Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1918-10-19
Nuns Are Doing Great Hospital
Work For Our Stricken
Soldiers.
Impressive Sight to See White
ROBBED Sisters Moving From
Cot to Cot.
Priests AT Chaplains' Training
School Respond 10 Father
Barrett's Call.
QUEENS DAUGHTERS HELP.
QUEENS DAUGHTERS HELP.

The one thing that will stand out
prominent in the records of Camp
Zachary Taylor during the influ-
enza epidemic of October, 1918,
will be the work of the Sisters who
came to nurse the soldiers in the
siege. They came at the invitation
Of Chaplain Barrett, of the
Knights of Columbus War Activi-
ties, and have worked day and night
in the two emergency hospitals near
the area of the X. G. building No.
2. Sisters from every convent and
lnfirmary in Louisville and adjacent
territory responded to the call for
aid and needed no instructions as
to their duties. The Sisters are
working in the barracks that were
formerly sleeping quarters of the
men and have now been turned
into emergency hospitals. They
work in day and night shifts and 1t
Is beautiful sight to see the white
ROBBED nuns passing from cot to
cot during the dark hours of the
night, with never a semblance of
murmur or complaint, with a smile
Tor every man and never a thought
of recreation or entertainment The
altar from building No. Of the
Knights OF Columbus has been
transferred to the sleeping quarters
of the Sisters, and mass is cele-
brated every morning by one of
the chaplains. This was one place
Sunday where mass was read at
the camp, but of course only for
the nurses in the service of the
United States.
The Queens Daughters, who have
been serving coffee and rolls to the
soldiers every Sunday morning, have
not been idle, even though no men
are going to communion. AS soon
as they found their work was
stopped they began to make boullion
| for the base hospital and turned
all of their efforts to helping the
sick men.
Two entertainers of the Knights
of Columbus circuit were victims
of the influenza. Harry Anderson,
roller skater of much ability,
died on Tuesday night, followed by
Private Miller, who died Thursday
afternoon. Both of these men were
we'll known at all of the knights
Of Columbus buildings, and their
deaths cast a deep gloom upon the
/ Secretarial staff, who knew them
we'll.
When the work at the base hos
pital became alarming on last Mon
day it was seen that the staff OF
chaplains was too small for the
work, and Chaplain Barrett COM
mandeered all the priests from the
chaplains training school to work
| day and night at the hospital. It
was one more example of the
blessing of having the school here
at Camp Zachary Taylor The
chaplains responded willingly and
Kept watch at the knights of
Columbus base hospital headquar-
ters. attending to the calls of the
Catholic men whom the Secretaries
located in the big hospital. Day
and night the chaplains could be
seen following X. c. Secretary
to the bed of dying soldier to
| give him the last rites of his
church. This was the great con-
ISOLATION for the parents of the
soldiers who came to take their
sons home after death Prepared
| for death by a Catholic priest
written on the bottom of his hos
plLal record cara. III the knights
of Columbus never do anything
else during the many years to come
the work of their Secretaries in the
hospitals all over the country will
be a grand monument for the order.
One of the chaplains remarked:
1--WE could never have found the
way to so many dying men If it
we're not for the X. G. Secretaries"
This work was carried on from a
tent which was erected at the hos
pital when 1t was seen that continu-
Gus service would be required.
Only one man was left in each
building at the camp, the rest OF
the staff being at the base hospital
working with the chaplains.
The new school for chaplains
opened during the week, with fifty
eight Catholic priests as candidates
This is about one-half as many as
were in the last class.
Until the present epidemic OF
Spanish Influenza is over the Red
Cross will have charge of all ac-
tivities at the base hospital.