The Irish standard., 1918-10-26
4 Review Of His
Standing in The
Great World War

Rev. Abbe Felix Klein, in an article
in the October Catholic World entitled
"French Wounded i'm the Fourth Year !
of War;" speaks of the French soldiers
under Joffre at the battle of the Marne
as ''giving back to France it's old pres
tige." Anyone reading the pamphlets
issued by the library Of Congress, con-
tanning the lists of casualties among
the American soldiers in Europe dur
ing the past year, or who read week
after week in the Irish papers the re-
ports of the valor displayed by Irish
American soldiers on the firing line,
cannot fail to catch the spirit of The
Irish World cartoonist, Mr.. Tom Flem-
ing, who portrays in last weeks issue
how the prestige of "The Fighting
Race" has been maintained in this war
by the Irisll-American soldier.
Read out the names! In the words
Of ]. l.. C. Clarke, "We're all in the
dead mans list-Kelly and Burke and
Shea" Our readers have become pain
fully familiar from hearing them Sun
day after Sunday in the Catholic
Churches, with such phrases as the
following: "Your prayers are re-
uuested for the repose of the souls
of James Sullivan, John Sheridan and
Michael Murphy, who died in France,
fighting for their country"
The Old Green Flag.
A veteran of the Civil War who still
lives in New York City has given to
Mr.. Michael j. o Brien an account OF
one of President Lincoln's visits to
the American Army camps during the
Civil War and how when passing the
tents of the Irish Goth Regiment he
lifted his hat and said "There is the
grand old Green Flag" The present
war carries along the tradition of the
"Old Green Flag" in the American
Army. In The Irish World of Sept. %
appeared the following:
Bore Irish Flag in Marne Battle.
Corporal Robert A. Foster, who car
ried the Irish flag cover the top" at
the second battle of the Marne, was
killed in action on June 20. The flag
is in the possession of President Will
son. Last May the corporal was deco
rated with the Croix de Guerre. In
q letter he wrote just two weeks be-
fore his death to his cousin, Miss
Emma McGheehan, of 700 Nostrand
avenue, Brooklyn, he said:
"You may have read about the fell
lows who carried the Irish flag over
: the top with the boys of the Fighting
SiXty-ninth. Well, l am the fellow I
held on to that old green flag and
went right over the top with my COM
rades. I feel mighty proud of my feat,
too.
''The old Sixty-ninth is making
grand showing over here it makes
fellow feel good to think how fortu-
nate he is to be one of a great body
8. uch as the boys from New York
to wn. The boys think of nothing else
but victory. I have seen a great deal
of t1 "ench life and, honestly, would
rathe, be there fighting than back of
the lfn> :. Oh, what wonderful victory
awaits 's!"
The dr, eft committees in different
sections Of the United States testify
ha+ the 1ris h Race seemed more anx-
ons to seg2e the United States than
nv other ,,a6, Ne and made fewer
laims for ssai5,, tioh. A New York
ficial states th;,s the 1rish-American
oys of this city reaM 'seo 10 c'al'n eA-
mption even Wien A. ey nau d Gear
light to do so.
Since the newspapefs & n'"'neo tne
eports of the first deaths 'n'ons the
ExpeditionarE n noes III
rance and three of them h ao als'
nctively Irish names the dA ''s'ity
SITS day after day contain largs per-
entage of Irish names. The laba ST
st published (Oct. 15) contains tft>
blowing: D. G. O'Brien, E. J. Ksat-a
lg, Thomas A. Conley, Harry p. \
oyce, Lawrence James Kearney, Y
gorge B. Burke, Sullivan Flynn, p
homas d. Costelloe, Frank r. Brady, S
obert Slattery, W. j. Murphy, James S;
Sullivan, Timothy P. Sullivan, e. ].
!urphy, Luke ]. Mulligan, James M.
allagher, J. G. Sweeney, w. L. Gala
IN, Anthony Madigan, Harry Cahill, N
rankin Dunleavy, J. v. Broder, Tim al
:hy Murphy, A. G. Murphy, James J. IL
uirk, J. w. Byrne, J. J. Connolly, P
lillian F. O'Grady, o. ]. Shanahan, re
lillian T. Carey, etc., etc. h
An examination of the War Office tr
cords containing the history of each sr
an, his place Of birth, name of next =.
lend, father, mother, wife, ETC., will -
} necessary in some cases before
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