world war one participation

The following contains a list of members who served
in World War One. There had to have been other members
who remained at home unable to participate in this
particular way, and therefore are not yet identified.
This is real progress in identifying early Council members.

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http://books.google.com/books?id=bGdbHI9-8e8C
Catholic Encyclopedia (1922), Volume 17
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Knights of Columbus in peace and war (cf C.
E., VIII-670d).--When the United States of America
declared war against Germany in April, 1917,
the Knights of Columbus, through their Supreme
Board of Directors, passed the following resolution:
"The Supreme Board of Directors of the Knights
of Columbus, at a regular meeting, held the 14th
day of April, 1917, in the City of Washington,
realizing that the crisis confronting our country
calls for the active co-operation and patriotic zeal
of every true citizen, hereby reaffirms the devotion
of 400,000 members of the Order in this country
to our Republic and its laws, and pledges their
continued and unconditional support to the
President and the Congress of the Nation, in their
determination to protect its honor and its ideals
of humanity and right." In keeping with the spirit
of this resolution the Knights of Columbus offered
the services of the Order as a unit to the Government
in war work. An appeal was issued to the
public for $1,000,000 for this purpose and an
assessment of $2.00 per capita levied against its
membership. In time the war fund in response to this
appeal far exceeded the expectations of the Knights,
amounting in the end to something over $14,000,000.
Later on the Knights of Columbus participated
in the fund from the general "drive" made jointly
by the seven officially recognized welfare organizations
doing war work, its share, out of $170,000,000,
being $30,000,000, which in turn was shared with the
National Catholic War Council. The first task
was the establishment of a Knights of Columbus
service in the United States and its insular possessions.
Secretaries and chaplains were placed in all
the camps and cantonments; buildings were erected
and community centers were established. In all
260 buildings were erected, 1134 secretaries were
placed, and 309 camps were operated. Headquarters
were established in Paris for the Order's overseas
activities, with branches in London covering
the British Isles, and after the Armistice in
Coblenz, for the Army of Occupation. The number
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Located online two books
http://books.google.com/books?id=mHoLAAAAYAAJ
http://www.archive.org/details/knightsofcolumbu01egan
The Knights of Columbus in peace and war, Volume 1
by Maurice Francis Egan, John James Bright Kennedy
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http://books.google.com/books?id=C3sLAAAAYAAJ
The Knights of Columbus in peace and war, Volume 2
by Maurice Francis Egan, John James Bright Kennedy
(Knights of Columbus, 1920)
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