Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-05
CHAPLA|NS UNVE|L
MEMORIAL TODEAD
Service Group Holds Exer-
cises at ArIington-Call
at White House.

Service chaplains Of all creeds gain
cred in Washington for the pan-de-
nominational conference or chapialns,
which opened yesterday; called on
President Coolidge and Secretary OF
War Davis at noon today and early
this afternoon at Arlington National
Cemetery unveiled memorial tablet
to the memory of the % Army chap
lafns who gave their lives during the
World War.
Earlier in the day at a conference
session in the Interior Department
auditorium the chaplains refused to
indorse a proposal for compulsory re-
ligious attendance by all units of the
military services. The conference
approved a resolution providing for
appointment of reserve chaplains IN
the Army. National Guard and the
citizens military training camps.
Relations at Service.
Representatives of the families. de-
nominations and organizations of the
chaplains who died during the period
of the war attended the unveiling of
the memorial tablet. Among them
were Mrs. Nancy P. Marsh of Wash
ington. widow of Chaplain Arthur H.
Marsh; Mr.. and Mrs. Marian Butler,
uncle and aunt of Chaplain A. T.
Howard of Washington: Anna E. Nc
Donald New York City, cousin of
Chaplain Patrick P. Cary; Rev. F. H.
Banker, Worcester. Mass. brother of
Chaplain Walton S. Banker; Mrs.
Laura P. Keith. Coraopolis, Pa.
widow, and Mrs. Jennie E. Hall. De
troit, Mich. sister of Chaplain Mi
chael W. Keith: Grafton, Pa. Mrs. Mi
chael Doyle. mother. Charlotte NJ.
Doyle and Mrs. J. O'Reiley, sisters of
Chaplain Herbert P. Doyle; Eimira.
n. Y, Mrs. Rod Kerr, mother, James
Kerr, brother, and Elizabeth Camp
bell, sister of Chaplain John c. Kerr:
Jane E. Cornish, daughter. and Mrs.
J. Jenkins. mother of Chaplain VII
liam B. Cornish; Miss Eva Wildly, sis
ter, and Mrs. Daniel Wildly of Spring
field Mo. mother of Chaplain William
H. Wildly, jr.; Minneapolis, Mrs.
Harry Deiman, widow, and Helen.
daughter of Chaplain Harry Deiman.
Many Groups Represented.
The denominations and the welfare
organizations Of the dead Army chap
lains were represented by the follow
ing: Rev. John E. Briggs, Washing
ton, Baptist, South; Rev. Kyle Booth,
Washington, Congrega tional; DR.. Wal
lace Radcliffe, Washington, Cumber-
land Presbyterian: Rev. Earl Wiley.
Washington, Disciples of Christ: Rev.
Charles Trexler and Rev. William
Freas, Washington, Lutheran; Rev.
Frederick c. Reynolds, Washington,
Methodist Episcopal; Rev. John Paul
Tyler, Washington, Methodist Epis
copal, South; Rev. j. Harvey Dun
ham, Washington, and Rev. George
Summey, New Orleans. Presbyterian:
Rev Murray W. Dewart, Baltimore,
Protestant Episcopal; Rev. Lewis j.
O'Hern. Washington, Roman Catho-
lie; Bishop William NJ. Bell, Harris
burg, Pa, United Brethren; Rev. ".
l. Wishart Washington, United Pres
byterian; F. c. McCarl, New York
City, representing the Y. NJ. c. A;
Supreme knight James 4. Flaherty,
New Haven, Conn, Knights of Co
iumbus: Miss Rebecca Rhodes, Belle
fonte, Pa, the w. c. T. L., and Mrs.
Belle F'reer, Washington, the World
War Mothers.
The organizations to which the
chaplains belong were represented by
the following: 30th Infantry, Maj. F.
/. Walker; 9th Engineers, Maj. H. j.
Wild; 104th Infantry, Col. Paul j.
Norton; 18th Infantry Qost two chap
lains), Col. John j. Bradley; 328th In
fantry, Lieut.. Col. r. NJ. Wetherell:
124th Infantry, r. r. Tomlin; 354th
Infantry, Col Conrad S. Babcock:
148th Infantry, Representative John
insolvency, and 10th Infantry, rep
resented by g. floral tribute.
Three Washington men were elected
officers of the Chaplains' Association
of the Army at a meeting last night.
Rev. Jason Noble Pierce of the First
Congregational Church was elected
president and Mgr. William Hughes
and the Rev. George NJ. Diffenderfer
were elected members of the eXecu
tive staff.