The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
K. OF c. NEWS

New Yorkshire the armistice be-
gan, vital change has been made in
the instructions given to Knights of
Columbus overseas secretaries, and
just before they sail, they are given
a heart to heart talk by William J..
Mulligan, chairman of X. of C. Com
mittee on War Activities, who now
emphasizes these points:
"Our soldiers are about to be at
tackled by foes far more dangerous
and deadly than the Hun and his al
lies. knights of Columbus secretaries
must now step into the front line
trenches themselves and resist this
new danger threatening our troops.
You must do the fighting-if you lose,
all our past efforts will have been in
vain. By day and by night, you must
give battle to this approaching men
ace to our troops. These new foes
are discomfort, loneliness and tempta-
ton. 1t devolves largely upon knights
of Columbus to win this fight. The
Order has pledged itself to win-it's
up to you to make good. You are a
guardian of the American soldiers and
sailors comfort, happiness, moral well
fare and, in a part, spiritual welfare.
K. of c. chaplains will help you. Don't
fail-you must not fail. With Gods
help you won't fall
knights of Columbus overseas Sec
retaries are asking the privilege of
being permitted to accompany the
first American troops into Berlin il
they go there, which seems probable,
even though they only go as an OBJ
ject lesson to the Germans. So many
requests were made that it was nee
essary to solve the matter in an equit-
able way and give all the applicants
an equal show, so William j. Multi
gan, chairman Of X. of G. War Activ-
tiles, decided that the secretary or
secretaries whose birthday anniver-
sary fell on the same date that the
American soldiers are due there, shall
be given the coveted permission.
A little story in which price tags
figure and that carries a moral, told
by Red Cross nurse reciting the
difficulties she experienced in obtain
i1oC oioo1snftnc n in q
Paris hospital, runs thus:
"Now for the dear old K. of c..
They are wonders and your chest
ought to swell every time you see
the emblem X. Of G.. I was caring
for a number of sick boys and l want
ed some smokes and candy for them.
The Red Cross gave me some (French
cigarettes which the boys don't like)
another organization wanted to sell
some to me and the commissary de-
partment was allowed to sell only ten
told my troubles to the K. of c., ap-
pealing to them for assistance. Did
I get it? They gave me, absolutely
free, 200 boxes of cigarettes, 20 boxes
of tobacco, rs pounds of candy and a
supply of rosaries, medals, etc. I i'm
mediately spread the tidings to all
Red Cross nurses and now they know
where to ask for these things when
their patients request them"
This story was sent to Mr.. John F..
Phillips, Receiving Ship, Ellis Island,
New York.
If you expect to witness misery and
suffering amongst the nine hundred
soldiers and sailors now at Ellis Island
convalescing from wounds and illness,
you will he agreeably disappointed be-
cause happier lot of chaps never
lived than these fighting men only re-
Gently returned from service abroad.
So delighted are they to be back in
the United States that they appear
to have forgotten the sufferings and
hardships experienced while abroad.
They are more concerned about see
ing relatives and friends than about
their wounds. And the doctors at
Ellis Island declare they will all be
we'll and able to travel in a few days.
None is so happy, however, but he
can find time to pay tribute to the
service they received abroad and en-
route back to this country from the
Knights Of Columbus. A hundred or
more of them made it their especial
business to tell Chaplain A. J. Grogan
about the many comforts received
from the Knights abroad.
Father Grogan makes it point to
visit every ward on the island each
day, and bears witness to the many
tributes paid X. of G. war service.
II knew, of course, that the knights
were doing wonderful work amongst
the boys overseas" said Father Gro