Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-03
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
WAR FUND DRIVE
Begins in Augusta Week Of Jan. r.
Special Appeal Made to All to Con-
tribute-Show Loyalty to Noble
Cause.

Plans for an aggressive campaign to
10 Use $500 for the Knights of Column
bus war fund in Augusta are we'll un-
der way and the drive begins Mon
day, January eth. and continues dur
ing the week. The amount is COM
paratively small considering the great
work done by the citizens of Augusta
in former drives and the management
feels reasonably sure that the fund will
be well 'over the top" by the middle of
the week.
The Y. NJ c. A. and the K of c. are
the two organizations having official
recognition by the War Department
for Fork among the soldiers. The X.
OF C,'s huts are open to all the soldiers
all the time without regard to race or
creed The war work of the Knights
Of Columbus is under the general di-
rection OF Col. P.sH. Callahan of Louis
vile, Ky. and associated with him
are many young business and profess
sional men from all over the country
who are giving their services as sec
retarieS and workers. The only eX
penses attached to this national cam
paign for raising the war fund are
those Of advertising and the mainten-
ance OF headquarters at Washington.
Claim No Exemption
Provost Marshall f. II. Crowder has
sent the following communication to
II II. Callahan, Chairman Of the COM
mittee on war activities of the X. of G.
My dear Mr.. Callahan:
II have just received your letter of
Aug. goth. in which you are good
enough to inform me 1t is not our in
tention to claim exemption for any
body connected with our work, al
though we will have at least a couple
of hundred of our best young men who
come within very important education
al work
This statement is SO fine and SO re
assuring and is so full of the spirit of
what l am pleased to call genuine
Americanism that | cannot refrain
from sending you a personal word to
congratulate you for the attitude
which you and the organization which
you represent have assumed. / should
be very glad if you would communicate
at least the contents Of this letter to
YOUR colleagues"
Very truly yours.
(Signed) +. II. CROWDER,
Provost Marshal General
knights of Columbus recreation
buildings are now going up in all the
CantonmentS ana q staff of volunteer
secretaries has been organized. The
principal reason for providing these
club houses is to keep the men inter
ested in their own camps and to thus
minimize their desire to visit the
neighboring towns in which a variety
of temptations await them.
The Rev. Father John Rockford.
Chaplain and First Lieutenant of the
Tenth L. S. Infantry. is responsible for
the statement that If sufficient amuse
ment were provided for the soldier in
camp. there would be no reason to
worry about his moral welfare. by
sufficient amusement. said FIR. Roch-
ford Il do not mean a picture show
once a week. or an occasional concert,
hut I do mean something that will APP
peal to all the men during their leisure
hours"
Each knights Of Columbus recrea-
ton building will be equipped with
apparatus. pianolas, talking
machines and stationery, as we'll as
literature of a spiritual as we'll as en-
Pertaining nature. There will be the
for Catholic soldiers TO