CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
Chaplain Filler was then transferred to the A. E. F. University of Beaune, where some 18,000 soldier students were in attendance. His undenominational talks to the men were well attended, and on some occasions many were turned away. He also conducted a class in Bible study which was received with much interest. Regular Christian Science services were held Sunday and Wednesday for the boys who were interested. He had charge of the athletics of the University and himself sometimes took a hand in the game. He gave much care and supervision to work on the American cemetery at Beaune, for as he said in a recent letter:
“I am finding out what Paul meant when he spoke of being all things to all people.”
The second of the two chaplains, Mr. Bartlett, after a short sojourn at the Chaplains' School at Château l'Aux Loupeland was assigned on December 9, to duty at Bordeaux in Camp de Souge. This was one of the finest and largest camps in France, having a capacity of 25,000, with some 13,000 troops generally in waiting there on, their way back to the United States. The population was constantly changing, which gave the chaplain opportunity of reaching new men continually with the Truth. Two regular army services were conducted in a “Y” hut each Sunday and soon after the chaplain's arrival Christian Science boys in attendance at these undenominational talks marked our chaplain for a Scientist and sought him out afterwards. Our own services were soon started and a midweek meeting was also conducted. These were announced in the bulletin of religious services
314
