The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-06
CATHOLIC WAR CAMP
REPORT OF CATHOLIC AUXILIARY
OF THE WAR CAMP COMMU-
NIFTY SERVI RECORD OF
WORK DURING PAST YEAR.

A request having been made by the
Government Community Service direc-
tors that the Catholics as such, help
them, on July s, 1918, a committee of
! the Guild of Catholic Women and of
! the Knights of Columbus met with
| Rev. James c. Byrne to formulate a
plan to be approved by Archbishop
| Ireland whereby the Catholics of ST.
Paul as such might contribute to re-
irrational work for soldiers outside
| the environments. At subsequent
meeting Father Byrne reported the
Archbishop's approval of the plan
| Officers were later on elected:
Charles H. f. Smith, President; Mrs
i P. H. Gallagher, Vice President;
Misses Rose Walsh and Virginia Nc
Fadden, Secretaries; Mrs. r. A.
Walsh, Mrs. NJ. Cashier, Mrs. VIM. J.
Logue, Miss Helen Mcbride, Messrs
VIM. Enright, ]. A. Burns, J. c. Elan
agan, c. NJ. Crowley, j. A. Hartigan,
! w. w. Williams and Alfred Soucheray,
Board of Directors Mr.. A. Roth
Treasurer. For each of the twenty
five parishes there were appointed by
the pastors two chairmen, one for
committee of five men and one for
committee of five women. The Cath
Ollie organizations likewise had repre-
sentation formed by a chairman with
a committee of five. The specified re-
quest was made that Catholics would
take care OF one hundred men each
week. Miss McFadden, Secretary, has
submitted the following report:
Report of Secretary.
Number of entertainments given.
including dinner, a.
| Average number of soldiers at din
ner, 40; total 700.
Number of automobile rides given,
| II; average number taken out, $50:
, total, 1850.
Number of lunches served by ladies
, of parish or organization in charge,
2,725.
Refreshments given by parishes for
Field Day and July 4, 1919, sand
wiches, 1852; cookies, 2,75O; pies,
200; cakes, 234; pop, So cases; gum,
10 boxes; candy, 8 boxes: ice cream
cones, 1900; ice cream, 81 gallons;
straws for pop, 1000; paper plates,
500; cigarettes, 300 packages.
One watermelon feast given at Fort
+ Smelling, served, $50.
! One candy shower given at Fort
Smelling, served, $50.
During the influenza epidemic three
hOyeS of oranooc fOur boyoc of lannon's
and six boxes of apples were sent to
| Fort Smelling Hospital and Aviation
| School. One magazine subscription
was sent to Soldiers and Sailors
| Club, and tickets given soldiers for
Christmas drama at Knights of Co.
lumbus Club, 100
While we have no accurate way of
determining the number of boys en-
tertained in private homes, neverthe-
| less from monthly reports given by
parish chairmen it is estimated that
an average of II soldiers were given
| the comforts of home each month.
J Entertainments for Red Cross Nurses.
! Number of automobile rides, 6;
/ average number taken, 20; total, 12O.
Number of lunches served, 10.
One lawn party and auto ride given
number present, so.
| Total amount contributed, $654.00.
Parishes and individuals were most
willing to do much more for the sol
diers, but all through the season en-
! tertainment for the men was so pro-
| fuse that even with utmost assistance
of Mr. c.. J. Cunningham, Secretary
for the Knights of Columbus at Fort
Smelling, it was difficult to provide the
| quota called for, and street conscrip-
ton was frequently required.
Respectfully submitted,
VIRGINIA McFADDEN.