The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-10


says the war department. A chaplain
Is needed for every 1,2o0 officers and
men. A special kind of chaplain Is de-
sired-a sturdy, outstanding brotherly
man, between twenty.one and forty
five years, who has deep sollcltude for
the welfare OF the soldiers.
There is a special school for army
chaplains at Camp Zachary Taylor,
near Louisville, Ky. About 200 chap
lains come from this school to take up
their work with the army after
course lasting FIVE weeks, and the
courses 60 on continuously. Approx
mately one-fifth Of the clergymen who
start the course fail to complete II or
to qualify for the army.
Candidates for admission to the
school must have the endorsement or
their denomination superiors and Or
ganized religious bureaus and boards
recognized by the government authort-
ties, and must pass the physical tests
of the local army draft board. At
the school the student receives tree
subsistence, lodging and uniform and
$93 a month. which is the pay Of first
class private. After completing the
course successfully the government 70
turns the student to his home, and
when he is appointed to the army he
takes the rank and pay Of first lieu
tenant Of the national army. $1,000
year Mt home and 81, 200 a year abroad.
The training Of chaplain is practi-
cal and intensive. His days in school
are busy ones. He rises like any COM
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 like
any other soldier, undergo an infan-
try drill without arms Of 45 minutes,
and then attend lectures and recita-
tions. 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 officer.
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 a place on the prefer
ence list for fuel and transportation
Judge Edwin B. Parker, priorities
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 indispensa-
BILE housing programs which are being
and will be prosecuted in communities
where soldiers, sailors and war work
ers are being concentrated.
"In the opinion of the board your
industry also is In part one Of national
Importance in that a portion Of your
product is used in land drainage oper-
ations and in ensilage savings proc
esses making possible higher produe-
ton per acre and per farmer Of foods
and feeds, taking into account the Ia
Dor expended in applying such prod
ucts to the land"
Hollow tile manufacturers must give
a pledge of cooperation with the gov
ernment that they will not use mate
rails except in the manufacture of
products for essential uses as defined
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 $2.5oo.
The war Industries board has de-
cided that motor trucks are war es-
sentials and that In civilian industries
they constitute an important trans
portation medium and their produc-
ton should be facilitated and not cur
tailed. But no pledge to see that mo-
tor truck manufacturers got all the
steel they wanted was given by the
prioritIes division of the board.
Judge Parker, priorities commission
er, observed: 1.-THE manufacturers and
dealers fully realize that steel Is today
the worlds most needed metal and
that, in view of the urgent war de-
mands of this nation and the allies,
It is well nigh reasonable to consume
n pound of 1t that can be saved. They
pledged themselves to reverse their
practices of normal times and, Instead
of selling through solicitation as many
trucks as possible and furnishing new
trucks to replace old ones, to use their
utmost endeavor to induce owners and