Show HAS RENDERED GOOD SERVICE commander of oregon department of legion has deserved title of fighting parson rev william I 1 B gilbert commander of the lie oregon department of the american legion Is a fighting chaplain who has administered to the spiritual wants of 0 oregon goo k tr troops ps in the spanish american I 1 war the philippine insurrection during their service on the mexican cali border and for 17 mouths months in france with the A E F ills military career started 20 years ago when nhen lie he became chaplain in the oregon national guard during the world war he was mas chaplain of the one hundred and sixty second infantry forty first division and first army corps lie ile received the croix de guerre tho the fighting parson has held a number of pastorates past orates in the state stafe of oregon and was for three years president of philomath college lie he was reent recently ly appointed regent of oregon state university by the governor of that state |