TIMELY RECOGNITION
camera of a religious service conducted back of the firing line. I stood on a tank reading from Science and Health with the Bible and Quarterly in my other hand and men grouped about me.”
When the division left for home he was transferred to St. Nazaire, one of the principal embarkation ports for our armies in France, where he subsequently rendered most efficient service during the days of final embarkation.
The third Christian Science army chaplain, Mr. Walter S. Cross, received his commission on June 1, 1918, and was ordered to report at Camp Stuart, Virginia. He sailed for overseas the latter part of June, and on the trip across conducted services for the men on the deck of the steamer. Upon reporting at General Headquarters he was assigned for duty with the 89th Division, where Christian Science services were at once instituted, as well as those of an undenominational nature. He was shortly transferred to the 27th Division, where he found a number of officers and enlisted men interested in Christian Science. Six men came a distance of seven kilometers to attend the services, so highly did they value them. Athletic activity and some entertainment had been started, when the men were called into active service at the front. This division was cited for excellent work in the battle of the Salle, near Le Cateau. Their losses were very slight, the chaplain helping and encouraging them throughout the engagement.
After the signing of the armistice this division moved to the Le Mans area and the chaplain became active in helping the men in that district, beginning Christian Science services at the Forwarding Camp
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