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Four Hundred Roman Priests
for Army Chaplains
(By Gilbert O. Nations, Vice-President of the Free
Press Defense League, 52 Bliss Building
Washington, D. C.)
Roman atholic Priest George J. Waring, who
enjoys the rank and salary of a captain as chap
lain of the 11th United States Cavalry, has in
formed the Roman Catholic hierarchy that four
hundred Roman priests are to be appointed as
chaplains in the army at an early date.
Pursuant to this important information, Cardi
nal Farley of New York, is having eighty candi
dates for the priesthood given military training
in connection with his cathedral college. The Ro
man priests who teach in this college are also re
ceiving similar training.
On Sunday, May 13, the Cardinal caused to be
read in all Roman Catholic' churches of his arch
diocese a statement that forty priests from Greater
New York City could obtain commissions as chap
lains in the army. It thus appears that Cardinal
Farley and Tammany Hall have assurance that
nearly as many chaplains as are now employed
in the whole army will be selected from the
priests in New York City.
A chaplain holding the rank -y major receives
a salary of $3,000 and one holding the rank of
captain gets $2,400 annually. More than $1,000,-
00 0 in salaries from the national treasury would
seem to the New York Cardinal to be a most de
lectable morsel. So are the Roman prelates in
the great cities looking forward in joyous antici
pation of the opportunity to place hundreds of
priests on liberal salaries.
