Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
slVSTER CROWD TO BE
RESENT FOR ANNUAL
Military FIELD MASS
,.lladelphia Navy Yard
wslI Be Scene Of Unusual
coectacle T o m orrow W .
Manv Braided Organiza-
inns to Participate.

.s,c,psted that between 10000 and
a.ysons will attend the second an
solemn Military Field Mass. to be
~ ~ ,be auspices of the State Army
Ms 4'- ,rnion in the Philadelphia Navy
y ~. league island, tomorrow. Delesa-
~ n, he present from all parts of
.,,hia and vicinity, and many of
'' me southern part of the city
w .sob 80. TO the reservation in uniform
" IN, also be many guests present
.sbIngton, Baltimore. Pittsburgh
p~ 80 cities. Among them will be
s..osl walter e. Edge GARRISON Oh Az
milr City. - oh as nm. ex-
..ssreed last year, 1t mas peen aTransea
tit'.ss dlfferent organizations VIII meet
..,s the yard on Rowan avenue ana
taas ~. AZ 10 a. m. At 10:30 Il. m. the
iFm u' M, r,ove past the reviewing stand,
lnels n ~, he situated In front of the
V'lsn tarracks. The reviewing officers
rlnae paar Admiral w. S. Benson the
W " .nnoInted chief of naval operations;
KY sE Waller. of the United States Ma
geols, rarns League Island, and II. odan
NY ~ n washington, d. c., national
lass l.s.. rder of the Army and Navy
Union >-,,
s,pr w, H. 1. REANEY CELEBRANT.
Mas will be celebrated by the Rev.
uoAsm Henry Ironsides Reaney, chap
Y, N tba II. s. S. Connecticut and for
\, chaplain-in-chief of the Spanish
q, veterans. Deacon. Rev. Thomas P.
~, rector of st. Rose of Lima Church.
!, vadvstone, Delaware County. Pa, for
~ volunteer chaplain at Chattanooga
~ during the Spoaish American War.
sA.ts,con Rev. William j. Lannon, as
s,t,nt rector of st. John the Evangelist
rurth. 18th street above Chestnut.
preacher, the Rev. DR.. Joseph M Cor
,s,n. assistant rector of st: Columoa's
Es,'rch oath street and Lehigh avenue.
Master Of ceremonies, the Rev. James A.
ns,tnr rector of Our Lady of Mount
r.,,nd Church, Sd and Wolf streets,
'S,rain of the Department of Pennsyl-
,snh' Army and Navy Union, and for
y, chaplain of the 9Th United States
r,yalry. Assistant master of ceremonies,
M Rev. G.. Elmer Stapleton, assistant
,c,or Of Holy Souls Church, 18th and
Toga streets. "Our Lady of Mount Car
IN Sisters Of Mercy have charge of the
lltar decorations and altar boys.
Until 1903 the open-air Military Field
Mss had been held only once in the
uaIted States, and that was in Washing
lon al the close of the Civil War, with
o, survivors of the 69th New York Regi-
nsht as the worshipers. In that year the
Military Field Mass was revived by the
United States Spanish War Veterans at
ns Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York,
trough the efforts of Chaplain William
Henry Ironsides Reaney, U. S. NJ, for
nr national chaplain-in-chief of the
United Spanish War Veterans, and who
Vim celebrate next Sundays Mass, and
Assistant Quartermaster General James
! Long, of the United Spanish War Vet
lnns
L has continued annually since that
izs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard In
Atltlon to this the Military Field Mass,
kh At Washington, D. c., each spring.
in become national event.
ln lsli the Military Field Mass was in |
lasurated at the League Island Navy
lnd Philadelphia. by the Army and |
Alv Union. United States Army, De- |
laiIHient OF Pennsylvania, and the at
sldance was about SO.O00
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