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Top Row, L to R: Elvin L. Hinerman, Branch No. 5, Atlanta, Ga.; Alf M. Kraabel, Branch No. 8, Minneapolis, Minn.; Henr W. Anderson, Branch No. 11, Seattle, Wash.; Edward J. Kroencke, Branch No. 6, Columbus, Ohio; Myndert M. Van Patte
Branch No. 13, Denver, Col.; Earl E. Ray, Branch No. 9, St. Louis, Mo.; Perry L. Mitchell, Branch No. 4, Richmond, Va. Seated, L to R: Edward S. Galvin (Acting), Branch No. 1, Boston, Mass.; Speer Strahan, Branch No. 12, San Francisco, C Harlin M. Campbell, Branch No. 7, Chicago, III.; Crawford W. Brown, Director, Chaplaincy Service, Washington, D. C Lewis C. Beissig, Branch No. 2, New York, N. Y.; Charles F. Gorman, Branch No. 3, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bryan H. Keathle Branch No. 10, Dallas, Texas.
Chiefs, (Branch) Chaplaincy Divisio
Veterans Administration
H ERE are the key field Branch Chaplains attending the for approximately each 500 patients. Chaplains are a I[IL first chaplains conference, Veterans Administration pointed under Civil Service regulations. The Chaplain in Washington, April 2-4, 1946. They are veterans of one Service under its Director, Chaplain Brown, is a component or both World Wars, supervising the chaplaincy work in of Special Services, Veterans Administration. hospitals in their respective areas.
Present plans call for approximately 195 full-time chaplains with an anticipated need for 600 full-time chaplains The following is a list of full-time Chaplains on duty by 1965. One full-time chaplain is provided for every hos- with the Veterans Administration as of February, 1946. pital having 150 beds or more, with additional full-time We shall appreciate having the names of any whom we and part-time chaplains as may be required. It is antici- have missed. pated that one full-time chaplain will be assigned to duty
Chaplains On Duty at Veterans Administration Central
Office and Field Stations
Chaplain Harry P. Abbott Chaplain Harry N. Bailey Chaplain Franklyn Beery Chaplain Henry J. C. Bowden North Little Rock, Arkansas Perry Point, Maryland Wadsworth, Kansas Tuskegee, Alabama Chaplain Kenneth L. Ahl Chaplain Peter J. Baker Chaplain Lewis C. Beissig Chaplain Edmund J. Bradley Los Angeles 25, California Lyons, New Jersey VA Branch Office No. 2 Los Angeles 25, California Chaplain Paul W. Bare New York, New York Chaplain Eustace Brennan Chaplain Harry W. Allen Coatesville, Pennsylvania Chaplain Harold E. Berger Wood, Wisconsin Los Angeles 25, California Coatesville, Pennsylvania Danville, Illinois Chaplain Crawford W. Brown Chaplain Crawford W. Bo
Chaplain Henry W. Anderson Chaplain William K. Barrs Chaplain Vincent A. Beyma VA Central Office VA Branch Office No. 11 San Francisco 21, California Canandaigua, New York Washington 25, D. C. Second Avenue & Marion Chaplain James R. Beamer Chaplain Henri Blanc Chaplain Walter Bruggeman Seattle 4, Washington Coatesville, Pennsylvania Oteen, North Carolina Perry Point, Maryland Chaplain Elbert L. Atkinson Chaplain Donald C. Beatty Chaplain Nathan Blechman Chaplain William J. Buehner Castle Point, New York Washington 25, D. C. Bronx 63, New York Dayton, Ohio 28 The Army and Navy ChaPl!o