Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-06
doctrinaires are not wanted m the army.
PRINCIPAL REQUIREMENTS.

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what we need" explained major
who is in temporary charge OF the recruit
! ing of chaplains, 'is square shouidered,
, clean-cut young man, who Is more con
ccrned with steering men into the path
| of moral decency than in guiding them
! into maze of arbitrary tencts. Prefer
| ably, he should be an athletic man, able
! to understand a soldiers interests IN
! sports and to share them
f., The age for prospective army chap
] lains is between twenty-one and forty-ive
wears. No particular ago between these
| limits. according to army officials is
/ more desirable than another, except that
the men should he mature enough to
| command the respect of the soldiers. Di-
/ vinty students are, as q rule, of tenn
permanent that natures early, so that
| the absence of gray hairs is commonly no
| restriction to usefulness. Physical ex-
arninations for chaplains will be the same
! as given ut local draft boards.
Applicants who have been accepted
for the chaplains training school will be
given the uniform and pay of q iirst-class
private, S33 month. For the period
of trimming the student chaplain must
undergo the same routine as the en-
listed soldier, and bc subject to the
discipline provided for them. Each
day there will he an exercise OF one hour
in infantry drill and another hour devoted
to equitation and cavalry drill. Tho
rest of tho day is spent IN lectures, reci-
tations and "chnic."
instruction i'll military law, courts
martial international law and field ser
vice is ladlcd out in concentrated mea-
surcs There Is also instruction in sanl-
tation and first aid.
Each class is divided into five platoons,
each platoon in charge of n regular army
''non-com. This non-com, usually u
sergeant, has complete supervision of his
reverend charges, and his word in all
matters OF discipline and drill is immutable
He sees to it that the students are abroad
by 545 in the morning and sbed betimes
at night lie makes sure, also, that they
devote two hours of each day to study
Every effort will he made by the au-
thoritles of the school to break down
whatever dcnomInational barriers exist
among the students 80 far little diff
ficuty has been encountered in this re-
gard, for. from the outset, the members of
the first class showed n spirit of true
fraternalism This was eidenccd when
the class, though the majority OF its
members were Protestants, unanimously
chose Roman Catholic priest to make
the graduation address.
Pending appointment, graduates of
the school win be given a mileage rate of
three and a half cents to their homes.
AS soon as provision has been made they
are assigned 70 regiments, with the rank
and pay Of first heutenants They will
be then eligible for promotion to the
ranks Of captain and major
Assignment of chaplains is made ac-
cordng TO denominational ratios among
the men. Thus battalions composed
largely OF Catholics, will be given
Catholic chaplain, and regiments where
Jews or Protestants are in majority
will be given ministers or rsbbis, ac-
cording 70 the case
Sectional allowances will also be made
For example, to troops from kentucky
and Tennessee will be assigned members
of the Methodist Church South, or the