Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

having optar1ed his commission just after
graduating from college. Immediately after
the war was over he entered the theological
seminary at Princeton, where he was grad
uated in '68. When he entered the army as
chaplain in a he already had the brevet
services"
Chaplain o. j. Nave, with the Sd Infantry,
at Fort Thomas, KY, served three years as
private in tile civil war; entered the Ohio
wesleyan University soon afterward and
served twelve years as Methodist preach
er before being commissioned as chaplain
In So Chaplain Joseph A. Potter. 9TH In
fantry, served as a musician throughout
the civil war and entered the Methodist
ministry shortly afterward. Chaplain Al
len Allensworth, oath (colored) Infantry, at
Fort Harrison, Mont, was disabled In the
Of the A. M. E. Church. Chaplain Henry
Swift of the 18th Infantry, now in Luzon,
was wounded in action at San Juan ana
honorably mentioned for bravery there as
well as during the great yellow fever cpl
demic. In Cuba. His official record states
that he achieved an enviable reputation
at the pest hospital IN s6oney; , tna ,;,,i ne
tering to the sick, and that he insisted on
rendering further service when only par
TALLY recovered"
brave man in some out-of-the-way corner,
in his shirtsleeves cooking some article OF
food which a yellow fever patient had
craved When appointed to the ; army ne
among the Indians in Dakota.
Surrendered to This Chaplain.
Chaplain c. c. Pierce, Episcopalian. at
Fort Myer, Va, was the first of his rank
in the regular establishment to be sent to
the Philippines. He served with various
regiments during the Filipino war and
Gen. Quinton recommended him to the War
Department for his faithful ministrations
upon the firing line" Gen. Ovenshine has
also written that Sin fight or out OF 1t
Chaplain Pierce was always on hand wnen
wanted and ready to do good" he is saio
to be the only American army chaplain
ever surrendered to by an enemy He re-
ceived the sword of Lorenzo del Rosario,
the commanding general OF Lunas army,
whom he turned over TO Gen- Jus as d
prisoner of war.
Chaplain Pierce was detailed Dy Ieh.
Macarthur to locate and count an OF the
insurgents at the south ana sou.neas' IL 70
Manila Just prior to their uprising. re
was selected for this delicate task because
of his large acquaintance among the natiVe
people. ,,,,+,
the Philippine instruction fell to TINS
chaplain. He dsinterred all of our soidler
dead personally verified the identlnca.lol a
OF each corpse, saw that the nooies W.
nroperly embalmed and gave each CHRIS
tan burial morgue, six hearses, an as
sistant chaplain and ten men were detaliea
to assist him in THIS work, in pursuance OF
which he contracted tropical disease.
A Real Hero.
Cbanlain E. j. Vattmann, with the 11th
Cavalry, is a Roman Catholic, porn III
WestphaHa, Prussia. He was one or the
heroes of the Chicago labor riots OF ten
years ago. At the moment of greatest ten
sion, when any one wearing soldier UNI
form was in peril of his life II exposed 10
the mob he mounted a freight car, raced
~ fI1rfn
them to dispense. He went to Rome Win
the Taft commission which settled the
friars' lands dispute with the pope, ana
later made tour of the Philippines 10 COL
lect data for the President ~
Chaplain Bateman, Baptist, or the Zoth
Infantry. just returned from the Mo[o
country Is said to have obtained from the
native dattos information never before CON
fided to an American. Chaplain MarVlne'
Episcopalian 10Th Infantry, was the sec
ond regular chaplain to go to the Phiilp-
pines, and from there accompanied our
troops to the relief Of the Picking legations.
He was intrusted with the burial of our
soldiers who died in China; has since serv-
ed in Hawaii and Utah. Chaplain Walk
ley. Artillery Corps, another Episcopana IAN
served through the civil war, and was
wounded in Cuba by the bursting OF
shell. He was mentioned In general ORDERS
for especially meritorious acts" ana gar
Gerald, 22d Infantry, Catholic, was also
wounded, being honorably mentioned ior
Conspicuous bravery and for administering
to the wounded while exposed to very
severe fire of the enemy" at Ell Caney.
Medal Of Honor Chaplain
One of our Quickest chaplains is George
D. Rice Unitarian of the 9th Infantry,
Just returned from the Philippines. He Is
recommended for a medal OF honor Tor
devotion to the wounded and assisting them
from the firing line" at Fort Bayan, Min
danao, in May, 1872, and is honorably men
toned for absolute and fearless devotion
to duty in administering to the wounded
under heavy fire." Chaplain David Elem
ing, Episcopalian, is of the same stripe
When Manila was taken he stood guard
over the wounded Spaniards, and at the
point of pistol held at bay force of Fill
ipinos who rushed up to bolo them.
Henry A. Brown, the Rough Rider chap
lain," now of the regular army, is also an
Episcopalian. In his farewell address
Col Theodore Roosevelt said of him: I'VE
all know our chaplain and there isn't
b-aver man in the regiment. He was right
there on the firing line tending to the
wounded, and when we went up that hill
caught him with carbine in his hands!
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.