Sixty Jewish chaplains, more than twice the number who served in the first World War, are now on active duty with the armed forces of the United States, it was announced here today by Dr. David de Sola Pool, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board’s Army and Navy Committee on Religious Activities. Fifty-four are in the Army, and six in the Navy, Dr. Pool said, adding that there is every likelihood of an appreciable increase in these figures in the near future.
Dr. Pool announced also that many civilian rabbis had volunteered for summer service in Army cantonments at which no regular chaplains are now stationed. Ten have already been assigned to camps in all sections of the country, and other posts will be filled as the need arises. The number will necessarily be limited, Dr. Pool said, in accordance with the policy of the Chief of Chaplains of delegating religious matters as much as possible to uniformed chaplains.
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