The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-02
ARCHBISHOP HAD
 MANY AMUSING WAR EXPERIENCES
Tells Stories of His Travels While Catholic Bishop of
 Army and Navy

Tn the course or ms tour or many of the army cantonments where his duties as ranking dignitary of all the Catholic cliaplains took him, Arch olshep Patrick J, Hayes of New York gathered a wonderful collection of < stories, and recently has been In the ha5lt of narraung some of those which were most sufta ble for illustrat- Ing a point he wished to drive home. As the guest at a reception of the Catholic Writers Guild, he desired to ltnpress on the members the necessity for standfng by their church even in 1he course of their daily activities. Ond ono means of doing this he suS- ODstea was having the truth known 0Acut the Catholic church,
 On a visit to a South Carolina can tonment the Archbishop said he met . colonel who related to him a story which he confessed he would have found 1t hard to -beiievn& had he not heard 3k rom the fips of the officer h7msesE This Is the story of the Col onsl which was repeated by the Arch beshop.
 'T was walking down the streets of tne camp one evening in company vaxh a junior lieutenant. He was a maA 0R e1acation and refinement. He hnd travelled around the world and was versed Tn the affairs of men and In events. As we conversed we ap- yr0arhed n Knights of Columbus hut, and I knew that an entertainment was scheduled for that night, so sng- 1ssocd to my companion that we go n. ,Nr5 y-sa[ET ,-- .->-
 ~Neo, sdr," said the junior lieutenant sHonS1an't gs& ane into that place
 sSAt~ first was only a little curious 3D kn0w the reason why he hesitated tn go Into tho hut with me, and aannsd hAn- You can imagine how ' ~Swhy, I wont go in there because GAonn CAthDltc priests are in there ~T was more deeply at sea over his oR55ecxAom. to the priests, so inquired why he didn't want to go wheN any pr3esEs were to be present. The junior Fs1utanant then explained to me in all seEsousmess that he was afraid to go ir1tp the hut whM I pressed him fur oher for an explanation he explained shat he was afraid they would cast a ktmd of spell over him. He said he SeHeved they had powers to charrn | "sWa passed on hy the hut and was 70 amazed by the assertion that had tuzH heard that could hardly believe had hearM wfrat was said by the . yumnx officer I again asked him ii he was sure he was not only joking with me- butt he zaid that he was not arsd that wns the last of OUT conyer- @anion tlaat night-
 -eWhenn I left the junior lieutenant csuu1d not heap reflecting on what had tnigtl heard- It troubled me 50 fhnt night tarnH WEBS unable to sleep I wum,d@red if th@ young man was merely pAaYing a prank on me and Il he wns omly trying to see how far he -cou7d tmfmre me to believe the state ments he had made
 ~I was determined to get at tht bottom of the matter so I looked ths junior lieutenant up the next day anc again fbg-oached the subject of ths previous evening I asked him to re peat to me the statements he theI had made, and when hs had done sc I asSksd him if he wanted me to be
 aewe that he meant what he hat -. said He assured me that he did
 -.I then disclosed to him fact tha I had told him of before. that wa a r,ember of the Cafboaic faith A hfs superior officer l asked him t report to me that evening and g' wanM me as 1i1t guest to the meetfnl of the KnaSh4s of CoaumSus hut Tn Idea seemed 1~ strike terror into ha heart, but he 5ofm@A mas and we pro cee@eM to the entestaam11lenf-
 ~As we approached the hut ' coul' 70 py the young officers nuanne that he was possessed of & genufn fear oG the pG1estx. but once insid nuas whole attftmde underwent a trans Hnrmaataom for t7s@ evenings fund con 1hetea tGf the rxual kinAlof program aarnnRed by me Knigats of Cclnn boa. tncaaldang a &oxfm< contest, an there is not d r@d-blooded man wh can resisM ths feeIhng of enthusiasr which Is aroused by the sight of
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