Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-24
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WILL LOOK AFTER
 MEN IN THE ARMY
Designated by War Depart ment to Look After Catholic Mems Welfare - Local Lodge Busy.

The local lodge of the Knights of | Columbus has taken steps to make ! this week a memorial one in its his tory in it's effort to raise their pro- portion of the million dollar war tune to be raised for the care of the Cath ollie members of the army and navy.
 The following is the announcement of the collection campaign that is to take place during the last week of July:
 June 30, 1917.
 Worthy Grand Knight-The su- preme board of directors, at its recent regular quarterly meeting, designated the week beginning Sunday, July 22, 1917, as campaign week for the Knights of Columbus million dollar war fund.
 "The board directs that you appoint committees and teams mace up of your members to personally visit and solicit all Catholics for contributions, and members of the order for subscrip- tion in addition to the regular S2 as- sessment levied on the membership. lou should endeavor to use the same successful business methods adopted by other organizations appealing to lne county for war work funds.
 Initiate at once through your local press a publicity campaign and ar range for announcements of the cam paign from Catholic pulpits. Your general committee should be carefuiI. selected to consist of men of highest standing in your community, and OF course the teams should be made up of active men, willing to work, and thereby get results. It is fact that many Catholics and Knights of Co lumbus have been included in teams working for other organizations as above referred to, and undoubtedly their services can be secured on Dv- half of our fund.
 Much that has been stated in our ether letter of this date might well be repeated for the information of the general Catholic public The hierachy and the Catholic people of our country look to us in this crisis and, therefore, this great and necessary mission has been undertaken by the Knights of ! Columbus. Surely there is not a Cath olic man or woman in our country who would refuse to contribute to this cause. Fraternally yours,
 JAMES A. FLAHERTY,
 Supreme Knight !"
 
 ment of the Knights of Columbus as the official agency for looking after the moral and social welfare of the | Catholic men of the army and navy has placed upon the order a great re- | sponsibility. Not only every member of the Knights of Columbus, but every ! Catholic man and woman in the coun- | try should recognize this responsibility and do their share in assisting the | knights to look after the welfare of our soldiers and sailors. The action of the war department in designating the Knights of Columbus as the channel | through which the moral and social welfare of the soldiers and sailors will be looked after has the hearty endorsement of the three American cardinals and the entire hierarchy of the church in the United States.
 The selection of the Knights of Co lumbus as the official agency of Cath olic service in the army and navy is a direct result of the efficient work done for the soldiers on the Mexican border In selecting the Knights of Columbus for this work the war de pertinent places the great Catholic fra ternal order on the same basis as the Y. M. c. A., which takes care of all the non-Catholic religious and social welfare work in the army and navy The Knights of Columbus will work in cooperation with the official Catholic chaplains and will also have to pay the expenses of many other unofficial chaplains. The knights will have tI erect Catholic centers and suitable places for the celebration of mass ir each of the 16 cantonments to be ess Lablished in this country. In these Knights of Columbus centers all mel in the service will be made more heart fly welcome.
 This is the largest task ever under taken by the Knights of Columbus ard as already said, the responsibility i: very great. No doubt the knights will vindicate the confidence reposed il them by the fedealr and ecclesiastical } authorities. The Knights of Columbu: , will do their Share and every othel , Catholic organization and every Cath olic person will see the need as pa triots and as Catholics of assisting il this work.