Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
CHAPLAIN DAVIS
DOING GOOD WORK
Seeks 100 Per Cent Soul Insurance
Among Men of Delaware
Regiment.

Camp Dix, Wrighis,own, n j., May
2o.-Whcn hundred soldiers hit tho
trnil'' at n single opcn-air religious sefv-
ice. IL would scem to relutc the imputi.-
ton that American soldiers are not IN
terc sted in things religious. 1his cen
turv run. ns Billy" Sunday might call
IL. occurred this week Mt a service con
Quoted bv Chaplain Howard Davis, ot
the Iifty~ninth Pioneer Infantry, and
was a outcome of revival that seems
to have spontaneously developed am ong
The men IN that regiment. There h ad.
been seventv-hvo ua,l-hitters ut pre-
vious barraclS services conducted by
Chaplain Davis, but they were as mere
drops before tho shower,
Chaplain Davis has taken page
from the book of the war-risk insurance
writer's While the insurance officers
are after cooper cent records, show
ing that every mem her Of their com
pany ia carrying policy, Chaplain DAVIS
has started drive after what he might
call 600 per cent" soul insurance IIo
has put it To the men of his regiment
in lust that way and has found them eager
for "the new policy
Lieutenant Davis promptly takes issue
with the type of clergymen who come
into training camp, give It the "once
over, and with the superficial knowl-
edge thus obtained go back homo to
preach and write about the rodlcssness
OF the modern soldier
II have never found men more sin
ccrely Interested in the mstter ot their
personal relation to Cod than they arc
in the army. SAYS tho chaplain BOYS
who have rarely given the matter Sc
nous thought in civil life have time 10
think here MANY a Young Soldier will
come around 10 talk the thing over, its
So new tn hum
'rIhla war ia bringing more positive
definite religion to our young men
Every boy Is urged "a Join the church
of h,a choice. and he usually follows the
denomination of hla other cur Young
veterans are going tfahring back from
thla war a very real personal religion
that will mean much to the church, AMI
will make il necessary that the church
should mea u much more to them.
With military police barring ovrfY
entrance and an armed guard patrnhng
the borders If the camp 60 enforce the
orders o( Major General Scott clonng
the caatonmcnt to all visitorH, amp
Dix Yesterday experienced tho nuietoa'
dav since its opening Hundreds ni wH"k
end vlF,tora who, despite tho widespread
notice ~ tho closing order. canc tn
Wrightatown with the hnpo 81 IN Rnnie
way ovadlns the restrictions. returned
home. even IN their disappointment hoar-
ing a new reapect for American military
regulations They found the guard pollce
adanant Tho vlntoTp gnt 90 tho edge
of the reservation. tut no further
The chlef concern of tho camp au
thoritieE was the presence OF several
hundred visitors from diatant STATES
some from aa far eR lllnoiF, Tennessee
and Arkansas. who without foroknow
ledge of the closing order. had come e
vsit relatives in the camp All day
Yesterday. and until late Saturday night
thew hung about the portals ot tho camp
The EtIat,on waa greatly relieved wher
Secretary Frank Wandle, of the knights
Of Columbus. established an irnPromrt'
| nassenper service lsetween Wr,ghtstowr
| and the camp. carrying messages To anc
| from visitors and soldiers lie trsns
! ferred tho entire X Of G.. staff 10 this
service, Communicated thrrc automomlcs
| and working until o'clock yesterday
morning before the last Of tho vlsltory
left. delivered over 200 letters, l40C
money rcmittanccs and 5000 package
10 Lightning Division hovs in the his
camp The week end experience has beou
a strenuous one for the military police
many az whom. from Colonel John ;
Battle down, have been on duty =
| hours AT a stretch The ban on visitors
unless orders Are again amended, WI
| be lifted this evening at & o clock