# Father Duffy's story

Author: Duffy, Francis Patrick, 1871-1932; Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71091

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Father+Duffy%27s+story+Duffy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

War with Germany was declared on April 6th, 1917. Immediately the National Guard Regiments, knowing that they would be the first to be called from civilian occupations, began campaigning for recruits. Ours was conducted with little noise or speech making. An Irish Regiment has its troubles in time of peace, but when the call to arms was sounding we knew that if they let us we could easily offer them an Irish Brigade for the service. We were more occupied with quality than with numbers. The one bit of publicity we indulged in was to send round our machine-gun trucks through the city streets with the placard, “Don’t join the 69th unless you want to be among the first to go to France.” That...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/9/index.md)
- [did. John Fechheimer (whom Heaven has sent us for our delight) has](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/father-duffy-s-story-71091/chapters/5/index.md)