. The Knights of Columbus in peace and war. THE KNIOHTS OF COIIIMIMIS IM MEAiCOE AMDms^ More Fistfuls of Friendship 27 tation for his excellent work in helping to reclaim mentallyaffected soldiers. Blunt narrates an instance which illustrates another phase ofKnights of Columbus service. A soldier went to him one day intears because he had not heard from his wife. Blunt attributedthis to the mans poor handwriting, which he could not decipherafter examining a sample. Without giving this as the reason,Blunt asked the soldier for his wifes address. Blunt then wrotethe woman a letter, and befor
. The Knights of Columbus in peace and war. THE KNIOHTS OF COIIIMIMIS IM MEAiCOE AMDms^ More Fistfuls of Friendship 27 tation for his excellent work in helping to reclaim mentallyaffected soldiers. Blunt narrates an instance which illustrates another phase ofKnights of Columbus service. A soldier went to him one day intears because he had not heard from his wife. Blunt attributedthis to the mans poor handwriting, which he could not decipherafter examining a sample. Without giving this as the reason,Blunt asked the soldier for his wifes address. Blunt then wrotethe woman a letter, and before a month elapsed the homesickdoughboy approached the secretary radiant, a letter from hiswife gripped in his hand. Blunt was one of the many secretariesto whom the men he aided gave tangible evidence of their appre-ciation. The men in the large hospital at St. Aignan presentedhim with a souvenir painting in water-color, bearing the namesand addresses of two hundred and fifty soldiers. The American Red Cross, at the close of operations with theA. E. F., officially registered its thanks
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