The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-13
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t6y Our Special Correspondent
Police Gazette Barred.
BY Stanton Lawton

{6y Our Special Correspondent
Police Gazette Barred.
The Army Regulations prescribe
that at each permanent post suitable
rooms will be set apart for use as Ii
brary, reading-room, chapel and school
The Chief of the Quartermaster Corps
will procure and forward to post Ii
braries such newspapers and period
1cals, and to post schools sucn
school books, stationery, and school
material for the use of enlisted men
as are authorized by the Secretary OF
War.
AS rule, chaplain is detailed as
post librarian, who will have charge
of the post library.
Father Franz ]. Feinler, the Catho.
lie chaplain of the 18th Regiment of
Infantry, on duty in the Philippine ISL
ands, requested that the Police Ga.
zette be removed from the list of
newspapers and periodicals supplied
for the use of the enlisted men of the
Army. Father Feinler's request has
been approved by the Secretary of
War, and the Police Gazette will not
be included in the next list published
for supply of newspapers and period.
:icals to military post libraries.
Father Feinler was born in Ger.
many on March %, 1871. and was APP.
pointed chaplain on February Is,
1909, from South Dakota
Dedication Of Barry Statue Is De.
ferred.
At the request of representatives of
various Irish-American organizations,
Colonel Harris, the engineer officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds
of Washington, has decided to defer
the formal dedication of the statue of
Commodore John Barry, in Franklin
Park, until the latter part of next
May.
Irish-American societies plan to
make big demonstration on that &C.
'casion in honor of the illustrious son
of Erin who did so much for the land
of his adoption in the early days of
the republic. Organizations are COM
ing to Washington from all parts of
the country, and will join the troops
tof the regular Army, Navy and Ma
:rine Corps in the parade, which will
be feature of the dedicatory cere-
monies.
Distinguished Catholic Officer Pro-
NOTED.
Francis ]. Herman, United States
Army, now on duty at the Army War
College, Washington Barracks, d. c.,
has just been promoted to the rank OF
death of Colonel Charles Mcclure,
Goth infantry, at Fort William II. Sew.
ard, Alaska.
Colonel Herman was born on Octo-
Der 10, 1859, in Florida, and was ap-
pointed cadet to the Military Acad-
envy on September 1, 1877, and has
passed regularly through all the
grades of rank from second lieutenant
to colonel.
Colonel Herman is considered one of
the best authorities in the Army on
military law AS he will not retire
for age until 1928, the chances are
that he will reach higher grades in
the service.
He is a practical Catholic and an
attendant at st. Paul's church at
Washington.
Editor of Dublin Review Lectures at
University.
One of the most interesting and
largely attended lectures ever deliv'
cred at the Catholic University, was
that by MIR. Wilfrid Ward, editor OF
the Dublin Review, and one of the
most distinguished literary men Of
England, last Tuesday afternoon III
Mcmahon Hall, his subject being
"The Four Cardinals of the English
Catholic Revival
MT. warn Is Iuc SUI VI LII. "lIildii
George Ward, distinguished philoso
pher and author; he was grea
friend and neighbor of Tennyson, VIII
celebrated him in a beautiful poem
For many years he was the editor o
the Dublin Review, and, though lay
man, was a very distinguished the
ologian.
Mr.. Ward is editor of the same p;
per and also we'll known for his wri
ings on theology, philosophy and t
ography. His principal works ar
"The Life of Cardinal Manning" tw
volumes on his fathers life, but h
most enduring literary monument
his Life of Cardinal Newman
which ranks among the very best /
ographies in the English languag
Along with Mr.. Arthur Balfour, tt
late Prime Minister of England, M
Ward is one of the founders of Il
Synthetic Society, philosophical cl,
of limited membership, which null
bers, however, many Of the most d
tinguished intellects of England.
Mrs. Ward, who is niece of tt