea
16,000
34,400
220
Buena Park
8,550
22,900
139
Fullerton
214,400
233.150
658
Garden Grove
30,350
33,500
200
Huntington Beach
37,600
39.450
291
La Habra
25,900
32,350
158
Newport Beach
12,400
17,300
198
Olive
15,100
16,850
103
Orange
271,800
279,250
1,395
Placentia
43,900
49,600
81
Santa Ana
1,072,050
1.083,250
2,680
Tustin
40,500
45,000
225
Yorba Linda
11,950
17,000
160
Orange County
$2,082,600
$2,189,950
7,833
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CHAPTER XXIII RELIEF WORK OF ASSOCIATIONS
There were four chapters of the Red Cross in active operation in the county during the recent World War, one in each of the following cities: Anaheim, Ful- lerton, Orange and Santa Ana. Each of these chapters, by its drives for member- ship, included a large part of the community, in which it was located, as members. The real work of the chapter, however, was done by a few score of people, mostly women, some of whom devoted almost their entire time to the work.
In answer to a request for information, the secretary of each of the chapters furnished a copy of the last report, giving a detailed history of the work of the chapter from its inception down to its close. These reports are highly creditable and deserve to be reproduced in the history without abridgement; but the most that can be done is to give the results without recounting the processes by which those results were obtained.
Anaheim Chapter of Red Cross
The Anaheim chapter of the American Red Cross was organized in April. 1917, by the committee on organization. The officers then chosen served until the following October when some changes were made, as was also done at subse- quent elections. However, the treasurer, Mr. A. B. McCord, and the secretary. Mrs. Eva H. Boyd, served in their respective offices from the beginning until the end of the work.
At the risk of overlooking some of the results in Christmas packages, canteen work, etc., we skip over to the financial statement, which covers the period from April 20, 1917, to May 1, 1919 and is as follows:
RECEIPTS
Membership
$3,342.00
Sale of Insignia and Materials
300.31
Miscellaneous Income
434.45
Donations and Entertainments.
4,379.83
Monthly Pledges
1,670.65
Stanton Branch
411,84
Salvage
180,43
First Aid
15.00
Home Service (loan returned ) .
45.00
War Fund Drives.
6,520.36
$17,299.87
DISBURSEMENTS
Membership National Headquarters.
$1,684.75 .
Salary, Collecting 1917 War Fund and Office.
345.00
Insignia Purchases
51.50
Military Relief, Material Purchased.
7,037.02
Home Service
155.44
General Expenses, Comfort Kits, Telephone, etc.
973.09
Canteen Service
381.41
Salvage, Junior Red Cross.
40.00
First Aid, National Headquarters.
2.50
333.56
Stanton Branch, 25 per cent War Fund, 1918. Stanton Branch, Local
337.16
$11,341.43
Balance on hand, May 1, 1919. $ 5,958.44 The work room report, July 1. 1917 to May 20, 1919, shows the following articles sent to the Pacific Division : Hospital garments, 3,240 : refugee garments.
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267: knitted articles, 2,696; surgical dressings, 31,396; miscellaneous articles, 1,083.
Junior Red Cross Report
The Juniors of Anaheim Chapter made and sent to the Pacific Division head- quarters 389 knitted articles and 524 miscellaneous articles.
One thousand two hundred twenty-five garments were collected and made over into refugee garments. Since March 1, 1919, 150 refugee garments have been sent in and girls were working on 15 men's pajamas, 15 girl's petticoats, about 20 knitted garments, to be finished before June 1st.
Mr. J. A. Clayes, treasurer of the Juniors, reports the following financial condition :
Memberships, Salvage and Entertainments and Balance on
hand, July 1, 1918. $ 335.38
Receipts since July 1, 1918. 101.40
$ 436.78
Expenditures, Materials
193.48
On hand, May 1, 1919 $ 243.30
There are twelve schools represented : ten public, two parochial.
Report of Grammar School Juniors
About 1,500 garments were sent to French and Belgian refugees. Many of these were in good condition, others were mended or made over by pupils.
About 250 pounds of castor beans and 100 pounds of fruit pits were col- lected. Tinfoil, rags, rubber, etc., were collected and sold for about $300. Three hundred sixty-five glasses of jam and jellies were shipped to Camp Kearny May 19, 1919.
Fullerton Chapter of Red Cross
Following is a synopsis of the secretary's report of the Fullerton Chapter of the American Red Cross: This chapter was organized February 19, 1917, and included all of the territory in Orange County north of Anaheim, classified as one branch at La Habra and seven auxiliaries located at Brea, Buena Park, Pla- centia, West Orangethorpe, East Orangethorpe, Olinda and Yorba Linda.
The officers of the chapter from the beginning were as follows: Chairman. J. R. Carhart, from February 19, 1917, to October 24, 1917 ; vice-chairman, WValdo O'Kelly from October 24, 1917, to October 25, 1918: G. W. Finch from October 25, 1918, until next election ; secretary, Mrs. E. I. Fuller from February 19, 1917, until April 1, 1918; Mrs. Ruth Talmadge from April 1, 1918, until October 1, 1918; Mrs. Helen Carhart from October 1, 1918, until next election ; treasurer, E. K. Benchley from February 19, 1917, to October 25, 1918; T. Ead- ington from October 25, 1918, until next election.
There is also a board of directors and an executive committee of such board ; otherwise the chapter is conducted along lines laid down in the charts sent out by the National Headquarters, with committees appointed for the departments specified in the charts.
A record of the work done is kept in the rooms of the Red Cross in the shape of production sheets and shipping receipts. The surgical dressing department made 82,043 surgical dressings. The garment department shipped 2,781 gar- ments and 4,000 knitted articles. The chapter doubled its quota in the first drive for second-hand clothing; but in the second drive it was not so fortunate. In the first war-fund drive the chapter's quota of $10,000 was oversubscribed $2,000 and in the second drive its quota of $15,000 was oversubscribed more than $5,000. The two membership drives ran the membership up to over 3,000. A canteen service was organized in Fullerton with Mrs. J. B. Reeve as captain from August,
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1918, until January 1, 1919, when Mrs. C. W. Crandall took charge and continued during demobilization. This department served about 500 meals each month during its organization to the returning soldiers.
For nearly a year the chapter was able to get quarters rent free; after Janu- ary 31, 1918, it had to pay $25 a month for quarters in the Schumacher Build- ing. The services of all officers have been donated, except about nine months of Mrs. Fuller's time as secretary, for which $75 per month was paid. All other work was donated, so that practically all the funds raised went for relief purposes.
The civilian relief work was under the supervision of Rev. Clark H. Marsh until May, 1918, when he was called overseas to Y. M. C. A. work, since which time Miss Dean has been in charge of that important committee. :
Orange Chapter of Red Cross
The Orange Chapter of the Red Cross was organized as a branch of the Los Angeles Chapter in April, 1917. It closed May 26, 1919, with 2,217 members. In the meantime it accomplished the following amount of work: Hospital gar- ments, 2,955; miscellaneous articles, 1,307; refugee garments, 8,600; surgical dressings, 102,038; pairs of knitted socks, 5,564; other articles, 2,284.
TREASURER'S REPORT RECEIPTS
Donations and Entertainments $ 3.599.33
Pledge Cards 3,707.50
Gift Table Sales 542.70
Dues and Other Receipts
9,341.55
Total Receipts
$17.191.08
DISBURSEMENTS
Running Expenses, 25 months, at $19.38 $ 484.50
Materials and Other Disbursements 14,702.24
Total Disbursements
$15,186.74
Balance with the L. A. Chapter $ 2,004.34
The following garments were made by different communities, clubs, etc? Lutheran League of Olive, 148; Wednesday Embroidery Club, 203; Woman's Club, 261 : Mrs. Bathgate, Villa Park, 396; Mrs. Lord, Villa Park, 1,145; Lu- theran League, 1,049; Olive Entre Nous Club, 86; P. E. O. Society, 102; Woman's Republic, 174; El Modena Needlecraft, 745: Methodist Bible Class, 20; Intermediate School, 67 ; Baptist Aid Society, 54; Orange Union High School, 81 : Birthday Club, 8; McPherson Thimble Club, 278. Total garments by auxil- iaries. 4,817. Balance by central society, 8,045. Total garments by chapter. 12,862.
A long list of persons followed to whom certificates were awarded by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Red Cross for faithful work.
The report closed with the acknowledgment of the many favors extended to the chapter and the return of thanks for the same.
Outside of and in addition to the work of the Orange Chapter of the Red Cross, the Orange Union high school raised about $1,600 for a hospital ambu- lance. The original plan was to send an American-made ambulance over to France, but, on account of the difficulty of transportation, the money was sent instead and was invested in an ambulance of French manufacture.
Any record of the Orange Red Cross would be incomplete which did not make honorable and reverent mention of its president, Mrs. Carolyn M. Porter, wife of J. R. Porter, who by patriotic devotion to the duties of her office short- ened the term of her life, death occurring June 6, 1919.
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Santa Ana Chapter of Red Cross
The Santa Ana Chapter of the American Red Cross contributed the follow- ing amounts of relief during the war :
Contributions
Quota $15,000
Collected
First War Fund
$25,143
Second War Fund
22,500
35,378
Total War Funds
$37,500
$60,521
. Pounds of Clothing for
Quota
Collected
Belgian Relief
1,500
8,230
Drive in 1919
4,000
5,500
Total Amount of Clothing
5,500
13,730
Garments made, 16.950; garments knitted, 16,799; surgical dressings made, 166,239.
Aside from war funds, the chapter raised about $25,000. Red Cross dining room and shop made $5,700.
The chapter carried on numerous activities, such as aid for the helpless during the influenza epidemic, home service work in which a separate office and department were maintained.
The Junior Red Cross of Santa Ana Chapter was recognized by Red Cross Division headquarters as without a superior on the Pacific Coast. Through its thirty-three schools, the Juniors invested $146,090.04 in war securities, raised $3,679 for Belgian and French orphans, $4,690.50 for Junior Red Cross work, $820.31 for Armenian relief, $3,127.50 for the United War Work fund, making total donations of $12,955.75 ; collected 2,272 new garments for foreign and home relief work and got together 27,435 used garments for foreign work and 3,776 for home relief, over 600 quilts, 41 afghans, made 1,680 new garments and 325 knitted garments, made 32 layettes, provided 180 sheets, 343 bath towels, 426 hand towels and 201 napkins, 717 handkerchiefs, 518 wash cloths, 37 treasure bags, 295 prop- erty bags, and various other articles, totaling about 1,000.
The officers of the Santa Ana Chapter of the American Red Cross are as follows: T. E. Stephenson, chairman; Mrs. A. J. Crookshank, vice-chairman ; Fred Rafferty, secretary ; Harry L. Hanson, treasurer.
The board of directors consists of twenty-two members and the work was apportioned among nine departments or committees.
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