The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-24
I. Of {. Want One
Joint Drive
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the drive of the first societies first
above mentioned will follow in Novem-
Der, then comes the Red Cross men,
bership drive in December. then the
Christmas holidays, and the Knights.
of Columbus, the Jews, and the Saliva
ton Army are left to get what is left
after the first of the year.
sThe>Knights are already in nearly
400 war chests throughout the country.
The feeling of the contributors has
been most generous. The work of col
lecting these funds for the various
organizations has created splendid,
thoroughly American spirit. They
have all worked for one another and
all worked together Business men
have managed the funds and assigned
the quotas and everything has been
satisfactory and harmonious.
$50 far as can gather from vari-
Gus Boards of Trade throughout the
country, there is an almost unanimous
opinion in favor of one joint war chest
for all the activities excepting the
Red Gross, which of course, stands in
a class by itself, and quite different
from any of these others, and which
everybody is only too glad to support
standing alone.
This matter seems to, me of such
tremendous importance to the war
work of the Knights of Columbus and
it's future activity, which, of course,
must be based upon financial support
received from all the people, that l
have called special meeting of the
Knights of Columbus to be held in
Chicago on Sept. 1, to take up the mat.
ter and present the case to his Excel.
lency the President"
K. of c. Surveyors Return.
"The American doughboys are clean
wholesome and healthy, and ready and
eager to eat the Germans alive" This
is the verdict of DR.. E. w. Buckley
Supreme Physician of the Knights OF
Columbus, who has just returned from
France, where in company with James
]. McGraw, of Ponca City, Okla, Su
preme Director of the K of c., he made
two months survey of the field for
X. of G. war relief work.
"The keenest impression of anybody
with intelligence who has the oppor.
tunity to visit the American front in
France" said DR.. Buckley, us that
our boys have brought the spirit of
victory overseas with them. They are
out to win. The French know it; the
British know it, and, what is more
important, the Germans know it.
"Never in my life have l seen such
an inspiring crowd as the American
boys who came out of the battle at
Chateau-Thierry, many of them cruelty
wounded, and all of them showing the
signs of suffering and fatigue, but not
one of them depressed, not one OF
them anything but gratifed at the
glory of having given the Germans a
taste of American steel.
Through the courtesy of the French
government, Mr.. McGraw and myself
were able to get up to the French
front. We had luncheon with Genera
Mangin while his army was in the
thick of battle, and the great French
fighter thrilled us with his description
of the way our boys went into the
thickest of the fire.
Praised by Mr.. cIemenceau.
Premier Clemenceau, who accorded
us an interview, gave his opinion of
the American troops in the highest
terms. He said that our boys were al
most too eager to face the bullets and
get at the Germans. The entire French
army, and the British, too, are i'm