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Show Priests 'in U. S. Employ. That Uncle Sam employs ninety-two clergymen is a fact that will surprise nearly everyone. They receive all the way from $4,400 to $600 a year, and all bear the title of "chaplain." Sivty-two belong to the army, twenty-four to the navy, four to the federal penitentiaries and two to congress. Twenty-one of these are Catholics. New army chaplains are appointed every five months. In 1907 there were five, and, in 190S there were eight appointed, ap-pointed, while this year so far there have been three new ones, the !ast being Father John Rivera, a Porto Rican priest, who will look after the welfare of our Porto Rican troops. At each of the big federal peniten tiaries at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth Leaven-worth there are two chaplains, one a Protestant and the other a Catholic. The only Catholic chaplain of congress was the Rev. C. C. Pise, who opened the daily sessions of the senate in 1832 and 1833. while John C. Calhoun, as vice president, presided over that body. |