The Irish standard., 1918-12-28

Knights of Columbus Headquarters
here are at Haymarket.
The Very Rev. William Foley, Vicar
General, in charge of the Catholic
army and navy Chaplains in fourteen
states, from Ohio to Colorado and
from Kentucky to Canada, recently
had this to say regarding knights of
Columbus war relief work:
catholics would have shamed faces
today because Of what they had not
done for their boys if the knights of
Columbus had not been on hand to
start things going. In every camp,
during the Spanish influenza epidemic,
the work of the Catholic chaplains has
been such that heard their praises
sung on every side. They did not get
furloughs and leave camp in order to
protect themselves, but worked day
and night, and the soldiers and sail
ers' families cannot say enough in ap-
probation of them. The Knights of
Columbus secretaries, too, have shown
have seen great piles of letters from
grateful parents, because of the work
done by these men.
"How accommodating the X. of C.
secretaries make themselves generally,
is proved by the way they look up SOL
diers for relatives who go to capms
to visit the Yanks. 1 have known
them to spend almost ar entire day
tracing up boy.
''The Knights of Columbus are doing
everything possible for negro soldiers,
regardless of creed, in the various
camps where they are stationed. There
are X. of c. buildings and colored Sec
retaries for colored troops at Camps
Funston, Dodge and Taylor"
"Of the added necessity of war well
fare work abroad since the fighting
has ceased" Monsignor Foley said,
that it is doubly necessary in Amer
lea too, for the boys, realizing now
that they will not have to face a can
non, are liable to relax little. I
have told the knights of Columbus
secretaries that their work is now
more important than ever"
One got the impression from Mon
signor Foley that the Knights of Col
umbus have more than succeeded in
the solgan they set for themselves in
their first drive. They are going to
bring our sons and brothers back
clean-even cleaner than we sent
them! Their new solgan is From
the Trenches to job" This has
reference to Knights of Columbus EN-
ployment Bureaus conducted by their
1.S00 Councils in this country.
James f. Kelly, of Salt Lake City,
formerly of Brooklyn, who went over
seas in August as Knights of Col.
umbus secretary, arrived in New York
Tuesday, from France, with his head
still bandaged to protect wound he
received from German shrapnel while
as a Knights of Columbus secretary
he performed deed that won for him
the Legion of Honor Medal. In making
his final report to William P Larkin
Director of Knights of Columbus Over
seas Activities, Mr.. Kelly said:
ut was on October %, that word
came from an advanced line in the
forest that a battalion of marines were
trapped and in need of food and am
munition. They had been cut of, but
had managed to send through a carrier
pigeon.
Several attempts had been made
to locate the battalion, but the work
was unsuccessful because of the trees
With French pilot I went over the
lines in an airplane with food and sup
plies and succeeded in locating the
battalion, which was fighting off the
Germans.
Twice again we returned with foot
and supplies and dropped enough fooi
and kept the battlion going until the
tanks advanced and relieved the tired