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Show MANY COMMISSIONED! CHAPLAINS IN ARMY LONDON, Jul 31 The British army has 3294 commissioned chaplains, Including In-cluding 1S-M Church of England clergymen, cler-gymen, G62 Roman Catholics, 774 of various Protestant denominations, and 11 Jewish rabbis. These figures do not include Colonial chaplains, nor chaplains engaged locally and uncommissioned. uncom-missioned. The War Office administers the Army Ar-my Chaplains' department directly, and chaplains are appointed by the Secretary Sec-retary of War on the nomination of the various denominations. In France, the principal chaplain at the outset of tho war Rov: Dr. Simms, of the Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church of Ireland, ranking as a Brigadier-General. At the present time, Bishop Gwynne of the Church of England, is in command, with the rank of major-general. Dr. Simms has been graded to the same rank and remains in charge of all chaplains in France belonging to churches other than the Church of England. About 100 chaplains have been killed kill-ed in action or died on service, and many have been wounded or invalided home from diseases contracted while on active service. A considerable number have been mado prisoners of war, though most of them have been released subsequently under the provisions pro-visions of the Geneva convention. Honors received by tho commissioned commission-ed clergy in the British army include two Victoria Crosses, 60 Distinguished service badges, 256 Military Crosses, and 11 foreign orders. oo To do our best the task at hand We nil should truly try; And some must fight and sorno must work And all should swat the flay. J |