The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-02

Morgan & Co., of New York, as sur
veyor general Of all army purchases,
has just been announced by Secretary |
of War Baker. In formal statement |
Mr.. Baker explained that Mr.. Stet- |
tinius is to have charge of the pro |
curement and production OF all sup |
plies by the five army bureaus, with
the duty of co-ordinating all such pur-
chases. In this capacity he will be
in a position to bring to bear upon
the army supply situation the expert |
ence he gained as purchasing agent
for the allies before the United States
entered the war. Mr.. Stettinius re-
ceived his early training under the
Jesuits, having been graduated from
st. Louis University.
Protestants at Mass.-The Mass
which is said ct Camp Dix, at Wrights-
town, n. J., finds many Protestant
attendants, says a writer in the Cath
Ollie Monitor of Newark, n. j. This
fact is said to be puZZling to on
| lockers not of the Catholic faith; but
| the writer, Mr.. John McGuinness,
gives a rather detailed history of the
| Mass and sees in it's lOng-pOpular ap-
peal the answer to the query. His
picture of camp-life will be interest
| ing to both Catholic and Protestant.
| 1t will be recalled that Cardinal Glib
| bons said that half the enlisted men
| at Camp Dix were Catholics, and the
| report from the camp shows that this
| contingent continues faithful in their
attendance at Mass.
Belize, British Honduras.-Of the
new st. John College, on the Carib-
bean seashore, Belize, British Hon
duras, Father Mitchell, S. j., writes:
I'VE have a fine college, but are very
hard pressed for money to keep things
going these hard times. Prices are
Il very high, and the tuition has re-
NAMED as it was before the war. We
have seventy-five boarders and about
forty-five days scholars, a good school
for this country. The higher and
: lower classes are well filed. Had it
: earthquake, we would have had nearly
hundred boarders. Father PichardO
was in Guatemala, and had eighteen
boys secured when the shock came
all backed out but two. Father Pi
chardo tells us that Guatemala City
is destroyed beyond repair. 1t viii
have to be rebuilt, either on the ole
i" site or a new one. The several earth
0 quake shocks of Guatemala were fell
:. in British Honduras, but no damage
d done"
}, Mccormack Helps knights.-Johl
d Mccormack has just finished the mos
e successful series of concerts he ha'
t ever given. In fact, the month of Jan
l. uary, starting with his big New Yorl
l. concert, January 6, was the bigges
: month of his professional career. Th'
gross receipts for the nine concert
given during the month approximate
a $65,O0O In an interview Mr.. Nc
e Cormack declared it was his intention
d to raise the sum of $4,000 for tn
:, knights of Columbus War Camp Fun,
r when he had fulfilled his pledge t.
# the American Red Cross. He ais
r admitted it was quite possible that h
n may go to France next June to SIM
for the American soldiers
= Wonderful Work for orphans.-Bisl
n op Eugene A. Garvey, the venerabl
e and sanity head of the Altoona, Pa
e diocese, in a recent report shove
l. that his people had raised all but
n small amount of the money require
n for ST. Mary's orphanage, which h
o opened some months ago. The goo
l. bishop, who has carried on a wor
l, of Catholic upbuilding second to tina
e accomplished in no other America.
diocese, has been a particular frien
| of the orphans. Some years age
!, opened a great orphanage at Summit
4 Pa, and st. Mary's was necessitate
IS later when the first one becam
o crowded. The bishop cares for thes
d orphanages through financial can
t. paigns personally managed by himsel
s. and always successful. He has no
<. even hesitated to go out PERSONAL
a seeking funds of individuals for hi
n charges. AS a result. there is not
Is bishop in the American Church bette
e loved. Parents all know that if tn
s. worst comes and their little ones ar
e left unguarded, Bishop Garvey will
a father to them.