The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

faithful. priests and consecrated
women to the successful prosecution
of the war.
The Diocese of indianapolis may
we'll be proud of its world war
record. The honor roll of the men
who served in the world war (1917-
1919 from the diocese, as listed in
the records of the diocesan archives
contains $3.50 names. OF these,
ninety-five died in service. This
imposing list is headed by Brigadier-
General now Major-G eneraD Hugh
A. Drum, a member of the Cathe-
dral parish. The roster includes
names from 178 parishes in the
diocese. Eleven priests of the do
ceSe served as chaplains in the
war. Commissioned as regular army
chaplainS were Rev. A. B. Duffy
and Rev. P. H. Griffin, Holy Cross
parish, indianapolis; Rev. David
Fitzgerald, Brazil; Rev. R. R. Noll,
st. Francis De Sales parish, Indian
apoliS; Rev. A. j. RaWlinSon, Brazil,
and Rev. A. c.. Wicke, Corydon.
Chaplains who served in connection
with K. of G. activities were Rev.
Joseph Bryan, indianapolis: the
late Rev. Joseph Honningford,
Napoleon; Rev. Joseph G.. Lannert,
now of Columbus, Ind; Rev. julius
Mattingly. now chaplain at st.
Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, In
dianapolis, and the late Rev.
Leander Schneider, o. S. B. of St.
Meinrad's seminary. The climax Of
Catholic war work in the diocese
occurred in Indianapolis, Sunday,
July 81, 1918, when the K. of c..
building at Ft. Harrison was dedi-
Gated with a solemn field mass in
the presence of 10000 people. at
which Bishop Chartrand preached
the sermon. Among those assisting
we're the Governor of Indiana, Jas.
P. Goodrich, the mayor of Indian
apoliS, Charles Jewett; the COM
handing officers of the fort and Su-
preme Knight James H. Flaherty of
the knights of Columbus. The Rev.
Patrick H. Griffin. then chaplain at
the fort, was celebrant of the mass.
The music was furnished by the
Cathedral male choir.
DISHOP CHARTRAND conse-
~ Grated four priests of his do
cese as bishops during his episco-
pacy. They were as follows: Right
Reverend Emmanuel B. Ledvina,
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas;
c-onsecrated at st. Mary-of-the-
Woods, June IA, 1921: Bishop
Ledvina is a native of Evans
vile and a priest of the Do
cese of Indianapolis. AT the time
of his conservation, he had already
been made a monSignor by the Su-
preme Pontiff and was vice-preSi-
dent of the Church Extension So
ciety at Chicago, where he had also
served as secretary of the society.
On March 25, 1924, the Right
Reverend Alphonse J. Smith D. D.
was c~onSecrated bishop Of Nashville
in Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral,
indianapolis, by Bishop Chartrand,
who was assisted by Bishop Ledvina
Of Corpus Christi and Bishop Sam
uel Stritch of Toledo. Bishop Smith
is a native of Madison, Ind, born in
1888 and ordained in Rome in 1908.
He was a curate at the Cathedral
from 1908 to 1920 when he eS-
tabliShed the new parish of st. Joan
of Arc. indianapolis, and became
the first pastor. He remained at st.
Joan of Arc until his elevation to
the ~epiScopacy.
One of the most imposing cere-
monies ever witnessed in the Cathe-
dral of Saints Peter and Paul was
the conservation of Bishop Chart
rand's Auxiliary Bishop, the Most
Reverend Joseph Elmer Ritter, D.
D. Feeling the weight of advancing
years, accompanied by frequent at
tacks of illness and organic COM
plications, Bishop Chartrand re-
quested an auxiliary and DR.. Ritter,
who had been rector of the cathe-
dral since 1924, was appointed to
the high post by Pope Plus XII.
Bishop Ritter was c~onsecrated as
Titular Bishop of Hippus on March
&c, 1888, in the presence of two arch
bishops and thirty bishops and alb
bots. Assisting Bishop Chartrand as
consecrators, e Bishop Ledvina
of Corpus Christi and Bishop Smith
Of Nashville. Bishop Ritter is one
Of the youngest bishops in the