Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-14
PALMER GIVES $500
 TO K. or. C. FUND.

TO K. VT, S-. FUND New London Man Makes tiberai Con.
 tribution in interest of Local Cant
 paign.
 Under the auspices of the Rev. Dan. | iel Mullen assembly, fourth degree, K, i Of C., a large mass meeting was held at the council rooms Sunday afternoon preparatory to the launching of the l $10,000 campaign in this city for war | work among our soldiers and sailors. l
 Faithful Navigator F, T, Diggins called the meeting to order and after the singing of America introduced the speaker of the afternoon, George S. Palmer, of New London.
 MT. Palmer spoke as follows
 I was asked the other day what my business was, and in reply stated that it was my business to be any where and do anything in my power to further this great war for the pfeser- vation of democracy. That is why. I have great work to do, and want to do my part. .5i
 You are going out tomorrow to get $10.000 for one of the greatest causes in history, the preservation of the morale of the U. S.~sailor and soldier. This sum seems large to you wf.u are just launching upon this undertaking but a week from today the sum win seem small. This sum is not so large but that you will raise it as other organizations have done before you.
 If you meet people who refuse to give and tell you that this war is un- 1 just tell them that if we don't go for ward to meet this. war the war will Af,1N Ia TTy y.~+ 9y Ia 1,~1 Belgium, Great Britain or France, but to protect Norwich. We have sent troops to France to fight on French soil | rather than to fight on the soil of the United States. We are in this fight to a finish and we are not going to lay | down the sword until it is won and autocracy is forever put down.
 l This war is conducted differently than any war before;, this fact we i know and I will not discuss it. We are doing things that have never been done before. We are investing our president with power that the czar never dreamed of. Why are we doing it? We are doing it because we trust l him and know that he will do every thing in his power to preserve the liberty of the people for the people and by the people forever.
 There are organizations that are do , ing things in this war that the gov ernment cannot do. The government | looks out for the actual necessities oi a, successful war, but the organiza- tions are doing 9 different kind ot work, which is just as important-thal
 Is, preserve the spirit of the soldiers
 and sailors and care for their corn. fort. 's IL want to speak of the Red Cross
 because it is grand organization. We
 raised over s1eo,ooe 900 for the caring
 of1 of its n1erciful work. Tie care oi
 the wounded is important. That car
 be seen by a brief review of previous
 wars. when the wounded were no
 cared for until after the battle. Ths
 Red Cross ministers to the needs O the body. .s- Now what is the Knights of Coium
 bus doing in the camps and fields 0
 battle? It is rninistering unto tn mind and spirit, the morale of the man
 This war will be won only by thos ! who are endowed with the spirit 0
 right. The work of the K. of C. Is t
 restore the spirit of the troops. Whei the boys come from the homes to tn camps they leave behind them the com : forts of home and the guiding hand 0 s mother and father, and when the bo gets an attack of homesickness it very easy to fall into ten1ptatiin.
 is the purpose of the K. of C. to pro vide as near as they can the comfort , of home and lead the boy over the flar places, guiding his spirit in the rigIl
 direction. You are going to enter thi , campaign with this in mind, that yo - are going to give back the spirit 6 6 the young man to him. At least 40 q
 50 per cent. of the soldiers are of tn . Catholic faith. Show them that yo are in bacg of them and are thinkin a of their happiness and that you appre ciate the sacrifice they are making : = It is wonderful the way the Amer e can people have responded to thes e causes. The Y. M. c. A. raised larg e amounts and the Red Cross has don f the same. Now you are doing a goo o work and are asking @ small sum com 2 pared to some. Go out tomorrow vii C a will and don't feel badly if you on, n get $15.000. Others have given an 2 personally have something yet and
 don't intend to stop giving now
 I've no sympathy for the rich ma
 who doesn't give and I wish ever
 rich man in Norwich could hear IT v. say this I've no sympathy for u d man who profits by this war, and thel a will be no place for him when it ' 't over in this country. v It is the spirit of patriotism ar x Fellowship that will win this war Af ,5 CT this great conflict there will be be "a ter feeling between those of differe, " creeds. better sectional feeling and u 7 line between the aristocracy will l @ less marked. When those who a ,s descendants of the Pilgrims, who can # over in the Mayflower and those vi , came over ir the steerage have sha "a ed the same tent and have suffer, ,o in the same trench in this war, a be ,t ter understanding will spring up al ;t new democracy wifi be born
 IS This war is bringing out the hum: J feeling of self sacrifice and / ne
 America will spring up and there " be new understanding of the Decl
 ration of Independence that all m,
 are created equal. There will be be
 ter laws that will do away with gra
 drunkenness and do away with stun
 All this will be done by a nation tn .' believes in true democracy. / sr This is just the right time to sta to a campaign and wish you God spe IS in your undertaking in so great se cause. C' MT. Palmer was applauded hear
 ly and when the outburst had subsi of ed Navigator Diggins announced th c. Mir Palmer had generously given e. the Fitchville team the sum of Sd of for the work. This announceme at was greeted with a burst of applau i'll that shook the building. He " l. cheered again and again. ei< E, SC Faithful Navigator Diggins then i
 troduced Billy Burns, of Conhmo
 wealth Pier of Boston. Mir Burns
 chief steward of the Con1missary |
 partInent at the pier. He has be