The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-06
CHAPLAIN PRUDEN OPENS
THE new ARMY CHAPEL
The Other ChapIains Requested Their
Congregations to Turn Out---Father
HOulihanS SucCeSS---Capt.
Mark Goes

! racks, on Sunday, February l9, at ten
thirty a. m, Chaplain Aldred A..
Pruden held the first and only reli-
gious services given on that date in
the beautiful new army church, that
was contributed by the generous peo-
pie of Honolulu, through the untir-
ing efforts of Chaplain Pruden.
AS host and founder of this first
army chapel built in Hawaii, Chaplain
Pruden conducted the only religious
service, the Episcopal, at the first
opening of the chapel doors to wor-
shippers, on the 18th of February.
The right of Chaplain Pruden to
hold a sole and first service in the
house he YVES responsible for, was
accorded, with cordially and cheer,
by the other two chaplains in the
post. Chaplain Samuel H. Bell, First
Field Artillery, and Father James F.
Houlihan requested their respective
congregations to join them in being
members of Chaplain Pruden's cohgre-
cation for this great and happy occa-
sion, the opening of the new post
army chapel at Leilehua.
On this Sunday the Department
Commander and Mrs. Montgomery M.
Macomb motored out to Schofield Bar
racks to attend the opening service
of the new chapel.
The attendance was so large on that
bright Sunday morning that the seat
ing capacity of something over five
hundred of the chapel was severely
taxed to accommodate all present.
Chaplain Pruden conducted the
morning services Of the Episcopal
church The choir on that day was
composed of the Priory surplice choir
of Saint Andrews cathedral. Chaplain
Pruden invited the young ladies to
sing for his opening services and saw
that they were comfortably taken out
and brought back from Schofield Bar
racks in two large automobiles.
The communion set of elegant brass
for the post chapel was presented by
an army officer at present stationed
here. 1t was an acceptable, gracious
gift, but the donor does not want his
name known in this valuable present
Father HouIihan's Success.
Chaplain James F. Houlihan of the
Fifth Cavalry stationed at Schofeld
Barracks is another success as an
army chaplain. Father Houlihan has
the happy gift of getting and retaining
the confidence and admiration Of not
only the rank but the file also Of the
troops at the Leilehua reservation OF
wherever he may be.
The very large congregations at the
regular Sunday morning mass, which
is said at nine o'clock at the new army
chapel at Schofleld Barracks and the
hundreds of men attending the specia
services held by Father Houlihan at
test without one word of comment the
popularity of this energetic army chap
lain.
In camping on the old camping
ground, and at the government reser
vations, as we'll as elsewhere, there
are so many hearts looking for the
right, that Chaplain Houlihan helps
and assists very materially in the up
building of the personnel of the ser
vice.
Just before Ash Wednesday few
weeks the entire reservation of Leile
hua were delightfully."- entertained by
fine minstrel performance gotten u
and given for the most part, by tn
. soldiers serving at Schofeld Barracks
= which was the inspiration and wor
of Father Houlihan, who managed tn
entire arrangement.
Father Houlihan will be a passeu
ger on the IT, S. A. T. Logan for tn
Coast tomorrow He is going for
tbree-months' leave Of absence on tn
mainland.
Remembering Senator HawIey.
The entire service of the U. s. pa
tlcularly the army will remember tn
late u. S. Senator Hawley of Gomez
ticut who was for so many years chal
man of the military committee OF u
ID Senate.
Probably no other public man e.
4 cepting Senator Frances Warren
0 wyoming has had quite so much to q
Q with the molding and sustaining u
9 nresen. standard of the army fs a
2 senator Hawley, during his many an
Y busy years in the public service
Washington, d. c.
The life and times of this we
known public servant is being I
nv called on the occasion just now OF u
- presence of his half sister Mrs W.T.
ns erbee. and gister-in-law, Mrs. Sel'
Merrill, in Honolulu.
These Travelled and charming wo'
en- are tarryng here for a snort lln
and tell of the long and eyentiul
tc stances in the history making care