South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-16
DR.. HENRY HIS
CHARGE Of "
WELFARE WORK
Or. Gardner Meets Former
South Bend Pastor on
Overseas Tour.
BY REV. JAMES l.. GARDINER.

TOURS, April 25.-We did not
leave ST Aignau until April %. as
we yielded to the pressure TO spend
the week there instead of two days
on account Of the size Of the T.. s.
camps. and the fact that the Y ~
&. a. has in that locality nine huts
Consequently our schedule in other
places has been somewhat changed
We leave here tomorrow 20 spend
week at Gievre as there are a num-
Der Of large camps there Then we
shall 90 60 Bourges for three days
And now before speaking OF Tours.
J would like 10 say something fur
ther I'm regard TO St Aignau. than
what 7 said in letter I3.
The L. s. army came first to ST
Afghan in the winter of 1917-191S.
Here in January 1913. our fellow
tOwnsman. J. q. Ames. built the first
Y. NJ. G. a hut and became its FIRST
secretary The work of the asso-
citation has so increased that we have
at present as ] have already init
mated in this vicinity nine y. NJ. C.
a. huts. all ministering actively 10
the needs OF the soldiers. The name
o Mr.. Ames is favorably known i'm
all y. NJ G.. A. circles, wherever /
have been. Few secretaries in France
have done more faithful, effective
and heroic work than he For four
months ne was with the second T.. s.
army near the front battle line. At
present ne is rcgiona. secretary OF
the Bordeaux section-that is. he
has charge Of all Y. NJ. G.. A. secre-
taries in that great region This is
big task. but Mr. Ames is equal
10 IL.
Meets Mr.. AmCs
The second day we were at st.
Aignau We walked into the 4. N. G..
a. mess and there sat our friend. Mr..
Ames, enjoying a hearty meal For
the next few days we saw him ire
quently for although his work is i'm
the Bordeaux region. he was ia the
s. AignaU division on official busi-
ness. He looks we'll although a
little thinner than when he left
South Bend some II months ago.
Mr. Ames enjoys his hard work. but
j think he is beginning 20 sigh TO
see once more his family and the
dear L. s. A.
The knights Of Columbus have
three huts at St Aignau / called
while there at the headquarters hue
on the X. C.. secretary and the chap
lain. FIR Reilly. ! introduced myself
as a Methodist preacher from South
Bend. who counted among my
friends FIR Cavanaugh, president of
NOtre Dame university. Whether it
was the name "Fr. Cavanaugh" or
Methodist preacher" that stirred
the hearts OF these good Catholic
brothers. 4 know not. hut they sure
y gave us a most gracious reception
and told us of the fine work the
Knights of Columbus were doing ia
that locality
Got Gracious Welcome.
We would like 10 say to our
friends OF the Jewish race i'm South
Bend that We were most heartily
welcomed al the Jewish Welfare
Board hut by the secretary. the
cha plain and the lady cantcen work
ers We yielded 20 am initiation 10
give in their hut on Saturday eve
ming last-which was supposed 10 be
our rest evening-our Ben Hur'
lecture Needless 90 say. we took spe-
cial pains 10 see that the Jew. Ben
Hur outrode Messale. the Roman
in that famous chariot race. which
Gen. Lew Wallace So graphically dc
scribes i'm his noted book
ON Monday last before leaving ST
Aignau we made trip TO a number
OF towns and villages i'm that historic
section of country We saw the
homes of the cave and cliff jewellers.
We visited also number OF beau
tiful old chateaus. the most noted of
which was the chateau az Chenon-
CeauX. where the notorious Gather
inc de Medici made her home for
number OF years. We were conduct
ed through this chateau by a cour-
teous French lady. who showed as
many famous paintings which still
hang upon the walls. and which date
back TO the 18TH 18th and 18th cen
turies. This chateau. which is built
over a beautiful river. was used by
the French government during the
war as a hospital
Tours Beautiful CITY.
Tours is beautiful old city hav-
ing I am informed. a population of
$4,000. although at present the pop
ulation is much larger on account
OF the number OF American soldiers
in the city
Tours Is the center OF the Ameri-
can :. -. S.-service of supply-aud
consequently has PLAYED am import
ant part during the war. AT present
there are in the American camps
near the city about $4,000 men.
About two miles from the city is To-
Gated the stOckade in which are en-
closed 5000 German prisoners cap
tured by American troops.
Night before last 1 held service
in a large " NJ. O.. A. hut near the
stockade. as many American soldiers
are camped near there We took oC-
casion TO visit the stockade where
We found the Germans enjoying a
game OF baseball and also OF foot
ball ! noted that the camps in
which the Germans eat aud sleep
within the stockade are just as -ood
as those where oar American soil
diers live As we walked around tn,
stockadC. which IS enclosed rs "a