WAR MOTHERS HONORED.

New Zealand Tablet, 29 May 1919, Page 23

WAR MOTHERS HONORED.

More than 1000 Catholic war mothers received the city war medal decorations at the Coliseum in Toledo, Ohio, on January 12, at the hands of Right Rev. Bishop Schrembs. Gold star medals were presented to 22 mothers whose sons had made the supreme sacrifice.; and silver star medals were awarded to 1000 mothers who had given their boys to the service of their country. Bishop Schrembs lauded the work of the women of the Catholic Red Cross and the work of the Knights of Columbus, both in America and abroad. Mgr. J. T. O’Connell, who introduced Bishop Schrembs, paid a glowing tribute to the mothers of soldiers. Pie emphasised the fact that the sacrifice of a mother parting with her dear son was equally ■ as great a sacrifice as that made by the son, who joined the army to save humanity.