Religion: Churchmen in Uniform

As the size of the U. S. Army grows, so grows the number of Army chaplains. From 139 attached to the regular force last July, the number of chaplains on active duty last week had mounted to 606, will pass the 1,500 mark by next July.

What a chaplain is and should be was expounded last week in Manhattan at a three-day Chaplains' Training Conference. Besides a brace of generals and many a regular chaplain, the conference heard three outside authorities: Dr. Paul Dwight Moody, president of Middlebury College and onetime Chief of Chaplains...

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