Republican farmer., 1919-12-19
lOtism Only ''Isr1''
 Needed IIl This Country
FIGHTING CHAPLAIN KELLEY GIVES LNSPLB ING TALK AT HIGH SCHOOL THIS
 MORNING.
MORNING

those boys who now rest beneath
 white crosses TOW on row tn F-and-
 CTS fields, We should realize it Is high i time to cry 'F5noush.'''
 ! T. was in the interest of the Knight is ! of Columbus membership drive which ! started in Bridgeport yesterday that ! Father Kelley spoke aL Polls. He did 1 not, however g1nfna his remarks en- l t.rely to 8 eUioEy of the ''Caseys," al- ] though he did laUd in t.atteriug terms 1 the work done by the h. of C. among 1 the soldiers overseas.
 ! AS long as a service man who l fought overseas is left in this coun- 1 try he said. ''the tale will be told l Of how the Knights of Columbus in ! the worlds greatest conflict worked i zeaIously, honestly and squarely to , give Uncle Sam's lighting lads some l of the creature comforts which oth- erwise they would have been de | nied.
 1 'PIaced high over every Knights | of Columbus hut in France was the i sign, ''Every5ody Welcome and i Everything Free and thanks be to | God the Knights lived up to this slo- gan. Il is true that the extent of the work the Knights of Columbus l did in France is not generally known 1 on this side of the water. but wher- 1 ever a service man is, there will he | found testimony to their absoiute if i deity to the trust placed in then- l ! count it as one of my great hon0rs 1 that am fourth degree member Of the Knights of Columbus, and l am l particularly proud today to be in the
 state in which CoIumbian-sm was 1 born.
 l 'Let me pay solemn tribute at this time to the Twenty division, | composed of men from the New Ems 1 land states. among whom were many ; members Of this great order.
 i Prom coast to coast and from the i Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. 1 the deeds of the men of the Twenty ] Sixth division are known.
 l The rows of crosses which mark 1 their graves in France stand as a monument to tell the whole world ! that in those states known as New 1 England was reared type of l youth, willing, ready. and proud to 1 give the last drop of their life's blood to preserve the precious hcrit-
 age handed down to them through i generation and generation from the l time of their Pilgrim forefalhers. ! You should throw back your heads l and square your shoulders when Nou think of the vaIor and unseIfsh hero ism of these youths"
 And, strangely. at reference td | those New England boys who died in France, more than one gray haired hgad in the audience bowed in grief John T. King, member of the Re ] publican national committee, wf0 arrived in Bridgeport from Washing ton yesterday, occupied place on the platform with Father Kelley. E. H. Dillon. Attorney Henry Shannon, Eev. Father r. J. McCfivney. national chaplain of the k. of C.. and other lea ders in the membership campaign Father NcG.vney made a stirring speech in which he urged the Catho- lie young men of BrdEeport to join the Knights of Columbus "Our re- cords show,'' he said. ''tl,at more than 73.GO0 Knights Of Columbus fought 1 in the American army in France. With these men as a neucleus. band ed together for the purpose of serv- ing their God and their country, there is an army in this country ready at q moments notice to rise again to de- fend the principles for which we fought in the recent war"