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rom CLASSES RECOGNIZED.

u. n regiments into scattered attachments.
i,,ed to the practical necessity of the present
IN Under this system the list of army
,.o,a,ns is divided into four ordinary classes,
- tho relative ranks Of colonel, lieutenant
80, major and captain irrespective Of their
,,ui,,,s denominations The chaplain general.
- bo,,,.ns to be now. but is not necessarily.
-,.,,s, Of the Established Church Of Eng
- has the rank Of major general. In this
NV awkward questions Of precedence between
..iris,srs NJ various denominations are avoided.
-. cbsn,ain Of the English Establishment OF the
second class. for example, being obliged to yield
,-ocodarre on parade to Father Brindle. of
soudan fame, who is, or was before he became
q Mshop. a chaplain II the first class At the
same time il is worth remarking that the Church
~ England still has three or four army chap
laipcies to every one held by either the Presby-
terjans or the Roman Catholics, This is not as
unfair TO the minority Churches as it may seem,
because. though according to the late Dean
stanley every Presbyterian is more or less
Scotch" By no means every ScOtchman is more
a, less PRESBYTERIAN. large number Of the
Scotch in the Killed regiments are Episcopaiians
q few are Scotch Catholics. and a few more are
Roman Catholics Of Scotch birth but Of Irish
rarentage. 1t is a remarkable fact, too, that
while the average English Episcopalian has no
s,ruple about occasionally attending Presby-
terrain. worship a Scotch Episcopalian would al
most as soon join in the worship of mosque
For various reasons, under the station system
OF chapiains Presbyterian preacher can min
ister to the religious wants of a larger number
Of men than a Catholic priest can. Hence, the
relative numbers Of Catholic to Presbyterian
chaplains-hfteen To six-need not indicate at all
exactly the proportion Of Irish to Scotch Presby-
terans in the British army. The Presbyterian
chaplains as individuals are considered by the
rank and file a pampered few. because, owing
to the comparative smallness Of their numbers,
they individually stand better chances of active
service than their Anglican fellow chaplains,
though whether this view Of the case is or is not
taken BY their own wives and families is not
clear
FIRST RECOGNITION OF CATHOLICS.
The first official recognition of the Roman
Catholic priesthood by the British War Office
was in the days Of Cardinal Wseman. immedi-
ate predecessor Of Cardinal Manning in the See
Of Westminster and first occupant of that See
after its establishment by Plus TX. in 1881. The
custom had been. in regard TO the appointment
Of Church Of England clergymen to army chap
lancies, for the Bishop of London to make the
appointments. as he held. and still holds. ecclesi-
sstical jurisdiction, in theory, over both the
army and the navy. The War Office, on pro-
posing a Ike privilege to Cardinal Wiseman,
IS referred by him to Bishop Grant Of South
ak the Roman Catholic diocese which l.
nded on the north by the Thames, includes
the southern suburbs Of London and. at that
.-s Aldershot Gosport SheernesS and Devon
| II the most important military stations in
rat Britain This was a peculiarly salts
4tory arrangement at the time. because it
agpered that Bishop Grant himself had been
olstered among the drums flies and bagpipes
/ Z Highland regiment In which his father was
sSrgeant Ever since that time the Bishop Of
Southwark has been the ordinary" Of all the
Catholic chaplains in Her Majesty's army.
REGULATIONS AS TO sALUTES
The regulations are particular and precise
lmt salutes to chaplains which is the more
ra2rkable because no uniform or badge is pre-
sfAed by which a chaplain may be recognized
NSgat But what has done more to improve
lie Standing If the British army chaplain in
DE eyes Of the army itself during the last half
S,ilry than AN the strictly enforced Queens
-eg1la,ions' about presenting arms to and
Allng chapaius and wearing side arms 70
--'ch is the conduct Of individuals Of this
numerically small department Of non-combat-
Us The memory Of Father Strickland who
"a IN the Crimea from exposure on the field Of
'1te and in tho trenches. became wholesome
-'asue, tradition among officers and men. The
meal alphabetical list Of living recipients Of
Victoria Cross begins with Adams, the Rev
wv, chap!ain"-the "Parson Adams who in
i 80 saved The lives Of two troopers Of the 9th
--ieers at Charasich. outside CabuL The
1 .-yance " EI.L-stant Nnncnnfnrmist soldiers