myself, like
those among you who belong to the army or navy, have always taken pride
in thus rendering it to my chiefs, to my superiors."]

[Footnote 5250: "Histoire du cardinal Pie," by M. Bannard, II.,p.690. M.
Pie left six large volumes in which, for thirty years, he recorded his
episcopal acts, uninterruptedly, until his last illness.]

[Footnote 5251: Ibid., II., p.135: "In the year 1860 he had confirmed
11,586 belonging to his diocese; in 1861 he confirmed 11,845."--"Vie de
Mgr. Dupanloup," by Abbe La Grange, I II., p. 19. (Letter to his clergy,
1863.) He enumerates what he had done in his diocese: "The parochial
retraites which have amounted to nearly one hundred; the perpetual
adoration of the Holy Sacrament established in all the parishes;
confirmation, not alone in the cantonal town but in the smallest
villages and always preceded by the mission; the canonical visit made
annually in each parish, partly by the archdeacon, partly by the dean,
and partly by the bishop;... the vicarships doubled; life in common
established among the parochial clergy; sisters of charity for schools
and the sick multiplied in the diocese and spread on all sides;
augmentation of everything concerning ecclesiastical studies, the number
of small and large seminaries being largely increased; examinations of
young priests; ecclesiastical lectures; grades organized and raised;
churches and rectories everywhere rebuilt or 'repaired; a great diocesan
work in helping poor parishes and, to sustain it, the diocesan lottery
and fair of the ladies of Orleans; finally, retraites and communions for
men established, and also in other important towns and parishes of the
diocese." (P. 46.) (Letter of January 26, 1846, prescribing in each
parish the exact holding of the status animarum, which status is his
criterion for placing a cure.) "The Etat de Paques in his parish must
always be known while he is in it, before withdrawing him and placing
him elsewhere."]

[Footnote 5252: The drafters of the charter of the United Nations Staff
Rules had the same idea in mind when writing Regulation 1.2: "Staff
members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to
assignment by him to any of the activities or offices of the United
Nations. They are responsible to him in the exercise of their functions.
The whole time of staff members shall be at the disposal of the
Secretary-General. The Secretary-General shall establish a normal
working week." T