The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03

Wherever the American flag flies
over American forces there the
Knights of Columbus will be found
serving the men and the K. of G.. slo-
gan, Everybody Welcome and Every
thing Free for the Men Here and
Overseas" will greet the eager eyes
of all fighting men who wear the uni
forms of America or the allies. This
decision, while implied long ago in
the vast program of activity undertak-
en- by the Knights Of Columbus, is now
being definitely articulated by the in
tensive growth of the work abroad. In
France, Italy, England, Russia-any-
where and eVerywhere-the X. of c.
will follow the flag.
Last week news reached this coun-
try via cable that Knights of Colum-
bus club had been opened in London,
England. This club is situated in
central part of the British metropolis
and equipped with every form of rec
reation and every instrument of COM
fort that an American soldier situated
In great, strange city, may desire,
and from the moment the doors of the
club were thrown open it's place in the
hearts of the members of the A. E. F.
sojourning in or around London was
assured. A capable staff of secretaries
is in charge of the club, which marks
the first establishment Of the K. of c.
in Great Britain and which is the prel-
ude to an ever-increasing scope of
war relief work there, for this club,
and the handsome K. of c. building in
course of construction at Westminster,
will be rapidly succeeded by further
concrete evidence of the War Activi-
ties Committees regard for the dough-
boys training or on furlough in Great
Britain.
Work Planned for Switzerland.
simultaneously with the announce
ment of the opening of this X. of G.
club in London comes the advice that
the K. of G. Committee on War Ac-
tivities, realizing the great necessity
of such a work, has decided to devote
special attention to caring for Ameri
can soldiers who, through the mishap
of war, may become interned in Swift
Zerland. Soldiers of the allied nations
unfortunate enough to find themselves
captured in neutral territory have ex-
perienced some difficulty in obtaining
either communication with their folks
at home or the creature comforts they
receive through war relief agencies
while in active service. AS fighting
men, their status in neutral country
is similar to that of a prisoner of war
in an enemy country. Thus, especial
effort is necessary to secure them the
reinsurance and comfort to which ev-
cry fighting man is entitled. So the
Knights of Columbus will establish re-
creation huts for them abroad and
operate an extensive information bu-
reau and employ various other means
to relieve the tedium of their intern
ment and to keep them in touch with
the folks at home, as we'll as provide
to Catholic soldiers means for prac-
tising their religion.
X. of c. Lost Soldier Bureau.
Already the X. of G. have proved
invaluable in locating soldiers whose
parents and relatives had lost track
of them, and this lost soldier bureau
service has been rendered not only in
France, but at home to a great ex-
| tent. The mail racks in every K of G,
camp building at home are receptacles
for an immense amount of mail ad
dressed to every kind and degree OF
soldier by friends and relatives sit
uated in all parts of the country, and
| friends and relatives knowing, from
all the reports they have read and
heard, that there are no more popu
lar resorts in any encampment than
the K. of G.. buildings, and that a let
ter addressed to soldier in care o1
| the knights of Columbus will quickly