A SOLDIER PREACHER

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1911, Page 3

A SOLDIER PREACHER

AND HOW HE WAS APPOINTED

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE HAS

QUALMS

AND SEEKS ADVICE FROM THE

SCRIPTURES

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPT RIGHT. 1 [PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

' MELBOURNE, June 16. Rev. Ross, an Adelaide clergyman, supplied' for appointment as an officer of the military defence forces. The local Commandant did not approve and referred the matter to the Military Board, which saw no objection to the appointment. Senator McGregor, Acting-Minis-ter of Defence, having qualms on the subject, states that lie solved the difficulty by opening the Bible a.t random, when his eyes fell on the verse "He that hath 110 sword let •him sell his garment and buy one." That decided him, and he ordered t'h'at the Rev. Mr Ross bo admitted as an officer.