The Irish standard., 1913-10-04


Army has ever had.
Another Catholic chaplain who has
done good work in the Army, and re-
signed, is Rev. Andrew G. Murphy, OF
the 9Th Field Artillery, stationed al
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He has been re-
called to his Community by his Pro.
vincial at Germantown, Pa.
Father Murphy was appointed to
the Army from Illinois on Sept. II,
1903, and was assigned to the Goth
Regiment of Infantry, and later was
transferred to the 7th Cavalry, and
again to the 9Th Field Artillery.
Father ,Ferry's resignation, with
that of Father Murphy's, leaves two
vacancies in the quota of Catholic
chaplains of the Army.
Francis j. Kilkenny, confidential
clerk to the controller of the currency,
and originator of the Irish home-go.
ing movement" has left Washington
for Chicago, where he will open an
Office to engage in business. He ten.
dered his resignation to the Secretary
of the Treasury to take effect Oct. 1.
/, Mr.. Kilkenny has been connected
with the office of the controller of the
currency for Is years, and during that
period he has acted as confidential
clerk to four controllers-Charles G.
Dawes, William Barrett Ridgely, Law
renee o. Murray and Acting Control.
Ter Thomas P. Kane.
Charles G. Dawes, now president of
the Central Trust Company of Chi
cago, who was controller of the cur
rency during the Mckinley admins.
tration, brought Mr.. Kilkenny from
Chicago to Washington and made him
his confidential clerk. He held that
position under each of Mr.. Dawes
successors.
Owing to Mr.. Kilkenny's long con-
nection with the controllers office, he
has formed an extended acquaintance
with United States senators, repre-
sentatives, newspaper men, bankers,
and business men from all parts of
the country.
Mr.. Kilkenny came to the United
States some 20 years ago, and locat-
ed In Chicago. He has devoted much
of his spare time to writing articles
on economic conditions in ireland. He
organized in Washington the Irish
Home-Going Association, which be-
came nationwide. He was made
president of the association, and
through his efforts and those of Off
GERS affiliated with It and the news
papers, wide publicity was given the
movement, and more than 10000 PEG.
pie visited Ireland in single season.
Mr.. Kilkenny Is a member of a
number of fraternal organizations in
this city and Chicago. He Is grad
uate Of the law department of the
University of Georgetown, and before
coming to Washington he attended
the University Of Notre Dame, Indi.
ana.
Before leaving Washington Mr.. xii.
kenny was rendered farewell ban.
quet at the Congress Hall Hotel, by
his host of friends in the national cap
ital.
An original poem bv Louis varnum
Woulfe. entitled "Kilkenny's Home.
Going" was read. and at the conclu.
sion of the speech-making Mr.. XII.
kenny made response. lauding Wash.
ington as great educational center
OF the country and first for civic
beauty.
Rev. Charles Macksey, S. j., is now
visiting Washington on business for
the order. Father Macksey was for.
merly connected with Georgetown
University, but during the past sew
eral years has been filling the chair
of ethics at the Gregorian University
IN Rome, a position to which he was
appointed by the supreme head of the
Jesuit order.
Father Macksey accepted the op.
portunity to celebrate the z o'clock
Mass in St. Alovstus church last Sun.
day for the Third Sunday Brigade
and to greet them on behalf of our
Holy Father. More than 1900 men
received Holy Communion at the
Mass. and as he looked out upon a
sea OF mems faces, Father Macksey
complimented the brigade for its de.
yotion and loyalty to the faith, and
declared the scene one calculated to
console and gladden. the heart of a
priest.
Mr.. John w. Callahan of Hartford,
Conn.,, has won the Patrick Garyan
Scholarship" and Mr.. Michael Ga
briel Luddy of Thompsonville, Conn.
and Mr.. Joseph J. O'Leary of Hayer-
hill, Mass. have won the "Hibernian
Scholarships" at the Catholic Uni
virsity of America. ~
Very Rev. John Thomas Creagh
j. U. D., S. T. L., L. L. B.: O'Connor.
professor of canon law, and associate
professor of Jurisprudence at the
Catholic University, has resigned to
accept a position as pastor of Saint
Adams Church, Brookline, Boston.
DIR. Creagh is the most distinguished
canon lawyer in the United States at
the present day, and all the most i'm.
portant cases of canon law within the
last decade have been handled by him.
His loss to the Catholic University
is irreparable.
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