The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

that used on umpires, when was
| busher.
Johnny Evers is over here as
| Knights of Columbus secretary, and is
in charge of athletics that are under
the direction of the X. of G, The or
| ganiZation is doing a wonderful work
| over here and has the respect of the
| soldiers of every army to which 1t is
| known. The boys cannot help but feel
| kindly towards an organization that is
| sending hundreds of men over here
| to distribute many shiploads of things
they like without making any charge
! for them. Most of the K of G. secre-
taries are Irish, and that means they
| do not take back seats, but are right
| up around the firing line whenever
they can get there.
One who has not been around such
| things really can never know what it
means to a fellow to have someone
| bringing him tobacco, candy or some
other delicacy when he is all tagged
out and covered with mud after going
| through death and destruction for sew
| eral hours at time. EverS has been
up among the boys, and it is not hard
| to imagine how enthusiastically the
| former major league manager and
| player is received. Johnny is a regu-
| lar fellow in every sense of the word,
and that is the kind of man the
| boys like to see over here.
The boys do not want to be preached
| to outside the chapels. They are over
here fighting for the cause of human
| ity and are showing themselves good
Christians in every way. Most Of the
boys are living lot cleaner over
here than they ever lived at home,
and as a whole l do not believe the
same number of young men anywhere
are conducting themselves any better
than these boys, even despite the
temptation there is to cut loose when
fellow gets blue and homesick.
The X. of c. has sent over many
other such men as Johnny Evers. One
day in Paris I met c. J. Carpenter of
Detroit, paving and public works con-
tractor, who sometimes employs thou,
sands of men in his work. He left a
wonderful business in America be-
cause he felt as every true American
should feel that he ought to do his
bit in some way Being above the
active service age, he did the next best
thing in the way of getting to the
front He is being used by the K. OF
c. as director of remodeling and build
ing in opening up new camps. He has
been sent to Angouleme to open up a
new camp after having opened one al
Limoges. The K. of C. is putting all
the class and elegance it can into
these camps for boys at which any
man in uniform is welcome, regardless
| of his religion or affiliations. The
Protestant is just as welcome as the
Catholic at a X of G. camp or when
supplies are being distributed.
l am not Catholic and not being
of that religion, could not be K. ot
c., so the things l am saying of the
organization do not come from one
who is enthusiastic over something tt
which he is attached. The money
subscribed in America for the K of c
war work is being we'll used and Ger
/, tainly doing a lot for the boys.
Evers is not by any means the only
i, American prominent in athletics il
, the service. There are dozens of meI
in the line who have won fame il
football as members of leading col
!, lege elevens. Jack Remington, a wei
, known st. Paul newspaper man, is {
K of C. worker here, and is makins
good. Damon Runyan, former Den
yer Journalist, who has won fame a:
a New York newspaper man and az
, a magazine writer, is another sport
ing scribe on this side of the big ponC
, for the purpose Of picking up some
, dope to tell to the folks at home. You
can rely on anything such men say
, for fellow does not have to draw OF
his imagination here. AS a matter 0
5 fact, what he can see is greater thai
he would dare to imagine.
Some Have Good Imaenations.
, One of the funniest things to thu
5 boys over here is some of the letter.
| from the boys in the service to thei
. families, published in the papers bacl
home. Often lads who do not ge
, within many miles of the firing lines
, ! because otherwise detailed, write tn
, folks at home tales of their deeds o
daring, getting their ideas from talk
with boys who have been through sucl
, things. 1t is not their fault that the.
are not in it, and they do not want tn,
( folks at home to think they are no
helping decrease the number of thu
r enemy.
: Once in a while you see some gooC
: fellow in the service who has sickenet
! of the things a man has to go through
t around the front and who wants tt
| get out of it. 1t is not the danger tha
such boys are thinking of, but theil
5 nerves have been shattered by the
| sights.