Evening star., 1945-04-01
Gen. Arnold, Chiefo of ChopIoins,
Assiqned to Inspection Work
Col. Miller Named
Acting Director
Of Army Service
By NELSON M. SHEPARD,


Maj Gen. William R. Arnold, a
Chief of Chaplains longer than any
other, has been given an important
overseas inspection assignmnt and
will be succeeded in office by a chap
lain Of the Episcopal faith, Col.
Luther D. Miller veteran Of 33
months of service in the South
west Pacific
The War Department, in holding
up the announcement for Easter,
said that Gen Arnold, whose eight
year term is about to expire, is leav-
ing shortly on new duties as assist
ant inspector general. He reaches
the statutory retirement age of 81
on June IL, but instead of returning
to civilian life he will be continued
on active service in his new capacity.
Col. Miller, a Pennsylvania, is
we'll known at Washington Ca
thedral where he visited few days
last week. He will be SIS on June IA
and has an outstanding record of
26 years as an Army chaplain. He
will assume duties as Acting Chief
of Chaplains on Gen. Arnold's de-
parture, for his nomination will
wait upon the time when the latter
formally relinquishes the Office in
June.
Work Praised.
In his new duties, Gen. Arnold will
inspect all matters relating to the
Chaplain Corps, in which he has
served continuously for nearly 80
years. His original appointment as
Chief of Chaplains expired soon
after Pearl Harbor and he was re-
appointed for an additional four
years on January 8, 1912. While
overseas, it was said, he will make
a tour of all principal chaplain posts
in various theaters.
Men who served with Col Miller
in Australia, New Guinea and in
the Philippines, where he landed on
Leyte with the 9Th Army of Gen.
Walter Kruger, say that he is
every bit a soldiers chaplain" He
mingled with the men and has
tramped through many a jungle, it
was said, to care for the wounded
in isolated hospitals.
| Col. Miller is now at his temporary
home in San Antonio, Tex, where
his wife and a daughter have lived
since the start of the war. A son,
who was born in Tientsin, China, has
been serving in China for the past
| wear as an Interpreter
In Army in 1918.
Born in LeesbTg, Pa, Col. Miller
was graduated from the Chicago
Theological Seminary in 1917, with a
bachelor of divinity degree. The
World War was on and he entered
the Army August Is, 1918, and was
accepted in the regular Army Sep
tember 81, 1920. He was graduated
from the chaplains' school, Fort
Knox, KY, in 1922.
With the regular Army, he has
served at many posts in this coun-
try and overseas. From 1925 to
1928 he was at Tientsin as chaplain
at the American barracks. He re-
turned for a tour of duty at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., which is really
his second home" Then he was
off to Hawaii for four years, when
he was ordered to Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, in 1899.
During the early period of Army
preparedness and expansion, Col.
Miller served this important South
west post until March, 1912, when
he was transferred to Columbia, S.
c., as chaplain of the lst Army
Corps.
He went overseas in September, :,
1912, with that force, serving in
Australia. In May, 1943, he was
named Army chaplain for the
fighting" 9Th Army and followed
it to the jungles of New Guinea
and later the Philippines. He was
stationed in Manila until his re-
cent return to the United States.
1t was in August, 1912, that he re-
ceived his temporary appointment
as colonel.
Pacific Problems.
| Bringing to his future duties the
experience of nearly three years of