The Irish standard., 1917-12-15

under the tutorship OF Captain Par
gon and Lieutenant Courselle. These
are held bi-weekly and give promise
Of popularity.
Another welcome addition to the
ranks Of the Clergy is Rev. Raymond
R. Noll, Of the diocese of Indianap-
oils. Catholic readers will be inter.
ested to know that Father Noll is a
cousin to Rev. John Noll of the Sun
day Visitor. Father Noll has been as
signed as Chaplain to the 338th Field
Artillery We have now four regular
Army Chaplains as we'll as the X. of
c. Post Chaplain at Camp Dodge.
We are also pleased to inform you
that two additional Secretaries have
been sent us in the persons of Mr..
Oliver Schrupp and Mr.. Frank McGill.
Mr.. Schrupp is from Dubuque, son of
the we'll known Nicholas Schrupp. Mr..
McGill was practicing law in Fort
Dodge whilst recently he spent some
time at st. Ambrose College, Daven-
port, giving a course in Commercial
law. Both are energetic and capable,
and are keen to give their best for the
cause. Prominent amongst the -visi-
tors last week were Rev. G. j. Dono-
hoe, Davenport; Rev. j. A. Glenn, Will
liamsburg, Ia, and Rev. G. J. Toher
of Des Moines. They were impressed
with the many activities of camp life
and were especially enthusiastic about
the work being accomplished under
the auspices of the knights of Column
bus.
Apropos of the work being done we
are privileged to give pen picture
drawn by one of the soldier boys at
Camp Dodge and printed in the Bull
letin, published monthly by Star of
Bethlehem Council, No. 476, X. Of c.,
Newark, N. ].
Dear Brothers.:
You will notice by the stationery
that am one Of the many who are
taking advantage Of the writing facil-
tiles provided by the X. Of C.'s right
here in camp. We have a K. of c..
building about one city block from our
barracks and it surely is comfort
able place, we'll heated, ventilated,
supplied with many of the things q
fellow needs, especially music. Just
to give you an idea I will tell you
what is going on at present. The
time is Saturday evening, Nov. 10;
the place, X. of G. building on Depot
street, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa.
At the north end of the building in
two anterooms are two priests hear
ing the confessions of the young
soldiers who are gathered outside the
door, on their knees, awaiting, each
one, his turn to go inside the room.
l should say they number fifty or
more at present. Further down, two
more of the boys are trying hard to
make Victrola produce two hours
music in twenty minutes. Personally,
don't think they will do it. Up
stairs in the gallery some one is try
ing out a new organ and it sure does
sound good. All around the hall are
penmen, some writing to lonely par
ents, some to lonely sweethearts, and,
l hope, some writing to members of
the Council to which they belonged
before coming to camp, of course not
forgetting their Grand Knight.
There is no need for me to tell you
what the X. of G. is doing in this
camp, but those who have not enjoyed
the happy smile, the genial DISPOSE
ton and hearty welcome handed out
by the gentlemen in charge of this
particular building cannot fully appre-
ciate what is being done.
Yours very sincerely,
MICHAEL KING.
We are indebted to the following
for literature, etc.: Miss Mary Fezek,
Plymouth, Ia; Mary Dugan, Barnum,
Ia; Sisters of Mount Carmel, Du-
buque, Ia; Ruth Bothke, Greene, Ia;
Mrs. Simon Roth and Miss Catherine
McCabe, Whittemore, Ia; Mary
Brothers, Hiteman, Ia; Gerald Griffin,
Varina, Ia; Mary Holbrook, Omaha,
Neb. For gifts toward the Sanctuary:
Miss Lucille Willis, Miss Madge
White and Mrs. Herman, all of Des
Moines, la. A beautiful Missal was
donated by Father O'Reilly of Man
son, la. On the fly leaf of the Mis-
sal was inscribed the following.
Manson, Ia, Dec. 2, 1917.
Dear Friend:
have learned from this Missal
how to celebrate Mass in 1891. I have
treasured it dearly all these years.
have also used it since occasionally
as needed. am very glad indeed
to give it for the benefit of our soldier
boys. 1 hope it will be of use and sup