The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
SUPREME K. OF c. CONVENTION
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! onati Of Chicago, James Killacki OF
| Now York. Their names will be for.
! ever enshrined with those of the glori.
GUS dead. Others were wounded sew
| erely, scores of them have returned
broken in health but magnificent in
! spirit after their tremendous labors
| for their country's defenders. Sew.
| eral of them bear upon their breasts
! the decorations that are due for in
| comparable bravery. Fathers John B
| De Wales, Osias Boucher, James
Eding, William Hart and Secretary
| Joseph P. Grove are those of whom
we have record. With becoming
! humility we share the lustre of their
heroic deeds.
Il could recount innumerable tales
Of ValOr Of these splendid men, But
frankly confess that l would not
know where to begin, and, most as
suredly, l would not know where to
end. The cumulative record is an
epic Of Catholic patriotism that emu,
lates the greatest traditions of our
! fOrbcarS. At home, no less than
overseas, devotion to duty, arising
when needed-and most emphatically
it was needed during the frightful
Influenza epidemic that scourged oul
camps-WaS' the hall mark of the
orders service.
For the Future.
with the magnificent record in
war work to sustain whatever other
deItaking might demand our ener
| Sies, the order turned to the gigantic
problem of reconstruction. There is
OF course, much work yet to be done
for the service men abroad and for
those in the camps on this side of the
Atlantic No matter what rumors OF
reports are printed to the contrary
the Knights of Columbus will remain
overseas until the last doughboy re-
turns. That has been and is our con.
tract with the American public.
Months before the war ended. the
board of directors had seriously con.
sidered the work OF reconstruction
particularly in it's first phase-the
unemployment OF returned service
men. An expert had been designated
to draw up a plan, and this plan was
submitted and adopted as early as
June Of last year. This plan was i'm.
| mediately seen to be scientific
achievement, calling into action the
nj % of he nd ,'S 1fnl
machinery. It's application brought
every council into the grand circle of
cndeavor for the men being dis
| charged by tens of thousands from
their cOuntry's service 1t is an I'M
deniable fact that never before, had
set into full operation in so short a
time. The director general of the
United States Employment Service
a service whose gradual decrease in
effort involved corresponding in.
crease in the efforts of our own serv-
ice-acknowledged from the begin
ming the effectiveness of our employ
ment bureaus.
This great work-now at the
height Of it's fficiency-dovetails
with the work of vocational training
which the order is now conducting
with such conspicuous success. AT
several of the camps our technical
and professional schools are provid
ing intensive courses of the greatest
practical benefit to the men enrolling
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this line of endeavor have served to
bring an impetus to an ambition cher,
ished by thousands of far-seeing men
of this order, an ambition to see the
Knights of Columbus operating as a
great organization for supplementary
education
Election of Officers.
The election of officers took place
on August 6, and resulted as follows
James A. Flaherty, supreme knight;
Martin III. Carmody, deputy supreme
knight; VIM. J. Mckinley, secretary
Daniel J. Callahan, treasurer; Joseph
c. Pelliter, advocate; DR.. E. w
Buckley of st. Paul, physician
Thomas J. Mclaughlin, warden; direc
tors, John H. Reddin, VIM. D. Dwyel
of st. Paul, Paul Leche, J. ]. Leddy.
On August 6, the convention was
addressed by Secretary of War, Baker
and Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
Among the special features were
the reports of the Supreme Knight
and the Supreme Secretary. Mr. Fla
herty dwelt at length on the new
program of the Knights with regard
to education and night schools.
On August 6, Mr.. Marcel Knecht
French high commissioner, pinned the
decoration of the Legion of Honor or
the breast of Supreme Knight, James
A. Flaherty. Secretary of War Baker
"at the command of President Viii
son." then conferred on Mr. FlahertJ
the Distinguished Service Cross.
Minnesota Delegates.
Among the delegates from Mime
sofa were the following: John A
Burns, DR.. Buckley, T. D. O'Brien
! w. T. Dwyer, ST. Paul; J. C. Whelan
Col. w. Fl. Donohue, Minneapolis; G
J. Keppel, Hibbing; Ed. A. Murphy
st. Cloud; Geo. H. eastman, Staples
John H. Holman, Mankato; Henry ]
Berg, New Ulm; F. w. Michels, Mel
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