. The Knights of Columbus in peace and war. t tents, to which the term camp may be most fittinglyapplied, were set up for convenience of the militiamen. The most comprehensive word applicable to those recreationplaces is center, for, whether made of brick or wood or canvas,that they most certainly were. Where the thousands of youngmen had been compelled during the comparatively inactive hoursof waiting at the border, to seek recreation as best they could,and often in the little border towns that were rife with dishonestand immoral camp-followers profiteering at the expense of theb
. The Knights of Columbus in peace and war. t tents, to which the term camp may be most fittinglyapplied, were set up for convenience of the militiamen. The most comprehensive word applicable to those recreationplaces is center, for, whether made of brick or wood or canvas,that they most certainly were. Where the thousands of youngmen had been compelled during the comparatively inactive hoursof waiting at the border, to seek recreation as best they could,and often in the little border towns that were rife with dishonestand immoral camp-followers profiteering at the expense of theboys, the Knights of Columbus centers were, indeed, with reading and writing facilities, with billiard tables,where possible, with musical instruments and dance floors, withathletic machinery and with that greatest boon to tired men in ahot climate — limitless ice water — the border centers wereeagerly patronized by all men, regardless of religious affiliation. KOfC ^ THE KNIOHCT^ OF COLllMBlDl^ IM ]R]EM^ A^l]) ^^^^^M^. Mexican Border Work 205 Special Supreme Agent William J. Moriarity of St. Louishad field supervision of the Mexican Border Work. From theoutset he reported surprising popularity of the facilities affordedthe men, surprising because the Knights of Columbus were com-plete strangers to the kind of undertaking to which they hadcommitted themselves, and they were working, for a large part,among men who came from sections of the country where theOrder and all other Catholic institutions were generallymisunderstood. It called for great confidence to go into the work as theKnights of Columbus did with the gravest uncertainty as to whatmight occur in Mexico. The Knights had no definite official stand-ing. Their operations were purely on a civilian basis. They didnot have the advantage, as in the War, of having their workersofficially uniformed. Their men at the border were ordinary,hard-working civilians, many of whom put in their leisure hoursservin
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