Religion: Militia Man

He might go to Hell for it, admitted Major General William Graham Everson, husky, square-jawed Baptist preacher, when he took the job two years ago of Chief of the Militia Bureau of the War Department. But, said he, "I won't be traveling a lonesome road."

Last week Major General Everson had finished up his militia job and the likelihood of his going to Hell was about to be materially reduced. He was resigning his post to take the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Denver. Looking back over his administration of the National...

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