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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
ARMY INSIGNIA.

For the Army the insignia on the
shoulder loop are the most easily dis
tinguishable. The marks for commits
stoned officers are as follows:
General-The coat-of-arms of the
United States and two silver stars.
t-GeneraLOne large sill
yer star and two small silver stars.
Major Generation silver star.
rigadier-General- silver star.
Colonel-A silver spread eagle.
Lieutenant olonel-A silver leaf.
Major-A gold leaf.
Captain-Two silver bars
Lieutenant-One silver bar.
Chaplain-A Latin cross of silver.
The second lieutenant, lowest in
rank of the commissioned officers,
wears no insignia on the shoulder
strap, but he may be distinguished
from enlisted men by the presence on
the collar of gold markings and also
by the fact that his leggings are of
leather, while those of enlisted men
are of canvas.
The following insignia denote to
which branch of the service the wear
er belongs:
Acknowledgements Departmental
shield.
nspector-GeneraPs DEPARTMENT.
sword and fasces, crossed and
wreathed and the inscription "Droit
ct Avant."
Judge Advocate Generals Depart
ment-A sword and pen, crossed and
wreathed. -z-.- .--~
Quartermasters Corps-A sword
and key crossed on a wheel, sur
mounted by a spread eagle, the rim
of the wheel set with stars.
Corps of Engineers-A turreted
castle.
Ordnance Departmental shell and
| flame.
Signal Corps-Two crossed signal
flags with torch in the center.
Cavalry-Two crossed sabers, with
the number of the regiment in the
upper angle.
Field Artillery-Two crossed fiel6
guns.
Coast Artillery-Two crossed can
non with an oval shape raised center
of same metal, the center of the ova
to have projectile on it, point up.
Infantry-Two crossed rifles, the
number of the regiment in the upper
angle.
Laymen should remember also, says
The New York Sun, that all enlisted
men who have served faithfully in the
army, navy or marine corps for {
period of three years, continuously
or otherwise, will wear as a mark O
distinction service stripe of corps
department or arm of the service il
which the service was rendered. Fol-
each additional period of three year:
an additional service stripe will b.
worn. Such stripes are worn diagon
ally upon both sleeves below the ell
bow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
UNDERWRITERS

Rachel" said the Bishop, shall l
baptize your
Yes, yes!" whispered Rachel-"T
have waited for it, but you were so
long coming! Baptize me, my lord
And the Bishop, seeing there must
be no delay, took glass Of water
that was on the table beside her, and
placing a folded towel under her head
said the solemn words, before any of
that Jewish family had time to remon-
strate:
Il baptize thee Mary-Rachel, in
the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen"
And he gently wiped the trickling
water from her brow.
One beautiful glance from those
dark eyes, now soft and intelligent,
and then Rachel closed them. A
smile seemed to hover over the pale
face, restful sigh came from her
lips. The room was SO silent, it was
heard. Look" cried her mother,
''she is going!" and father and mother
pressed closer to the pillow. The
Bishop raised his hand for the last
Plenary Indulgence, and with that
smile still lowering on her lips, little
Rachel in her baptismal robe went
forth to meet the King.
She had only waited for baptism.
Deeply shaken, the Bishop quietly
left the house. The stricken parents
were scarcely conscious of his going.
Bishop Macdonald was strangely
moved at the tender love of Christ for
this little soul, and from the depths
of his heart welled up a cry of thanks
giving that he had been chosen out of
all the world to lay this White Flower,
this child soul, pure and spotless, at
the Masters Feet! Surely there was
new music in Heaven that hour
Years passed by. The crypt of
stately Cathedral opened one day, to
receive the mortal remains of the
sanity Bishop Macdonald Full of
years and crowned with noble deeds,
he had passed to his reward. On the
hillside in a little Jewish cemetery in
a Canadian town, the grass was green
on small grave, the grave of Rachel.
But can we help thinking that the
soul of an angel-child welcomed to
Paradise the great soul of the friend
who opened to her the gates of the
Holy City?
Rep. r. w. Alexander. In The Missionary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
OPTICIANS

madam l asked, greatly laundering.
"'All of my sons, she replied,
those who have not already fallen
But, forgive me, madam, your
sons must be children!' Her eyes
filled.
my little ones are safe in Eng
land; but, every Belgian, dead or
fighting, is my son. she said with ire
mendous emotion. / am Rachel,
Monsieur lie Capitaine, and 1 can not
be comforted | can only try to com
fort
and so only did I stumble on the
truth l was in the presence of one
of the most tragic of living figures
the indomitable little Queen of Bel
GUM. l think the sun got into my
eyes them
Youth s Companion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
WINDOWS.

Windows go far, not only toward
characterizing houses, but also toward
hcharacterizing the persons who live
inside the houses. We have the
graceful and the formal and the for
bidding, the romantic, the reticent,
the suspicious, the sinister, and the
spiritual as clear as mountain
spring
A window is good deal like an eye,
and sometimes we are apt to forget
that an eye is something to be looked
into, as we'll as looked out of. You
remember the fantastic shadows NOV
ing forever back of the red litten
windows" in Poe's Haunted Palace?"
Sometimes we can fancy fair shapes
moving behind the windows of houses
we pass, like quiet thoughts.
We think we believe that persons
as a rule make the mistake of having
windows too many and too large.
After all we are not dollhouse plants,
and there are reticences and sancti-
ties which ought to be concealed from
the man in the street who, of course,
has his own sanctities and reticences.
But the most wonderful window in
the world to each of us is the win
dow we threw a pebble against away
back in the light ages of our early
youth. We confess that personally
we never threw a pebble at window.
We were too scared of the old folks.
But we did throw a pellet of clay
against an enchanted pane once, and
the window was opened by the love-
Hest hand in all the world. Happy
days! Happy days! No time like
the past, except the present. And no
time like the present, except the fl1-
ture. For as time passes we like to
believe we can read more deeply and
see more truly the implication in love-
" hands, romantic pebbles. and even
in common clay itself.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
INSURANCE

have no father, sir, and l thought l
should like to get the place, and so
help all l can; and after going home
yesterday, 1 drove nail into the barn,
and have been trying ever since, and
have come down this morning to try
again.
The boy was admitted to the place.
Many years have passed since the
above incident, and this boy is now a
prosperous and wealthy man. His
success came by perseverance.
Little Crusader.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
PRINTING

Il want My Lord, l want His
Grace," cried Rachel-hour after hour.
The doctor shook his head, he could
not make it out.
rs she religiously inclined?" he
asked. "She must mean jehovah"
But the mother said through her
tears, "She has no stain to fret over,
she is innocence itself, as pure as a
white rose! Jehovah has girded her
round, all her life, with His Angels!
She has never given us a moments
pain
Daughter" she walled, tell us, oh
tell us what you want!'
81 want My Lord, l want His
Grace moaned the child.
And so the days went on, and
heightened into weeks. Rachel was
dying: but it seemed she could not
die Friends came, and their hearts
ached seeing how dreadfully spent
the little form became, how fragile
were the little hands, how white and
thin and pitiful the childish face.
Day after day they waited to see her
die. Not once did she regain con-
seriousness and yet she feebly whis-
pered:
Il want My Lord, l want His
Grace!" The physicians said they
knew not what kept the spark of life
in that little frame; there was moth
ing, naturally, to feed it. She lay on
her pillow, motionless, noticing no
one, and if her lips moved, and they
bent to listen, they heard the weak
voice barely audible:
81 want My Lord, want His
Grace!" What did it mean? The
townspeople began to talk. Why did
she not die? They were saddened
and 'awed. Bishop Macdonald finally
heard it one day when he visited his
old parish. Without a moments de-
lay he repaired to RacheFs home
Her father met him, and knowing how
much the child loved him, babe him
welcome, and Immediately acceded to
his request to see her.
I'VE have allowed no one but her
mother and myself to enter the room,
said the broken-hearted parent, ''she
is delirious and the doctors say they
don't know what keeps her alive! she
| is muttering about My Lord and His
| Grace when we know Rachel was a
good daughter, faithful to the God of
our fathers, and overflowing with His
grace But come, Bishop, she always
| loved you as her best friend"
The Bishop started perceptibly
when the poor father said my Lord,
Your Grace!" The memory of that
day by the fountain long ago, when
Rachel said she must call him so,
flashed into his memory. He made
up his mind what to do. He entered
the room. 1t was sad sight.
Rachels eyes were closed, and her
poor little white face bore no shadow
of resemblance to the beautiful child
he last saw The small head was
sunk in the pillow, the little trans
parent hands lay limp on the white
coverlet, the shadowy outlines Of her
spent and emanciated form filled him
with pity. Her mother turned, and
the slight movement reused Rachel.
The great dark eyes opened and look
ed steadily at the Bishop who stood
at the bedside, holding one little thin
hand. A flash of recognition lighted
up her face with great joy.
My Lord! Your Grace! at last!'
she whispered.
She knows him!" exclaimed the
mother.
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Continued from page 3D.
THE BISHOPS WHITE FLOWER

Bishop noticed SO publicly their be-
loved daughter; they had great esteem
for Father Macdonald since he was
made a Bishop, a High Priest of his
Church, and they were quite satisfied
that Rachel should know him, and
speak of him constantly.
In her little heart this guileless
child was saying, Il wish / was as
near to God! l must be good like he
told me, and maybe I'll see him
again.
One day Rachel complained of a
severe headache Her eyes were gilt
tering, her cheeks burning, her hands
hot and restless. She was put to bed
and the physician summoned. He
shook his head gravely, and said little
to the terrified parents, who saw at
once there was something serious the
matter.
In a few days Rachel was in the
throes of typhoid fever of the worst
form. Her mother could not leave her
side, her, father was in and out of the
room, restless, anxious, fearing and
hoping alternately. Rachel grew
steadily worse. She became delirious
and would call out over and over
again:
Il want My Lord, I want His
Grace!"
What on earth does she mean?'
cried her mother, while her father
looked into her dark, unseeing eyes,
and tried to win ray Of intelligence;
but in vain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

Il want My Lord, I want His
Grace." cried Rachel-hour after hour.
The doctor shook his head, he could
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

Heavens anthems come always to
those who are faithful to earths toll
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
FIRES
IN MINNESOTA
ARE GROWING
Famed by Strong Wind,
They. are Spreading
Much Timber Lost.

st. Paul, May 21.-Forest fires in
northern Minnesota. famed by a
strong wind, have grown in number
and size, according to reports receiv-
ed by state forester. w. c. Cox today.
Rain last night and today extended
no further north than Moose Lake
and while showers around Leech Lake
and beyond checked some fires, heavy
damage is still being caused. The for
est fires are raging now in st. Louis,
Cook and Lake counties. MI. Cox
learned. More than 1000. 900 feet of
pine and spruce worth $25O,OOO has
been destroyed in wv townships of
Itasca county alone. the state forester
said. More than 1000 townships have
been burned over.
The state forestry department began
the investigation of the report tina in
cendiaries had started fires, and also
began a survey of the needs Of set
tiers burned out.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
East Grand Forks News
called ip the frsts draft of 100000
frNno <h{o ol<,v ~

called ip the firsts draft of 100000
from this city.
Population Now $3.50.
At the present time. the population
Of East Grand Forks is estimated at
$3.50, with approximately 200 male
residents between the draft ages.
Allowing for men with dependents,
physical disabilities and those in the
employ OF the government. not more
than 80 to 80 will be drafted from
East Grand Forks.
Registrars Not Named.
Registrars for the city or county
have not a. yet been announced by
Sheriff E. F. Kelly of Polk county,
but this morning he declared that
they would be announced n the
course Of a few days. All of the pre-
cincts in East Grand Forks have not
been heard from as yet. according to
the sheriff today. Four registrars will
be in charge of the registering in
East Grand Forks on June s. A total
of 70 will be assigned to the county.
Plans are being pushed to hold a
patriotic celebration in the city on
June S, and an effort will be made to
have all of the business houses and
offices in the city closed on that day.
The registration booths, one II each
ward of the city,. will be the centers
of attraction during the day. and
everyone of draft age will be urged to
register early in the day. None will
be exempt from registering.
Parade is Planned.
A parade is also planned by the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
MANY SIGNING
UP FOR GUARD
Signatures of Those Signed Up
Will be Forwarded to Gov
ernor in Short Time.

Recruits in the East Grand Forks
branch Of the Minnesota home guard
are now being signed up at the rate
Of several a day, according to T. A.
Sullivan, in charge Of the preliminary
organization here.
AS soon as the necessary number
OF signers nave been secured, they
will be forwarded to Governor j.. A.
A. B%urnquist, and will then. be for
mally mustered into the service Of the
state of Minnesota.
Officers May he Named.
Officers to lead the various divisions
Of the Minnesota home guards will be
commissioned by Governor Burnuuist
in a short time. according to a recent
announcement. No information as to
who will be named to officer the East
Grand Forks guards has leaked out.
but a number of local residents who
have signed up have had considerable
experience. and probably will be given
the first chance.
Company of 100 Urged.
It is hoped to raise a here
of at least 100 members, all local male
residents over 26 years Of age. At the
present time, nearly SO have been
signed up, and many more have de-
clared their intention of joining with
in a short time.
All of the members are required to
take an oath Of allegiance to the gov
ernor of the state of Minnesota and
the constitution Of the United States,
but are not required to do service
outside the state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21

committee In charge OF the arrange
ments for the day. The East Grand
Forks Military band, the nucleus of
the East Grand Forks Home Guards,
being formed here at the present
time. members Of the East Grand
Forks Gun Club and Game and Fish
Protective association. Red Cross
Forks Commercial club, the Civic
League and other civic organizations,
will be included in the parade, accord
ing to tentative plans.
During h afternoon, band concerts
will be given in the City Park at the
end of North Fourth street, and on
the downtown streets.
None Are Exempt.
All men of military age in East
Grand Forks who do not reside here,
and who will be in the city on June
s. must report to the Polk county
sheriff or the county auditor, on or
before Thursday of this week, and re-
cetve registration cards. These in
turn must be forwarded to the clerk
IN their home precinct. with a stamp
ed envelope bearing their present adj
dress, before June S. They then will
receive a certificate Of registration,
which is the only proof each individu-
al will have that he has been regis
tered.
Penalty is Serious.
Those who fail to comply with the
orders regarding registration will face
a serious penalty. On the day after
registration, officials will accost every
man, and those who are unable to
produce a certificate Of registration,
will be taken into custody. The fail
ure to register is imprisonment, with
no option of fine. and the evading
questions asked on the blank carries
an even more serious penalty.
Those who attempt to avoid truth
full answer on the registration blanks
will be sent to prison camps, where
they will be drilled for a year and
then sent into the army for service.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
|0NE RECRUIT
SENT TODAY
Elmer Jackson of Grand Forks
to Jefferson Barracks-Ap-
proximately IS Applicants.

Out Of nearly rs applicants to the
United States army recruiting station,
207 DeMers avenue, East Grand Forks,
on Saturday and Sunday. only one
mar was enlisted. according to Corp.
M. E. Coomler, in charge Of the sta
ton. this morning.
Elmer Jackson Of Grand Forks en-
listed Saturday evening in the infan-
try and left this morning via the
Great Northern for Duluth, en- route
to Jefferson Barracks. Mo.
The remainder of the applicants,
according to Corp. Coomler, were
either rejected because Of physical
disability, or were not ready to en-
list. Several, however. declared their
intention of returning in a short time
and enlisting in the army.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
SIDE LADS
ENJOYING LIFE
Edward v. Ness, Jefferson Barracks,
Mo-, Writes That Recruits
Move Rapidly Now,

Recruits in training at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo-, are sent out to their
respective regiments and companies
shortly after arriving at the barracks,
according to a letter received this
morning by Chief Albert Hurst from
Edward v. Ness Of this city. who en-
listed a short time ago in the infan-
try. and who is now at the barracks.
A Of the boys here from East
Grand Forks are in fine shape and
enjoying the life." he declares in his
letter." We expect to leave the bar
racks next week for our regiment,
although we have not been assigned
as yet. We all expect to be ordered
to a regiment In southern California"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
EAST SIDE MAY
FURNISH 200
/. men IN DRAFT
Eliminating Married Men
and Allowing for Physical
Disability Leaves about 80
Will be Parade During Day
ALL Men Must Register,
or Take Consequences.

East Grand Forks could furnish
from ITS to 200 men between the
ages Of FL and 80. for the selective
draft. If necessary, according to an
estimate furnished by the city clerk
this morning. However, 1t is expect
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TO TAKE 100000
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

Chicago. May 21.-rhe American
league mas decided upon immediate
subscription Of 800, 900 in the Lib
erty bond. Ban Johnson. president.
announced today. Each Of the eight
clubs will subscribe $12,5o0 to the
fund.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
Buy q Home.

We are offering choice timber lots
at a very low price and on easy terms
See Sullivan Bros. 500 DeMers ave
nue., East Grand Forks.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21

Here From Minneapolis.
r. w. Frazee Of Minneapolis is
spending a short time in the city at
tending to matters of business.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21

A fool married man doesn't act anv
different than a fool bachelor, only
he lodges when it comes time to 20
home.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
VIII Return Toda

Will Return Today.
L. B. Hitler of this city will return
his afternoon from Erskine. Mimi,
Where ne visited his parents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-18
Surgical Dressings
Committee AS National
Red Cross Auxiliary

A recent bulletin received by the
secretary Of the Fargo French War
Relief association from the Paris
distributing bureau Of the National
Surgical Dressings committee, states
that the month of June exceeded all
previous records, 749,61S dressings
being sent out. The bulletin says
further: Sixty mine new hospitals
applied to us, showing that we are
well spoken OF. One of the newcom-
ers said we were like an answer to
prayer. This was called forth by the
sight Of our sterilizers. He said that
in his hospital their only sterilizer
was one for surgeons instruments,
heated by alcohol, and that 1t was
always breaking down. So his feel
ings can be imagined on finding that
he could get dressings already stert-
lized.''
Among the most crying needs men
toned in this bulletin are paper, the
government already threatening to
cut down yet further the small sup
ply that still exists for the public;
cotton absorbent pads, raw rotton,
soft rolled bandages, bath mits and
incontinent pads. One OF the commit
tees in Paris has been collecting
MANILA envelopes, such as arrive in
yertising pamphlets, and which can
be used as cases for certain kinds
OF small dressings. Another kind OF
paper that they can use to almost
any amount, is the thin paper that
comes in the. one-pound rolls OF cot
ton, separating the layers. 1t can be
used to wrap gauze dressings, thus
again cutting down expense.
Auxiliary of Red Cross.
The National Surgical Dressings
committee. as recently noted, il now
a national auxiliary Of the American
Red Cross, and entitled 10 use on all
its correspondence the stamp Of the
latter organization. According TO
the agreement now existing between
the two above mentioned relief or
CARNATIONS, the Surgical Dressings
committee may retain its name and
organization and carry on its pres
emit work in the United States, both
centrally and through its local
branches, and solicit funds in it's
own name, but no solicitation shall
be made in the name of the Red
Cross unless ali proceeds thereof are
TO be accounted for and turned over
10 the Red Cross organization: the
committees is to furnish such sta
tfstics and information as the Red
Cross may request, upon forms sup
piled or approved by the Red Cross;
IL n also expected that the Surgical
Dressings committee in its manufac-
turing for American hospitals will
conform to such standards as may
from time to time be prescribed by
the Red Cross for its chapters do
ing similar work; a policy Of CO.
operation and mutual helpfulness
Is 70 be followed by the Surgical
Dressings committee, including its
various branch committees, and by
the officers and members Of the Red
cross chapters IN the various locali-
ties where both organizations work;
II Il be found that duplication of Of
fort exists In any locality, the two
organizations are To be prepared 70
confer to determine In what manner
such duplication may be adjusted.
The above provisions apply 70 the
work In the United States. The
FRENCH section Of the National Sur
Wica1 Dressings committee Of Amer