Methodists. Congregationalists, Episcopalians have taken their turns at being head chaplain of the U. S. Navy, but not until this week did a Roman Catholic get the job. Appointed to succeed Captain Sydney K. Evans, Episcopalian, was Captain Edward Aloysius Duff, 50, of Philadelphia. Jovial, round-faced Father Duff, 20 years a chaplain on battleships and in Xavy yards, will sit at a desk in Washington, direct the spiritual welfare of 85,000 officers & men. Says he: "By actual count and statistics, a larger proportion of Navy men and officers attend church on ship...
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