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ton and a large majority Of the mem
bers in both houses Of legislature, that
much credence is given it here.
STATE SOLDIERS CLEANEST
BUNCH OF MEN IN WORLD
SAYS MARLEY

Bismarck, Dec. 6.-"There isn't q
cleaner set of boys in Gods world"
said Chaplain H. G. Marley of the
Second North. Dakota, today, in re-
ferring to the Yanks. II had a letter
the other day, in France, from a min
lister over here, who expressed the
fear that boys were turning OUT
to be libertines and drunkards. It
made my blood boil. The venereal
disease rate over there is actually less
than it is here at home. l, came in
contact with more than 100000 SOL
diers as chaplain of one of the biggest
replacement division in France. Ev.
cry of those boys carries with him
constantly a picture of his mother,
wife, sister or sweetheart, and that
face, always with him, keeps him
straight and clean. The boys over
attend church more regularly than
they do over here. I have had Y. M.
C. A. huts packed time and again,
with hundreds of boys hanging about
the doors and windows, trying to catch
a word Of the SERVICE"
Chaplain Markley, who made the
lrst of a series of North Dakota adj
dresses at the Bismarck auditorium
last night, was chaplain of a replace
n1ent division which had an average of
$500 men. He also had a large hos
Ipital which cared for as high as $500
wounded Yanks at one time. He OPP
Grated two c%anteens, was secretary of
the officers club, headquarters post
master, with a corps of seven men I'M
der him; he conducted educational
.|classes at night and has had as high
as LOO men to see him during a sin
gle day on n subject or. another. The
burden Of all these tasks finally be-
came too heavy, and Chaplain Mark
ley broke down under the strain. This
did not occur, however, until Chaplain
Markley had won the attention of Ma
jor Hunter Liggett, commander of the
First Army, and second in France to
General Pershing. who in urging the
fighting chaplain's promotion to a cap
taincy, wrote as follows:
"From personal observation of the
officer during a period when circum-
stances connected with the health and
comfort of the enlisted personnel of
the 41st division were most distress
ing. l became convinced that Chaplain
Marley was of the highest and most
successful type of chaplain in the SER
vice. I would not only be gratifed to
endorse the'promotion of this officer to
the grade Of captain, but would be glad
to have him serve under and near me-,
Col. Frank White, in a similar letter
said:: II do not hesitate to say in
my opinion there is not a chaplain in
the army who exercises a greater in.
~fluence for the good over their boys
over here"
"The boys over there are not mary.
rying French girls. Of 100000 mer
with whom I CAM in contact but two
even. spoke of marrying over there, anc
they were talked out of it. In all my
knowledge I can recall but two actua,
instances of American boys marrying
French girls. The thought uppermos'
in the mind of every soldier is home
The boys are simply 'rarin' to co. tt
get back to American soil and have E
glimpse of real American girls"
Chaplain Markley's subject is, "A
Message From Over There"