South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-14
R. H. CROWDERI IS
TO Be CHAPLAIN
South Bend Pastor AMONG
Those Entering School
at Camp Taylor.
News Times special Service

News Times Special Service
CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. oct 14-Teu
Indiana ministers. one OF them from
South Bend. and among the .5f stu-
dents of the training school Tor
chaplains and approved chaplain
candidates who entered .he sixth
session OF the institution They viii
be graduated and commissioned
chaplains at the completion of q
five-week course provided they at
tain the required atela-c in their
studies. They are
William T. Barbre. Disciples of
Christ, sheridan.
Edwin II. Boldrey Methodist.
New Albany.
Richard r. Crowder. Methodist
South Bend, pastor OF Grace Meth
odist church.
Karl r. Thompson. Methodist
Pleasant Mills.
Orlando r South, Methodist. Mo
rocco.
Ralph W. Rogers. Methodist
Forest.
willard C. Patrick. Methodist
Poseyville.
George j Norman. Roman Cath
Ole, New Haven.
Ernest d. Gilbert. Disciples OF
Christ, Warren.
James Leroy Glass. Methodist
Auburn.
Twenty-seven Of the students OF
the institution have been stricken
with influenza and are patients al
the base hospital Three enlisted
men detailed on special duty with
the school also are on the sick list
ON Hospital Duty.
{ Thirty-siX students are on duty al
the base hospital during the infu.
enza epidemic looking after the
spiritual welfare and encouraging
/ the sick soldiers. They are WORKING
on day and night shifts with is 10
each detail. They are also servina
grieved relatives who are here 10 b,
near their boys. lending every as
tsistance possible and consoling them
The entire student body 10 a mar
stepped forward when Maj. A A
Pruden, cOmmandant of the school
called for volunteers for this service
Z Fifteen more enlisted men from
/ the 159th depot brigade are To hay,
opportunities of winning commits
sions in the cavalry branch of tn,
service. Nine non-commissioneC
officers and a private were sent las
week to Leon Springs, Tex. To at
tend the central training school foI
cavalry officers and word has beer
received from Washington directing
that ] 5 more men be appointed stu
dents and forwarded to the school
A board Of officers is considering
applications to determine the ones
best fitted and most worthy OF com
missions.
300 Are Graduated.
Three hundred students Of The
field artillery central officers train
! ing school were graduated Wednes
day morning. They are members Of
the cath and 25th training batteries
The 18th and 50th training batterie:
have returned from a week Of targe
( practice at the firing center at Wes
T Point. and members of the secon,
training battery have gone TO the
range.
/ A new system has been adopted
at the institution whereby the class
es will spend their last week OF the
l12 weeks course at the firing cen
ter. instead Of receiving practica
firing experience during the middl,
OF the course.
Soldiers at the cantonment have
subscribed to date $22.55O TO the
fourth Liberty loan. No campaigr
is waged and the subscriptions are
voluntary Maj Charles P. Levies
camp exchange officer, will hold pur-
chase Of bonds available to officers
and men until oct 10.
Soldiers at the field artillery bril-
eade firing center at West Point
have subscribed $3.50.