The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-15

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is needed for every 1900 offcers ah"
men. A special kind OF chaplain ~ ue-
sired-a sturdy, outstanding DrotheiiS
man, between twenty-one and forty
five years, who has deep solcltude TOT
the welfare Of the soldiers.
There is n special school for army
chaplains ut Camp Zachary Taylor,
near Louisville, Ky. About 200 chap
| lains come from this school to take up
| their work with tho army after q
| course lasting five weeks, and the
courses go on continuously. Approx
matcly one-ffth of the clergymen who
start the course fail to complete 1t or
| to QrNlfy for the army
| Candidates for admission to the
school must have the endorsement Of
their denomination superiors and Or
sanzcd 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 free
subsistence. lodging and uniform ana
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 he
takes the rank and pay Of n first leu
tenant of the national army, $4,000 q
| year nt home and Sc, 200 Il year abroad.
The training OF a chaplain Is prncti-
cal and intensive. Ills days In school
are busy ones. Hc rises like any COM
mon soldier ut s AS Il. m. has fifteen
minutes Of setting up drill and Is re-
| quired 70 circle around the parade
ground ut double time before break
fast. He must police his quarters like
any other soldier. undergo an infnn-
try drill without arms Of As minutes,
and then attend lectures and recita-
tionS. The latter cover military and
international law, service customs,
and field service regulations pertain
Ing to 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 mounted officer.
The priorlties 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 place on the prefer
cncc list for fuel and transportation.
Judge Edwin B. Parker, prioritles
commissioner, in letter to the hollow
tile manufacturers says: "The prior
.,l.s
Is in part 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 indspensa-
! bic housing progamS which are being
! and vii! hc prosecuted In communities
where soldiers sailors and war work
crs are being concentrated.
I'm the opinion Of the bonrd your
Industry also Is in part one Of national
| Importance In that portion Of your
product IS used in land drainage oper-
ationS and In enSilage savings proc
csses making possible higher produc-
tion per acre and per farmer Of foods
and feeds, taking into account the Ia
Dor expended In applying such prod
uctS 10 the lanO.
Hollow tile manufacturers must give
a pledge Of cooperation with the gov
ernment thnt they will not use mate
rials 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 q cost
not exceeding $4,000.
The war industries board has de-
cidcd that motor trucks are war es-
sentials and that in civilian industries
| they constitute an important trans
portation medium and their produc-
tion should be facilitated and not cur
| tailed. But no pledge to see that mo-
| tor truck manufacturers got nll the
steel they wanted was given by the
| priOrlties 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-
mnnds Of this nation and the allies,
| II is we'll nigh trensOnable to consume
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 rs possible and furnishing new
trucks to replace old ones, to use their
utmost cndeavor to induce owners and