The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-05-02
From the National CAPITOL
By Stanton Lawton

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nessee, flagship of the Atlantic Re-
serve Fleet, has been transferred to
the new super-dreadnaught, New
York." one of the two largest battle
ships in the world, which has just
been commissioned at the Brooklyn
navy yard.
Miss O'Hara to Enter a Convent.
Miss Elizabeth o 'Hara, daughter
of the late Colonel James O'Hara,
who for the last four years has made
her home in Washington, sailed on
April oath for Belgium, to enter the
novit'ate of the religious of the Per-
Petual Alteration.
During her residence in Washing
ton, Miss O'Hara has taken promi-
nent part in the many good works
done by the members of this COM
munity. who have a convent in the
northwest section of the city. 1t is
of interest to know that poor par
ishes and chapels throughout the
world. are furnished with vestments
and sacred vessels by these devoted
religious.
Miss O'Hara has also been uromi-
nently identified with the work of
the Christ Child Society of Washing
ton, and for the past two years has
personally conducted class in Chris
tian Doctrine for Italian children, in
the Settlement House of the Society.
After a novit.ate extending over
two years, Miss O'Hara will return
to the Washington convent of the
religious of the Perpetual Alteration.
The Catholic Sisters and the Indian
Appropriation Bill
The Indian Committee of the SEN
ate has eliminated from the Indian
Appropriation Bill, the item relating
to the civil service status of en-
ployees in the Indian Service, which
it was thought might adversely effect
the Sisters serving as Government
employees in several Government In
dian schools.
The Committee increased the ap-
preparation for the Board of Indian
comm 'ssioners from $4,000 to $685.
900. This was very remarkable be-
cause of the determined effort that
has been made by several leading
southern members of the House and
the Senate, either to eliminate the
Board of Indian Commissioners alto
gether, or to hamper it in such a
way as to seriously interfere with it's
efficiency. A bitter onslaught was
made on the Board before the Com
mittee, in which even the Indian Of
fee took part-the commissioner of
Indian affairs himself, must to the
chagrin and regret of many of his
friends, being so ill-adv.sed as to
make a speech in opposition. SEN
ators La Toilette and Townsend
strongly defended the Board and
urged an increased appropriation.
and when the question came to a
vote. to the surprise of the opposi-
ton, the appropriation was raised to
$4,000 by vote of to S, Sen
ators Ashhurst and Lane voting with
the Republican senators in favor of
the board, while Senator Fall of New
Mexico cast his vote with the demo-
cratic senators against the board.
The fate of these two items will
not be fully determined until the bill
has passed the senate and the joint
conference committee.
The First Killed in Mexico-A Cath
Ollie Soldier.
When the first dispatches of the
bombardment of Vera Cruz, on April
Fl, reached the American press it
must have made the so-called Guard
ians of Liberty co sick at heart. to
read the news that a Catholic Uni
ted States soldier had given his life
for his country's flag.
This was Daniel Aloysius Hagger-
ty, private of the 9Th company of
the United States Marines, who had
just stepped on to the roof of the
terminal hotel at Vera Cruz to assist
in the signal operations, when bull
let pierced his brain. This death
was the first fatality on the American
side, and Is the most effectual an
swer made to the charges of the
Guardians of Liberty and all k ndred
organizations that Catholics cannot
be loyal citizens.
Young Haggerty had been in the
service for eight years, and came
from Cambridge, Mass.
In this unfortunate affair, history
simply repeats itself, that the Cath
Ollie soldier is ever loyal to his coun-
try-and to those who state other
wise-well has it been said of all
such so-called patriots, that they are
"invincible in times of peace, but in.
visible in times of war;
Catholic Chaplains at the Seat OF
| War.
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