Evening star., 1914-05-03
Regrets Giving Away Secrets.

a little more than Al per cent OF the re
ligious leaders in the nav!
| Regrets Giving Away Secrets.
| II read this to show you why the vel
fare secretaries which Secretary Daniels
asked for were not provided for by the
naval affairs committee said Mr.. Trib-
BILE. He added that he did not want tc
give this information to the House, say.
ing:
Il have nerve enough to do it when it
becomes necessary to do it
Mr.. Britten called attention at this
point to the fact that attendance at re-
ligious services on board ship is not COM
pulsory, being optional with the men. Mr.
Tribble eNctedly repudiated this informa-
ton and declared that he had been told
by the seamen themselves that they are
required to participate in the religious
formalities
He apologized again for being com
PEELED" as ne put it. to divu1Se these
facts.
He said he had gone to Admiral Blue, in
anticipation of discussion Of this char
acter. to obtain information relative to
the religious belief Of the naval chaplains.
OF the twenty-four chaplains. he said,
the Methodist Church has SIX. the Fps
copal Church six. the Catholic Church
six the Baptist Church three. the Pres
byterian Church one the Congregational
Church one, Disciples of Chris; one, and
the Gniversalist Church one.
No Dutch Reformer
How many has the Dutch Reformed
Church," suddenly interrogated Mr..
Calder of Brooklyn. n. Y.
None. yelled Tribble.
Representative O'Sharnessy arose
and asked if the request of Father
O'Hearn was Joined in by the other
UNCONVENTIONAL representatives.
The hearings speak for themselves .
replied Representative Tribble.
Representative jefferson NJ. Levy
then interrupted.
viii my colleague tell me il there
were any Hebrews represented" asked
AR. Levy.
There were no Hebrews represent
ed said Mr.. Tribble.
large numbe. OF the sailors are
Hebrews, said Mr.. Levy.
There are only a few Hebrews in
the navy replied Mr.. Eritten.
Il beg the Gentleman's pardon" re-
torted Nj. Levy. The first man killed
in the Mexican trouble was a Hebrew
Mr.. Tribble said that a Baptist clergy
man in his district had sought an ap-
pointment to the Chaplains' Corps, and
coud not get it.
Mr.. Padgett suggested that Mr.. Trib-
BILE take the matter UP with the Sec
rotary of the Navy. Mr. Tribble fur
ther commented that there vas only one
Presbyterian chaplain in the navy.
Hobson's Plea for Chaplains.
An attempt to induce Representative
Trbble to withdraw his point of order
was made by Representative Hobson.
who spoke Of church services aboard
a man-of-war in a little descriptive talk
which brought genuine applause:
The United States Navy is a God
fearing service. he began. AT Annap-
oils the midshipmen all go to church
are called to a church service on Sun
days and prayers are offered by the
cha plain. The navy never goes 10 sleep
without saving its prayers.
He told of the first tine he lad ever
seen the church hag hoistcd on an Amer
lean naval vessel:
AS the bell on the ship tolled ! saw
the Stars and Stripes come slowly
doun--and another nag went up. This
second flag was blue cross upon u
white background. The Stars and
Stripes tuttered awhile from the yard
arm halyard. and then rose again and
stopped reverenly beneath the cross.
ana stay eU IHeTt curing the service
No enemy has ever made the Stars
and Stripes come down. and yet it
lowered properly in the presence Of
that blue cross.
We are a God fearing nation Twen-
tyfour chaplains for fifty-odd thou
sand men is not in accordance with
that principle
However. parliamentary Law. at least
was on the side of Representative
Tribble, and the increase in cha plains
was lost. An effort to restore it to the
bill will be made before the measure is
passed.