Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-29

Nearly 200 members and friends of l White Cross council. No. 1s, K. of C., assembled in the council chamber at
 the Sunlight building Wednesday evening when large service flag on which are 47 stars. representing the | members of the council who are now I in the federal service, was unfur1ed. The service was impressive and full of patriotism
 Many of the boys now in the service were in attendance and were seated l n the first two rows in front of the ! platform. Among the boys were five
 now at anchor in New London. Seated
 on the platform were Grand Knight
 John H. Carney. Mayor Allyn l. J. J. McCabe of Jewett City. Rev. Herbert H. Iennon of North Jeffery N. H., Rev. John Conway of New
 Haven. Judge G. F. Parsons and James The evenings program was opened
 with an overture by Nicholas J.
 Spel1man, piano, and Joseph Farrell. 1 drums.
 l Grand Knight Carney Weicoms. l Grand Knight Carney in his wei
 coming address spoke as follows:
 | AS grand knight of White Cross council, it is my privilege to bid you all welcome and I know that I voice the sentiment of every person here tonight when say to our soldier boys, l always of them and our hearts are all ways with them They are fight \ ing our hattie and we know that they are going to win, because they are that it will be our earnest prayer that
 every one of them return to us bet
 ter and stronger man, and that they | will be the means of raising the country and of making our stars and stripes better known as the real sym l bol of liberty and democracy. We are met here tonight to unfurl our service flag in honor of the forty-six | of our members now in the service and we have arranged a programme in. keeping with the dignity of oGr lpur- pose. There is hard and daring work for the men in the trenches and there | is also work to be done at home.
 There are among our membership and among the citizens of Norwich | many who are giving of their time and of their money to provide for our soldier boys those many things that are necessary for their welfare and we | are to hear from some of them to- night. I will not use Up any more l senting to you Mayor Allyn L. Bdown. l Greetings from Mayor Brown. Mayor Brown spoke as follows: l am glad of the opportunity of address l ing you this evening and I bring the greetings of the city to those boys who have volunteered in the service of | this nation. I realize you fellows have volunteered through a spirit of patri- otfsm, and we appreciate what you are doing for us. l congratulate the Knights of Columbus on their fine showing. I was at Camp Devens re- gently and there saw the great work that the k. of c. is doing for the sol- diers. They are working in hearty CO., operation with the '. M. C.. A. and the Y NJ. H. A. for the betterment of the l soldiers and sailors throughout the 1 world. We must all work together at I ti@s time to stamp out all sedition in | so many of you can be here at this time. We appreciate what you are l doing. and may God bless every one of | PiainfieId Rector Introduced.
 Following Mayor Browns address, Grand Knight Carney introduced Rev. William A. keefe of Plainfield. who in his address spoke as follows:
 The American Service Flag teaches 2 thousand inspiring lessons in noble patriotism. Every star on that flag tells of a heroic son Of this land of the free who has laid aside all the comforts and opportunities and at fractions of the happiest and most peaceful and prosperous country in the world. to suffer and sacrifice and per- chance to die in order that the lives and liberties of our neople may be defended--the Star Spanf-ied Banner
  government of the people for the peo- pie and by the people protected.
 The American Service Flag tells the commander of our armies and navy
 that over a million of the very cream of American young manhood stand ready now to spend even the very last drop of their rich, red blood in defense of his proclamation that legislation for the land of Washington and Lin coin and Woodrow Wilson shall come from duly elected peace loving Ameri-
 can representatives at Washington. D.
 q; o,,h hn. ol,e. never from an 1 agtoeratic Every star on the American Service
 Flag tells of noble American who like the Crusaders of old has conse- crated himself with Cardinal Mercer en. devastated Belgium whose only crime was a heroic defense of liberty and justice and whose bravery and sorrows make her the most admired and the most pitied nation in the world The American soldier is serv- ing with General Pershing in defense of the land of Father Marquette and Lafayette and DekaIbe and Rocham- bean. He has heard the cry of Po- land with her 1900 churcles-20, 600 towns and 14,000, 900 people destroyed. When the German war lords who while we were still neutral took the lives of over 236 Americans on the high seas and destroyed 6S6 neutral vessels and filled our ration with spies and trait erous aeftators and dared to tell usl that unless we accepted sailing orders from Berlin, painted our ships and di- rected our course according to Ber- 1in's orders we would be destroyed,
 men of America have nobly answered with Woodrow Wilson our Command er-in Chief. thus far shalt thou go \ and no further Though it cost ever, drop of American blood and every dol lar of American wealth we stand rkddy~l to fight and to die in defense of the oppressed peoples of the worid and the democratic ideals of sovernrnent with equal rights for all before tie I law. t--- Catholic Citizens Patriotic.
 This Service Flag unfur1ed in honor of Catholic Knights Of Columbus is 1
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