South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-23
PAY TRIBUTE To
HEROIC SISTERS
Sec'y Baker and Many Other
High Officials Will Be
Here Next Week.

ITlu4Le 10 the % QtctdHeu SIS
ters OF the Holy Cross who served as
army nurses during the Civil war
will be paid by church, state and
nation next Sunday, Nov. 30. when
sec'y OF War ~ D. Baker. Sens.
Watson and New. Cows. Goodrich
and Sleeper. and Bishop Matthew
Gallagher OF Detroit come to st.
Mary's college TO take part in the
unwilling OF markers recently
placed over the graves OF the dead
sisters. Six other nuns at St Mary's
who served as war nurses will take
part in the exercises.
Through the unceasing efforts OF
Or. Ellen Ryan Jolly OF Pawtucket.
r. l.. the government has sent 1000
markers TO converts throughout the
country TO be placed over the graves
Of nuns who served as nurses IN the
war OF 1912. the Civil war and the
Spanish american war. Flfty-three
OF the markers have come 10 st.
Mary's.
The exercises az ST. Mary's are
10 be the first OF a series OF similar
events 10 be held in religious COM
rnunities the country over. Ar
engagements for the local ceremon-
les have been completed by a com
mittee from NOtre Dame and by
tho local branch OF the Ladies' aux
iiiary. a. o. II. That organization
has been behind the movement for
recognition for the war nuns foy
years. As a result a monument has
been erected In the national ceme-
terry in Washington in honor OF the
Nuns OF the Battlefield. and the
markers have come as individual
tributes.
To Celebrate Military Mass.
Ri Rev. Matthew Gallagher,
bishop Of Detroit, will open the cere-
monies next Sunday by celebrating
a pontiflcal military mass. All of the
ceremonies viii be carried out in &C
cordance with strict military ETH
auette. Bishop Gallagher Will be as
sisted at the mass by Very Rev. An
drew Morrissey. provincial OF the
congregation OF the Holy Cross, by
Very Rev. James A. Burns, presi-
dent OF Notre Dame. by Rev VIII
liam Common, chaplain at st. Mary's
and by the FIVE overseas chaplairs
from Notre Dame: Rev. John Nc
CHM. Rev Matthew Walsh. Rev.
Edward Finnegan, Rev. Ernest
Davis and Rev Charles L. ODOn-
nell.
Very Rev. DR.. John Cavanaugh.
former president OF Notre Dame
will come on from Washington 10
preach the sermon Of the day. The
morning exercises will begin at 10
o'clock.
To Cnvcil Monuments.
Unless the weather forbtds the
unveiling OF the monuments will be
gin at ? o'clock Sunday afternoon.
should it be too cold TO hold the
exercises outdoors they Will be held
in the auditorium.
Miss Mary Hagerty. president OF
the local Ladies' auxiliary, A o. H.
will act as temporary chairman and
introduce Mrs. Mary T. McWhorter
Of Chicago as permanent chairman.
The Holy Cross choir from Notre
Dame will sing and the Notre Dame
band will render selections during
the ceremonies.
An ode by Rev. Charles L. ODon-
nell. "Indiana's poet-priest and war
chaplain" viii be read at the begin
ming OF the exercises. A company
OF ex-service men from Notre Dame
viii act as honorary escort to SeC'y
Of War Baker and viii lead the
party 10 the cemetery for the unveil-
ing OF the markers. All OF the monu-
ments viii be draped in American
Flags.
NOtablcs VIII Speak.
Addresses will be delivered BY
Scc'y OF Baker. by Hon. James Deery
of indianapolis and by the senators
and governors from Indiana and
Michigan. Col Freyermuth OF South
BEND will direct the military details
4 firing squad from Notre Dame
Will fire a volley as a tribute TO tho
memory OF the nuns and a squad OF
buglers from Notre Dame VIII sound
taps at the elimination Of the cere-
monies.