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Show WAS NEW ONE ON KITCHENER Great British Soldier Somewhat Out of His Element When It Came to Chapiains. Here is a Lord Kitchener story, told by the anonymous author of "The Mirrors Mir-rors of Downing Street." Kitchener was a soldier and absorbed In his profession. pro-fession. 1 Details outside of his ruling passion annoyed him. During the early days of the war Lloyd George went to him at the war office and asked the appointment of denominational chaplains for the various vari-ous sects of the army. Kitchener had no interest in chaplains.- .He regarded them as a negligible negli-gible factor in the fighting machine. He opposed the appointments. Lloyd George insisted, especially with respect to Presbyterians. Kitchener finally yielded and picked up his pen. "Very well," he said, "you shall have a Presbyterian." Then a faint smile lighted his serious face. "Let me see. Presbyterian? how do you spell It?'' V |