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Show uu Churches Asked To Send Best Men i NEW YORK, July 12. The Federal Council of. the Churches of Christ in America which sent greeting to General Gen-eral Pershing and the American army in France through the Rev. Dr. Charles F. McFarland, received a cable message from Dr. McFarland today saying that General Pershing asked tho churches to send over "their very best ministers or chaplains." General Pershing says, the clergyman clergy-man cabled, that ministers "are ver' important influences, in the highest efficiency ef-ficiency of the army. The men need them for all kinds of help. They sustain sus-tain the men especially at the most critical times." Dr. McFarland said further that he was "impressed with tho fine Christian Chris-tian spirit" of General Pershing and that it "was a great thing to have such a man in charge of our boys." The American commander had been deeply touched by the message of tho churches. oo |