The Irish standard., 1918-07-20

uo COullClSI HIS tueOiOS!Cdl training
and was ordained priest. Returning
less than q year ago 10 Montreal he
was appointed professor OF philosophy,
and later vice rector OF Loyola Col |
lege. He now becomes the head of
the Jesuit order in the Dominion, the
whole of Canada contributing one
jesuit ecclesiastical province.
Annamite Catholics Have Griev.
ance.-Catholics have new grievance
against the Government of the French
Republic. When the government ap.
pealed to the Indo-Chinese and engaged
them to serve and work in France,
the Bishops of AMMAN, Cochin China
and Tonkin, who are such active pa
triots in the far East, counseled their
faithful to respond, and then, address.
ing themselves to the government,
they stated that, while it was their
duty to call their Christians of the vel
low race to the aid of the mother
country, chaplains must be given to be
their guides and support in exile, to
preserve them from pernicious contact
even in the simple physical and n.y.
gienic things which are not a strong
point with their pagan fellow-country-
men. The government promised the
chaplains.
That is three years ago, and not one
has been appointed, and no other chap
lain has access to the Annamite camps.
On the other hand, the pagans from
Indo- China have been allowed to build
a pagoda at Marseilles, and a bronze
serves it, with government protection
and pay. In Paris Buddhist ritual
has been organized and yet it is
fact that measures have had to be TAX
en- against the pagan Annamites, while
the gentleness, fidelity and cleanliness
of the Christians of the same race has
been remarked.
Philadelphia Gives Twenty-seven
Chaplains.- priests of the
archdiocese of Philadelphia last week
volunteered their services to the gov
eminent as army chaplains. Bishop
McCort and the consultors of the arch
diocese approved Of their course in VOL
unteering. Fourteen other priests of
the archdiocese are already chaplains
with the army.
Knights Will Establish "Lost SOL
dier" Bureau.-The knights of Colum-
bus announced this week the opening
of 'lost soldier" department at head
quarters in New York. Through CO.
operation with the adjutant generals
office the statement said the bureau
| will furnish information as to the
whereabouts of men who through care
lessness fail to keep in touch with
their families and friend.
New War Vicar GeneraI.-At a meet
of all the Catholic chaplains in the
San Francisco district, about twelve in
with the approval of the Most Rever-
end Archbishop Hanna, appointed the
! Rev. Joseph M. Gleason of Palo Alto,
Vicar General for all the Catholic chap
! lains in the provinces of San Francisco
and Orange City.
No more popular selection could be
made than the choice of Father Glea-
son for this position, as he is veteran
army chaplain himself, having served
with distinction in the Boxer rebellion
and in the Spanish American war, and
is at present national chaplain of the
veterans of that war.
32,145 in Army from Boston.-The
number of Catholic young men of the
Archdiocese of Boston who have en-
listed or been drafted for service in the
army or navy to date is thirty-two
thousand one hundred and forty-five,
as reported by the Chancellor to the
National Catholic War Council.
Hospital Director Named.-Rev. M.
p. Bourke of St. Thomas church, Ann
Arbor, has been appointed director of
Catholic hospitals for the Diocese of
Detroit by Rt. Rev. Bishop Kelly. The
appointment is the result of an effort
to standardize all hospitals of the coun-
try as to their equipment, and is made
a necessary move at this time on &C.
count of Importance of hospitals in
times of war.
Gets 20 Years; DisIoyaI.-President
Wilson has confirmed the sentence of
twenty years passed upon Chaplain
Franz Feinler by court martial at
Honolulu on the charge Of disloyal ut
terances. The unfortunate man is a