In May 1918, newspapers around the country carried this photograph of B.H. Roberts, under the headline “A Mormon Chaplain with Our Forces.”
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“Brigham H. Roberts,” they reported, “a chaplain of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, photographed at the training school for army chaplains at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Chaplain Roberts is the only Mormon at the school.”
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According to Wikipedia: “in 1917, when the United States declared war on Germany, Roberts volunteered to serve as a U.S. Army chaplain. The age limit of forty was waived—Roberts was then sixty—and Roberts became chaplain to the 145th Field Artillery, which arrived in France in September 1918 but did not see action before the Armistice was signed in November”.
That’s the man, all right.
Without seeing action, he certainly saw a lot of death in the army – “… Pleads for the Lives of His Men” and “… Leads Memorial Services” tell about some of that.
And he looks every year of 60 in this photo, doesn’t he?
He did look rather old in the picture, and that’s what led me to search out his age.
Sixty’s not old! That’s the prime of life! Old is sitting in a rest home watching daytime soaps.
The current requirements for LDS military chaplains are fairly straightforward.
According to Wikipedia: “in 1917, when the United States declared war on Germany, Roberts volunteered to serve as a U.S. Army chaplain. The age limit of forty was waived—Roberts was then sixty—and Roberts became chaplain to the 145th Field Artillery, which arrived in France in September 1918 but did not see action before the Armistice was signed in November”.
That’s the man, all right.
Without seeing action, he certainly saw a lot of death in the army – “… Pleads for the Lives of His Men” and “… Leads Memorial Services” tell about some of that.
And he looks every year of 60 in this photo, doesn’t he?
He did look rather old in the picture, and that’s what led me to search out his age.
Sixty’s not old! That’s the prime of life! Old is sitting in a rest home watching daytime soaps.
The current requirements for LDS military chaplains are fairly straightforward.
https://www.lds.org/callings/military-relations/military-chaplains