Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-10-05
c. N -.. BROWN TALKS.
He De...~rs an Interesting -.sc- Ir5e ns.e EpisccPa: -'- '-oh sunday or ne Less earned
 in War.

 enviable reputation all over this na- ton but throughout Europe, as chaplain of the regiment of Rough Riders. made veTg pleasant and interesting t.. atOre the con- gregatior at the Episcopal church yesterday mOrninS at the II o'clock services. He explained that as he had been trave .a E slmost constant Iv for the past e.ght days he would not attempt to preach a sermon, but many things had transplred and the numerous rumoTs that had been set afoat and printed in the papers which prompted him to say lew words in eXpllnatlOn.
 In the first place he emphatlcally denied the statements made at dli- ferent times that he had accepted cali from a New Jersey church, that he had accepted the position of chaplain in one of the large military training schools in the east or had received a commission as chaplain in the regular army. All of these reports were utterly without found atIon at this time.
 Ee said he was aware before he eL- listed that he would severly criticiz ed for his acton. but he had always been a strong believer Tn the princl- ples sought to be accomplished by the war, had preached it, and hay ing so strongly advocated 1t was ready and willing to fight and If need be die that those ends might be reached, and that he had never ? for one moment regretted the course h. had taken. but further declared that if he could be again placed ID exactly the same position as he was fve months ago and by acting dlf- ferentiy he might add five years to his life he would do just as he had done before, ss the consciousness of aduty well performed was sweeter than riches or long hfe.
 de uext stte~ pred 1o explain away some of the wrong iiuDr -sIons that many people eRtertsil regard iDg the influences of s:Gly -l".
 There were many impor 4aJ .7- sons 10 be learp by an army .. perience that e .i never be lea as well elsewhere. First Of g wss respect for ---a0rity. II -0e- everywhere had n the
 and respect for @" thS; ,.t.- vaiIs in the ranks .arr-l-
 sponsiblr he .5ss . power Of :: %. iuv e., 5cld wOu.- - be far ia '-snce c. aL l. IS an~ eriuaf -lessI agG be al most .-.ewn. Aa.the- leS he had sasd, and that vel 1- hop pee, ssIa D" nues npls'. - He gave < B lis eZnerieIC -u- .e easias+ -.y 10 got FiG < lisaaTe - able .sA was .. - t VlthOu. word. TEen ho-T many times he had thought Q ley e aTged the enemy or lay in tEe trenches cold, wet. hungry and tired with the sick. dying and dead On every hand, in the drenching rains or under a biistering tropical sun almost with out protection from the elements, fl he only lived to again be at home surrounded by loved ones and dear friends with the th0"saUd comforts and luxuuies never SefOre fully sp- preciated, he yer again would complain of snyl- 2 that God in Ills wisdom ss r 1t 70 try him with This was the expressed sentiment. of all the men with whom he had talked.
 Another important thing to be learned was to attend strictly tn your own business. This many of the boys, as well as himself, had learned by bitter experiences.
 One wrong idea he desired to dispel was that the army was a means of lowering the moral stand ard of a man. In discharging hIs duties he many times went among the soldiers dressed in common uni form of the prIvate and his official business was unknown 10 a large per cent. of them. He had talked and joked with them as one of the boys. yet in all the time from the enlist ment until reaching New York, he had never heard a foul story nor seen a case of intoXicatiOn, yet some of these men were to his knowledge 1 drinking men in prIvIte life. And 1 the prolOundest respect had always | been shown for true religion. He 1 spoke in particular of the services that were conducted when the brave | boys who had fallen in battle we @ laid to rest, and as they were gath cred around the long trench where the dead had been wrapped m their blankets and placed side by side, be called on the men to bow ID prayer, and every hat went of and as the proceeded scarcely a dry. aye could have been found in that whole regiment If soldiers. many of hem hardened piainsuen aud min srs who had long been accustomed . .o hardsbips a. iron fer ,if'
 - He declared iD losing t- lis s0y should eg.r o=a.re to eur 2 ta- . ,rmy he would not object as 'Cnsi6ered il q tfs'qIng school 'yceiled ID many 4rtIcUlars.
 The chaplain w=- warmly gree 1y his many friea rerl 5ers Of ,ne .hurch and eyn~r-g
 He auuOluce0 h. was t. niL be pulpit 0i cue 'sTg5 .hCTcbes .y ne,. 'ua4ay, a ~ould .s ly retun o Preset $. fe.- .-ei
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