Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-31
John F. O'NeM An apostle
of Camps, Says DR.. CanfweU

knights of Columbus war welfare
work requires above ell. men especial
~ adapted. Millions IN money is not
easy to get. but 1t is. perhaps, a more
simple task to raise a million dollars
than to Ind q man who spend II
properly.
Then there is another sort Of a man
needed and needed badly In war re-
lief work, 1. e., one who a accom-
plish without a million dollars the
Same that most men would require a
million to bring about. But, where
You md q continuation man who
knows how to spend money for war
relief work and who also knows how
to accomplish things without money,
you have q rarity.
the Knights OF Columbus in John +.
O,Neill, OF Jersey City. State Deputy
Knights of Columbus.
A resume OF what Mr.. O-Neill has
accomplished in K. of G. war relief
work might lead n person to believe
that he has had a million dollars at
hts command. but the fact is he has
done a million dollars worth of work
but has not spend a 1.-THE OF that
amount-and he In still at 1t.
He is doing this work because he
likes il, because he wants to do his
bit" for his country, because he
wants to help Uncle Sans fighting
men and because he wants the knights
of Columbus to stand first in the ranks
Aof organizations engaged In war re-
lief work
Every camp in Now Jersey bears
testimony to Mr.. OsNeiIi's energy ex-
erted in behalf of the American SOL
der, under the auspices of the X. of
c. He Is known TO most of the SOL
dters and what ne Inns done for them
through the Knights of Columbus will
be part of Jersey war history.
Regarding Mr.. c'Neill's activities the
Reverend DIR. William p. Cantwell,
editor-in-chief of Monitor published
In Newark. had this to say editorially:
Slight of frame, but wfry and
hardy as an oak knot and tirless as a
war engine. is State Deputy O'NeiIl OF
the Knights Of Columbus.
I'VE do not imagine that there is a
man In New Jersey who Is doing more
valiant service for his country than
State Deputy O'Neill.
"'He CHANGED to be the state head
of hat fine Catholic organization
when our country entered the war. He
Immediately grasped the needs of tho
momentous occurrence and threw him
self heart and soul into the work
which the K. of c. undertook. IT IS
against his eryou nature to be a
mere figure head IN any situation. But
Ter was real work. hard work, diff
cult work, but work he loved and in
he plunged.
mo state in the Union has so many
camps. environments and stations with
in its border as New Jersey. Soldiers
n sailors poured in from all over
the country. Immense housing build
ings and barracks sprang up over
night and swarmed in the morning
with military life. Thousands upon
thousands OF Catholic lads proudly
wore%he uniform of Uncle Sam. These
must have mass and spiritual minis
trations: they must hRve social oppor-
tunities; they must be guarded and
protected from the dangers and temp
tations which follow amp life.
Might and day State Deputy OsNeili
has kept Mt it@thinhing and planning
and doing for our soldier boys. No
cali came that WAS not patiently It's
tened to and help rendered.
state Deputy OsNeill has become q
veritable apostle of the campsi"
Full of Irish faith and Irish pluck,
undaunted by difficulties and laugh
ing at fatigue, he has faced his
mighty problem and has carved sun-
cess out OF almost impossible condi-
tons. Did you Rad his report In
The Monitorf Well. he is stil of IT.
upholdinR the hands OF the bishops.
cheering and aiding the many New
Jersey priests who have helped in the
emergencies Of war. building and
providing for the boysi
His friends ave him an automo-
bile the other day but the wheels are
slow for the t~ireless chauffeur.
State Deputy O'Neill has made a
splendid record in his X. OF C. office
and we deem II only just to write
these few limpinR words of tribute to
a genuine Catholic and a true
Knight"
Here are just a few things accom-
piished by the knights OF Columbus
in Jersey camps. largely through Mr..
O'NeiIl's energy n -zealousness:
At Camp DIX there have been con-
structed four buildings devoted ex-