Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-31

pr. E. J. Brophy. Walter G. Casey,
 William J. Fitzgerald, Joseph D.
 Pfeifer. John R.. Tarrant, P. T. Con
 nell James P. Sheridan: Joseph R.
 Portelance, Charles O. Murphy, Hon.
 T. o. Murphy, John J. Sheehy, Joseph
 P. Cummings, F. T. Diggins, John P.
 Corcoran,- 8. J. Kehoe. John H. Car
 ney, John P. I.yston, J. J. Corkery and
 John NJ. Lee.
 At a meeting Of the executive com
 mittee and the captains held Sunday afternoon assignments of territory were made to each team and the cap tains made a selection of the men who will compose the various teams, the members being chosen with regard to the territory which the team on which they were to serve was to convass. From now on to the close of the cam paign, on Jan. 21st, the entire mem bership of the local council will be busily engaged in preparatory work and finally in the active work of the drive. The sum which the order is expected to raise to accomplish the work that has been assigned to them is $10 100000, and the allotment for Connecticut is $250, ,oo0. The quota for Norwich is s10,e0o.
 General Thomas H. Beclzley in statement to a Bulletin representative said:
 "The order of the Knights Of Co., 1unbus is in this work from purely patriotic motives. Together with the IA. l IL. l.. Knights of Columbus has been desig- mated by President. Wilson as one of the agencies for safeguarding the moral welfare of the boys in an branches of the service training camps and at the front While the order of the Knights of Columbus is primarily a Catholic organization, the war camp work which it is doing is strictly non sectarian. and there is ample testimony from those high in authority. who are in a position to pass Judgment, that their efforts are meeting with success. No Hess a parsonage than General Pershing. who is in command of the American forces in France, comments the work which the order is doing among the members of the expedition ary contingent, according to a recent despatch from the front, which is as follows:
 1 "Dec. 26.-Ffeld> service work of the Knights of Columbus among the Amer ican troops in France has received the hearty approval of General Pershing and plans are being made to extend | the work now under way on much wider scope. Walter N Herman of Utica, N. T., overseas commissioner of the American organization, said to- 1 day on his arrival here on a French steamer. "'Mr.. Herman. who had been in France since November. to make re- port for his organization said that 1 General Pershing told him he was glad | to give every support to the WONT, not | alone for the benefits it will be to the men of his command. but also to dem 1 onstrate to tine Germans that Ameri- 1 ca's\ part in the war has the hearty l support of the Catholics"
 1 Continuing, General Beck1ey said: 1 we feel confident that we will win I out in this campaign in Norwich. 1 There are great many corporations here, large and small, and a large number of patriotic cetezens who can afford to contribute liberally to a l cause as worthy as is this movement. These corporations and these public | spirited citizens have shown their I generosity on many occasions in the past. They have never been found l lacking in civic: pride and patriotic sentiment. and we do not expect that f they will fail in doing their full duty l at this time. It is our intention to | see every person in Norwich during | the progress of this campaign, and all 1 will be given an opportunity to con- 1 tribute according to their means. The l $10.000, 900 which the order is out to collect is a very modest sum as com- l pared with the magnitude of the work which it is doing, and the fact that l they are enabled to accomplish so l much on comparatively small outlay l Is because of the economical adminis- l trations of the affairs which enter into the various activities in which the or I der is engaged. The vast details of the secretarial work, the stupendous task l of collecting the funds in the various communities and the important duty 1 of treasnring the money when it has been collected are all done without any expense to the war fund. The only expenditure of any consequence, ger salaries of she men in charge of I the various buildings in the camps and at the front. Men of large hnanc3al interests and with wide business .