The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-10
WALTER HERMAN
HEADS K. OF c..
WAR COMMISSION
Will Have Charge of Activi-
ties of Order With Ameri-
can Soldiers In France.

Resigning his position as vice-pres-
ident and general counsel of the New
York State Railways and Mohawk
Valley Company, Walter N. Herman,
of Utica and New York City. one of
the most prominent railroad men in
the state of New York, will devote
himself to the work of the Knights of
Columbus committee on war activi-
ties in Europe, until the end of the
war. Mr.. Herman will sail for Eng
land, and after few weeks spent
in that country, will go to Paris
where he will establish offices as
Knights of Columbus commissioner
with the American overseas army
Mr.. Herman will have complete
charge of the foreign work which
the knights of Columbus has outlined
and which will be identical in char
acter with the work which that or
ganization, as the representative Of
the Catholic people of the United
States, is doing for the soldiers in
the encampments and cantonments
of this country. He will make a
complete survey of the field in
! France and under his direction the
erection of Knights of Columbus rec
reation buildings will begin. Mr..
Herman will be surrounded in his
Paris headquarters by complete
staff of assistants, and nearly 100
field secretaries. who have already
been selected will join Mr.. Herman in
prepared to assume charge of the
Knights of Columbus recreation work
/ in the camps and at the front.
Making Great Sacrifice
| In resigning his position with the
New York State Railways Mr.. Ker-
nan is making tremendous sacrifice,
as his work with the Knights of Col
umbus will be gratuitous. He is one
of several prominent business men
who have practically forsaken their
own business in order to further the
welfare work which the knights OF
Columbus are doing in behalf of the
j AmericaI soldiers.
He has received the cordial en-
dorsement of Cardinal Gibbons, OF
Baltimore; Cardinal Farley of New
York and Cardinal O'Connell of Bos-
ton in addition to that of many other
members of the Catholic hierarchy in
this country. Cardinal Annette, arch.
bishop of Paris, has also endorsed
this work and has given assurance
that hearty welcome will be accord.
ed the Knights of Columbus foreign
France.
To Help English Catholics
While in England, Mr.. Herman viii
make arrangements for a work SINH
lar to that which the knights of Col
lumbusais doing for the American sol
diers, to be done for the soldiers o
the British army. He has been il
communication with several of tn
Catholic leaders of England VIII
state the need of such work and hav
asked Mr.. Herman to spend a fey
weeks in England to assist in organic
ing it.
Walter N. Herman has been prom
| inent figure in New York railroa
and business circles for many years
He is son of the late Francis Ker
, | nan, who in 1868 s, defeated Rosco
II Conkling for congress and who serv
, ed as United States Senator 4ror
New York from 1875 to 1881. Waite
K. Herman became a member of tn
law firm in Utica founded by his faith
. er and was counsel for various stree
i railway companies in Utica, Rocheste
Syracuse and other cities in centrs
t and western New York. He ha
, charge of the organization of the Ne
, York state railways, in which all {
q these properties were combined. Sine
. | 1901 he has been closely associate
in business with Horace E. Andrew
| formerly of Cleveland. Mr.. Kerna
Y has long been prominently identifie
with Knights of Columbus affairs. an
!, is a member of the Utica council
that organization.