Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-25
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO RAISE
 s5o,ooo,ooo FOR WAR WORK.
William J. Muliiean is to Have This Sum Placed at His Disposal for Overseas Work,


 A New York paper of recent issue contains very interesting article on | the war activities of the order of the l Knights of Columbus under the direc- tion of William J. Muliigan, past state deputy for Connecticut The article !, IS or general interess 10 all the knights 1 and their friends in Norwich and vi- c1nity because the chairman of the l committee on war activities is so well known in eastern Connecticut. It is in part as follows: Mir Mulligan, we are going to place at your disposal during the next F months $50,000,000, and if the work we have in mind requires it, you will he expected to spend it. A million dollars | per week may not be enough, but you may count on that much, according to | present plans."
 This is the substance of a statement by the Knights of Columbus to their chairman of the Knights of Columbus committee on war activities, William J: Mulligan, and judging by the con- stantly growing need by millions of American soldiers in this country and overseas for spiritual. physical and 1ental comforts and attentions, MT. Mulligan will have use for every one of the S50,000 .0e0--and perhaps an addi- tional s5o.0o0,g
 The Knights of Columbus war relief work is already of gigantic scope and l is expanding hourly. The results are and will be big, and it will require a big expenditure of money to attain the desired end And the huge sums of .i money they plan to spend during the year is the least part of the Knights
 of Columbus contribution to the well fare of Uncle Sam's fighting men. The time and labor involved, sacrifices en-
 tailed, devotion lavished, hardships en-
 dured and efforts put forth in multi
 tudinous directions by the Knights of
 Columbus war relief organizations
 cannot be computed in dollars and
 cents. It's beyond purchase, but is given free and outright to the Ameri- can soldier and his allies. Creed, race or color has no special passport to the
 benefits and hospitality of the Knights. , A soldiers uniform entities the wearer , to everything the Knights of Columbus
 have.
 1 Surveying the vast amount of work
 already accomplished by Chairman
 Mulligan, it becomes evident that he works by three ruies-expedition efi-
 ciency and economy. When he decides
 that a thing out to be done, he does it
 red tape cuts no figure with him.
 When he does a thing, he does it right
 
 dollar, or a million dollars. he gets
 value received to the last penny He's
 not extravagant, neither is he parsi- monious, but he is economical, and the American soldier will get 100 per cent benefit from every dollar in the
 Knights of Columbus fund passing
 through Chairman Mulligan's hands.
 When it was announced to Mir. Null
 ligan that $50,000, 900 would be placed l 1,; -l Al.a that he would be expected to spend ii [ at the rate of one million dollars per week, there was a revision, or rather | a postscript to the statement which
 in substance was to the effect that MT 1 Mulligan had to raise. this $50, ,060, COG himself, or, in other words, that the Knights of Columbus next campaign : for this needed amount would be un- der his direct charge. It goes without saying that if a man can raise $50,- 7 900 900 he ought to know how to spend ? it.
 Mr. Mulligan is a lawyer and before l he devoted his time exclusively to K : of c. war relief work praeticed hi. profession in Hartford, Conn. He re, sides in Thompsonville, Conn. He is { :: graduate of Yale Law school. Among l the many strong features that entei 3 MT. Mulligan's makeup, the predemi | hating one is perhaps the power of or < ganization. His ability in this direc l ton has been proved by the accom- ! plishments credited to him as resul q of his tour abroad. In France it ohll X required 50 days for MT. Mulligan u
 put the entire K. of c. overseas organ : ization in smooth working order. Be ? sides contracting for great numbe of K of c. huts, he ordered that tfer :! be constructed 50 barracks and in ad e dition purchased 8 great quantity o . tents which K. of c. secretaries an, = their attaches will use when they fol d low the order. As MT. Mulligan re e marked to the writer of this article
 "The Knights of Columbus will b
 found doing war relief work whereve
 there are American soldiers
 , MT. Mulliian is especially we'll know p in Norwich, having visited this city O l several occasions as the guest of tn U local council of the Knights Of Colum
 bus. He has always displayed a grea
 interest in the affairs of White Cros e council and his visits to Norwich wer e made the occasion for an enthusiast e gathering of the Knights of this sec e tion.