Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
JAPAN AND UNITED STATES,
SAYS CHAFFEE, WILL WAR
DR.. BURDETTE PAYS TRIBUTE
TO SISTER
Retired Officer Addresses Bible Class
of Temple Baptist Church,
Making Prophecy in
Address

General Adna r. Chaffee, formerly
head of the United States army, In ad-
| dressing the rally day exercises of the
Temple Baptist Sunday school al
Berean hall yesterday morning said
that he expected the United States to
go to war with Japan.
The exercises were planned along
military lines by Superintendent
Woodruff of the Sunday school, who
had all the teachers designated by
military titles, and also had bugler
form the loyal company of the Sew
enth regiment play calls during the
course of the mornings program. Miss
Edna q. Mode whistled Maseagnfs
"Intermezzo" in a most charming man
ner. After Sunday school the pupils
gathered in y body in the main audi
torium and listened to Pastor Robert
j. Burdetee's short sermon for children.
Seven candidates were baptized by the
pastor on this occasion.
But General Chaffees address was
the thing which most Interested the
little people and their older friends.
THE bugle call just sounded before
my address," said General Chaffee, 'is
known in the regular army as the
general and is soun6ed Just before
breaking camp I confess that / feel
like a Russian general this morning,
for such a one is accustomed to ad-
dress his troops as my children
never saw such a funny regiment or
such a beautiful one as is here before
me this morning. For you have moro
women and girls than men and boys.
War Is Distant
when the United States goes to war
with Japan-which they will probably
not do for many years-they will have
to gather their regiments as you have
done here this morning. from the
women. For it is a fact mentioned in
the Army and Navy Journal among
others that men are not enlisting rap
idly enough in our army"
General Chaffee then >gave the
youngsters of "Colonel@ Woodruff s
regiment of Baptists some good adj
vice, telling them about his own ex-
periences in breaking camp and ad-
monishing them to use courage for
their hammer in pitching a new camp
and to always be cheerful when MAX
ing the short march ahead of them,
which he aptly designated as the
days duty"
In the evening the assistant pastor
Of Temple Baptist church, Rev. Edwin
r. Brown, preached a missionary SER
mon in the Auditorium.
At the morning service Pastor Rob-
ert ]. Burdette spoke of the death OF
his sister, Miss Mary G. Burdette, OF
Chicago, corresponding secretary OF
the Women's Baptist Home Mission
society.
'TIer life was one long. beautiful
conservation. If ever she had a
thought for herself / never heard 1t
phrased in speech. Her daily prayer
was strength for service One of my
earliest memories shows me to myself
tiny boy in the days when all the
world was morning time, safe, and oh,
how happy in Mary's little mothering
She, scarce two years the older, was a
child when she was baptized in Peoria
lake by her pastor, now President
Henry G. Weston of Grocer Theologi-
cal seminary.
"She was sixteen years old when she
was graduated from the Peoria high
school, and she entered upon her CALI
ing as a school teacher that same year
teaching in the public schools.
she was the eldest of a family OF
nine children. She was about twenty
two when our mother passed on into
the life everlasting, with a little life
nesting In her arms, crying in the
loneliness of this great big world
always so big and lonesome without
the mother. And Mary mothered all
the family, still keeping charge of heI
school. The great loving heart in hel
little body was a kindergarten. Fol
years she taught two primary classes
In Peoria churches every Sunday-a
,,no,.nfuo o class In the First RaDffai