New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
TWO NETWORK CHAPLAlNS.
M VAN DE WATER. OF THE SEVENTY
FIRST REGIMENT. AND FATHER
DAILY. OF THE SIXTY-NINTH.

IN Harlem and chaplain of Columbia university
going to war involved more than the usual sac
ri0ce of the volunteers. But when the order
came to the list Regiment. Of when ne was
chaplain. to be mustered into the service OF the
United States. he at once took the oa'h' ne
went to Florida with his regiment ana 'heh "
Cuba. returning with it to Montauk and taxing
part in It's parade up Broadway. HIS ROBUST
ncrsonaIity and cheerful temperament were
boon to the entire regiment and in the hospitai
al Siboney nc frightened the hours Oh many "
sick or wounded soldier.
DR.. Van De Water soon learned tina, conduct
ing a service once week was only small part
OF en- Army chaplain's duty. He was asked by
dozens Of relatives To- look especially after indi-
vidual soldiers, and always made it point to
talk with each man about whom ne received
letter Inquiries were put to him by the score
concerning the health OF particular men. the
f.cd supplied by the Government and the gen
oeal conditions Of the amps in Lakeland ana
Tampa Fla. Where po ;Hible Or Van De Water
answered every such letter As he was forced
10 write his answers with his own hand he had
q big task one day while the regiment was on
the transport Vigilanca. in Port Tampa Harbor.
h. wrote fifty letters and postal cards to rea-
tiyes Of men in his command
The list Regiment left Siboney under orders
that each man should have two hundred rounds
OF ammunition. The cartridges Of the SPRING
field rife are so large that these made fright
fu load in that hot sun. So Colonel Downs Or.
Van De Water and the other officers gave up
their horses pack animals. So that the pr-
Yates would have TO carry only one hundred
rounds. This naturally won the gratitude Of the
rlcn. The officers trudged along just as priVatcs
would.
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fought at San Juan Chaplain Van De Water was
iusy in the hospitals and dressing stations doing
what he could to help the surgeons and 20 cheer
up the wounded Colonel Downs first ordered
him to the division surgical hospital. on the
River S"co whcre the correspondent Of The
Tribune him daily buryine the dead and
caring for the living When most Of The pa
tients here had been removed to the lare" hospi-
tails at Siboncy Chaplain Van De Water
also ordered there. as II was felt h. could bc
more useful among the wounded and sick than
among the well men IN the trenches Br Van
De Water was the only clergyman from this
state TO 70 through the Santiago campaign WIKI
a volunteer regiment. and his experiences were
extremely interesting
Chaplain William ] H. pay. q the Goth Req
ment has not been call d. as Or Van De Water
was. into active service In the field. hut In the
many migratons of the Grh from camp to
camp IN the South ne has had hard and con
slant work. and has looked after the welfare OF
the regiment with unfailing zeal and attention
to duty one Of the few Roman Catholic chap
lains in the Army. Father DAILY has found OPP
portuniies 10 extend his services largely among
tho men OF his Church In other regiments
Of,en he was the only Catholic clergyman In the
camp. and his tent was frequently surrounded
by groups OF men from the various commands
stationed there who desired the priests advice
upon some matter. When the G.Ith was in camp
at Tampa the fine grove there gave Father DAILY
q particularly good place in which to hold his
services The regiment is now at Huntsville.
Ala and the chaplain will remain with IT In
camp as long as it is retained in the service Of
tho United States
Father DAILY who is a New York man by
birth. has been attached 10 the clerical staff Of
81 patrick's Cathedral for about thirteen years
81 almost from the time Of his ordination "A
PRIEST. Ia assuming IN. Chapancy Of the GJth
nc succeeded Father Bernard \. Brady
signed. THIS occurred carly IN the spring OF the
Yr"Scnt year wh-n Colonel George Moore Smith.
then commanding The c'th. was rcorEanizing the
regiment. Tho Colonel applied to Archbishop
Coriican for an efficient chaplain and Father
DAILY was recommended as the man He at
once accepted the post and entered his du-
lies with gre at interest when. AT the begin
ming OF the war the simcnt ordered out
Chaplain Day promptly arranged his affairs In
the city and accompanied the troops first to
Camp Black then to Chickamauga and subsc-
Guontly to the several camps at which the G9th
has been stationed
Ia person. Father DAILY is "A fine looking man