Appointment of Chaplains.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume IX, Issue 1197, 21 February 1902, Page 3

Appointment of Chaplains.

It is understood that tlie'Cornmonmalth Government has decided to send four chaplains with each of the Federal Contingents, and tho first four to accompany the First Continv*«nt"have already been nominated. They are a;s follows : Church of hngland—Tho Rev. Spencer Oake3, of Kelso, New South Wales. Presbyterian.—The Rev. Ilume Roberts, of Castleinaine, Victoria. Roman Catholic. The Rev. J. AI. Inerney, of K* w, Victoria. Wesley at -The lit v. James Green, of Sydney, Now South w . A the Imperial authorities generally provide only one chaplain to each regiment, who is horn upon its trongth the Common wealth will have to piiy the expenses of three out of the foureh rgymen in each of the3o case.-. When the Contingents arrivt in South Africa with four chaplain apiece they are hound to achieve a reputation second to only that of Cromwell s famous Ironsides. But it may he asked *• If, as seems •very probable, the contingents are split up, and the sections detailed for <luiy in various directions, what is to become of the parsons.**