ARMY CHAPLAINS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16309, 10 August 1917, Page 4

ARMY CHAPLAINS.

NOT CAPTAINS OR COLONELS

Hie iollowing general distinction lias been issued by Defence Headquarters: "Jt has tieon observed that errors are c-ons'tantly made, m setting out the designations of chaplains in official lists and correspondence, and these errors arc* frequently reproduced in the press, and this department is open to criticism on account of the inaccuracies. It is tnerelorc repeated, for the information of all concerned, that it is not the. custom or the serried to address or retcr to chaplains by military ranks, and the. practice must be discontinued. Chaplains are classified as under: Uiiiplam to the Forces, 4th class, chaplain to the Forces 3rd class, chaplain to tbo lorces 2nd class, chaplain to tn ?.J[' orccs lsfc elass ' chaplain-general. . "-the correct designation for a chaplain below the rank of chaplain-gener-al is, therefore, the Rev. John , chaplain of the Forces, lsfc class, etc. He would be addresed verbally and referred to in conversation as %r ' terms such as 'Captain ,' 'Chap-lain-captain ,' etc., are 'incorrect. do not possess military ronks, niid are merely graded as cap"tains, majors, lieutenant-colonels and coionels for the purposes of pay, etc., and they wear rank badges onlv as an indication of their rating. The Commandant directs that in future these points be siren closer attention, especially in the preparation of matter for publication m the press."