New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-15

lain, better and sunday Is really observed throughont
Tie Navy As dag OF rest, and church IS nlaue fT.
ary instead of compulsory, the Navy never vi" w If
desirable sphere OF WORK for the better caSs ~. ".
the clergy The Ecclesiastical Gazette recently to f,
asked why it that it seemed lnpOss,Die " n m
spiritually minded chaplans in the ROYAL Navy -
| tni, Navy chaplain who had served 'e'e''i ''''
replied: ..,-,, Ito is
>" Let us imagine a chaplain just caugh I III, -
about twenty six years OF age and JOINS MS Ist h
inexpcrenced ewes 70 be a small, stufy sort OF a
parlOr lie is then introduced to seventeen or ~ t6n
ward room row Of cupboards of which turns QUIZ
TO be the chapans cabin, and he mas 70 s"M venteen
best he I'm these quarters with these ST.
or eighteen strangers Private life Is impossoie stuu
Is out OF the question: lie - as ne Gt t5 ~ story
uttered by his messmates in the ward room lie mas
himself living in owcrtoncd society tnal lJ rS
which lar upon his senses every hour Of the day lie
finds II impossible TO do Anything to put down tne
and a. rule Is only too thankful TO resign hs CON
mission and leave service 80 as asfi,n of souls
tbH 9barre is true that profanity filthy stories
and miserable rnWdyi,m prevail among tle brlusnh
navy officers then the officers are not 70 be company
with the American navy officers, or even Nun Va
british navy officers of a few years ago III Wouni
seem that the chapains in the imtcd states NanS
have no reason lind fault with clthet tlg JIM,
tucy ARE officially obliged to associate "llI tcl stl
aries nor the duties that they are requeu W p.lu ~
Nor Is candidate required TO undergo an eH;,i,iao
A, 10 hi, orthodoxy. the Navy regulations slmPl pr
scrbng that An applicant for inc once vi =,
must be less than twenty ohc Tr iV ",aincd
nin,ttr." But all other officers Of the Navy eX,
ccpng those Of the Marine corps ,c d pSs 70 three
weeks, before special board, those oi inc h"5'ie9'
'oI, ot every .hp in the Navy carries chaplain
They ary provided for nacsps only, that IS one map
ain 10 carh squadron In fac; flagship has many many
uNuries that ojhcr ships Of the service do not rave
They have rear admiral haS officers ana maIIne
band in addition to CHAPLAIN BHt remg9as I .or
where "A chaplain is de allied the commanding omcer
NAV detail either the executive officer or SOM oc
| Inn. 10, yttIf ~ ~
If the Episcopal Church at muster On ever cH''u",
chaplain the Navy. or Hoy Joc: ,, a. nc t
do and cs very well paid fog H. ms sasrT rs i2f ut
first five years Is ~ sea- 100 1s..r gvs ycar
~ ,I,ry i 800 year more than The above figures.
lie never has been known 20 start such thinG rs a
revival on ,hiplond and If H. did 1t doubtful hat
II would De .urccssful venture. AT ir2Ni no uhtIl
IacI, changes hi, ideas Of the actual utility OF such an
Ccrr one of the sailors ~ the Navy. one attached
tn one of the training stpS. wrote Shcth OF me
lnie Of the different officers OF the hp ara SPOKE oI
Navy toI not and seldom pray, but they draw thelr
.aIarioa with elegance and precision WIN thr ~
I'd a, hi- lutv of driving simple educational facts
bror.rh saline skulls. the chaplain does nothing beyond
WV, f.v years ago an attack was made by several
uev'4papcrs upon the corps Of chaplans Of the navy
- a XII by Congress T. abolish the corps. II was
charged that. though able ana compeenHi , n and
with magy 81 tho chaplllnS Become lndoIent ana
unfit for any religious duty after few years OF serVe'
and that t,cy Mer' onle.tn 10 LAR, ridicni,
iy Mn, officer, OF TN" ship This was libel upon te
obaiot,r III the officers Of the Navy That 'onld nor ~
i ,rr, either loSphcmy or objectionable talk or vile
stories. In -hort both lancnasc ana oo'II 1r,,oG
STATE. vessel NJ war a clergyman il In the COMPANY
~ . lodv II men who regard II y uneentlem5nN. 10
.,y IN, least ~ speak di>rcSp"'tluilH OF the 'hnr'l
or eyrp - utter in the presence of clergyman any
him ~ offend the most pure and punctl!ouS OF men
W i ,,,,frr ~ Gc,crcy and refinement than are the
commissioned officers Of American vesscI-of-war