Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1915 — Edward L. Watson Elected Lieutenant in Company M. [ARTICLE]

Edward L. Watson Elected Lieutenant in Company M.

One of the most spirited elections for a commission in Company M that has occurred for several years took place at the armory Wednesday evening when Edward L. Watson, first sergeant of the company, was /chosen second lieutenant, defeating Sargeant Simon P. Thompson 23 to 16. Mr. Watson will be given about a month to prepare for his examination before ke will be commissioned. All of the present officers of the company served for some time in the tanks. Captain Tuteur enlisted in the summer of 1905 and came up through the grades of private, corporal, sergeant, second and first lieutenant. First Lieutenant Garland also glimbed the same steps, having been < member of the company for about eight years. Second Lieutenant-elect Watson has belonged to the company gbout flye years. There is no better training open to young men than that offered in the national guard organisations and every healthy young man should tah e advantage of the opportunity to receive the training. Any young man between the age of 18 and 85 if eligible for enlistment, provided he can pass the physical examinatitm. fa the event that the company should ever be called into service the training he had received would be qf great benefit Captain Tutett will be gald to talk to any yopng men who desire to enlist

Catholic Prayers For Peace Universal On Next Sunday. The Catholics of the entire world Will offer supplications for peace on next Sunday, March 21st. The following decree was issued by Herman J. Alerding, Bishop of Ft Wayne, as the authorized English translation of the papal decree of Pope Benedict XV. The decree is as follows: His Holiness our Sovereign Lord, Pope Benedict XV, in deep affliction at the sight of a war which destroys thousands of young lives, brings misery to families and ities, and rushes flourishing nations to the brink of ruin, yet bearng in mind that Almighty God, Whose prerogative it is to heal by chastisement and through pardon to preserve, is moved by the players which spring from ontrite and humble hearts, desires ardently that above the clang of arms may be heard the voice of Faith, Hope and Charity, alone capable of welding together the hearts of men in one mind and one spirit. Therefore, While He exorts the clergy and the faithful of the whole world of v mortification and piety in expiation for. the sins by which we have called down upon ourselves the just wrath of God, the Holy Father has* ordained that throughout the Catholic church solemn' prayers shall be offered in order to obtain from the mercy of Almighty God the peace which all desire. For this purpose it is hereby dereed that in every Metropolitan, Cathedral, Parochial and Conventual church in all European countries, on the 7th day of February next, (being the Sunday called Sexagesima) and in all dioceses situated outside of Europe on the 21st day of March (being Passion Sunday) there shall be celebrated special religious functions in the following order: In the morning, immediately after the Conventual or Parochial Mass, the Most Blessed Sacrament shall be exposed with all solemnity, and duly incensed, after which the Psalm Miserere mei-Deus (Ps. 50) shall be sung with the Antiphon: Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris, quia non est alius qui pugnet pro nobis nisi tu, Deus noster, followed by the V. Fiat pax in virtute tua, R. Et abundantia in turribus tuis, and the Collect Deus, a quo sancta desideria, etc. The Most Blessed Sacrament shall then remain exposed to public veneration till evening, and it is desirable that arrangements be - made wehreby children also should take part in the public adoration.

In the evening, previously to the deposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the third part of the Rosary is to be recited followed by the prayer, expressly composed by His Holiness in order to obtain the benefit of peace, then the Litanies of the Sanits, according to the form prescribed for the devotion of the Forty Hour’s Prayer in the Rituale Romanum of the year 1913. Immediately after the Litanies shall be sung the Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo, ne in aetemum irascaris nobis with the versicles and prayer usually resited after the Proession in quacumque tribulatione as in the Rituale Romanum, with the addition of the Collect Deus, a qua sancta desideria. The sacred function shall onclude with the Tantum Ergo and Benediction of the Most Sacred Sacrament, more solito. In the hope that Almighty God may pour forth in yet greater abundance His Divine Grace, the Sovereign Pontiff exhorts the Faithful to approach the sacrament of Penance and to receive Holy Communion, and grants to all those who, after Confession and Communion, shall assist at one or other of the sacred functions as above ordered, or shall pray for some time before ?the Most Sacred Sacrament while solemnly exposed, a Plenary Indulgence. Franm the atican, January 19, 1915. PETER CARDINAL GASPARRI, ' , Secretary of State.