The Irish standard., 1918-07-13

ready in operation in Boston and at
the recent meeting of the Supreme
Board of Directors in Detroit, Mich,
$4,000 was voted for the erection of
a service club in that city, while no
less than 100000 has been appropri-
ated for service clubs in Greater New
York.
Service Clubs for Great Cities.
These clubs will be one of the most
welcome features of the K. of G. work
at home, and will form an efficient
complement to the splendid work being
done at the camps, making compre-
hensive and complete chain of SER
vice for the men so that wherever
they may be located, in camp, in great
cities, or in France and Great Britain
(and, when arrangements are COM
pleted, in Italy, the K. of c. sign
Everybody Welcome and Everything
Free for the Men Here and Over
seas will greet them at all strategic
points.
With this marked advance in the
physical side of the work, the religi-
Gus aspect is by no means being over
looked. Anybody visiting a K. of c.
hall in any camp and interviewing the
chaplains there will learn how vitality
the Catholic men appreciate a chap
lain's services. At all hours of the
day and night the K. of G. chaplain
is on hand to hear confessions and
give comfort to the men and their rel
atives who may be visiting them. So
large is the number of Catholics in
the Army that, as is demonstrated in
practically every camp in the country,
naval and military, it is physically i'm
possible for the regular army and navy
Catholic chaplains to attend to all the
men. The K. of G. chaplains are rem
dering a most important service, as
innumerable officers have testified.
Bishops Hayes to Visit France.
Monsignor Patrick G. Hayes, Bishop
of the U. S. Military Forces, will sail
overseas in the near future to make a.
personal survey of the spiritual work
being done for the men. AS head of
the Catholic chaplains, Monsignor
Hayes has already made tour of
many of the encampments at home,
and the information he has thus
gained at first hand is invaluable to
him in directing one of the most vital
works helping to maintain the excel
lent morale of the American fighting
men.
On the battlefelds of France the
K. of G. chaplains as we'll as all Cath
Ollie chaplains, are giving a splendid
account Of themselves; but in the
camps at home, although the work is
not attended with the hazards of bat
tie, yet it is not less arduous, requir-
ing unusual stamina in the men who
undertake it.
Many thousands of rosaries, scapu-
lars, medals and other articles of de-
votion are distributed among the men
every week, and the attendance at
Masses, whether on weekdays or Sun
days, taxes the capacity of each X. of
G. building. And one greatly appre.
ciated feature of the work done by
both K. of G. chaplains and secretaries
| is the daily visiting Of the men in
! camp hospitals, where. the chaplains
| attend to their spiritual needs and the
secretaries provide whatever enter
| tainment the circumstances permit.
Supreme Convention in August.
The extensive and intensive growth
of the K. of G. relief work has aroused
| the widest interest throughout the
country, the New York newspapers
announcing the establishment of head.
quarters for the foreign work in New
York as an event of prime Importance
Here William j. Mulligan, Chairman
of the K. of c. Committee on War Ac.
| tivities, has an office, and William P.
Larkin, member of the Committee
and of the Supreme Board of Direc.
tors, is in charge. The Office Of the
! Committee at 730 Woodward build.
| ing, Washington, is being maintained,
| but the source of administration of
the entire undertaking is now located
at X. of G. headquarters in New
Haven, Conn.
At the Supreme Convention to be
held in New York on August and Z,
delegates from all over the country
will obtain personal insight into the
! magnitude of the work, for which the
American public has given no less
than $12,000,000, the larger part of
which has already been expended.
With the full program of work for
the present year calling for a great
multiplication of effort in every de-
partment, for large increase in per-
sonnet and scores Of new buildings
with their necessary eOuiDment be-