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Show j Grand Army Chaplain. j 1. A distinguished visitor in Denver dur-I dur-I ing the past week was Rev: Father J.J 1 F. Leary of Chapman, Kan. At, the .'Grand Army encampment held here 1 Father Leary - was elected national chaplain by a handsome majority and--! bore his honors modestly as becomes a i soldier. During the war Father Leary, then in college, put aside his books and answered an-swered his country's call, doing valiant 1 service in the engineering corps. When j peace was declared he resumed his studies and was ordained seven years later. He has had charge of the parish in Chapman, Kan., ever since, and in the big parade last week marched with the Kansas regiment. |