ARMY CHAPLAINS

Versatile in the word for Chaplain Dan A. Laning, instruction in Practical Duties, Army Morale, and Graven Registration. Younger at fifty than most men of thirty, he looks back upon two years and five engagements in the First World War as a member of the 28th Division Field Hospital in France. He enjoys a solid reputation as a composer to topnotch polyphonic religious music, including several motets, a setting for the pontifical processional "Ecce Sacordes Magnus," and a man in honor of St, Jude. No less solid is his reputation as a composer of hit parade ballads, including "Lonesome," which was written for Helen Morgan, "The Moon in Here," and a stirring war song scheduled to roll off the press in a few days, "Hands Off America." Following his return from the World War, Chaplain Landing completer his theological training at the Catholic University in Washington and at St. Meinrad's Seminary of the Benedictine order in Indiana. Upon his ordination in 1924, he began his ministry in the diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, ultimately becoming chancellor to the bishop and pastor of gigantic St. Peter's Church, Laredo, where his interest in education has found expression in the founding of a parochial school and a convent academy, both accredited to the University of Texas. For the past ten years, prior to his detail as instructor at the Chaplain School two months ago, he has been a chaplain in the Texas National Guard (36th Division).