# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Dezember 1913_S565
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Kirchlich⸗Zeitgeschichtliches. 565

the Roman Catholie Church, Which is exploited to the detriment of the
fundamental prineiples of our Government. We respectfullx, but earnestly
petition you not to attend this mass.“ Auch unsere Brüder in Detroit
sind in derselben Sache bei Präsident Wilson vorstellig geworden; doch liegt
uns der Text ihres Schreibens nicht vor. Die Allgemeine Protestantische
Pastoralkonferenz von Washingron, D. C., faßte einen Protestbeschluß, über
den erfreulicherweise in den täglichen Zeitungen des Landes ausführlich
berichtet wurde. Der Protest schließt mit dem Satz: »We desireé to give
voice to the wide-spread feeling of indignation among millions of Protes-
tants of America against the efforts of the Roman press and the Roman
hierarchy to exploit the presence of our Chief Magistrate and some of his
Cabinet (Which we are convinced has only been intended as an act of
courtesy and good will) for the purpose of glorifying s the Roman Catholie
Church, and giving this service an otficial characteérization it doeës not
and cannot possess.“ G.
Auch die militärische Messe, die vor einigen Monaten in Texas City,
Tex., abgehalten wurde, hat unserer Stadtkonferenz in St. Louis Veran⸗
lassung gegeben, bei der Regierung Beschwerde zu führen. Der katholische
Boston Pilot berichtete über diese Messe in folgendem Telegramm: »Mili-
tary Mass. 6,000 Soldiers and Civilians Attend at Texas City, Tex.—
In the presence of fully 6,000 soldiers and civilians, the first Military Mass
ever held in Texas occurreéd in the camp of the Second Division of the
Enited States Army at Texas City, Tex., Sunday morning, April 27. Army
chaplains of all faiths united in making it à success, and sat in the sane-
tuary during the ceremony. The altar was situateéd just back of thé camp
of the Eleventh Infantry, near the bay shoré, and was reésplendent with
American and regimental flags. Choirs from Galveston and Houston, the
Fourth Field Artillery band, and others, assisted in the ineidental music.
At the conseécration a triple salute was fired by a detail from the Fourth
Field Artillery, and a bugle was bloun thrée times. Very Rev. J. M. Kir-
win, president of St. Mary's Seminary, La Porte, and a former army chap-
lain, preached the sermon, taking as his subject, The Church Militant.“
Knights of Columbus from Galveston and Houston were présent in large
delegations.“ Unsere Brüder in St. Louis richteten am 24. September
folgendes Memoria!“ an den Präsidenten: We, the undersigned, solemnhy
and emphatically protest against such a violation of the Constitution of
the United States, Article JI of the Amendments. and we earnestly peti-
tion you that the abuses Wwhereby the money, the insluence, and the pres-
tige of our Government are used to countenance and to give a show of
authority to any particular sect, be abolished; and that everywhere in
the army the separation of Church and State, which is one of the funda⸗
mental principles of our Government, bé respected and acted upon; and
that all officers and commanders be instructed that this sepa ration must,
never be lost sight of, but must everywhere and always be upheld, and
nothing done that would prejudice its free operation.“ Ein Schreiben
gleichen Inhalts wurde an Kriegssekretär G. N. Garrison gesandt. Die
Konferenz erhielt am 29. Oktober ein amtliches Schreiben von H. O. Heistand,
Adjutant-General, der das Resultat einer angestellten Untersuchung in fol⸗
genden Worten berichtet: One of the Catholie chaplains of the Second
Division, Texas City, requested authority for the Catholic clergy in that