Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-09
The army is in need Of chaplains.

The army Is in need OF chaplains.
ssys the war department.. A chaplain
ID needed for every l,::,D officers and
men. A special kind Of chaplain Is de-
ired-a sturdy. u,:stan'' ng brotherly
nan, between tventy-One and forty
i've years, who has deep SOlicttude for
The welfare Of the soldiers. -
There IS special school for army
:haplains at Camp Zachary Taylor,
near Louisville, Ky. About 200 chap
'ains come from this school to take up
their work with the army after
course lasting five weeks. and the
courses 60 on continuously. Approx
nately one-fifth Of the clerg''"'cn who
start the course fail to compete 1t or
TO qualify for the army.
Candidates for admission to the
school must have the endorsement OF
heir denomination superiors and or
ganized religious bureaus and boards
recognized by the government authori-
ties, and must pass the physical tests
Of the local army draft board. At
the school the student receives free
subsistence. lodging and uniform and
s33 month. which is the pay Of first
class private. After completing the
course successfully the government re-
turns the student to his home, and
when he Is appointed to the army ne
takes the rank and pay Of first lieu
tenant of the national army, $4,000 a
year at home and $1,000 year abroad.
The training of a chaplain Is practi-
cal and intensive. His days In school
are busy ones. He rises like any CON-
mon soldier at 5:45 a. M, has fifteen
minutes of setting up drill and Is re"
quired to circle around the parade
ground at double time before break
fast. He must police his quarters Ike
any other soldier, undergo an infan'
try drill without arms Of As minutes,
and then attend lectures and recita-
lions. The latter cover military and
international law, service customs,
and field service regulations pertain
ing to a chaplain's duties. The school
surgeon instructs him In sanitation
and first aid, and experienced chap
lains give clinics on actual work with
the army. He Is given instructions
also In horsemanship, because In field
service he will be a mounted ohacer.
The priorities division Of the war
Industries board has decided that hol-
low tile manufacture Is in part Of ma
tional Importance and continued man
ufacture Of tiles throughout the war
period will be safeguarded by giving
the industry q place on the prefer
ence list for fuel and transportation.
Judge Edwin B. Parker, prorities
commissioner, in a letter to the hollow
tile manufacturers says: "The prior
tiles board Is Of the opinion that yours
is in part a war industry because your
product Is used in many Of the build
ing operations carried on directly by
the war agencies of the government
and in the collateral yet lndispensa'
bile housing sproeams which are being
and will he prosecuted in communities
where soldiers. sailors and war work,
crs nre ho.ne concentrated.
Z TN tho a,,.r:rn 1T the board yot''
Industry a,Sa go, part one dsfhnti"naN
Importance IN }+':.'t n portion Aof your
product is u@z;l II land drainage oper
ations ond Il, c::G:!;,gc savings proc 3
esscs maxim: pos ;'l!e a higher prcd'c
ton per acre. ard per farmer of foo"
and feeds. ta,,ing into account tho -
Dor expended In applying such proc
ucts to the land"
Hollow tile manufacturers must CIV
a pledge of cooperation with the gov
eminent that they will not use met" i
rails except in the manufacture
products for essential uses as det'n"t
and applied by the :priorities division
Of the war industries board, and that
they will guard against resale Of the
product for any except essential uses.
There will be permitted, however,
sales Of small quantities Of tiles for
repairs or extensions to existing struc--
lures involving In the aggregate cost
not exceeding $4,000. q;
The war industries board has de-
cided that motor trucks are war e.
sentials and that ID civilian Industries
they constitute an important trans-
portation' medium and their produe-
ton should be facilitated" and not cur
tailed. But NO ,pledgs to see that mo
tor truck manufacturers got all the!
steel they wanted was given by the:
priorities division Of the board. Il
Judge Parker, prioritfes commission.
er. Observed: 'The, manufac turers and
dealers fufly realize that steel II to-day
the worlds most needed metal and
that, In view Ut the surgent war d.
mands Of this natien Rand the allieA
It IL well NTH reasonable to commune
a mound Of Il that can be saved. They
pledged themselves to revere their
practices 81 normal times and. instead