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most splendid n persistent optimist
of his age?" VINO is Il poet born, a
missionary bred. Il soldier in action, u
priest in ministration. a judge of the
court of the world?
He was not done up I'm a big package:
just a bit over medium height. His
face had been called rough and home
ly. illuminated by benignancy. u strong
and daring will" Character Is the
maker of countenance. and his ex-
presses hulnor, b%enevolence. %independ-
ence. belligerency. He is magnetic.
vivacious. an excellent contour. His
language is pictorial. effective convinc-
Ing. In England II has beer said that
a priest h is co~nspiciously careless i'm
personal appearance may be identified
rs an archbishop. John Ireland is no
exception: his mighty schemes and
think of dress" All! Who. in the ten
derness of his smile. in the lovelight
and h freight Of his great. gray.
changeable eyes" cares how he is
dressed?
Archbishop Ireland was BORN in Burn
church. County Kilkenny. Ireland, Sep
TENDER II. 1898. When he was II years
old the family emigrated to America.
The Fighting Chaplain.
In 1862 he was appointed chaplain of
n Fifth Minnesota volunteers. The
strenuosity and e~xigencies of army life
gave him little opportunity for the ole
Of priest and teacher; but. u~nassuming.
sympathetic. helpful. he endeared him
self to his companions. elevated and in
spired them by his zeal and example.
An old soldier said of him: He never
asked you If believed in God, but.
il you were brave me honest. he pre-
sumed that you did. No matter how
tough a man was he had only to go to
the chaplain i'm his difficulties and IT
was man to man. We fought all the
better when he was about" He never
allowed his clerical habilaments to keep
him out OF the fighting line. He is
credited with having saved the day
for h northern army at Corinth. DC
tober 2. 1862. His regiment was hard
pressed; the situation was desperate:
the powder gave out. Chaplain Ireland
had foreseen the need and met 1t by
carrying boxes of cartridges back and
forth on the firing line through the
battle. On the evening of that ~eventful
day he was missing. and a gloom set
tied over the camp as II the issue of
war had turned against them. Later
he was found in an ~improvised hospital
on the outer edge of Corinth. minister
ing. spiritually inc physically. to the
wounded and dying. In the twilight
trenches were dug n heaps of dead
were arranged for burial. n over
these trenched slain of the Fifth Min
nesota stood Chaplain Ireland, praying
ana comforting.
His Pulpit Of Brush.
Soon after the siege and evacuation
of Corinth. the regimen Went into
camp along the banks of Il dirty rivulet
misnamed Clear creek. in Mississippi
They expected to remain several DAYS
and preparations We're made for n fit.
ting observance of Sunday. The boys
built an altar. with a little canop,
covering all of green bushes ana sap.
lings. 1t was his first talk in his cleri
cal capacity. and he made it a soldier.
appeal to brother soldiers. His fifteer
months army activity nearly pros
trated him.
! When he was made rector OF the cathe
dral Of st. Paul. he busted himself with tn,
colonization Of the Irish In Minnesota. II,
found hat heat. cold. exposure. distance
were the smallest Of his crosses. that tn,